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Topic: TERMS OF SERVICES (MODIFIED)
Dear ObesityHelp Members,
We want to let you know that our Terms of Service has been modified. Please check out our revised Terms of Service http://www.obesityhelp.com/content/terms-of-service.html.
All modifications have been made in our ongoing efforts to improve the experience and provide support, education and information to our ObesityHelp Members.
Sincerely,
ObesityHelp Management and Staff
We want to let you know that our Terms of Service has been modified. Please check out our revised Terms of Service http://www.obesityhelp.com/content/terms-of-service.html.
All modifications have been made in our ongoing efforts to improve the experience and provide support, education and information to our ObesityHelp Members.
Sincerely,
ObesityHelp Management and Staff
Topic: RE: looking for patients from Dr Elariny in Northern VA...HELP
is Dr. E. in your insurance's list of preferred providers - if not - they won't pay him
as much - i'm a patient of elariney's & have had blue cross care first & they never asked me
for anything up front - i have a great plan though & i believe he's in their network -
you have to stay in network to save $$ - if i had to do it over again - i would have went somewhere else though - Dr. Anez maybe - insurance could approve but not pay much - maybe you have a low option plan - not hi
as much - i'm a patient of elariney's & have had blue cross care first & they never asked me
for anything up front - i have a great plan though & i believe he's in their network -
you have to stay in network to save $$ - if i had to do it over again - i would have went somewhere else though - Dr. Anez maybe - insurance could approve but not pay much - maybe you have a low option plan - not hi
Topic: RE: Dr. Aceves.
Thank you , I Can't wait I'm so Excited to be on the Weight Loss bench like Y'all
Topic: RE: Hello! New to this site!!
Hi,
Well, I thought a lot like you and asked some of the same questions. It is hard to say to you YES you will loose 100 pounds by Sept. Everyone loses at different rates depending on how much they have to lose, what they are eating, and if they are doing any exercise.
Don't set yourself up to fail by getting to Sept and not losing 100 pounds. It took me 14 months to lose 105 pounds. I am older so I lose weight slower. How about taking it a week at a time. Then a month at a time. At first it comes off pretty fast.
This is what my Weight Loss looks like.
I wish you great success. Keep me posted to how you are doing.
Hugs,
Suzanne
On February 6, 2012 at 7:51 AM Pacific Time, brandymarie81 wrote:
I am scheduled for surgery on 3/1 and can't wait! I know it will be hard but in the end will be worth it! I need to lose 241 lbs to get to my goal weight...and was curious if anyone has lost this much or more already. Any tips? How much should I be able to lose by september? I would love to be down at least 100lbs by then...I am going on an Alaskan Cruise! Think that is possible? Well, I thought a lot like you and asked some of the same questions. It is hard to say to you YES you will loose 100 pounds by Sept. Everyone loses at different rates depending on how much they have to lose, what they are eating, and if they are doing any exercise.
Don't set yourself up to fail by getting to Sept and not losing 100 pounds. It took me 14 months to lose 105 pounds. I am older so I lose weight slower. How about taking it a week at a time. Then a month at a time. At first it comes off pretty fast.
This is what my Weight Loss looks like.
|
Date |
Weight |
Loss |
Total lbs lost |
lbs to lose |
|
|
9/21/2008 |
225 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
10/21/2008 |
217 |
8 |
8 |
92 |
|
|
11/21/2008 |
205 |
12 |
20 |
80 |
|
|
12/1/2008 |
195 |
10 |
30 |
70 |
|
|
1/12/2009 |
184 |
11 |
41 |
59 |
|
|
2/9/2009 |
180 |
4 |
45 |
55 |
|
|
2/25/2009 |
173 |
7 |
52 |
48 |
|
|
3/24/2009 |
169 |
4 |
56 |
44 |
|
|
4/15/2009 |
161 |
8 |
64 |
36 |
|
|
5/15/2009 |
151 |
10 |
74 |
26 |
|
|
6/15/2009 |
145 |
6 |
80 |
94 |
|
|
7/15/2009 |
140 |
5 |
85 |
15 |
|
|
8/15/2009 |
135 |
5 |
90 |
10 |
|
|
9/15/2009 |
130 |
5 |
95 |
5 |
|
|
10/15/2009 |
125 |
5 |
100 |
0 |
|
|
1/15/2010 |
120 |
5 |
105 |
-5 |
|
I wish you great success. Keep me posted to how you are doing.
Hugs,
Suzanne
Suzanne B
Eugene, OR
Dr. Aceves
10/21/2008
Start lbs 225
Now 120
Eugene, OR
Dr. Aceves
10/21/2008
Start lbs 225
Now 120
Topic: RE: Dr. Aceves.
Congratulations!! I researched and researched and I finally decided on Dr Aceves, too. Nina is great and provides tons of info. Dr Aceves has so many great reviews. I'm currently working on losing the pre-op weight so I can have DS surgery lap instead of open. Good luck to you !!
Londa7
Topic: Hello! New to this site!!
I am scheduled for surgery on 3/1 and can't wait! I know it will be hard but in the end will be worth it! I need to lose 241 lbs to get to my goal weight...and was curious if anyone has lost this much or more already. Any tips? How much should I be able to lose by september? I would love to be down at least 100lbs by then...I am going on an Alaskan Cruise! Think that is possible?
Topic: RE: new to site - leg soreness, what to eat?????
