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Sandra asks…

what is involved getting weight loss surgery?

My health is getting worse. I have talked to my dr about my weight gain for years and all she says is diet and exercise and as I been seeing her i have crept on another 30 lbs I am fat as ever now and I have tried all diets and now my knees are in pain. She refuses to even entertain the idea of the Weight loss surgery. I am in portland oregon and on I am on the providence personal option. I need a new dr or something. Because I will be 300lbs before long and my dr. will still just say diet and exercise. Hell if it was that easy I’d been done already!! this has been going on three years! I HAVE CUT out all sugar; deep friend foods> she took a thyroid test and it was normal. My family has all been obese I am fight against all odds here and its been very depressing. any serious ideas ? Please don’t beat your drum about diet and exercise and furits and veggies I heard it all and tried it all. How do I get to the steps to have the surgery?

weight loss cardiff answers:

God bless you. I’ve been there & done that all my life in one form or another.
Obese parents & an obese brother. Obesity started “growing on me” at age 18 while pregnant with my 1st child. Now an aging 5 foot 2 inch tall baby boomer; I still am obese. I’ve been up to 289 before & as low as 164 & currently I’m stuck in the middle again.

I’ve tried most every diet & weight-loss trend from fasting in the 60’s to the popcorn diet of the 70’s, Weight Watches times 3, to having my teeth wired together by the dentist, & after some more dieting I had gastric surgery. In the early 80’s I underwent gastric stapling; decreasing the size of your stomach pouch down to a 2 ounce capacity. It was a “new” dangerous major surgery done by a pair of “fly-by-night” surgeons. This proceedure was nearly unheard anywhere except some major urban areas. These docs took a rural area of Alabama by storm, did big numbers of surgeries with almost nil post-op care & were gone in 2 years.

After surgery you were supposed to be on clear liquids, a couple of weeks later creamy liquids, & at 6 weeks at baby food level. Only able to hold 1-2 ounces at a time; nutrition & hydration was minimal to poor. Hair loss came with weight loss, my dental health suffered over the next couple of years, and it took a little over 3 months to learn how to “out eat” the tiny pouch. At that point I was hungry all the time having lost from 254 to 217 pounds & oh so tired of the prescribed die and depression had set in.

Post-op the idea was that you’d learn not to over-eat since you’d throw-up each time you ate even a small amount over your stomach’s capacity; but I never could throw-up. The food over-filled the stomach pouch & stretched it’s capacity larger & larger until 2 surgical staples popped open making it even larger. The food I ate filled to gastric pouch & would pack up in my esophagus causing sub-sternal pain, nausea, & restless nights. By this time the doc had left the area & were not to be found & the E. R. One night tried to feed me massive amounts of meat tenderizer to help desolve the food remaining above the level of the stomach. Needless to say, that didn’t work. The story goes on & on.

Surgery doesn’t have to be as invasive today; there are “lap banding” proceedures done as a 1 day surgery. The surgeon (certifed & well experienced in this specialty area) will put a band around your stomach pouch creating a smaller capacity without big-time gastric surgery. This band will stay in place as long as need & can be adjusted larger as need be & can be totally removed if need be. Less expensive, very little time off work (many done on Friday am), & safer. There still remains gastric bypass; very invasive with much greater risk of morbidity or even death. Bariatric surgerons are a specialty of there own & high skilled. You undergo screening by several disiplines & get a lot of pre-op & post-op care. Safer yet risky, a life saver for many & for others not what you expected.

Research all your choices carefully. There are many bariatric websites with forums where want-to-be patients, pre-approved pre-op patients, & post-op new & long patients who can voice all feelings & outcomes whether they maybe good or bad for their particular situation. Also research sleep apnea to determine if you might be a candidate for a sleep study.

