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i hope by now everything is worked out
Starting Weight= 353 pounds
Current Weight= 280 pounds
Goal Weight= 220 pounds
Starting Weight= 353 pounds
Current Weight= 280 pounds
Goal Weight= 220 pounds
I wish you well with your upcoming surgery. I had a problem many years ago, worked through it without surgery to a really significant weight loss, which I have maintained for the past 25 years or so. And yes, it is not easy, it is an ongoing battle. But it is winnable. As a physician who has now limited his practice to medical bariatrics, I work very hard to assist my patients to achieve their goal with conservative, non-surgical means. And I also work with others who have already had surgery and now need either ongoing support, or having regained weight years post-surgery and are again seeking a conservative approach to weight loss.
And I understand that nobody on this website is undergoing or comtemplating surgery lightly, and that the decision must have come after so many heartbreaking and fruitless attempts---and certainly you have reached your decision on the January surgery only after great deliberation. Bariatric surgery is an effective tool for achieving the weight loss you require, and can lead to a healthier you. So go for it.
I'm sorry you felt I chose my words poorly. They came from decades of personal experience (me!) and professional experience. They were not meant to offend.
Good luck!
my blog: www.laurot95.blogspot.com
HW - 361/SW - 338/GW - ONEderland somewhere......
(loss reflects 23# loss pre-op)
There isn't one person here who would chose surgery before trying other methods. People who finally come to the difficult decision of using the surgery tool in their ONGOING weight battle, have been battling for YEARS. I didn't make A concerted effort and fail. I succeeded. And gain it all back. And then succeeded again. And gained it all back and more. And then succeeded again and gained it all back. There is no "FAILING". It's just the same b.s. over and over and over. Your words were chosen poorly.
Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.
Profile Display of Health Tracker .
The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.
In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.
The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)
Workouts
My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.
Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"
You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.
Create your first workout now!
One other addition
For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.
Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.
I talked to my dad, he is gaining weight, I think he is stretching his stomach back out. He had gallstones about a year ago, and went to the hospital for it, and the surgeon there told him something about they cant do the revision for he had some type of problem it wasn't done right, and something about he has his intestines and his stomach fused together, I'm not sure I didn't understand what he was saying about it all. I gave him the information for CHRIAS and told him to give them a call and let them check it out. A second opinion would not hurt.
I know he had the surgery at Underwood hospital but cant remember the doctors name
For those of you who have not seriously worked at a well-designed weight management program, please consider doing it before you seek surgery. For those of you who have made a concerted honest effort and failed, I wish you good luck in your surgical solution to your problem!
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