More tools??

CraigT · 03-25-2006, 03:19 PM

I am currently look for ideas of tools, calculators, directories etc.. that would really help your wls journey both pre and post op.

Blessings

DocSanae · 03-25-2006, 07:32 PM

Do you mean something like this?
It's gotten buried deep, but could be of use.
http://www.renewedreflections.com/fo...s-you-eat.html

CraigT · 03-26-2006, 09:09 AM

Profiles are kind of a tricky thing. Lots of folks dealing with WLS have a challenge be too public with pics or info posted on the web until they have had some substantial progress. I even get emails from people askingif it is mandatory to post profiles and pics.

We just have to keep in mind that we are all on very personal journeys.

The good new is that vbulletin allows for profiles built right in.

Janae, I so love where you heart is at... Thanks for the input.

Pillows · 03-26-2006, 09:54 PM

you know it is so funny to me about how paranoid I was even 3-6 months ago about letting people know how much I weighed and such, but it seems like lately I can't stop telling people. I guess that it is partly due to when people act like I don't need it, or the fact that when I do lose the weight, I want them to know exactly how far I have come to begin with. I am definately going to wear out my digital camera taking pre-op pics since I figure that the more I take, the better chance I have of a couple I like showing up. I love the digital camera with being able to delete so easily. I guess that I am mostly looking for people to at least tell me male or female sometimes, or pre or post or curious. I guess that what you say makes a lot of sense though, I just get bored lately since my surgery date is fast approaching and I am trying to waste tiime.....hehehe. Sorry if any newbies are annoyed by my overexuberance at wanting to know all.

Janae

christyblue · 03-27-2006, 11:21 AM

yanno what would be cool?somewhere that we could do a log of sorts when we are havin trouble with eating.so we can get other oppinions and advise.
huggs
christy

DocSanae · 03-28-2006, 11:57 PM

While you're at it, I would like a few more smilies for the text

Lemme see, first off, a wolf whistle for all the wonderful pics members are posting, a thumbs up or a V sign, and a light bulb...oh, and a boot kick, as well

OK, seriously. The responses to my tricks our brain play on us post has got me thinking.
Is there a software or a site that enables you to project how you might look after considerable weight loss from one's pre op pics? So many seem to be having trouble accepting the person they see in the mirror now, I thought if there was a way to visualize how you could look post op, it might help you by "teaching" your brains who you could be. It also could be a good incentive to keep on track...I'm gonna be like that!

I don't mean the resizing you can do with common photo editing softwares. With those, you just resize sidewise (or lengthwise) and you don't get the proprtion change, if you can understand what I mean.
Your bone structures don't change, and you lose mostly your fat, and your proportion changes. With your faces, the top part doesn't change that much. It's the lower half, from just above your ears to your cheeks and chin, neck, that changes drastically. With the torso, women will get a waistline and a sassy figure, men will get shoulders, waistline and good looking hips...you can't see that kind of change by just resizing the pics the conventional way.
One idea would be to be able to edit your face, then plunk the face on size 16, 14, 10 figures...I'm not sure of men's sizes, 40, 38, or what? just S, M, L?

You see why I need a light bulb here.

freebird · 03-30-2006, 08:56 AM

Oh Doc! That would be so cool! i would love to see what i'd look like smaller. That would really help with motivation while i'm waiting for my surgery date. Probably even help during my weight loss period. Is this possible craig? I know that when you watch something like most wanted they show computer generated pictures of what somebody they are looking for may look like 10 - 15 years later. It would be so cool to be able to do this.
freebird

xsmith95 · 03-31-2006, 10:41 AM

Thanks Craig! That will give us access to post what we want and relieve the pressure off you to have you post them for us.

AgainThanks

Shelley

freebird · 04-01-2006, 07:42 AM

Craig -
it's already been mentioned but not addressed, i know your really busy but is there a way to take a current picture and change it to show you what you would look like at certain weight loss numbers?
I know i've seen tv do advancements in age so maybe this is possible. Just thought i'd ask again. That would be really helpful to pre-ops like me who are getting impatient for their surgery date. New Post-ops might like it too?

CraigT · 04-01-2006, 08:11 AM

Looking into the photo morphing stuff. I will keep you posted.

03-25-2006, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
CraigT Administrator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 415 Please Enter Height:	More tools?? I am currently look for ideas of tools, calculators, directories etc.. that would really help your wls journey both pre and post op. Blessings __________________ Craig T 11 years PostOp Open RNY - 2 TT's

03-25-2006, 07:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,134 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Do you mean something like this? It's gotten buried deep, but could be of use. http://www.renewedreflections.com/fo...s-you-eat.html __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Last edited by DocSanae : 03-25-2006 at 09:05 PM.

