One Step at a Time - June 2017

[paulywogg]

Re: One Step at a Time - June 2017

I think 115 Rusty

[Rusty]

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115!! NO BUENO. The only way I would hold up to the heat is if I could stay in the lazy river pool at the Monte Carlo. One very drunk college kid dumped his cold beer down the front of my swimsuit whilst I was floating down the lazy river pool on my inner tube. The cold felt good, actually. Hahaha

[NoraC]

Re: One Step at a Time - June 2017

Fun reading nthego: :heartbeat:

[NoraC]

Re: One Step at a Time - June 2017

Hello everyone. Wasn't 115 here but it was in the 90's. Rusty, I laughed at your story about the beer down your front. Glassie - I just love when you talk about your little angel.

Liz - been sending positive thoughts to you all day :hug:

[paulywogg]

Re: One Step at a Time - June 2017

Think I just got used to the heat after being here for awhile, plus I always run colder than other peeps so to me it feels good hubs thinks I'm nuts and,Kell thought I was nuts yesterday for taking a walk in it but honestly it don't bug me,,being cold does though,Liz thinking of you tonight, my mom text me earlier that get this,, my other brothers gf is in the hospital now,abcessed tooth thats making her sick,I'm sure she'll be fine but wtf is going on up there? Sheesh,hope everyone is having a peaceful night

[NoraC]

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Gee whiz Pauly. I agree - what is going on up there?!? I turn into complete and total bitch if I am too hot.But, now I get cold easily too. :nutso: My body temperature gauge went out on me and I'm such an old model they don't have replacement parts. :rotlf:

[Glass Half Empty]

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I sometimes think I was born without a thermostat. Last year I visited outback Australia in 46 degree heat and spent a month in Antarctica. Maybe living in Qld for too long has fried my brain.

[Rusty]

Re: One Step at a Time - June 2017

Good Early Morning,

Pauly-so sorry to hear about your brother's girlfriend. Geez! You are probably used to the heat, just like I am used to the frigid Wisconsin winters.

Nora and Glassie-I laughed when you mentioned broken thermostats and not being able to get replacement parts. HaHa!!! I came to work at my sweet client's site yesterday and first I was freezing so he turned up the heat and then I was too hot so he had to turn on the AC. He laughed at me and said something like, "Rusty, your body can't decide if it's hot or cold?" No kidding.

Two sad stories to share but I will post only one now because again, I am in a rush. My client's Office Manager, Barbara, (from yesterday) told me that her husband died on Christmas Day. He was an alcoholic who developed a severe drinking problem two years after having gastric bypass surgery in 2006. She said for two years after he had the surgery, he didn't drink at all because the doctor warned him of the high percentage (33%) of people having GPS who become alcoholics. Two years of abstinence, then picked up his first drink and he couldn't stop. She separated from him several months before he died because their life was in ruins. How sad. He was 65. She said she wished he had never had the surgery. He was a successful attorney but at the end of his life, he couldn't pay the taxes on their home because he drank his salary. She said he should have gone for therapy for his food addiction FIRST before having the surgery. Our beloved Mama Bear was one of the victims of Weight Loss Surgery. Fortunately, she successfully moderates now and is doing well. Years ago, MWO member cinders, who had also had WLS, posted an article from Calorie Lab on the correlation between WLS and alcoholism. The stories from the people there are just so heartbreaking. I gained a lot of weight because of drinking, and someone suggested years ago that I get Lap Band surgery, and I thought, NO WAY!!!!

Oh well...that's my story for today. It's heavy reading...unlike yesterday! Hahaha!

Liz and SK...sending positive and healing thoughts to you today.:hug:
Happy AF Tuesday, everyone!

