My Bariatric Surgery Journey

[Js1 85,744]

Tiffany W. is slacking. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Amazing work, man, very inspiring. 

Thanks brother. 

39 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Tiffany W. is slacking. 

She was a surgical patient last week.  

[Droopy 2,634]

Just found this. Congrats and good luck, man! 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

38 minutes ago, Droopy said:

Just found this. Congrats and good luck, man! 

Thanks dude. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

248.6. 
86,000 steps in the last week. 16,500 yesterday my high this year. 
41 miles. 
240 minutes in the zone. All rolling 7 day average highs by a lot. 

Only 1.5 pounds in the last week (still working off a 15,000 calorie per week plus deficit, maybe more) so the expected loss would be 4 pounds. Makes me believe I can still sort of keep up losing 10+ pounds a month- even as I get smaller, if I keep up and expand the exercise. 
that would put realistic aggressive goal of 199 for 9/1/23

[dcar00 14,602]

2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

248.6. 
86,000 steps in the last week. 16,500 yesterday my high this year. 
41 miles. 
240 minutes in the zone. All rolling 7 day average highs by a lot. 

Only 1.5 pounds in the last week (still working off a 15,000 calorie per week plus deficit, maybe more) so the expected loss would be 4 pounds. Makes me believe I can still sort of keep up losing 10+ pounds a month- even as I get smaller, if I keep up and expand the exercise. 
that would put realistic aggressive goal of 199 for 9/1/23

Wulaw Horn 8AM 9/1/23

 

[Bevo&Pevo 5,387]

Wu, my man.  I believe you to be an inspiration for both sides of the weight loss regime.  Keep calm and keep on kicking ass. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

4 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

Wu, my man.  I believe you to be an inspiration for both sides of the weight loss regime.  Keep calm and keep on kicking ass. 

Thanks man. 
Wife feels fully recovered now if you know what I mean. Definitely incredibly noticeable with us collectively down close to 100 pounds from our fattest. 
She’s super pissy right now. Bummed out. Only lost 1 pound in the last week even though she’s on purely liquid diet. I tried to talk her into reading this thread and she was like- not a chance. 
probably for the best. It completely sure I’d love the idea of her reading every single post of mine on here. Probably wouldn’t mind but maybe?  She might accuse me of oversharing. 

[SydneyCarton 48,296]

11 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Thanks man. 
Wife feels fully recovered now if you know what I mean. Definitely incredibly noticeable with us collectively down close to 100 pounds from our fattest. 
She’s super pissy right now. Bummed out. Only lost 1 pound in the last week even though she’s on purely liquid diet. I tried to talk her into reading this thread and she was like- not a chance. 
probably for the best. It completely sure I’d love the idea of her reading every single post of mine on here. Probably wouldn’t mind but maybe?  She might accuse me of oversharing. 

Then one day she gets hired and reads your posts on other threads. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

55 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Then one day she gets hired and reads your posts on other threads. 

We are pretty open about everything so I don’t think she’d be surprised by anything I say here. If anything it would be irritation that I shared something she thought I ought not have. But, for example she knows I live journaled the RV trip. She thought it was weird I’d want to do that (or this) but she didn’t care. 
 

[Not that Bob 739]

Sounds like a keeper who doesn't get wrapped around the axle too often. That right there, man, that right there is a blessing. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

43 minutes ago, Not that Bob said:

Sounds like a keeper who doesn't get wrapped around the axle too often. That right there, man, that right there is a blessing. 

She’s awesome. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

I'm killing it. I've got 17 days in a row with all my steps (10k plus) all my mileage (5M plus) and all my calorie burn (3620). My averages are way over that. I'm also averaging over 30 minutes a day in the workout/fat burning zone.  247.0 today.  Exactly 75.2 pounds from my fattest.  

Wife I can tell looks slimmer. She's up 1 pound in the last week and so pissed off. I was reading her posts from the same time that I was posting when I was pissed off. I know a lot of people thought I was being dramatic or silly but my point was that I was going to post what I was feeling and do it honestly to be a help to someone else. Kind of funny the help ended up being for her. 

slightly over 1/2 way to my goal weight of 175. Maybe I get there maybe not- but 200 is happening for sure and sooner rather than later. 

 

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Best Day! 16,715 Sat. Sun.

