The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

I had one of them in July...the ultrasound lady was an hour late and asked how I was when she finally got there...I told her!

Awesome!

Yay!!

5 of my siblings have done the gastric. It is short term. Only one of them has kept most of the weight off...she was 500 lbs. She has different issues due to surgery that they cannot figure out. Another sister isn’t absorbing nutrients like she should. A few years ago a couple of us girls had to bring her to the ER on Thanksgiving day due to extreme stomach pain. I hope if you choose to go that route you have good luck

yes, my niece had it and at first it worked cause she stuck to the diet they put you on but if you can do the diet without the gastric, why not try that? the keto diet is one like that and you can lose weight real fast, i have

 

[007Sean]

yes, my niece had it and at first it worked cause she stuck to the diet they put you on but if you can do the diet without the gastric, why not try that? the keto diet is one like that and you can lose weight real fast, i have

Another good diet is the Paleo diet.

 

[sharron]

The trick is not start smoking - then you don't need to spend the rest of your life trying to stop.

No I haven't faltered once in giving up ice cream - and don't expect too - just wish I could find something else .

well, i was stupid and started when i was 17 smoked s long time but had to have a stent and thats the day i quit cold turkey, wasn't easy being around people who still smoked but i did it cause i didn't want to see the look on my husbands face again as the ambulance took me to the hospital its been going on 8 years and still want one when i smell the smoke

 

[sourland]

well, i was stupid and started when i was 17 smoked s long time but had to have a stent and thats the day i quit cold turkey, wasn't easy being around people who still smoked but i did it cause i didn't want to see the look on my husbands face again as the ambulance took me to the hospital its been going on 8 years and still want one when i smell the smoke

Trust me in that I understand on all counts. I can be around folks who drink with no craving (non drinking alcoholic here), but if someone pulls a bag of Redman or Levi Garret out of their hip pocket ----------- -------------- Princess made me promise, Princess made me promise, Princess made me promise ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[sharron]

Good morning, all.



If it's white, it's your enemy - no sugar zone.



I'll go 300 %



Pain lets him know that he is alive.



Went keto for about 3 months - lost too much weight - switched to low carb - maintaining still with reduced inflammation.



Nothing has been more difficult for me than quitting nicotine addiction. If and when I receive a terminal diagnosis, I will go back to chewing tobacco in a heartbeat - or lack thereof

amen to the white
always told my husband he couldn't die and leave me, if he did, i would buy cigarettes and straight mt. dew and pig out til i killed myself and join him, in other words, he couldn't die to get away from me
my friend had to have triple bypass, she quit smoking, then she found out she had lung cancer and started smoking again, said it was too late to stop it so she might as well keep smoking and she did

 

[sharron]

Another good diet is the Paleo diet.

yes but i found keto first and paleo has a little to many carbs for me, sends my blood sugar sky high

 

[sharron]

Trust me in that I understand on all counts. I can be around folks who drink with no craving (non drinking alcoholic here), but if someone pulls a bag of Redman or Levi Garret out of their hip pocket ----------- -------------- Princess made me promise, Princess made me promise, Princess made me promise ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

most smokers can understand that, husband says they stink, not like the old cigarettes, when they were mostly pure tobacco, before they started putting so many chemicals in them
luckily i never started drinking, didn't like the taste (daddy was an alcoholic too) didn't even like beer and i did try to learn to like beer cause husband likes one every once in a great while(hot summers)

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning, all.



If it's white, it's your enemy - no sugar zone.



I'll go 300 %



Pain lets him know that he is alive.



Went keto for about 3 months - lost too much weight - switched to low carb - maintaining still with reduced inflammation.



Nothing has been more difficult for me than quitting nicotine addiction. If and when I receive a terminal diagnosis, I will go back to chewing tobacco in a heartbeat - or lack thereof

My dad quit smoking 2 years before he got lung cancer. He started smoking again after diagnosis. He probably had it starting already when he quit. He died at 51.

 

[sharron]

My dad quit smoking 2 years before he got lung cancer. He started smoking again after diagnosis. He probably had it starting already when he quit. He died at 51.

my daddy quit smoking after smoking 50+ years, he had a relapse after 10 years, smoked for another 6 months and quit again but he never got cancer thank the good lord

 

[drumstick diva]

Never liked the taste of beer etc. I wouldn't start just to fit in with others. I just drink my caffeine free diet Coke and they drink what they like. When I was young my friends were smoking and wanted me to come over and talk with them. I really liked being with them but, the smoke bothered my eyes and I'd get hoarse from breathing it in.

When I was little my father's lung collapsed and he was in the hospital. He was quite a chain smoker. Said many men started because in the army they were given all the cigs they wanted - free. Probably more servicemen died from the habit than under enemy fire.

Oh my father quit cold turkey. My brother in law was way beyond just chain smoking, I don't know when he found the time to actually eat. He had a minor heart attack(is there such a thing)- he quit cold turkey also.

My brother and I never started. My sister sorta did smoke to fit in with friends. But didn't last long. I never followed the herd I guess.