My husband and I are 6 days out, we got to go to "full liquids" after 2 days, but nothing too substantial. We've lived off grits, yogurt, protein shakes, mashed potatos, lately a little cream cheese on melba toast (we were told we could have 1 toast per meal). We're really burned out on the same stuff too!
Our next phase will be on the 15th and I am looking forward to chicken salad. They said to make it with canned chicken, a little low fat mayo, and the juice from pickle relish since we wont be able to have the actual pickle parts yet. Good luck!
Our next phase will be on the 15th and I am looking forward to chicken salad. They said to make it with canned chicken, a little low fat mayo, and the juice from pickle relish since we wont be able to have the actual pickle parts yet. Good luck!
Topic: RE: 5 Days Post Op-Pain in the stomach area?
I get a pain when I stand up, if I put my arms up over my head it kind of pulls, but, one of my incisions is really swollen too. Are you able to lay comfortably? That is where I am most painful.
Topic: Everyone has a story.....share yours on MY JOURNEY
ObesityHelp is excited to announce our latest feature MY JOURNEY - here!
Since its founding in 1998, ObesityHelp.com has been serving the weight loss surgery community with education, inspiration and support. Part of this has always revolved around the power of the individual journey. It’s not any easy way out. It has never been any magic bullet. ObesityHelp.com has been proud to collect real stories of the good, bad, ugly, beautiful and everything in between from real people, for the benefit of all those seeking information, advice, insight, or support.
Want to share your story?
There are many ways to do so here, stemming from your profile, where you can maintain free form content, photos, blog posts, reviews and more.
Amid this, however, we have a journey sequence where we selected a number of questions addressing steps common to all weight loss surgery patients. Over the years we have collected over 70,000 responses from our 700,000 plus members.
This month we are taking this long-standing feature and bringing it more to the forefront. We have decided to highlight life before versus after weight loss surgery, with the intent of helping call attention to the life transforming power of the only intervention yet known to provide long term improvement or outright resolution of life threatening co-morbidities such as sleep apnea, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
In upcoming releases we intend to make it easy for people to browse the most educational journeys based on geography, surgery type, gender, initial weight, and other criteria.
Why are we doing this?
We recognize the continuing need to educate the public at large, including employers, law makers and health professionals, about the clinically researched benefits and risks of surgical intervention for obesity as a disease deserving as much proper understanding and respect as any other disease with genetic and environmental causes. The more you share of your own experience, the faster we can educate the public at large as to the realities of morbid obesity and of surgical interventions. Please help us turn the tide in obesity discrimination and even outright well intended ignorance.
What will we do with your story?
Very soon...Any journey questions that you answer will appear on your member profile (which you can have public, private, or public only to people on your friends list). It will also appear, upon approval, in our main Journey section. These will be available for public browsing, where interested viewers can click to learn more about individuals by viewing their profiles.
Get Recognition!
In February we will be selecting our first round of story sharing winners, based on story submissions we receive in the month of January. Winners will receive free admittance to OH events, a year (or additional year) of OH Magazine subscription, and invitation to the ObesityHelp Journey All Stars roundtable. (Stay tuned for more details).
Everyone has a story...tell us yours at MY JOURNEY!
For any questions? Give us a holler at [email protected]
Since its founding in 1998, ObesityHelp.com has been serving the weight loss surgery community with education, inspiration and support. Part of this has always revolved around the power of the individual journey. It’s not any easy way out. It has never been any magic bullet. ObesityHelp.com has been proud to collect real stories of the good, bad, ugly, beautiful and everything in between from real people, for the benefit of all those seeking information, advice, insight, or support.
Want to share your story?
There are many ways to do so here, stemming from your profile, where you can maintain free form content, photos, blog posts, reviews and more.
Amid this, however, we have a journey sequence where we selected a number of questions addressing steps common to all weight loss surgery patients. Over the years we have collected over 70,000 responses from our 700,000 plus members.
This month we are taking this long-standing feature and bringing it more to the forefront. We have decided to highlight life before versus after weight loss surgery, with the intent of helping call attention to the life transforming power of the only intervention yet known to provide long term improvement or outright resolution of life threatening co-morbidities such as sleep apnea, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
In upcoming releases we intend to make it easy for people to browse the most educational journeys based on geography, surgery type, gender, initial weight, and other criteria.
Why are we doing this?
We recognize the continuing need to educate the public at large, including employers, law makers and health professionals, about the clinically researched benefits and risks of surgical intervention for obesity as a disease deserving as much proper understanding and respect as any other disease with genetic and environmental causes. The more you share of your own experience, the faster we can educate the public at large as to the realities of morbid obesity and of surgical interventions. Please help us turn the tide in obesity discrimination and even outright well intended ignorance.
What will we do with your story?
Very soon...Any journey questions that you answer will appear on your member profile (which you can have public, private, or public only to people on your friends list). It will also appear, upon approval, in our main Journey section. These will be available for public browsing, where interested viewers can click to learn more about individuals by viewing their profiles.
Get Recognition!
In February we will be selecting our first round of story sharing winners, based on story submissions we receive in the month of January. Winners will receive free admittance to OH events, a year (or additional year) of OH Magazine subscription, and invitation to the ObesityHelp Journey All Stars roundtable. (Stay tuned for more details).
Everyone has a story...tell us yours at MY JOURNEY!
For any questions? Give us a holler at [email protected]
Topic: RE: Dr. Aceves.
HW 232 SW 218 WT when leaving hospital 219.5
Had my surgery with him 4 months ago. YOu will love him and his staff! He is FABULOUS!
HW 232 SW 218 WT when leaving hospital 219.5
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