86,605 total steps Avg. 12,372 steps per day. ▲3,914 more than last week

41.24 total miles ▲ 2.45 miles over last week	3,884 avg. daily calorie burn ▲ 94 cals. over last week	247 total active zone minutes ▲ 52 min since last week
7 of  5 days exercising this week same as previous week	6 hrs 40 min avg. restful sleep ▼ 0 hrs 12 min lower than last week	9 of  9 hrs avg. hrs with 250+ steps same as previous week
66 bpm avg. resting heart rate same as previous week 2.0 lb weight loss ▼ 1.5 lb since last week

Last week’s step standings You Tiffany W. 86,605 44,583 1st 2nd

[irishtexan 11,530]

Kick ass man! Your commitment and persistence is inspiring. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

Kick ass man! Your commitment and persistence is inspiring. 

Thanks man. It's just so much more tolerable not feeling like I'm on the verge of starving to death all the time. I wonder if this is how normal people feel? 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

245.0. Half way to another milestone (I’m a simpleton that gets excited by round numbers- sue me), so that’s exciting. 
Wife yesterday was up 0.4 pounds from where she was 8 days ago and is pissed. Especially since she’s been on liquid diet that whole time. Like- beside herself. 
when that was happening with me at the same time she was pretty dismissive. 
she didn’t fully appreciate that when I pointed it out. Weird. 
but- on a serious level I feel really bad for her right now because it’s incredibly disheartening and frustrating.  But, she looks way better so it will ultimately be ok, even if it does suck right now. 

[Sawbonz 27,777]

Make sure your wife knows that female hormonal fluctuations can significantly affect water retention and thus weight. That’s another reason why weighing weekly is a good idea.

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

1 minute ago, Sawbonz said:

Make sure your wife knows that female hormonal fluctuations can significantly affect water retention and thus weight. That’s another reason why weighing weekly is a good idea.

She’s been warned and is aware. It’s not amusing her or making her feel better. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

244.4. 
This is where it gets irritating. 
I was gone for the weekend. I woke up every day and hit the treadmill at 5:45 or 6. I averaged 16,000 steps. I did my body weight exercises. I burned 13,000 calories according to my fit bit. I ate something like 3,000 calories because I’d didn’t have my shit to do my protein milk that I usually use 2X a day as a supplement to get to 1500 or thereabouts. So, like a 10,000 calories deficit. Bell, I even did something approaching running for a little while (first time in 20 years) and over a 4 day period instead of down 4 pounds like the math would say it’s 0.6 pounds. 
 

I’m not going nuts about it or anything just a little irritated  seems like I’m at 2 pounds a week average but the calorie math would indicate I should be at 4 (this is over the last month). 
 

4 a week means I get to the biggest goal of my life in 11 weeks (sometime in July). 2 pounds a week means sometime around OU weekend. I’m seriously upping my activity level. It’s taking longer than it feels like it should based upon “the math”. 

[Not that Bob 739]

Wulaw's body says..."I was told there would be no maths".

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

Behold- the weekly numbers.  I set another personal high again- with 95k steps. I'm going for 105k this week. My workout/burn zone is up to 45 or so minute average and I'm even running (not much but a very little bit) some.  I think I might get a gym membership this summer and start lifting actual weights, but not completely 100% sure on that.  The weight loss is still a bit of a slog compared to my calories in/calories burned math- but it's steadily coming off seemingly 0.2-0.4 pounds a day (2.5 a week or so), even though I'd prefer 4 based upon diet, activity level and math.  The size 38 shorts I intentionally bought that were too tight for me 3 weeks ago (I got them on but it took the jaws of life to get me in them) fell off me (right out of the drier when they are their smallest) when I didn't have a belt on yesterday. I'm down to 2 pair of slacks and gym shorts that fit me is all. I just can't go buy more though b/c I won't have them for more than a month.  But definitely need some new swim trunks as my other ones I had to hold onto with one hand while going in the pool with my son this weekend.  
Wife is eating solid food (soft) and much happier. She lost 3 pounds over the last 3 days so she's literally back to where she started about 11 days ago. She's not thrilled with that but I told her this should be a good lose for her this week.  She's much better now that she can eat real food like split pea soup or the like.  She needs to get moving more as you can see with me doubling her up right now. She said she will this week.  I get it- that liquid diet is a beat down and you feel pissed off and like crap. She's not competitive nor was she ever in sports so she's not as good at putting her head down come what may.

