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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Serious question. No attempt to trivialize, etc, this decision. If one knows after the surgery that they are going to HAVE to eat much less because the stomach is smaller, then why not just make a decision to eat like that anyway and skip the surgery? I was 370 and lost over 100 lbs. I did it by exercise and changing how I ate and cut back. I mean it is doable without the drastic measure. I just hate to see you have to resort to surgery. I know people have this surgery, then start eating more little by little and stretching their stomach back out and gain the weight back. So the discipline has to be exercised either way.

    the problem is i have other medical issues that need to be addressed and soon. I was told i was a ticking time bomb for stroke and while i have lost around 90 pounds my metabolism has slowed way down. they want the rest off asap.
    i exercise every other day but that just keeps me where i am weight wise..... believe me i and my wife gave this ALOT of prayer and thought...

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    Another serious question and I dont state it to put anyone down on an individual level. Why is it that people allow all the weight to gather in the first place ? They werent born with it ? In my country most people have a natural resistence against going up the 200s so to speak, hitting 300 without thinking about it seems ordinary in the US ? You seem to have a culture for that being okay ? I've never been over 203 and then I thought I was flabby and looking old, I was 31 years old then. I recently hit 201 and now I'm back down to 194, the usual blitzkrieg against the flab. Surely I could easily have gotten to 250 at 6'2.5" if I had failed to care.

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    Another serious question and I dont state it to put anyone down on an individual level. Why is it that people allow all the weight to gather in the first place ? They werent born with it ? In my country most people have a natural resistence against going up the 200s so to speak, hitting 300 without thinking about it seems ordinary in the US ? You seem to have a culture for that being okay ? I've never been over 203 and then I thought I was flabby and looking old, I was 31 years old then. I recently hit 201 and now I'm back down to 194, the usual blitzkrieg against the flab. Surely I could easily have gotten to 250 at 6'2.5" if I had failed to care.
    Just my opinion, but I believe the following are contributory factors:
    1) Thyroid gland malfunction. (Not sure why we would have this more than others, however.)
    2) Side-effects of medications. (We're over-medicated here in the states.)
    3) Stress that triggers a desire for the temporary release achieved by the eating of "comfort food".
    (From what I've read, Americans generally lead a more stressful life than those from Nordic countries.)
    4) Lack of time to prepare healthy meals. (We work long hours.)
    5) We're an automobile-based culture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Another serious question and I dont state it to put anyone down on an individual level. Why is it that people allow all the weight to gather in the first place ? They werent born with it ? In my country most people have a natural resistence against going up the 200s so to speak, hitting 300 without thinking about it seems ordinary in the US ? You seem to have a culture for that being okay ? I've never been over 203 and then I thought I was flabby and looking old, I was 31 years old then. I recently hit 201 and now I'm back down to 194, the usual blitzkrieg against the flab. Surely I could easily have gotten to 250 at 6'2.5" if I had failed to care.

    actually i lead a very active lifestyle. I'm a medic so im constantly lifting and walking. i too at one time stayed at around 200 pounds. mainly because of the Marine Corp, martial arts, running, weight lifting, and chasing my wife around the house. as i got older my family genes kicked in and the struggle was on. while i would consume 5000 calories in a day in the military but once i got out my activity level went down. Between work, family, and church responsibilities i allowed myself to settle into a comfortable lifestyle that would come back to bite me later in life. you cant consume 5ooo calories a day and not burn it off without vigorous activity. so now i am fighting my way back to good health and that takes time. many americans have junk food at their fingertips and a lazy boy to sleep in unfortunately.

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    Abruptly going from extreme to normal levels of activity can create that problem, yes. It is a common problem with retired athletes. A gradual slowing down of activity and eating levels is how they succeed with that. I dont really eat that much, probably half of that or 2500 calories per day or a little over that. My workouts are strenous but not long enough or frequent enough to burn a large number of calories over time. I've lost seven pounds in 5 weeks now and it's just a matter of cutting back 500 calories or so per day and drinking a protein shake per day to keep protein levels up. Now that I've reached my target weight of 88.0 kilos, I will watch what I eat and try to keep it close to that for months so that I wont have to cut back so frequently. Weight management is more of a hassle to me than my workouts, I can do those by habit since I find them relatively enjoyable and I feel motivated by the quest to improve a little bit, which may add up to something more substantial over time. I also eat quite healthy, by habit. I enjoy eating fish and vegetables, it wasnt always like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheeze View Post

    the problem is i have other medical issues that need to be addressed and soon. I was told i was a ticking time bomb for stroke and while i have lost around 90 pounds my metabolism has slowed way down. they want the rest off asap.
    i exercise every other day but that just keeps me where i am weight wise..... believe me i and my wife gave this ALOT of prayer and thought...
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    Quote Originally Posted by wheeze View Post

    the problem is i have other medical issues that need to be addressed and soon. I was told i was a ticking time bomb for stroke and while i have lost around 90 pounds my metabolism has slowed way down. they want the rest off asap.
    i exercise every other day but that just keeps me where i am weight wise..... believe me i and my wife gave this ALOT of prayer and thought...
    I have a friend who needed the surgery as a "cure" for diabetes. She had become obese during her first pregnancy 25 years ago and had struggled for years to take it off. It has been very successful for her.

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