http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/crossingtotransferaddictions/

Hi All,

The Holidays are here: more food, more alcohol, more shopping, more EVERYTHING!!!!

There is a new OH Online Support Group. The above link will get you there.
It's called Crossing Over to Transfer Addictions

This group discusses the issue of transfer addictions (also known as cross addictions) after weight loss surgery. there are millions of people who have undergone gastric bypass who are now dealing with issues of addiction transfer.

For a number of people, giving up overeating leads to adoption of a new compulsion. Addiction transfer occurs when someone is unable or unwilling to rely on one compulsion (for us, it was food) and so switches to a new compulsion (alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, shopping, internet, porn, etc) due to not having dealt with the underlying issue behind the compulsion.

***Please feel free (and safe) to join and discuss any and/all issues you have regarding Transfer Addiction. ***

WE WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER WITHOUT JUDGEMENT!

Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.

 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

You have gotten some really good advice here and I have learned stuff too,, I had ryn in January and have lost 150#,, and have alot of stuff hanging around,, my family doctor told me that I needed to keep coming to see her so we could document my rashes, etc so insurance would pay for the surgery for removal,, my surgeon, matt glas****  in cedar falls,, said that I should wait a year of maintaining before surgery,,
Keep up walking and exercising,, I try to never eat over 1000 calories a day and have between 85-100 gms protein a day,, I lose between 1-3# a week, but it is a struggle and I eat more than I should too,,good luck,,Bonnie

Please don't be nervous about the weight gain.  They are aware it happens and are prepared to help people get back on track.  That's one of the good things about the program--they understand it is more than just the surgery.  It is a whole lifestyle change, and that takes time, techniques, and support.  I have never had a sense of them being judgmental about people regaining.  If anything, they are more frustrated when people don't seek help.

It's too bad you haven't had the medical support from your family doctor--who needs that grief!  I hadn't gone to a doctor for years before the surgery simply because I was tired of their attitudes.  When I had to get one in order to have the surgery, Dr. Rizk suggested someone, so I knew they would not be against it:) 

I didn't have a lot of skin problems with my stomach, but it hung down far enough to be annoying.  I was surprised by how different I felt about myself after the tummy tuck.  It made a big difference in my body image.  I really wasn't expecting that especially after the other surgeries.  I did have to pay for the arms (no medical necessity there) and would love to have the legs done, but again, no insurance for that. 

It is amazing the difference this surgery has made--even though I need to lose about 10-15 lbs. of regain, I know I can do it now versus pre-surgery.  I just feel like now my body works like a "normal" persons, so I can diet/exercise and lose the weight wereas before it just seemed like a lost cause.

Sally

I'm glad you've been able to contact Dr. Rizk's office.  They are really good people and have a strong program.

Dr. Rizk only does tummy tucks on his wls patients--not the general public--from what I understand.  I'm trying to think how long I was at my goal weight before the tummy tuck.  I had a breast reduction and arm lift at about 15 months and then had the tummy tuck late that summer, so at maybe around 19 or 20 months?  Insurance did pay for the tummy tuck--his office is good at documenting medical necessity since he has worked with you since the wls. 

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Sally