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Best Day! 16,224

95,189 total steps Avg. 13,598 steps per day. ▲8,584 more than last week

45.19 total miles ▲ 3.95 miles over last week	4,005 avg. daily calorie burn ▲ 133 cals. over last week	371 total active zone minutes ▲ 124 min since last week
7 of  5 days exercising this week same as previous week	6 hrs 28 min avg. restful sleep ▼ 0 hrs 12 min lower than last week	9 of  9 hrs avg. hrs with 250+ steps same as previous week
65 bpm avg. resting heart rate same as previous week 6.6 lb weight loss ▼ 2.7 lb since last week

Last week’s step standings You Tiffany W. 95,189 49,333 1st 2nd

 

[irishtexan 11,530]

On 5/4/2023 at 7:10 AM, Wulaw Horn said:

Wife yesterday was up 0.4 pounds from where she was 8 days ago and is pissed. Especially since she’s been on liquid diet that whole time. Like- beside herself. 
when that was happening with me at the same time she was pretty dismissive. 
she didn’t fully appreciate that when I pointed it out. Weird. 
but- on a serious level I feel really bad for her right now because it’s incredibly disheartening and frustrating.  But, she looks way better so it will ultimately be ok, even if it does suck right now. 

 

On 5/8/2023 at 7:47 AM, Wulaw Horn said:

244.4. 
This is where it gets irritating. 
I was gone for the weekend. I woke up every day and hit the treadmill at 5:45 or 6. I averaged 16,000 steps. I did my body weight exercises. I burned 13,000 calories according to my fit bit. I ate something like 3,000 calories because I’d didn’t have my shit to do my protein milk that I usually use 2X a day as a supplement to get to 1500 or thereabouts. So, like a 10,000 calories deficit. Bell, I even did something approaching running for a little while (first time in 20 years) and over a 4 day period instead of down 4 pounds like the math would say it’s 0.6 pounds. 
 

I’m not going nuts about it or anything just a little irritated  seems like I’m at 2 pounds a week average but the calorie math would indicate I should be at 4 (this is over the last month). 
 

It's funny how on Thursday you're trying to remind your wife that it's a marathon and not a sprint, but four days later you're in the exact same position she was in. And I mean that literally and not dismissively. It's funny and hard and a kick to the dick when you put all the work in and don't get the results you want. I remember last time I dieted busting my ass on like week three - running 5 miles a day three days a week and hitting the gym hard another two to three, eating all the right shit, watching my booze intake and my sugars, etc, and being pissed off I only lost half a pound over the previous week.

Keep on keepin' on y'all! 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

1 hour ago, irishtexan said:

 

It's funny how on Thursday you're trying to remind your wife that it's a marathon and not a sprint, but four days later you're in the exact same position she was in. And I mean that literally and not dismissively. It's funny and hard and a kick to the dick when you put all the work in and don't get the results you want. I remember last time I dieted busting my ass on like week three - running 5 miles a day three days a week and hitting the gym hard another two to three, eating all the right shit, watching my booze intake and my sugars, etc, and being pissed off I only lost half a pound over the previous week.

Keep on keepin' on y'all! 

Oh no doubt.  And this thing is literally a journal about my journey so it's really authentic and feeling based, so that hopefully if someone else wants to go through it then it will be there and helpful for them.  

But every time you hit the scale and end up losing less than you think you "deserve" it's frustrating. I don't want to make it seem like I'm in despair or anything because I'm really not- more a sense of "huh- why you got to be so stubborn- we allegedly did better than that".  

[SydneyCarton 48,296]

