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has anyone read Dr Matthew Weiner's book A Pound Of Cure?

cajunbuderfly
on 4/1/15 4:29 am - LA

I have been on and off of here since my surgery even before... I am one of the patients who put back on weight 65 lbs to be exact. this Dr Pushes fruits and veggies...and eating clean..he IS a Bariatriac Dr...any input would help.. 

idk what else to do 

Jen D.
on 4/1/15 2:16 pm - Central, FL

At the risk of sounding like a fanatic, please watch this video http://youtu.be/fL5-9ZxamXc.  Dr. Tim Noakes explains brilliantly what is going on in our bodies, and explains why we can so easily regain weight after WLS.  WE've fixed our stomachs, but we haven't fixed our livers, which (in obese people) are wired to over produce glucose.  Losing the weight doesn't cure the carb intolerance that causes an overproductive liver, so if you continue to stimulate the liver with carbs and sugar, you will the weight back.

I'm sounding like a zealot right now because I'm annoyed that my own doctors never explained this to me in this way.  Had I understood what was going on physiologically, and the damage that I could do to my entire body just by sneaking in a few carbs (and a few more, and a few more), I never would have allowed myself to get here.  Hoping that if I continue to beat the drum it will help someone else who is struggling.

I'm right there with you.  I put 40 lbs back on and I never even came close to goal.  So, I'm turning it around.  Down 5 lbs so far.  Join me!  You can do it too!!  

H.A.L.A B.
on 4/12/15 11:56 am

Jen, i hope you don't mind i quoted you as a response to someone else. It was easier that typing it myself. 

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/5309944/Question-about-weight-loss-percentage/#44603996

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

edie121
on 4/7/15 3:25 am
I have had the same experience of regain without reaching goal. I've regained about 43 lbs and have at least 90 to lose maybe more. Thanks to your posts about Doctors Weiner and Noakes I've been researching both their plans. I especially liked dr. Tim Noakes YouTube videos on carbohydrate intolerance which makes so much sense to me. Some of us just don't burn fat when we eat carbs. I feel like I have a plan and am excited about it.
Thank you both ladies for your posts.
Edie
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