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CeilWilging
on 11/11/22 1:17 am, edited 11/16/22 4:00 pm
Topic: RE: NSV: jeans

Oh my god, congratulations! NSV moments are the absolute best!
I'm currently size 4, and I feel amazing. I've kept this size for about three months now, after sharp ups and downs, so I also bought a pair of jeans I liked. It was mom jeans type, and they fit me perfectly - hug me in all the right places while leaving enough leg room to move around freely. With some useful tips on how to style mom jeans I found online, I was able to create a decent capsule wardrobe and bought two more pairs of these jeans in the same size.

KristynSpecter
on 11/11/22 1:10 am, edited 11/10/22 5:12 pm
Topic: RE: NSV: jeans

But now you have jeans for all occasions, lol.

Matthew_Hagan
on 11/9/22 8:20 am
Topic: RE: Work at home jobs

Working from home is a great option today, but it requires a high level of self-discipline

Matthew_Hagan
on 11/9/22 8:20 am
Topic: RE: Work at home jobs

Working from home is a great option today, but it requires a high level of self-discipline

Matthew_Hagan
on 11/9/22 8:18 am
Topic: RE: Work at home jobs

Working from home is a great option today, but it requires a high level of self-discipline

Kathleen W.
on 11/7/22 4:37 pm - Lancaster, PA
Topic: RE: Support

It's called self love. You have one life to live. If you don't take of yourself, no one else.

People give you nonsense about it says more about their insecurities than anything else.

SW 327
GW 150
CW 126

                                      

Jmm4321
on 11/6/22 6:41 pm
Topic: RE: Support

Agreed, if I had the VSG I would have gained back all the weight back by now. The malabsorption was vital for me to keep the weight off.

White Dove
on 11/1/22 12:37 pm - Warren, OH
Topic: RE: Support

Do a lot of research and then insist on at least an RNY instead of a sleeve. Weight loss and maintenance will be quicker and easier, and you will have better odds of putting diabetes into remission. A person with reflux should never have a sleeve. The tight system caused by the sleeve causes reflux and GERD in people who never had it before and makes it worse in someone who already has reflux. The only cure for that is to reverse to RNY.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Floss230
on 11/1/22 10:38 am
VSG on 12/13/22
Topic: RE: Support

I came on here today looking for the same support. My BMI is about 36 right now. I have high BP, type 2 Diabetes, and had a calcium artery scan with results that put me in intermediate risk of a CVA or stroke in 3-5 years. I am eating sooo much better now and exercising which is great. I have another appointment with my surgeon on Thursday. I still have 2 more required telephone sessions with my insurance company to complete before my surgeon can request approval. He told me that there is something about the surgery (I'm looking at Sleeve) that positively effects reversal of diabetes and heart risk that diet alone doesn't and the medical community doesn't fully understand why that is. His goal and mine is to get to a BMI of 31 from surgery. He said positive outcomes come at that BMI. I have lost enough weight in the past with a medically supervised diet and, yes, I was off almost all meds...but I got hungry and didn't like to keep eating the packaged foods. So here I am hoping to have major surgery to reverse heart risk, diabetes, reflux, high BP and who knows maybe reduce my risk of Alzheimer's dementia. I'm still on the fence because if I get to 35 BMI (10 pounds away) do I really want to take the risk? I'm tired of people thinking I'm pregnant. I still had that upper belly bulge after losing so much weight in the past. I'll gladly pay for lipo or cool sculpting if I can get to healthy status with surgery. I'd love to be your support person...I need one too.

AW
on 11/1/22 6:57 am
Topic: RE: Latex Mattress

Thanks Partlypollyanna.
Sounds like you had a great experience with switching to latex.

As you say, I don't think an all memory foam is a good choice. It has that dead feel that makes it difficult to move around in. I've done a little research too. The saatva looks like a solid option. And there are some clear advantages of latex mattress for heavy people - not just the natural bounce. This is a good round up here - latex mattress pros and cons. They're hypoallergenic and good for allergies. And they are eco friendly.

Do you think you need to get one that has a spring base with latex on top? I was thining of going all latex. But I hadn't really thought about mixing it up with a combination of springs and latex. It would probably help with getting in and ut of bed?

:)

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