Mind-set to feel better, more active & be healthier has proved to be most beneficial for me to lose weight & keep that weight off. After having a stroke (recovering 90% from that), having total hip replacement (& now moving around much better): God has given me another chance to “do this right”. Success will be up to me. Having loving supporters around you physically, by phone, or email will aid you much along the way. A small miracle in the form of a chubby North Carolina woman has helped change my mind-set, elevated my hope & changed my moods for the best. Her name is Marla Cilley, better known as “FLYLADY”, & has a website flylady.net. She is a motivational speaker in a genuine form but even better yet a great author. She has 2 best-selling books out I highly reccomend. Most closely related to weight loss is her book called “BODY CLUTTER”. If you read this from cover to cover & set your mind to absorb what is really being said…it should be a great help to you as it has been for me. I’ve gained much more insight into knowing why & how I went from average size to chubby to fat. All this newly gained insight is slowly changing my entire being & I’ve added a new hopefull outlook on life knowing I can lose at least a major part of my “BODY CLUTTER”.
She has a second book out I really needed, not weight-loss oriented, called “SINK REFLECTIONS” you might browse thru at the library, borrow, or buy thru her website, Amazon or at the book store. Flylady has a partner in crime called Leanne Ely aka the “DINNER DIVA” (she co-authored Body Clutter). She’s a nutritionist with tasty menus for any type of eating (diet) you like & know is best for the new you. The menus have a shopping list for the week, a pantry list of things to keep on hand, and daily menus. Leanne Ely has a websute savingdinner.com & one of her books is called Saving Dinner.

I hear your cries for help, I hear your anger & frustration, & I know how you feel. I know how people treat us fatties, I know how doctors, dieticians, exercise gurus, relatives, “friends”, fellow workers, employers, airlines, etc etc treat you year-end & year-out. I know how it feels to be a failure in your own mind & often that of others. I know how it feels to be ignored to the point you nearly don’t exist….. BUT TIMES ARE CHANGING HONEY & THE TIME IS NOW FOR YOU SWEETHEART.

GO GET ‘EM! Ain’t nuttin’ honey that can stop you but you.
All my comments are honest & meant to be loving and helpful.

Mark asks…

How many calories should I eat each day to lose weight?

I recently broke my humorous and no it wasnt humorous, and i cant exercise. I cant have any accerss to any physical weight loss but can do a bit of dieting. I want to know know how wsant to know how many calories i should eat a day in order to lose weight.
@Ytrhg i dont understand the website address

weight loss cardiff answers:

I know you received a few useless spam links but I promise you, this video below that I did on youtube will help you figure out exactly how many calories you need per day. It’s very easy to follow and takes literally 5 min or less. Link below.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdysmUOYei0

George asks…

How can I target stomach weight loss?

I weigh 240 now, which is 18 fewer than I weighed two months ago. I’ve begun eating healthy and cutting out absolutely everything unhealthy most of the time. I haven’t exercised in a few weeks, so I should really get back to doing that, but I was wondering if anyone was aware of a particular exercise regimen that would target weight loss in my stomach, since that seems to be my problem area. Can anyone help?

weight loss cardiff answers:

Managing total calorie intake is shown to be even more important than exercise in terms of weight loss. It is good you are working on better eating habits. The best part is that with medical supervision you can take safe pills to help you cut back even more and lose the weight for good. It’s far easier to maintain LOST weight than to lose it.

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Robert asks…

how can i lose Weight fast without taking pills?

i need to know how to lose weight fast without taking pills i need to know what foods to eat and when. i also need to know when to exercise and how to exercise.

weight loss cardiff answers:

Losing weight very fast allows you to gain weight very fast afterwards if you dont do it the healthy way. Its a good thing youre not willing to take diet pills since they can have permenant effect on your heart, muscles and sometimes even sex cells.

Start, by setting an achievable goal for your weight loss. This way, once you loose the amount of weight you wanted to, you have something to feel happy about and this can be a good motivation. After that, Set another goal. My point is, Dont aim to loose a hundred pounds all at once.

Remember dont starve yourself. Monitor your calorie intake. Eat. But decrease the amount you eat.
Also, Know your metabolism (The amount of calories you burn). If you know its going to be a heavy day and you are going to run around and work hard, then eat more. But if your having a day off and youre planning to stay home and not do much, then eat less.

Never miss any meal. Especially breakfeast. People who dont eat breakfeast end up being so much hungrier for lunch and overeat. Thus, eat breakfeast, lunch and dinner but never snack in between. Its a terrible habbit which will make you obese.

