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I'm not a chicken but I lost enough waiting for my referral for surgery that I no longer qualify for WLS. So I did an Optifast program and am now losing with just diet and exercise.
Good luck with your journey!
I have lost hundreds of pounds doing it without surgery, only to gain it all back plus more. What is your plan for maintaining your weight loss for the rest of your life?
My plan is to keep eating exactly as I am right now. I weigh and track every bite that I eat and I don't go off plan. Basically, I follow the same diet a WLS patient would, except that I can have lots of non-starchy veggies and I stay between 1100-1200 calories.
People can and do out-eat their surgery; to be successful either way, vigilance is necessary. I would have liked to have the surgery but I am not going backwards. My BMI is 27 now so WLS wouldn't be an option unless I gained a lot back. I have lots of support from family, including my husband and children, and a good therapist if needed.
I've also discovered a love for exercise and spend an hour or two at the gym every day. I know that needs to be part of my life forever and I genuinely enjoy it.
Finally, I weigh myself every day to track changes. This way, if the scale starts moving in the wrong direction, I can correct behaviours before it becomes significant.
so , this is the first time you have ever dieted and exercised, then?
I'm not a chicken but I lost enough waiting for my referral for surgery that I no longer qualify for WLS. So I did an Optifast program and am now losing with just diet and exercise.
Good luck with your journey!
I have lost hundreds of pounds doing it without surgery, only to gain it all back plus more. What is your plan for maintaining your weight loss for the rest of your life?
My plan is to keep eating exactly as I am right now. I weigh and track every bite that I eat and I don't go off plan. Basically, I follow the same diet a WLS patient would, except that I can have lots of non-starchy veggies and I stay between 1100-1200 calories.
People can and do out-eat their surgery; to be successful either way, vigilance is necessary. I would have liked to have the surgery but I am not going backwards. My BMI is 27 now so WLS wouldn't be an option unless I gained a lot back. I have lots of support from family, including my husband and children, and a good therapist if needed.
I've also discovered a love for exercise and spend an hour or two at the gym every day. I know that needs to be part of my life forever and I genuinely enjoy it.
Finally, I weigh myself every day to track changes. This way, if the scale starts moving in the wrong direction, I can correct behaviours before it becomes significant.
HW: 299 CW: 165 GW: 150
Started Optifast on April 21, 2017 at 248lbs through the Ontario Bariatric Network medical program.
I'm not a chicken but I lost enough waiting for my referral for surgery that I no longer qualify for WLS. So I did an Optifast program and am now losing with just diet and exercise.
Good luck with your journey!
I have lost hundreds of pounds doing it without surgery, only to gain it all back plus more. What is your plan for maintaining your weight loss for the rest of your life?
I'm not a chicken but I lost enough waiting for my referral for surgery that I no longer qualify for WLS. So I did an Optifast program and am now losing with just diet and exercise.
Good luck with your journey!
HW: 299 CW: 165 GW: 150
Started Optifast on April 21, 2017 at 248lbs through the Ontario Bariatric Network medical program.
Hello All!
I am brand new to the site here. I'm 32, and I've been heavy all my life. I have arthritis in my knees and have PCOS too. I'm going to my dr on Friday for my annual exam and I'm afraid of the news I'll hear. I have swelling in ky legs and some signs of diabetes so I'm afraid that may be an outcome. I'm also planning to talk to her about Contrave. I've taken Contrave before and lost about 20lbs, but it was expensive and I couldn't afford it anymore. I'm in a better position career wise now and I'm hoping to get back on it. My insurance doesn't cover weight loss medication but would it be possible with a letter of medical necessity?
I also just found that my FSA will reimburse me for a treadmill and fitness tracker with a LMN. Has anyone done this and been successful with getting reimbursed? Being a stepmom and working full time and going to school full time I'm just unable to get to the gym. I don't live where I could walk outside so I feel like a treadmill at home would be great. Being reimbursed would help me afford both the treadmill and fitness tracker.
Hoping some of you other chickens (at least we're dense protein) will come out and keep me company. The only hi-carbs I'm eating are steel cut oatmeal and a variety of gummy vites (i know!). Need to start exercising.
Reading posts from ten years ago. Helloooo???
HW: 278 Ht 5'4" Aug 1 2017 SW: 270 CW: 265
there aren't many posters here cause most ppl have found out that the only way to maintaining weight loss is through surgery.
Good luck to you though.
Hello my name is Edna And I have been over weight most of my teenage and adult life...I have been on all diets I had Gastric bypass in 1979.
When I had gastric bypass in 1979 My husband at that time wanted me to get skinny
he always made
Remarks Thank God he left me. but the surgery did not work because it was one of surgeries that was new.
i was in the hospital for 4 weeks.
and then I was going to be Released I asked the doctor what can I eat when I got home he said anything.
so when I went home I ate """"pork Fried Rice..And I could not hold it in..
.then my staples came a loose
and that was the end of being skinny.
..but I'm new to the form but not on OBESITY HELP. I have made a lot of mistakes on my diets mostly because I was HUNGRY>And STRESS.
I'M ON A 1599 CALORIES INTAKE
I give me this number because I have room after my meals.for a snack or 2
..and NOT stress because Real Diets Do not work
this calorie intake will be for the rest of my life...Because I know that OBESITY IS
A SICKNESS JUST LIKE CANCER You can die
....or you can live and live healthy..
. I'm Hoping for friends and support..Everyone have a Bless day. I'm 61 years old and I want to live 80+
WHAT I NEED MOST IS NEW FRIENDS AND SUPPORT LEFT BEFORE BECAUSE I WAS DENIED GASTRIC BYPASS BUT I;M STILL HOPING AND IS WAITING ON GOD'S APPROVAL
Hoping some of you other chickens (at least we're dense protein) will come out and keep me company. The only hi-carbs I'm eating are steel cut oatmeal and a variety of gummy vites (i know!). Need to start exercising.
Reading posts from ten years ago. Helloooo???
HW: 278 Ht 5'4" Aug 1 2017 SW: 270 CW: 265