2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Behold- the weekly numbers.  I set another personal high again- with 95k steps. I'm going for 105k this week. My workout/burn zone is up to 45 or so minute average and I'm even running (not much but a very little bit) some.  I think I might get a gym membership this summer and start lifting actual weights, but not completely 100% sure on that.  The weight loss is still a bit of a slog compared to my calories in/calories burned math- but it's steadily coming off seemingly 0.2-0.4 pounds a day (2.5 a week or so), even though I'd prefer 4 based upon diet, activity level and math.  The size 38 shorts I intentionally bought that were too tight for me 3 weeks ago (I got them on but it took the jaws of life to get me in them) fell off me (right out of the drier when they are their smallest) when I didn't have a belt on yesterday. I'm down to 2 pair of slacks and gym shorts that fit me is all. I just can't go buy more though b/c I won't have them for more than a month.  But definitely need some new swim trunks as my other ones I had to hold onto with one hand while going in the pool with my son this weekend.  
Wife is eating solid food (soft) and much happier. She lost 3 pounds over the last 3 days so she's literally back to where she started about 11 days ago. She's not thrilled with that but I told her this should be a good lose for her this week.  She's much better now that she can eat real food like split pea soup or the like.  She needs to get moving more as you can see with me doubling her up right now. She said she will this week.  I get it- that liquid diet is a beat down and you feel pissed off and like crap. She's not competitive nor was she ever in sports so she's not as good at putting her head down come what may.

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Best Day! 16,224

95,189 total steps Avg. 13,598 steps per day. ▲8,584 more than last week

45.19 total miles ▲ 3.95 miles over last week	4,005 avg. daily calorie burn ▲ 133 cals. over last week	371 total active zone minutes ▲ 124 min since last week
7 of  5 days exercising this week same as previous week	6 hrs 28 min avg. restful sleep ▼ 0 hrs 12 min lower than last week	9 of  9 hrs avg. hrs with 250+ steps same as previous week
65 bpm avg. resting heart rate same as previous week 6.6 lb weight loss ▼ 2.7 lb since last week

Last week’s step standings You Tiffany W. 95,189 49,333 1st 2nd

 

Some guys make bathing suits with belt loops or built in draw string belts. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

27 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Some guys make bathing suits with belt loops or built in draw string belts. 

I have the built in draw string belts. It wasn't even close to be capable of staying up.  

[SydneyCarton 48,296]

17 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I have the built in draw string belts. It wasn't even close to be capable of staying up.  

I was simply saying that if you replace it with something like that, you'll probably get more usage out of it before you have to toss it. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

241.4. Moving along- moving along. Another round number down by Monday weigh in hopefully. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

239.4!  
Bam. 
did 16,200 Thursday’s 

did 17,000 yesterday with 131 minutes in the zone. barely ate. Just wasn’t particularly hungry. Think I was working too hard to be hungry. Starving this morning. Time to go make my self a breakfast burrito and eat half of it. 
Life still seams so weird.  I wonder if I will ever get  used to it. 

[Buzzrock 15,026]

Pretty well. 
she’s one week in. Today was her first day off clear proteins and onto milky shake type proteins. 2 weeks on that, then 2 weeks on soft food and then she’s good to eat normal (new normal). She’s still got gas pains (they pump your stomach full of CO2 so that they have room to get into your stomach and it sticks with you for a while and is pretty miserable) but other than that she seems to be doing pretty well. 

Those gas pains are no joke. I had them after my colon resection last year and they were almost as painful as the diverticulitis attack itself.

Awesome work Wulaw!

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

Best Fitbit to date week, even with Sunday being my worst day in a month (sit in church, cook in kitchen, sit and do family dinner for mothers day, play cards with the olds, decide- fuck it- I aint doing 7K steps from 7:00 pm on during a Sunday evening). So, I'm reliable enough that I get my steps in except for Sundays that are also holidays- that's not bad I guess.  Did 21,000 steps and over 10 miles yesterday as make up/punishment. The streak did end at 27 days though. Not bad. 

 

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Best Day! 17,070 Sat. Sun.

96,766 total steps Avg. 13,824 steps per day. ▲1,577 more than last week

46.12 total miles ▲ 0.93 miles over last week	3,844 avg. daily calorie burn ▼ 161 cals. fewer than last week	301 total active zone minutes ▼ 70 min since last week
6 of  5 days exercising this week ▼ 1 day since last week	6 hrs 24 min avg. restful sleep ▼ 0 hrs 4 min lower than last week	9 of  9 hrs avg. hrs with 250+ steps ▲ 1 hr over last week
67 bpm avg. resting heart rate ▲ 1 bpm since last week 12.0 lb weight loss ▼ 5.0 lb since last week

Last week’s step standings You Tiffany W. 96,766 46,358 1st 2nd

[Not that Bob 739]

I'm two days in to trying to take of 10 lbs and I'm a complete bitch. 10,000 steps and my back is killing me. I don't know how you do it. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

59 minutes ago, Not that Bob said:

I'm two days in to trying to take of 10 lbs and I'm a complete bitch. 10,000 steps and my back is killing me. I don't know how you do it. 