Before you start your diet, get a notebook and write every single thing you eat in one regular day and write the amount of calories they contain. Dont forget the small things like a spoonful of sugar etc. Anyways, this allows you to easily see your extra intake. Go over the list and decide which foods to cut out or reduce.

Cutting calories is usually a lot easier than you might think. For example, that daily tall latte in the morning may pack 500 calories. Since a pound of flab (lost or gained) is roughly equivalent to 3,500 calories, replacing that rich beverage with black coffee can help you lose a pound a week. Other easy cuts include salad dressing, soda pop, candy, and butter.
Look for healthy, delicious meals online or in your cookbooks, and create a menu for the week. Make sure that your meal plan reduces your total calorie intake.

Drink plenty of water. Adequate water is essential for health, and a great many people simply don’t get enough. What’s more, if you’re chronically dehydrated, your body will retain water in unflattering places, so if you make sure to get plenty of fluids you can start visibly trimming down in as little as a day. Remember, the more you exercise, the more water you’ll need. Drink one glass of water before your meal; it will help digestion and also to get the sensation of fullness in your stomach that will keep you from overeating; that in combination with eating slowly, will allow you to stop eating when you are satisfied, not when you already ate too much (If you eat too fast you can get full, even bloated but still be hungry) .

Exercise :
Perform low impact aerobic activities. Moderate aerobic workouts incorporating brisk walking, cycling, aerobic machines, or swimming not only burn calories they also keep your heart healthy. Swimming is great, especially if you are quite overweight or have joint problems, because you can get the same benefits of running typically burning even more calories with much less stress on your joints. Try to get at least 30-40 minutes of aerobic exercise at least three or four days per week.

Try to get iron tablets from the pharmacy and have one once day with a full stomach. It increases blood flow and metabolism. You’ll be needing that since youre going to be working hard.

Rest properly. This means not only taking at least 24-48 hours between strength training the same muscles, and taking 1-2 days off from exercising each week; it also means knowing how much sleep you need, since sleep deficiency impairs your ability to lose fat.

Anyways dont expect anything to happen overnight. Have motivation and confidence and you’ll be fine! Good luck 😀

James asks…

how to give yourself the motivation to lose weight?

I am overweight and i want to lose some kilos. But i do not have the motivation as i have the tendency to do exercise halfway and not continuing.Another thing, i watched alot of young girls in the media look really skinny and also sickly.This adds me the fear of losing my weight as i already see on how skinny young girls nowadays.I want to lose weight without the fear of looking so sickly like those girls in the media.Pls i need help really badly.

weight loss cardiff answers:

Sometimes keeping a food diary can help. Sometimes we don’t remember how much we have snacked on during the day. The food diary can help you see if you are snacking excessively or help you see a bad habit.

If snacking is your problem you can look into a couple of options. You can cut down on your snacking or plan for healthier snacks. Don’t drastically change your diet unless you know that you can stick with it. Otherwise you just gain all of the weight back because you go back to old habits. Just change a little at a time. Try having two “healthy meals” a week. Something as simple as having grilled food, instead of something fried.

Also, to lose weight you really need to do some type of exercise. Find something that you enjoy doing. You will be more likely to stick with it. Maybe walking, swimming, yoga, dance, aerobics. Just whatever you find interesting. If you bore easily you may want to try doing more than one thing. For instance, walking with friends on Monday and Wednesday, yoga on Tuesday and Thursday. The next week try dance on Mon. And wed. And aerobics or Tues. And Thurs.. You just have to find what works for you. The most important thing is to keep it fun and interesting. Take time and try some new things!

I hope these suggestions were helpful. Good luck and just keep the faith in yourself. You can do it. You just have to decide that you are ready to.

Ruth asks…

Best exercise to lose weight off of your arms?

Does anyone know of some really good exercises that i can do to lose weight off of my arms without having to go to the gym everyday. Something i can do at home? Thanks!

weight loss cardiff answers:

OK..you cannot spot reduce…that means lose weight on one area of the body. You gain weight in a certain sequence and lose it in a certain sequence….but you can tone an area easily enough. Arms are easy…push-ups…just that easy. The closer the hands the more it works the triceps. …this will help you tone, but reasonable diet and exercise will help you lose the excess weight.

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