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wendygail
on 1/16/24 8:15 am - Live Oak, FL
Topic: RE: A Vibrating Weight-Loss Pill ?
Sounds like snake oil to me. I'm gonna have to do so more research on it.
 It's a great day to be alive.        
Ccecejac
on 1/13/24 5:25 pm, edited 1/13/24 9:26 am
Mini Gastric Bypass on 02/06/20
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Hi Sallyj,

We all know obesity is a disease and behavioral disorders. Weight Loss Surgery does not cure eating disorder. Lots of people had WLS regain their weight back going back to their old habits. Now, they get a revision try to lose weight again.

Each person journey is different. I am an advocate for people battling obesity and eating disorders. I have been obesity over 20 years. I talked with many people dealing with obesity and eating disorders. I know what they are going through. Our journey are different but we battled something in common obesity.

We are all entitle to our opinion and beliefs. Obesity not hereditary. I know scholars trying to say it is. I totally disagree.

People become obesity over the years feel there is no way out to stop his/her obsession eating habits. Ghrelin and Leptin are two harmones we have that let us know when we hungry and when we are satisfied or full from eating. The more weight people gain the more Leptin they will produce over the time. Instead of the brain saying you full it will start saying to keep eating.

The true fact of the matter ?if you consume over 2300 calories on a daily basis? and do not do any form of exercise activities, what do you think will happen to those calories you did not burn off?????

The energy from the foods people ingest cannot not be destroyed or made up. That food going somewhere in your body to be stored as fat?this is most leading up to people being obese.

I overcome my obesity and eating disorder continuing to keep weight off through energy balance ?Calories in and calories out!?

This really does work. My 4 year Post Op be next month. I have not gain any weight back. I eat in moderation and in smaller portions. I have a healthy lifestyle enjoying it abundantly each day. I am inspiring others who are struggling with obesity and helping them get control of their life back.

People chose medication Ozempic to lose weight. People chose the Weight Loss Surgery for better alternative to get back their life and improve his/her health.

We can overcome whatever obstacles or challenges in our lives. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Amen

sallyj
on 1/13/24 2:39 pm - Spokane, WA
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Sorry but I have to disagree with your emphasis.

As someone who has struggled with obesity for over forty years, I am quite familiar with calorie expenditure formulas. And, as someone who has struggled with obesity for over forty years, I have had forty years of people telling me about the caloric expenditure theories. Not that it is incorrect, but it is over-simplistic. Obesity research has clearly established the complexity of obesity--and why there is no simple fix. The role of one's microbiom, hormones, environmental factors, etc. add to the challenges faced by people and focusing on calories in = calories out puts the blame squarely on the shoulders of individuals as if obesity were all due to their own behaviors. If that were the case, no one would need obesity surgery or drugs. And obesity is, therefore a moral failure--which it is not. It is a disease condition of the body.

Healthy food choices are critical but they are not the cause or cure of obesity.

Ccecejac
on 1/13/24 2:38 pm
Mini Gastric Bypass on 02/06/20
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Hi Jmm4321,

lots of people have high metabolism so whatever he/she eats will be digested no weight gain. Unfortunately, lots of people metabolism is low so not high like yours Jmm4321. I am happy you can eat all the food you want. For lots of people it is unfortunately because of their age or other situations that hinder them to take a dump everytime he/she consumes a lots of food.

The foods you consume will become calories. If you do not do exercise activities your calories will be stored as fat in the adipose. Energy from food can not be destroyed or created. It going to be stored if you do not burn up the calories you intake daily on a daily basis.

Best wishes

Ccecejac
on 1/13/24 2:25 pm
Mini Gastric Bypass on 02/06/20
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Hi Sallyj,

Thanks for your input! It's Highly processed food is the causing for America to have the highest obesity rate in the world and the fast food chain foods are the reasons for unhealthy contents of fats, sodium, sugar filled with unhealthy ingredients you do not know about at fast foods as well as processed food. You should read the food labels to know what contents are not healthy for you to eat. Calories are not just counting numbers it is what you ingest from the food you put inside your body what cause the calories to convert to fat because you are not trying to do exercise activities to burn off the high calories you ingested all day long!!!

It is more than just the calories that matters. Importantly, how much energy input (food) you are consuming in calories on a day to day basis.

Example:

Someone ingest 2200 calories a day. It is the energy from the food they ingest is 2200 calories. This person not doing no sports activities to burn off those extra calories. What happens, energy from the food you ingested for that day and week just store up in the adipose. Eventually, that person begins to gain access amount of weight. Energy from food you ingested from your calories does not go away. It will be stored up as fatty tissue.

Energy cannot be destroyed are created. All that food you consume a day in calories certainly does matter for lots of people not trying to do exercise activities to burn off the calories.

Energy Imbalance:

Is the causing #1 for epidemic in obesity in today society....

I hope this was self explanatory for you to know!

Best Wishes,

orsailboat
on 1/11/24 6:57 am
Topic: RE: Life long weight struggle and no success with dieting and answers

It's positive that you have been tested for various conditions such as PCOS, thyroid disease, and Cushing's syndrome. If you haven't already, it may be beneficial to consult with a healthcare professional, such as an endocrinologist or a specialist in metabolic disorders, to explore other possible underlying causes or conditions that might be contributing to your weight management challenges.

@snake game, do you have any advices?

Ccecejac
on 1/8/24 3:25 pm
Mini Gastric Bypass on 02/06/20
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Thank you Ros, I truly care compassionately reaching out to others this what I do.

Best wishes,

Ccecejac

less165
on 1/8/24 1:18 pm
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Thank you for the info.. We all need a reminder..

your note will become a keepsake...

Ros

sallyj
on 1/8/24 11:22 am - Spokane, WA
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

Please remember that it is more than just the calorie count that matters--look at all the current research on highly processed food. While some may have calorie counts that are appropriate, that doesn't make them a good choice.

cpcampbell
on 1/7/24 6:18 am
Topic: RE: Count your Calories!!!!!

I didn't check labels either, but now I do. Still don't keep a journal mainly because I have a empty nest now and I don't cook as much. I stock up on my proteins I can bake, broil etc. Steamed veggies plenty of water protein shakes. Have to watch breads ?

~ Carla
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