2 different ways:

1) I try to walk 5-10 minutes an hour every hour. That's 400-800 steps. 
2) I try to go at least 45 minutes with a walk and body weight exercizes mixed in.  So, walk a lap (equivalent I don't actually do it on a track) and 10 squats. Walk another lap and 10 more squats, then 10 more, then 3 sets of 10 lunges, then 3 sets of 30 wall push ups, then a couple planks and side planks and 1 legged bridge lifts at the end.  So, that gets my body weight stuff in and my heartrate going doing it during the walk.

Mixed in a little light jogging/running.  Very little for now.

Probably 3 months away from lifting things heavier than my body.  

[chainsaw 9,999]

whats the surly consensus on ozempic

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

3 hours ago, chainsaw said:

whats the surly consensus on ozempic

I think it’s awesome while you take it, super expensive and you immediately put the weight back on when you stop taking it I think. 
my sense is if you want to lose 10 or 20 pounds for a wedding or graduation or special event it’s probably amazing. 
Not a doctor. Not a nuanced or well researched take- talked to a couple people and read a couple articles. 

Edited May 17, 2023 by Wulaw Horn

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

238.2. Back to rolling along. I’d eaten some stuff that was borderline bad (not a ton- but some desert for Mother’s Day) and even though it was 1500 calories during that day swelled up and gained 2 pounds. Dumped all that after getting back on track and now down 1 pound over the past 4 or 5 days total. 
If I can keep this up that makes 8/24 the day I see a 1 on the scale. Will be interesting to see when that day is. I’m pretty comfortable I used the right word in saying when not if. 

[Basil 760]

I mean, you know this, but your body weight can fluctuate 5, maybe even ten pounds, right? Ive been at a plateau for three weeks now, with my weight ranging about 4 pounds at any given time. If it’s at the higher end one day, I don’t like it but I know I’m not suddenly getting fatter. Same with the low end and getting skinnier.

[Basil 760]

But - cheers - because the amount of weight you’re dropping over all is amazing. Didn’t mean to sound like an ass.

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

7 hours ago, Basil said:

I mean, you know this, but your body weight can fluctuate 5, maybe even ten pounds, right? Ive been at a plateau for three weeks now, with my weight ranging about 4 pounds at any given time. If it’s at the higher end one day, I don’t like it but I know I’m not suddenly getting fatter. Same with the low end and getting skinnier.

Yeah I know that.  But lower on the scale is fun and higher on the scale sucks. I am down to only weighing myself twice a week and I'm certainly not obsessing over it, but it still feels good to see lower rather than bad.  

3 week plateau is teh suck. You still on program?  

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

I’m down to weighing twice a week. I’m not obsessing about it. For the most part it’s going really well.  The. You have days like today where it really sucks. 
240.0 

8 days ago I weighed 239.6. I’m up 1/2 a pound. 
yesterday I ate a burger patty with cheese and avacado on it- no bun or other condiments, chicken salad (no bread), 2 pieces of cake (extremely small- it was my daughters birthday and 2 different we’re there and made) and a 4 OZ ribeye. Also 15 cool ranch Doritos. Measured out. I’m guessing  1500 calories certainly no more than 2000. I did 4300 calories burned per my fit bit. I walked 3 miles in the morning and then jogged/walked 1.5 after church. I did my body weight stuff. Some of it twice. 
the last week I’ve averaged 3919 calories burned. And here I sit 1/2 a pound heavier. 
I know all about water retention. 
I know all the other stuff, but it still galls, even if this is temporary and will go away. 
I think I ran about 300 yards yesterday. That was my furthest in forever (since my 20’s). I’m trying to work up to running to the stop sign that is 7/10 of a mile away. It’s hard to describe how much I hate running. 

[Buzzrock 15,026]

Pretty wild to think you’ve dropped 80+ pounds of water and CO2. I wonder what the ratios are.