[paulywogg]

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Morning friends,Rusty I wonder why weight loss surgery peeps have a high chance of getting hooked? I watch the 600 lb life show and their addiction to food does remind me of alcoholism, the guilt,inability to limit,the hiding shoot one lady hid a taco in her purse! Maybe cuz they can't use food to cope they turn to al? Very sorry to hear that today I hope today is a happy one,I've been in a shitty mood that does nobody, including me any good,trying to be positive but end up thinking negative,where's that cool blankie fort? Need it for after work! Wishing us all a nice AF Tuesday

[Rusty]

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Pauly-it's because they shrink their stomachs to the size of small oranges and the AL gets absorbed into their systems much faster. They don't get help for why they are addicted to AL or food' and then the people on the show don't learn other coping mechanisms. It's just like with AL. I watch My 600 lb. life, too. :-) I hope your mood gets better.:hug: I hate when I get into negative places, too.:hug: Will put up cool blankie fort with Backstreet Boys music in there for you and disco for me. Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah yeah.:happy2:

[empyr3al]

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[MENTION=1214]Rusty[/MENTION], and at Polly. Yikes, Gastric Bypass Surgery (GBS) is common here in Canada and subsidized so its not cost prohibitive. Done laparoscopically. I do believe you need to be AF before this surgery. What I know of GBS is quite personal as I attended every class about how diet needs to work. I've only heard second hand about alcohol and GBS. Although everyone was warned about drinking but not specifically enough during the classes. I know this because my wife had this surgery and saw all the classes and attended nearly everything. Thankfully she was never an addict (other than how diet/food works). Interesting that my diet was way different than hers and I'm surprised our marriage lasted so long. I had taught myself how to cook foods from around the entire world, not just american food. I eat crazy healthy foods by comparison. I also know you can cheat GBS eventually after the first couple months or at least a year only limits what you eat can lead to dumping syndrome. But you can change that over time and get right back to where you were before GBS. Food addiction is just about as crazy as alcoholism at least in terms of psychology and maybe not as much as health effects. Mind you america is screwed. Visiting the Netherlands I fit right in but my girlfriend at the time was mocked for her large butt. Diet and processed food are an interesting topic. Alcohol will kill you faster but its crazy to know that the combo works that way. The wierd thing is that an alcoholic that ends up not to eating the stomach shrinks also but the initial parts of the stomach are still there that cause pain. Always been underweight likely due to drinking alone or being too cheap to eat greasy food (more money for booze) while drinking out in public (which is the common image of a beer drinker). The pain of not eating on alcohol is directly on this part that is removed. The pain of not eating and drinking hard alcohol hurts initially the top of the stomach and then pancreastitis can occour as well as a multitude of Gastric issues and bleeding. I can fully see how alcohol could become a crazy problem after GBS.

From what I've read about you friends. You would all hate me for being 160lbs (73kg), 5ft 9 ~170cm with a width that fits perfectly. BMI is spot on. Gene's, I don't know. Diet and what I choose to eat or have chosen to eat doesn't need me having GBS (not even close). But I still do love everyone no matter what they are.

I'm sorry to hear about this. I think awareness of this might be important.

[NoraC]

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Hi guys.....
Pauly - sometimes it's harder to be positive. But, you are trying to be positive anyway. :love:

Has anyone heard from Liz today?????

My cat died today. We just buried her. We had an appointment to take her in tomorrow to put her to sleep.

Catch you all tomorrow.

[empyr3al]

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Hi guys.....
Pauly - sometimes it's harder to be positive. But, you are trying to be positive anyway. :love:

Me personally I've had a hard time being positive as of late, so I empathize. Trying to use the gratefulness thread. I know I have alot to be grateful for but its hard at times to recognize it. Just a comment on that.

My cat died today. We just buried her. We had an appointment to take her in tomorrow to put her to sleep.

[MENTION=9757]NoraC[/MENTION] Holy cat. I'm so sorry. I lost mine on Christmas Eve of 2015. Spent thousands trying to fix him.

Sorry for your loss even though it was expected and accepted.

Liz is not on my friends list and can't quite figure out activity. Thats up to you all.

Don't know you, but I consider you friends.

[Rusty]

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:hug:Nora, I am SO sorry about your cat! I'll be keeping you close to me today.

Empy-what an experience you have had with GPS. Thanks for sharing with us.

Liz-hope you are doing OK.

Must run...waves of hellos to everyone else.

[Lizann]

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Oh Nora, I am so sorry about your cat!
Pauly, my girls loved the backstreet boys. Me too.
The fog is starting to lift. Daddy came home last night, hence my absence here. Erin and Dan brought Logan here and Lucy was not happy. She kept barking. I don't know how we're going to deal with this now. Anyway it took most of the day to discharge him, get the papers signed. He was good with mom. Showered downstairs alone. So I know that's a relief for mom. They may be stopping by to see hubby today for their adjustments.
Check in with you all later