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Hello Gentlemen,
I was wondering if you could let me know what kind of articles you are interested in reading about when it comes to Men's weight loss related issues or any other topics in general. Any writers out there interested in contributing to OH magazine? Please email me at: [email protected]
All my best,
Tammy Colter
ObesityHelp.com
OH Magazine
Editor-In-Chief
I was wondering if you could let me know what kind of articles you are interested in reading about when it comes to Men's weight loss related issues or any other topics in general. Any writers out there interested in contributing to OH magazine? Please email me at: [email protected]
All my best,
Tammy Colter
ObesityHelp.com
OH Magazine
Editor-In-Chief
Oh I think pics speak 1000 words. I love looking at before and afters. It is interesting to see the ones that appear to be embracing a new life and lifestyle of activity and events. I think inspiring stories with photos are terrific. We have some incredible successes on the Mens, and exercise and Fitness board by Men (as well as ladies).
Other male topic might be Seeing the new you; no longer the fat sweaty guy kind of piece; Learning to like yourself, learning to not wear the same baggy close we use to hide; learning to make exercise a hobby and/or a lifestyle rather than daily drudgery (finding what works that you do regularly); breaking the personal relationship with food or a meal or how to deal with "stuff" when eating is not longer the option.
Theres lots of good stuff; learning that going out to eat is about being with the people you are going out with and not about the food (if you eat a cracker or a protein bar and drink water its OK if you are having a good time with the people you are out with)
How to get out from in front of the TV/learning to relax w/o the TV; watching too much TV leads to munching,....grazing, binging,, the Black Hole of Return to Obesity.
The new found blood flow and sex drive after WLS,...how your mate has been on hold while you were BIG and it doesn't change with the flip of a switch because you recovered (can we talk?)
Thats probably enough to get you started. If you need me to corrupt you further, I can be reached on OH.com. I like the people here.
Joe
wjoegreen
Other male topic might be Seeing the new you; no longer the fat sweaty guy kind of piece; Learning to like yourself, learning to not wear the same baggy close we use to hide; learning to make exercise a hobby and/or a lifestyle rather than daily drudgery (finding what works that you do regularly); breaking the personal relationship with food or a meal or how to deal with "stuff" when eating is not longer the option.
Theres lots of good stuff; learning that going out to eat is about being with the people you are going out with and not about the food (if you eat a cracker or a protein bar and drink water its OK if you are having a good time with the people you are out with)
How to get out from in front of the TV/learning to relax w/o the TV; watching too much TV leads to munching,....grazing, binging,, the Black Hole of Return to Obesity.
The new found blood flow and sex drive after WLS,...how your mate has been on hold while you were BIG and it doesn't change with the flip of a switch because you recovered (can we talk?)
Thats probably enough to get you started. If you need me to corrupt you further, I can be reached on OH.com. I like the people here.
Joe
wjoegreen
I'd like to see something about the long term; successes, issues, failures. It's all great in the beginning....everyone loves to see the weight fall off...who wouldn't? As a three month out "newbie" I'm looking to the future. I want to know now what I can do now to ensure my WLS success. I want to thrive, not just survive. I want to use the "tool" to its highest capability and I want to know what could be detrimental to me in the long run. That's my two cents worth.
Thanks,
Duane
Thanks,
Duane
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
I run for those who can't or won't. I run because I once was one of those people.
Saw your post and it is a great topic.
Being almost 3 yrs out. I can't emphasize enough the need to retrain yourself mentally to grasp food is not for pleasure, it is sustaining fuel for living. Variety is good but it has to be released as that emotional buddy we use to be alone with when we bindged or ate for hours at a time, etc. I found part of successfully conquering this old bad habit is deciding that some food(s) or the way a food is prepared is just not an option; i.e., if its fried - its out,...covered in butter (like Red Lobster serves their baked seafood unless you request otherwise and they sometimes still forget) - not eatable. It is a lifestyle change and choice that I just find easier than trying to see how much bad stuff I can eat before making myself feel sick or dumping. The body will relearn to tolerate bad stuff too if you keep putting itn there. It will also remember how to stockpile the excess carbs and calories to storage (fat) too.
The second major change is listening to yur body and stop eating when you feel discomfort; letting go of the commitmment to cleaning your plate or finishing your sevrving, or eating the last of the leftovers rather than letting it go bad and get throw away (what a waste) mentality. You are not a bad person if you are not the one to single handedly resolve the waste of perfectly good food.
These old mindsets and habits tend to circle back around. It starting working on me again at the 2 yr out mark. And I find other old habits trying to resurface, as if checking to see if I'm still committed to the new way of life.
So, my looking back wisdom (hindsight) and advice:
Use this quality recovery time to retrain your brain and emotional cravings, make new lifestyle choices on what is and is not longer acceptable to consider while your body is re-arranging and relearning to function differently with its new plumbing.