03-26-2006, 09:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
CraigT Administrator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 415 Please Enter Height:	Profiles are kind of a tricky thing. Lots of folks dealing with WLS have a challenge be too public with pics or info posted on the web until they have had some substantial progress. I even get emails from people askingif it is mandatory to post profiles and pics. We just have to keep in mind that we are all on very personal journeys. The good new is that vbulletin allows for profiles built right in. Janae, I so love where you heart is at... Thanks for the input. __________________ Craig T 11 years PostOp Open RNY - 2 TT's

03-26-2006, 09:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pillows Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA Posts: 2,495 Please Enter Height:	you know it is so funny to me about how paranoid I was even 3-6 months ago about letting people know how much I weighed and such, but it seems like lately I can't stop telling people. I guess that it is partly due to when people act like I don't need it, or the fact that when I do lose the weight, I want them to know exactly how far I have come to begin with. I am definately going to wear out my digital camera taking pre-op pics since I figure that the more I take, the better chance I have of a couple I like showing up. I love the digital camera with being able to delete so easily. I guess that I am mostly looking for people to at least tell me male or female sometimes, or pre or post or curious. I guess that what you say makes a lot of sense though, I just get bored lately since my surgery date is fast approaching and I am trying to waste tiime.....hehehe. Sorry if any newbies are annoyed by my overexuberance at wanting to know all. Janae __________________ "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect...it means that you have learned to see past the imperfections. " Surgery date April 4th 2006

03-27-2006, 11:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
christyblue Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: illinois Posts: 510 Weight Statistics 9/12/05 Start Date: 9/12/05 Surgery Date: Please Enter Height: 317 lb Start Weight: 184 lb Current Weight: 150 lb Goal Weight: 133 lb Weight Loss: 34 lb Lb Left to Lose: 41.9558359621 % % Lost: 09/12/07 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start: 29 BMI Current: 24 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	yanno what would be cool?somewhere that we could do a log of sorts when we are havin trouble with eating.so we can get other oppinions and advise. huggs christy __________________



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03-28-2006, 11:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,134 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	While you're at it, I would like a few more smilies for the text Lemme see, first off, a wolf whistle for all the wonderful pics members are posting, a thumbs up or a V sign, and a light bulb...oh, and a boot kick, as well OK, seriously. The responses to my tricks our brain play on us post has got me thinking. Is there a software or a site that enables you to project how you might look after considerable weight loss from one's pre op pics? So many seem to be having trouble accepting the person they see in the mirror now, I thought if there was a way to visualize how you could look post op, it might help you by "teaching" your brains who you could be. It also could be a good incentive to keep on track...I'm gonna be like that! I don't mean the resizing you can do with common photo editing softwares. With those, you just resize sidewise (or lengthwise) and you don't get the proprtion change, if you can understand what I mean. Your bone structures don't change, and you lose mostly your fat, and your proportion changes. With your faces, the top part doesn't change that much. It's the lower half, from just above your ears to your cheeks and chin, neck, that changes drastically. With the torso, women will get a waistline and a sassy figure, men will get shoulders, waistline and good looking hips...you can't see that kind of change by just resizing the pics the conventional way. One idea would be to be able to edit your face, then plunk the face on size 16, 14, 10 figures...I'm not sure of men's sizes, 40, 38, or what? just S, M, L? You see why I need a light bulb here. __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun."

03-30-2006, 08:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	Oh Doc! That would be so cool! i would love to see what i'd look like smaller. That would really help with motivation while i'm waiting for my surgery date. Probably even help during my weight loss period. Is this possible craig? I know that when you watch something like most wanted they show computer generated pictures of what somebody they are looking for may look like 10 - 15 years later. It would be so cool to be able to do this. freebird __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)

03-31-2006, 10:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
xsmith95 WLS Master Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Near St. Louis, MO Posts: 633 Weight Statistics June 17, 2005 Start Date: June 17, 2005 Surgery Date: 5' 2" Height: 313 lb Start Weight: 173 lb Current Weight: 140 lb Goal Weight: 140 lb Weight Loss: 33 lb Lb Left to Lose: 44.7284345048 % % Lost: don't have a set goal date, I take it day by day that way I don't get discouraged Goal Date: Body Mass Index 57.2421956296 BMI Start: 31.6386576483 BMI Current: 25.6035379813 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	Thanks Craig! That will give us access to post what we want and relieve the pressure off you to have you post them for us. AgainThanks Shelley __________________

04-01-2006, 07:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	Craig - it's already been mentioned but not addressed, i know your really busy but is there a way to take a current picture and change it to show you what you would look like at certain weight loss numbers? I know i've seen tv do advancements in age so maybe this is possible. Just thought i'd ask again. That would be really helpful to pre-ops like me who are getting impatient for their surgery date. New Post-ops might like it too? __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)

04-01-2006, 08:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
CraigT Administrator Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 415 Please Enter Height:	Looking into the photo morphing stuff. I will keep you posted. __________________ Craig T 11 years PostOp Open RNY - 2 TT's

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