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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Oct. 2007 ~ Dec. 2007: Health Center: Lap Band & Other Weight Loss Surgeries users admin

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Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
This is super cool. All my girls that are doing the surgery have to go try out this. It is a virtual model at fitnessmagazine.com it is free to sign up and you can make a virtual model of what you will look like at goal weight.

I gotta say I'm gonna have a nice ass!

It really is fun to check out.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
here are mine!

OLD ME..........................NEW ME
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Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
Nice future thighs Landi!

Isn't that cool. I don't know how to show mine here plus I haven't dressed mine yet. I am still in bra and panties cause I am diggin on my ass and hips still!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Wow..

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Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
Mocha you are hot girl!

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

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Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lol thx. Unfortunately I don't think my doc would consider me for this surgery and I can't afford it on my own. I have read that the gastro bypass can basically get rid of type 2 diabetes. For that reason alone I'd jump on it.

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
Yeah, they wanted me to do gastro for the diabetes too, but, I went with Lapband and I think mine will be taken care of.

You know many of these places offer great payment plans. It is about the price of taking on a lower end car payment. Not that that isn't a lot but sometimes that makes it more obtainable for people to think about.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
as of today, my employee has lost 25 lbs. that's over a 3-1/2 week period. two of those weeks were prior to surgery on the liquid diet. she said she is feeling great - just a little sore in the belly but nothing bad. she's 5'4" and had just over 100 lbs. to get rid of. she looks great.

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
Well, I had my 1 month checkup today and everything looks good. I am free to try new foods, but still go for the ones that I know my pouch will take. I am hooked on Wendy's chili. High protein and low fat and very filling. Though I can only eat almost half of the small serving, it fills me up.

Down 45 pounds, and I don't have to go back again until December! Woot!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Saturday, September 22, 2007 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
question - i've heard or read where several folks made shakes from the glucerna, boost or whatever while on the liquid portion of the pre-surgery diet. how were they made? i just tried to make one in the blender with ice and it's, well, icy and has very little taste. any suggestions?

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
I never had the glucerna Cndeariso. I usually used the Carnation Instant Breakfast, or Atkins canned shakes.

The Atkins shakes, I let them freeze a little, which made them better.

Try throwing a banana in there or maybe a scoop of vanilla protein powder for a taste boost.

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Sunday, October 07, 2007 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
I did the glucerna, but I liked them I didn't need to adjust them in any way.


I started this surgery at a size 24 on my way to a 26, I did my first big shopping splurge this weekend and I am comfortably in an 18!

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Here is an interesting article:
Weight loss surgery extends lifespan
8/23/07

BATON ROUGE – Gastric bypass and other abdominal surgeries – means of helping severely obese individuals lose large amounts of weight – have gained in popularity as more people see their relatively immediate success in individuals wanting to lose 50, 60 or more pounds. Now, new evidence shows these surgeries may be extending or saving lives.

Lars Sjöström, M.D., Ph.D., and Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, were members of an international research team that tracked more than 4,000 obese individuals for upwards of ten years. About half of the individuals underwent bariatric surgery (the general term for various forms of weight loss surgery), the other half received conventional treatments. The researchers have concluded that, “bariatric surgery for severe obesity appears to be associated with long-term weight loss and decreased overall mortality.”

Those results are published in the August 23rd issue of The New England Journal of Medicine and, according to the researchers, is the first major report to confirm that weight loss of this magnitude decreases mortality. To the contrary, according to the researchers, some studies had reported in the past that weight loss was associated with increased mortality.

“This was an interventional study,” said Bouchard, “meaning we enrolled obese patients into the study who had sought surgery and compared them to a similar group who were undergoing conventional treatment during the same time frame. Previous studies were based on much smaller sample sizes, with shorter follow-up periods and did not have the proper control group for comparison. What we learned is that an often controversial method - surgery - presents clear clinical evidence of being beneficial.”

Bouchard said one scientific limitation is that ethically, it is not possible to randomly assign subjects into a surgery group or a non-surgery group. The study compared individuals who had made their treatment decisions individually, so the study examined self-selected groups rather than randomized groups, a situation that is not likely to change in studies of this type.

Led by Lars Sjöström, professor at the University of Gothenburg Medical Center and an adjunct and visiting professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, the researchers examined 4,047 obese subjects in a long-term study called the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. 2,010 underwent bariatric surgery in one of three forms: gastric bypass, vertical-banded gastroplasty or banding while 2,037 subjects received conventional weight loss treatments. The researchers then tracked the weight, behavior and health indicators of the subjects for an average of 11 years.

The average 11-year weight loss of the non-surgery group was less than 2-percent, while the average weight loss among the three surgical groups ranged from 14 to 25-percent.

During the study, researchers recorded 129 deaths in the non-surgery group and 101 in the surgery group, most commonly caused by myocardial infarction and cancer. This result indicates a 23-percent reduction in total mortality within the surgical groups. “We count these results as a milestone in our understanding of the benefits of bariatric surgery for obesity,” Bouchard said. “We are confident in the results and believe this will lead to an acceptance that bariatric surgery is a viable, life-saving option for severely obese patients.”