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Thanks for your post. If you don't mind me asking about doing the keto diet. I had my surgery in 2006 was down to about 130 and have gained about 40 lbs ugghhhh.. so I'm just starting the keto diet this week.. I am trying to be as strict as possible less than 20 carbs a day high fat and protein.. it's very encouraging to see that this diet works it just scares me because of the high fat content.. just wondering if you have any advice to pass on.. do you work out a lot with this diet? Some say to work out intensely others so moderate to none. What worked for you? Thanks and way to go on the weight loss
a summation of a lengthier reply that would most likely cause confusion and wordy backlash towards me and my progress.
if you are happy with your fad diet of fasting, a "practice" (I say necessity) of people 200 years ago, when the average life expectancy was about 35 years. More power to ya.
I will say this,
weight loss is the goal, ALL FORMS OF TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT are the tools to get us there. I for one prefer a tool that has proved its worth and is fairly dependable, as opposed to having to go back to the store for another "knock off" that only causes a waste of time and frustration.
to all my OH brothers and sisters, I love you all, and I thank god every day that I came across this site, it is not here to sway opinions or force surgery on anyone, it is here to provide different points of view and a shoulder to lean on, or cry on. I don't post often, I don't reply to posts often, but I know one thing, if you ask a question or post a thought you wont get any smoke blown up your a$$.
that is all.
Get busy livin' or get busy dyin' 
I have tried every type of iron out there. I can tolerate almost any of them. The problem is that I'm not absorbing the iron. I go back to the hematologist next month to check labs, then I'll probably go back again in 6 months for the same. Unless the patch works, I will probably have to get IV iron once a year, which I am fine with. In the meantime, I feel better than I have in years, I can walk from my bed to the bathroom without getting short of breath. I have color in my face, I have energy, and my weight loss has restarted. Lost 7lbs since I've been out of the hospital. My taste buds have even changed, I don't crave the ice anymore and those food items I was eating tons and tons of that weren't good for me, I'm not wanting anymore (Cheese and Cracker Combos were the worst!) I'm drinking more water, drinking my protein drinks and I'm BACK!!
Have you tried Proferrin? It's the only iron I have been able to tolerate.
They had to give me blood when I had back surgery because my iron was so low. It was 7.
Proferrin has brought it up to low normal but it's not way under normal the way it was. I am going to take 1 1/2 per day instead of 1 and see if that brings it up some more. It's expensive but it's much easier to absorb.
band 12-29-06 revision to sleeve Alberto Aceves 4-29-09
I love my sleeve!!
Lost 107 lbs and maintaining
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If you have any peer-reviewed scientific literature showing that IF can induce metabolic changes, as bariatric surgery does, I would be interested to see them.
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/59/12/3049.shor t
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1356398/
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
>> I can even PIG OUT if I feel like it.
Perhaps that's part of why you're still obese?
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
"If people were getting quality information instead of lies," it's totally possible that more people would choose surgery.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/well/why-weight-loss-surg ery-works-when-diets-dont.html
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I have been eating this way since July 2017 after experiencing a regain of about 75ish pounds. I have removed about 50 of those pounds since then but am now at the point where I was after my 2008 surgery where the weight loss slowed down but did not stop. I expect to be back where I need to be by this summer.
Blogs mysecondhalfoflife.blogspot.com/ and amanicinsomniacsreadinglist.blogspot.com/
High/Surg/current/goal - 320/253/150/healthy - I am 5' 3" tall - Size 8 now! Past surgeon's goal now!
If your way is so much better, it's funny after 4 years of a normal BMI, you are the one who's still obese.
"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat
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