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10-25-2011, 01:08 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Redlands California
Posts: 255
Weight Statistics which time Start Date:
july 21st 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
405 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
185 lb Goal Weight:
179 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.1975308642 % % Lost:
when i get there Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.3615702479 BMI Start:
36.4733700643 BMI Current:
29.8565197429 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I am so sick of people who say wls is taking the easy way out This has been a mentally and phisically hard journey which i would completely do all over again It really upsets me when people make the comment of taking the easy way out So heres my question How do I explain to others this is by no means the easy way out and help them understand that not everyone can lose the weight without this life saving surgery
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10-25-2011, 01:29 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Central Indiana
Posts: 555
Weight Statistics 8/1/2010 Start Date:
12/8/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
307 lb Start Weight:
193 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
114 lb Weight Loss:
13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.1335504886 % % Lost:
12/31/2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.6740916955 BMI Start:
29.3423442907 BMI Current:
27.365916955 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I don't really get this anymore. But when I did, I used sarcasm. "oh yeah, it's so easy to eat an ounce at a time of oatmeal or beans for each meal for a MONTH, not drink for at least 30 minutes after each meal, remember to get in all the protein, water and a stack of vitamins along with fitting in food preparation and lots of exercise. It is so much faster to fix my hair as it thins out over several months from the dramatic weight loss. Weight loss surgery is a tool, but I'm the driver."
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10-25-2011, 02:08 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 5,197
Weight Statistics 3/18/2008 (dieted all my life) Start Date:
9/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.2465753425 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.3935986159 BMI Start:
29.1903114187 BMI Current:
28.7342128028 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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There is no way anyone "gets" it but the ones of us that have gone and are going through it. It is by no means the easy way but it is a way that works. I don't ever try to explain it anymore. They just don't get it.
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10-25-2011, 02:45 PM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Redlands California
Posts: 255
Weight Statistics which time Start Date:
july 21st 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
405 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
185 lb Goal Weight:
179 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.1975308642 % % Lost:
when i get there Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.3615702479 BMI Start:
36.4733700643 BMI Current:
29.8565197429 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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LMAO love it may have to steal this    Quote:
Originally Posted by tollivers2  I don't really get this anymore. But when I did, I used sarcasm. "oh yeah, it's so easy to eat an ounce at a time of oatmeal or beans for each meal for a MONTH, not drink for at least 30 minutes after each meal, remember to get in all the protein, water and a stack of vitamins along with fitting in food preparation and lots of exercise. It is so much faster to fix my hair as it thins out over several months from the dramatic weight loss. Weight loss surgery is a tool, but I'm the driver." | | |
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10-25-2011, 04:43 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 3,654
Weight Statistics 7/27/10 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
379 lb Start Weight:
180 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
199 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
52.5065963061 % % Lost:
July 27, 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index65.0480957031 BMI Start:
30.8935546875 BMI Current:
28.3190917969 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Yeah funny how some people think that, when in reality there is nothing easy about having WLS at all, we have to work as hard if not harder than anyone else trying to lose weight. I wish it were easy, I'd be at goal by now!!
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10-25-2011, 05:10 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Richmond, va
Posts: 138
Weight Statistics 03/04/2011 Start Date:
03/21/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
396 lb Start Weight:
224 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
172 lb Weight Loss:
44 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4343434343 % % Lost:
aug 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index58.4725897921 BMI Start:
33.0754043268 BMI Current:
26.5784499055 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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well here in VA we dont get that anymore at all because there is so high of an obesity level here no one has the nerve to say that no more they are more like did your insurence pay for it and what was your doctors name is what we get
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10-25-2011, 05:37 PM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Raleigh
Posts: 72
Weight Statistics Forever Ago Start Date:
May 27, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
138 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.9024390244 % % Lost:
March 2, 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index38.5248384941 BMI Start:
21.611494765 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I get that occasionally and just chose to ignore the ignorance. Don't these people know we can gain it all back? I liked the weight loss surgery is the tool and we are the drivers. Might have to use that as a comeback next time.
My question is when people say "I am so jealous....." How do you respond to that without hurting feelings? I guess the same way, just ignore it.
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10-25-2011, 05:56 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mcallen, Tx
Posts: 28
Weight Statistics 07/05/11 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
322 lb Start Weight:
269 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
53 lb Weight Loss:
89 lb Lb Left to Lose:
16.4596273292 % % Lost:
jul/12 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.9664830119 BMI Start:
43.4129935721 BMI Current:
29.0495867769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodOther
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Don't let those people get in to your nerves! just ignore them!
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10-25-2011, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,639
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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This has been a hotly discussed topic in the past, too. Here's a thread you may find interesting.
CT
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10-25-2011, 10:28 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chicago
Posts: 16
Weight Statistics 08/08/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
276 lb Start Weight:
203 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
73 lb Weight Loss:
43 lb Lb Left to Lose:
26.4492753623 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index41.9610726644 BMI Start:
30.8626730104 BMI Current:
24.3252595156 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodSleeve Gastrectomy
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Sarcasm Alert:
Easy way out? Yeah, cuz I chose to live a dangerous and unhealthy lifestyle for as long as I possibly, knowing eventually I was just going to have major, life-saving surgery that would fix all my problems instantly. I mean, depression, isolation, infertility, predjudice, major health concerns, they all just go away as soon as you wake up from surgery, put on your size 4 jeans, and jog home from the hospital. Who wouldn't cheat the system and have their stomach removed/intestines rerouted/etc?
I guess that's why I chose not to tell anyone about my decision. A very small, select group of friends and family know (I can count them on one hand).
Good luck to you! I hope you find the support (here or elsewhere) to ease your transition. <3
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