Obesity
Questions + Answers
Does anyone else ever just not want to eat?
Does anyone else ever just not want to eat?
There are days sometimes multiple days in a row where nothing sound goods, I'm not hungry, and I could just care less about eating and have to almost force myself to eat. I hate feeling like this and dont know what to do and then usually eating a ton of junk cause it's easy to eat.
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band
Mine really isnt a question as much qs a statement. The Band does NOT reduce the size of your stomach!! It reduces the size of the opening to your stomach. Making smaller bites feel like much larger bites... your 'pouch' abive the band is not to be 'filled' as a stomach would; it is to slow your eating down.... banded since 2013.
I need help making a meal plan to lose 30-40 pounds.
I need help making a meal plan to lose 30-40 pounds.
Hi, I'm 39 years old and am having a lot of trouble losing weight. I need help making a meal plan that will help me lose 30-40 pounds, and I don't really care how boring it is, and the more specific it is the better (time to eat, exact quantities etc). I don't know if I should go to a dietician or if someone here can help me with a plan or point me in the right direction.
Also, I can prepare food while I am at home, but when I am at work I can not prepare food… read more
I use a diabetic book to make Meals and I don't eat a lot of bread and I have slowed down on the soda too.
Is there a phone app that I can use to access this site?
Is there a phone app that I can use to access this site?
Today is the first time that I have been at my laptop since I joined from an add on fb. I can't access the site from my phone anymore.
What do you do
What do you do
What do you do when your mate makes fat and food comments to you although you tell them it hurts
Do overweight people suffer from depression
Do overweight people suffer from depression
I have been overweight ever since my first baby but when I wasn’t overweight I didn’t have depression
Gastric bypass (Roux-en-Y)
Gastric bypass (Roux-en-Y)
I had the surgery and after a bit I was doing great then my weight started to come back and now I am bigger than before and can't even look in the mirror and I think about my weight all the time and now I am going back to the doctor that did my surgery to see something happened to my sleeve because now I find Iam hungry all the time
I had my surgery back in 2009, i lost a lot of wieght to the point my family was scared for me and i ended up in the hospital with a lot of health… read more
Overcoming the rut
Overcoming the rut
So as we all go down this road known as obesity together, to those of you who go to the gym like I do. My question is this. When you get in a rut (we all get there) what do you do to motivate yourself to get out of the rut?
Linjean, i know the feeling i cant seem to lose down past 348. Ive cut out sweets and soda. I am working out 3 days a week. Doing as much as i can do.… read more
Does anyone get angry over weight?
Does anyone get angry over weight?
I have more desire to lose weight than I can express. Yet, some of my disability keeps me from doing things that can help me shed that weight. I want to go on a supplement, but all of them require exercise.. I can't exercise because of my Dystonia. I get so angry because I KNOW all the right things to do, but I can't do them! How do you deal with the war going on in your head over weight issues?
From everything I have read, most studies haven't really went into other conditions. They tend to stick with Dystonia as the primary issue or a… read more
