Desperate Dietary Measures

faylavi
on 9/2/11 2:33 am - Laurel, MD

This morning I started thinking of all the diets that I tried over the years, for some strange reason.

My top 2 are:

In high school I was 30#s over-weight(kiss of death). I ate nothing but black coffee and air popped unsalted popcorn for a week. I lost 20 pounds and PASSED OUT. The weigh came back shortly after I came to

.

In December (before my surgery was approved) I spoke to a Doc (I used that term loosely) about WIRING MY MOUTH SHUT

. The worst part is that I spent 2 days deliberating, because I would have to carry a pair of pliers everywhere in the event I was in an accident etc...live saving measure NOT!!! My surgery was approved about 2 weeks later.

BTW every time someone ask about me having the Sleeve and it being "risky", I tell them about the mouth wiring.

I know (hope) I am not the only one...What was the worst that you tried or considered?

Fay

                 46yrs old 5'4'' HW 306  AW 288  SW 276 CW 192  205 Next goal <199

cannonkb
on 9/2/11 3:16 am - SC

VSG on 02/16/11

I sometimes wished I could be in an induced coma while my fat wasted away. I realize that this is not logical thinking bacause there are other things that would have wasted away but I did think it! The things that go thru our minds sometimes!!!

faylavi
on 9/2/11 5:10 am - Laurel, MD

VSG on 02/17/11

It makes me appreciate the control that I have with the sleeve. No desperation here (even when I stall)

                 46yrs old 5'4'' HW 306  AW 288  SW 276 CW 192  205 Next goal <199

LaughingCow
on 9/2/11 3:21 am - VA

VSG on 02/01/12 with

Great topic! :)

When I was in high school I tried some diet where you ate nothing but fruit the first day, except no bananas. It threw my blood sugar off so badly that I barfed watermelon like there was no tomorrow. I didn't ea****ermelon for almost ten years. I didn't make it to the second day of the diet. lol

Amy
VSG on 2/1/12 with Dr. Halmi

faylavi
on 9/2/11 4:57 am - Laurel, MD

VSG on 02/17/11

LOL!...I guessI would not ea****ermelon either, after that.

                 46yrs old 5'4'' HW 306  AW 288  SW 276 CW 192  205 Next goal <199

George B.
on 9/2/11 3:25 am - Miami, FL

VSG on 08/19/09

Fay,

I Dreamed of having my mouth wired shut but never did anything abiut it.

Before the VSG I lost the most weight on the Atkins diet. It was great, I lost 55 pounds but got bored, started eating carbs again and regained 75 pounds.

I'm 2 years post-op and maintaining at my goal weight without a lot of effort. Losing 100% of my excess weight and keeping it off would not have been possible for me without the sleeve.

Continued success,
George

faylavi
on 9/2/11 4:59 am - Laurel, MD

VSG on 02/17/11

The sleeve is a MUCH better choice. Plus not being able to brush my teeth was a no, no.

                 46yrs old 5'4'' HW 306  AW 288  SW 276 CW 192  205 Next goal <199

Lynnww666
on 9/2/11 3:40 am - Canada

VSG on 07/28/11

In college, a friend and I "fasted" on black coffee and diet coke ... until I got dizzy and very nearly passed out in the college bathroom... conking my head against that metal door must have knocked a little sense into me as I quit the "fast" that day. (BTW, lost 23 pounds in those two weeks... weight loss lasted less than a week once I started eating again)
Also as a teen (with my parents no less!) went on the so-called "Mayo Clinic" diet with bacon and eggs for breakfast, chicken and salad for lunch and steak and salad for dinner... with of course the ubiquitous half grapefruit or glass of grapefruit juice at each meal. It was delicious and we each lost more than 20 pound in about 2.5 weeks... again, didn't last once we started eating "normally." (Full disclosure ... I don't think I have ever eaten normally in my whole life)
Lynn

Quien quiera pescado que se moje el culo
Dec. 2010 weight 355, surgery weight 292 Current weight 199

faylavi
on 9/2/11 5:02 am - Laurel, MD

VSG on 02/17/11

damn half of a grapefruit...I had grapefruit in a snack bag every day for years....still fat. Okay so I ate cookies with the grapefruit, but what the hell.

                 46yrs old 5'4'' HW 306  AW 288  SW 276 CW 192  205 Next goal <199