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

Another personal record week in the books. Sunday I had church and then my daughters birthday party. Was like I'm not getting my steps in. But instead I woke up (no alarm) banged the wife with surprise morning sex and then did 4 miles on the road.  Then, after church before the party I went for said run for another mile.  Here are the numbers:

 

Best Day! 21,269 Tue. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. 111,931 total steps Avg. 15,990 steps per day. ▲15,165 more than last week 53.42 total miles ▲ 7.30 miles over last week 4,104 avg. daily calorie burn ▲ 261 cals. over last week 421 total active zone minutes ▲ 120 min since last week 7 of  5 days exercising this week ▲ 1 day since last week 6 hrs 5 min avg. restful sleep ▼ 0 hrs 19 min lower than last week 9 of  9 hrs avg. hrs with 250+ steps same as previous week 65 bpm avg. resting heart rate ▼ 1 bpm since last week 11.5 lb weight loss ▲ 0.9 lb since last week Last week’s step standings You Tiffany W. 111,931 71,028 1st 2nd Last week’s badges 20,000 steps in a day Let’s be friends Unsubscribe You're receiving this newsletter because you signed up for Fitbit newsletters. Fitbit and the Fitbit Logo are trademarks, service marks and/or registered trademarks of Fitbit, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, service marks, and product names used herein are the property of their respective owners. Fitbit, Inc. — 199 Fremont Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 WE’RE HIRING

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

238.0 🙁

at lewst I’m down from my last official weigh in on Monday at what we that was/ but this is something like 10 days past my mark at 238.4. So, something like 1/2 a pound in 10 days. Not eating much and working a ton still. I know it will happen but the starts and stops are rough. I approach this scientifically as to what I’m eating and want it to be linear but it’s just not. 
have to say I’ve been really busy with end of school stuff with kids, wife has been sick and it’s been hard… I was out last night walking with a flash light to get my steps in. Sunday I was on the road at 6:30 before church and it sucks to get up before daylight on a Sunday. 
We are going on a cruise starting Saturday and I actually expect it to be easy on there, should have a chance to be pretty active. It will be weird to go on a cruise and not eat excessively, drink too much and smoke a pack a day while gambling. 

[hookemATL 11,974]

Havent checked in on this thread in awhile. Great to see you are still kicking ass Wulaw🤘seems like you are really finding your rhythm with this thing. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

1 minute ago, hookemATL said:

Havent checked in on this thread in awhile. Great to see you are still kicking ass Wulaw🤘seems like you are really finding your rhythm with this thing. 

Thanks man. 
Hasn’t been fun.  We went to a Mexican food restaurant the other day, spent $80 and I ate queso flameado with a spoon and we brought 3/4 of it home. Was as unfun as I expected and I used to love Mexican food. No smoking.  K dipping. No booze. No fried food. Working hard. 
But, I feel really good and all my health problems went away so glad I did it. It’s a serious and life long commitment. 

[hookemATL 11,974]

I mean you are still very early in this journey. I would think that all the brain rewiring, body changes, and lifestyle resets have a pretty significant runway.
 

That being said, it sounds like it was a no brainer decision for you and the fam. Rooting for you big time, and again I admire your balls for putting this all here on Surly for us degenerates to see. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

3 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

I mean you are still very early in this journey. I would think that all the brain rewiring, body changes, and lifestyle resets have a pretty significant runway.
 

That being said, it sounds like it was a no brainer decision for you and the fam. Rooting for you big time, and again I admire your balls for putting this all here on Surly for us degenerates to see. 

It’s helpful to me to keep tabs, be honest about my feelings and hopefully e courage someone else trying to do something like this. 

[SydneyCarton 48,296]

2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Thanks man. 
Hasn’t been fun.  We went to a Mexican food restaurant the other day, spent $80 and I ate queso flameado with a spoon and we brought 3/4 of it home. Was as unfun as I expected and I used to love Mexican food. No smoking.  K dipping. No booze. No fried food. Working hard. 
But, I feel really good and all my health problems went away so glad I did it. It’s a serious and life long commitment. 