I can actually eat one cookie now rather than the whole box. I can take a bite or two of a dessert and say "thats nice" but know it isn't worth making myself siick for and its really not more wonderful than being thin feels. The best advice I got postop was from a support group nutritionist that told me if I was ahving a craving or food fantasy,...it wwas better to get some and take a bite and wait to see if it is everything I fantasized it would be. Maybe two bites. In most, and I have have found for me, in all cases to-date, she was right.
These foods are not the amazing height of satisfaction i imagined but more of a mirage of psychological images of past cravings. The satsifaction was more of the combination of food and overcoming some emotion or post event emoton than the mere taste satisfaction of the food itself. So the new better way is to identify when we are having such craving and re-evaluate what is the real issue and deal with it some other way than eating. As you learn to do that, it starts becoming second nature that food is not the primary option to resolve whats bothering your or a way to relieve stress or some other emotional build-up.
Water and protein bars are my staff of life. And I still take my supplements and vitamins.
Many let those go by the wayside along the way and then can't understand why they don't feel good. And then they try to eat to fix it rather than take the over-the-counter stuff we were told to do. You may have to adjust what you take, but you still have malabsorption and cannot eat enough to get what you need unless you are eating too much, stretching out the new pouch, and going back to the old lifestyle that got us obese to start with.
You are too smart to let that happen. Congrat on your sucess to-date. You are not even close to being done.
You are doing great and I am sure you will be wise enough to make good long-term choices.
Joe
Being almost 3 yrs out. I can't emphasize enough the need to retrain yourself mentally to grasp food is not for pleasure, it is sustaining fuel for living. Variety is good but it has to be released as that emotional buddy we use to be alone with when we bindged or ate for hours at a time, etc. I found part of successfully conquering this old bad habit is deciding that some food(s) or the way a food is prepared is just not an option; i.e., if its fried - its out,...covered in butter (like Red Lobster serves their baked seafood unless you request otherwise and they sometimes still forget) - not eatable. It is a lifestyle change and choice that I just find easier than trying to see how much bad stuff I can eat before making myself feel sick or dumping. The body will relearn to tolerate bad stuff too if you keep putting itn there. It will also remember how to stockpile the excess carbs and calories to storage (fat) too.
The second major change is listening to yur body and stop eating when you feel discomfort; letting go of the commitmment to cleaning your plate or finishing your sevrving, or eating the last of the leftovers rather than letting it go bad and get throw away (what a waste) mentality. You are not a bad person if you are not the one to single handedly resolve the waste of perfectly good food.
These old mindsets and habits tend to circle back around. It starting working on me again at the 2 yr out mark. And I find other old habits trying to resurface, as if checking to see if I'm still committed to the new way of life.
So, my looking back wisdom (hindsight) and advice:
Use this quality recovery time to retrain your brain and emotional cravings, make new lifestyle choices on what is and is not longer acceptable to consider while your body is re-arranging and relearning to function differently with its new plumbing.
I can actually eat one cookie now rather than the whole box. I can take a bite or two of a dessert and say "thats nice" but know it isn't worth making myself siick for and its really not more wonderful than being thin feels. The best advice I got postop was from a support group nutritionist that told me if I was ahving a craving or food fantasy,...it wwas better to get some and take a bite and wait to see if it is everything I fantasized it would be. Maybe two bites. In most, and I have have found for me, in all cases to-date, she was right.
These foods are not the amazing height of satisfaction i imagined but more of a mirage of psychological images of past cravings. The satsifaction was more of the combination of food and overcoming some emotion or post event emoton than the mere taste satisfaction of the food itself. So the new better way is to identify when we are having such craving and re-evaluate what is the real issue and deal with it some other way than eating. As you learn to do that, it starts becoming second nature that food is not the primary option to resolve whats bothering your or a way to relieve stress or some other emotional build-up.
Water and protein bars are my staff of life. And I still take my supplements and vitamins.
Many let those go by the wayside along the way and then can't understand why they don't feel good. And then they try to eat to fix it rather than take the over-the-counter stuff we were told to do. You may have to adjust what you take, but you still have malabsorption and cannot eat enough to get what you need unless you are eating too much, stretching out the new pouch, and going back to the old lifestyle that got us obese to start with.
You are too smart to let that happen. Congrat on your sucess to-date. You are not even close to being done.
You are doing great and I am sure you will be wise enough to make good long-term choices.
Joe
Joe, thanks for the reply. It was well thought out and well put. I really appreciate the advice of the people who have gone before me. Their sage advice has already helped me in many ways. The surgery is not the end....it's just the beginning. Everyday I have to make choices that will either be good for me or bad for me. I've already found that those foods that I use to enjoy I now no longer find any pleasure in eating. I don't want to go back to the person that I was. I don't want to go back to being unhealthy. I want to live with quality, joy, and success. I know that if I do as I've been instructed I will live with quality, joy, and success.
Duane
Duane
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
I run for those who can't or won't. I run because I once was one of those people.
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