OMG! I'm 230 pounds.

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Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

PP isn’t underweight. Just because that might not be the right weight for your body at that height, doesn’t mean you need to try to shame other people about it. We are so skewed in our thinking that nobody slender can be healthy when in fact that’s the best way to be healthy.

No one said she is underweight, it says within 10 lbs..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

DP. You are coming across as wildly ignorant of bariatric surgery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

Also, 214 is not morbidly obese . I didn't even qualify for the surgery in the states/with insurance, so I went to Mexico.

Yikes. You'll regret this in a few more years. There is a reason we have the parameters we do in US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

Also, 214 is not morbidly obese . I didn't even qualify for the surgery in the states/with insurance, so I went to Mexico.

Yikes. You'll regret this in a few more years. There is a reason we have the parameters we do in US.

She probably went with the LuLaRoe group.

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You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

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Anonymous wrote:You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

I don’t think getting your stomach surgically shrunk down so that you are forced into malnutrition state and drop 100 lbs in a year should be “goals”

That state of malnutrition and quick weight loss results in sagging skin, bone density loss, and and muscle wasting.

Slow and steady weight loss naturally is the best way to go

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

I don’t think getting your stomach surgically shrunk down so that you are forced into malnutrition state and drop 100 lbs in a year should be “goals”

That state of malnutrition and quick weight loss results in sagging skin, bone density loss, and and muscle wasting.

Slow and steady weight loss naturally is the best way to go

You don’t know what you’re talking about. The data has shown over and over that without surgical intervention, big weight loss is not sustainable long term without bariatric surgery. It’s the best chance that very overweight people have at being thin if that is their goal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

Also, 214 is not morbidly obese . I didn't even qualify for the surgery in the states/with insurance, so I went to Mexico.

Yikes. You'll regret this in a few more years. There is a reason we have the parameters we do in US.

I don't have a bone in this fight, but US is not the right country to get this type of surgery; it is very rarely covered by insurance and the BMI has to be super high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

I don’t think getting your stomach surgically shrunk down so that you are forced into malnutrition state and drop 100 lbs in a year should be “goals”

That state of malnutrition and quick weight loss results in sagging skin, bone density loss, and and muscle wasting.

Slow and steady weight loss naturally is the best way to go

You don’t know what you’re talking about. The data has shown over and over that without surgical intervention, big weight loss is not sustainable long term without bariatric surgery. It’s the best chance that very overweight people have at being thin if that is their goal.

Going from very fat to very thin in a short amount of time has negative health effects too- they just show up later.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

Also, 214 is not morbidly obese . I didn't even qualify for the surgery in the states/with insurance, so I went to Mexico.

Yikes. You'll regret this in a few more years. There is a reason we have the parameters we do in US.

I don't have a bone in this fight, but US is not the right country to get this type of surgery; it is very rarely covered by insurance and the BMI has to be super high.

Weight loss pp here, and I don't know anyone who has gotten the surgery done in the US. IMO US insurance companies intentionally put patients through hoops. The criteria is ridiculous, and life is too short for bs. I researched my doctor in Mexico and booked my flight/surgery a week later. Surgery back then (2018) was $6500. I paid $500 to reserve the surgery, half a week before, and the balance when I got there. I was off work a week following the surgery, and I have had zero complications (hiccups and heartburn were the extent of my issues).

I sleep better now, my blood pressure dropped, and I look and feel great. A friend of mine had the procedure done last month, and she used my doctor and is down 25 lbs. I am convinced I would have been one of those people who gained 20lbs during Covid had I not gotten the procedure done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

I don’t think getting your stomach surgically shrunk down so that you are forced into malnutrition state and drop 100 lbs in a year should be “goals”

That state of malnutrition and quick weight loss results in sagging skin, bone density loss, and and muscle wasting.

Slow and steady weight loss naturally is the best way to go

You don’t know what you’re talking about. The data has shown over and over that without surgical intervention, big weight loss is not sustainable long term without bariatric surgery. It’s the best chance that very overweight people have at being thin if that is their goal.

Going from very fat to very thin in a short amount of time has negative health effects too- they just show up later.

Can you cite any kind of source for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

I don’t think getting your stomach surgically shrunk down so that you are forced into malnutrition state and drop 100 lbs in a year should be “goals”

That state of malnutrition and quick weight loss results in sagging skin, bone density loss, and and muscle wasting.

Slow and steady weight loss naturally is the best way to go

You don’t know what you’re talking about. The data has shown over and over that without surgical intervention, big weight loss is not sustainable long term without bariatric surgery. It’s the best chance that very overweight people have at being thin if that is their goal.

Going from very fat to very thin in a short amount of time has negative health effects too- they just show up later.

Think about it…if you are losing 25 lbs per month, it isn’t just a caloric deficit, it is malnutrition. Your body isn’t absorbing nutrients it needs to sustain and it is pulling nutrients from other places (bones!). Being overweight has tons of medical complications, we all know this. But getting gastric bypass is far from no big deal and not something to take lightly. It can also cause a host of problems. Just because you lose a bunch of weight quickly doesn’t mean everything is great. Malnutrition takes a toll on muscles and bones, very slowly and over the long term. Maybe that is better than being overweight..I don’t know. But no one should seek out this surgery unless it is truly a last resort and they are morbidly obese. Bone health is becoming a major concern in gastric bypass patients. You can supplement your way around it either

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140623141728.htm

Can you cite any kind of source for this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If all efforts fail, just get weight loss surgery. I did it, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I am 44, 5'6 and currently 129 lbs. before surgery I was 214.

That seems extreme and unlikely to last

I'm nearly 4 years out from my surgery, and I'm holding steady. I had the gastric sleeve.

How long have you been at 129? Seems extreme to go from being morbidly obese to within 10
Lbs to being underweight in a short time. That kind of extreme shift can cause it’s own set of problems.

DP. You are coming across as wildly ignorant of bariatric surgery.

She wasn't morbidly obese

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Just to get off surgery for a minute, I had a wake up call five months ago when I got up to 255 pounds. I’ve lost 45 pounds since then purely through diet — coffee in morning and otherwise only eating once or twice during the day. Hey after a few months you could be down to like 185. You can do this. It doesn’t s not truly that hard, just strength of will. Good luck, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should post on Reddit progress pics thread and give others inspiration.

I don’t think getting your stomach surgically shrunk down so that you are forced into malnutrition state and drop 100 lbs in a year should be “goals”

That state of malnutrition and quick weight loss results in sagging skin, bone density loss, and and muscle wasting.

Slow and steady weight loss naturally is the best way to go

You don’t know what you’re talking about. The data has shown over and over that without surgical intervention, big weight loss is not sustainable long term without bariatric surgery. It’s the best chance that very overweight people have at being thin if that is their goal.

Going from very fat to very thin in a short amount of time has negative health effects too- they just show up later.

Sweet jesus, stop talking. You don’t know anything about obesity or bariatric surgery. Currently, bariatric surgery is the one and only gold standard for treatment of obesity. That’s a fact. When it is successful and people are following the post-surgery diet, the weight pours off. In fact the weight that one loses in the first year after weight loss surgery is the majority of what they’ll lose. It’s supposed to pour off. That’s the point of the surgery.