Good for you, man. I had some bad levels on my blood test 3-4 years ago, which motivated me to lose a ton of weight, which I did. Like 40 lbs. Went back, and took my levels and shit that had been an issue for awhile (cholesterol, lipids) were all perfect or within range. First time in a decade, which felt great. What did not feel great was when I went back to the doctor for my physical last week, and got my levels. Since the last test, I have gained 10 lbs. Just 10 lbs. I'm 6'3, so 10 pounds doesn't even make me LOOK that different. I'm still eating healthy, I'm still exercising regularly. But you know what, my body said "go fuck yourself." All my levels were back to previous shit areas, and on top of that, now I apparently have pre-diabetic levels of blood sugar. Which is fucking terrific to hear for a guy who's sugar intake is damn near as low as humanly fucking possible. It's a shitty feeling to feel like you have ZERO margin for error and your body is just going to go to shit if you don't stay at 205 lbs or less. 

So when your health is improving, that's a huge thing and you should be thrilled. And yes, it's apparently a fucking lifelong commitment for all of us, not just folks like you who have gone through serious surgery to try and improve your health. But outside of physical changes, don't take the internal healthy positives for granted, which it sounds like you haven't, but that is a good lesson for all of us. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19,453]

3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Good for you, man. I had some bad levels on my blood test 3-4 years ago, which motivated me to lose a ton of weight, which I did. Like 40 lbs. Went back, and took my levels and shit that had been an issue for awhile (cholesterol, lipids) were all perfect or within range. First time in a decade, which felt great. What did not feel great was when I went back to the doctor for my physical last week, and got my levels. Since the last test, I have gained 10 lbs. Just 10 lbs. I'm 6'3, so 10 pounds doesn't even make me LOOK that different. I'm still eating healthy, I'm still exercising regularly. But you know what, my body said "go fuck yourself." All my levels were back to previous shit areas, and on top of that, now I apparently have pre-diabetic levels of blood sugar. Which is fucking terrific to hear for a guy who's sugar intake is damn near as low as humanly fucking possible. It's a shitty feeling to feel like you have ZERO margin for error and your body is just going to go to shit if you don't stay at 205 lbs or less. 

So when your health is improving, that's a huge thing and you should be thrilled. And yes, it's apparently a fucking lifelong commitment for all of us, not just folks like you who have gone through serious surgery to try and improve your health. But outside of physical changes, don't take the internal healthy positives for granted, which it sounds like you haven't, but that is a good lesson for all of us. 

Are you me? 

[Wulaw Horn 19,236]

2 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Good for you, man. I had some bad levels on my blood test 3-4 years ago, which motivated me to lose a ton of weight, which I did. Like 40 lbs. Went back, and took my levels and shit that had been an issue for awhile (cholesterol, lipids) were all perfect or within range. First time in a decade, which felt great. What did not feel great was when I went back to the doctor for my physical last week, and got my levels. Since the last test, I have gained 10 lbs. Just 10 lbs. I'm 6'3, so 10 pounds doesn't even make me LOOK that different. I'm still eating healthy, I'm still exercising regularly. But you know what, my body said "go fuck yourself." All my levels were back to previous shit areas, and on top of that, now I apparently have pre-diabetic levels of blood sugar. Which is fucking terrific to hear for a guy who's sugar intake is damn near as low as humanly fucking possible. It's a shitty feeling to feel like you have ZERO margin for error and your body is just going to go to shit if you don't stay at 205 lbs or less. 

So when your health is improving, that's a huge thing and you should be thrilled. And yes, it's apparently a fucking lifelong commitment for all of us, not just folks like you who have gone through serious surgery to try and improve your health. But outside of physical changes, don't take the internal healthy positives for granted, which it sounds like you haven't, but that is a good lesson for all of us. 

That sucks man- sorry to hear it for you. Obviously you are healthy weight, healthy size and doing what you are supposed to do- sucks you drew the genetic short straw as regards to that kind of shit.  My understanding is that cholesterol is probably more about who your parents are than what you eat (though both matter). 

I would have to imagine that it takes a good bit of work to stay in the 100's at 6'3" and getting older.  Getting older sucks man. 

[SydneyCarton 48,296]

19 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That sucks man- sorry to hear it for you. Obviously you are healthy weight, healthy size and doing what you are supposed to do- sucks you drew the genetic short straw as regards to that kind of shit.  My understanding is that cholesterol is probably more about who your parents are than what you eat (though both matter). 

I would have to imagine that it takes a good bit of work to stay in the 100's at 6'3" and getting older.  Getting older sucks man. 

I've been in the 180s before, and the 190s. And I've got to tell you I look absurdly skinny to the point of "this can't be healthy" at those weights.