The Fern's heaviest bloke - Doing something about it,
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Haven't been in the Fat Busters section for over a year, and just read through this whole thread and a huge congrats to FBBÂ
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Thanks for sharing it with us bro, hope you're still on the horse and going for that 118.<br />
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Sorry for taking so long to post . Weighed myself at the clinic this morning , only do it every couple of weeks. Current weight is 125.5 KG. i HAVE NOW LOST OVER 50 KG IN TOTAL. Quite happy.<br />
 I haven't gone to the gym for 2 weeks and must start again ASAP. The reason i stopped was that i feinted after a tough workout and cut my leg on a table,- there was plenty of blood- it was probably due to dehydration and low blood pressure combined. The lady at the desk (It was 6.30 am) freaked out and told me to get checked out before returning. Had heaps of tests done but they didn't find anything.<br />
My blood pressure is down to 100/70 and the doc said it only has to fall a little before i feel dizzy.<br />
As i don't eat very much and don't feel hungry it is hard to get enough fuel into the body to train hard. I can go a day without eating and not even notice I'm hungry , the missus has to remind me to eat.<br />
While not going to gym, i have been busting my ass every night to 9pm working on an extension to the house and have dug plenty of drains and trenches for plumbing and electric and have done all the building work with hammer and nails and a hand saw ( i love doing things the old school way) so am getting plenty of exercise -
Quite Happy!?! I'd be over the bloody moon mate....awesome shitÂ
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I do like this idea of not eating and not feeling hungey, my biggest problem is food is a hobby of mine, or more specific...eating is a hobby of mine. I can be working away at 11am and start thinkingwhat I'm going to have for lunch, dinner etc! -
current weight 123kg. Body fat down to 22%. 2 .5 kg lost in 3 weeks about average body fat had a good drop. My extension on the house is nearly finished so will get back to Gym asap.
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Sorry about the delay in posting, but i am quite over the weight loss thing. You lose 65kg and everyone wants to be your mate <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />. Seriously every time i go out , people i only half know want to talk about how much i've lost and how i look now. It was great for the 1 st 3 months but it does get a bit stale.<br />
 Current weight 117kg , body fat 21%. Have now reached my goal weight and am training twice a week with personal trainer, should do more , i know.<br />
Confession time. when i started this journey 14 months ago i was actually 180.8kg (not 177kg that i put in my 1st post)Â but i wasn't brave enough to put this figure in writing.<br />
 There is no way that i could have lost the weight without the gastric banding operation and i have completely forgotten the $15,000 it cost, but there is a down side that is not overly explained before it all starts, The positives are easy to see , here are some negatives:<br />- It has halved (even quartered) my alcolhol consumption and i do miss not being able to drink more than 4 beers.<br />
- It has turned me into a virtual vegetarian as meat is almost impossible for me to get down and stay down<br />
- Most of the time i dont have big stores of energy as i dont eat enough good food to run the machine and i am quite tired regulary.<br />
- i am a potatoe chip (pringles) addict as they crumble easy and go down well, biscuits are the same<br />
5. bread is a no-no<br /> - i have no clothes - recently fitted 36" jeans (tightish but got them done up) 2xl is my shirt size<br />
Will post a photo in the next couple of days<br />
Thanks for the support , i might not have mentioned it before but it does help<br />
 Cheers Fbb
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!st post in 5 months current weight 113 kg , body fat down to 16.5%. All is well . I've started back on the tools again (carpentry) so have dropped a lot of bodyfat in the last 2 months and are finally starting to tone up . I am getting the band opened up next week as i need to eat more as i now do a hard days work.<br />
It will be interesting to see if i put on weight again . a few kg won't bother me but i will be keeping a close eye on things.<br />
Got a new tattoo to celebrate the fact that i have biceps again <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
Total loss to date is 67kg. 3 bags of cement and a carton of beer
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Good luck with the op. Good to see the guns are back too. I reckon a days manual labour is a pretty rewarding experience. Sitting at a desk is physically debilitating in the long term. It turns us into shrunken soft vegetables that have been left out of the fridge for a few weeks.
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[quote name='Cutter']Good luck with the op. Good to see the guns are back too. I reckon a days manual labour is a pretty rewarding experience. Sitting at a desk is physically debilitating in the long term. It turns us into shrunken soft vegetables that have been left out of the fridge for a few weeks.[/quote]<br />
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For sure. I miss the good old days of labouring over the holidays, talking shit, lifting things and smashing things up. No better forearm workout than being on the end of a Kanga hammer all day ! -
[quote name='FredDagg1979']What a fucking fantastic effort FBB. <br />
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You're right in that losing the weight will slow right down now - and it's more a case of tidying up what's left. Now you are on the exercise trail, take advantage of it and try to fit in walking in places that are really scenic if they are close by. It's amazing how rewarding a hike to a viewing point can be and you don't even realise that it was also exercise!<br />
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How many years do you reckon you've added to your life in the last 6 months?[/quote]<br />
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Yeah so people keep telling me, trouble is I've never seen a view that didn't look better in a photo. xzxnegative <br />
And any type of walk I regard as exercise so am against,,, I'm a real expert at getting parking places right outside were I want to go.<br />
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Well done FBB, very impressed, like you I looked into that stomach band thingy, went to a Mickey the Comedian talk and worked with a lady that had had it done.<br />
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Trouble is I didn't think it was really going to suit me.<br />
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You've gone past my current weight so being the fattest or 2nd fattest no longer is an appropriate title and having a possible skinnier prop Cyril is a scary thought for me.<br />
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I got the band opened up a couple of notches in late Nov, Food goes down alot easier and i've just had 4 weeks off work , sitting on my ass watching cricket and drinking beer. <br />
Enough excuses my current weight is 118 kg. When i get back from a 14 day tour of the South Island with my Aussie Winter Swimming mates in the middle of march i will probably get the band closed up again (5-10 minute procedure) . The last thing i want is to put on weight again and i'll just have to cop the downside. Its been sensational not throwing up for a couple of months tho.<br />
Mainlander - Its good to see you've made the decision not to have the Op. You have to be %100 certain that you want it done, and what you have to give up on. The brain and the stomach have got to be on the same wavelength.<br />
I'm in the top 10% of people who have had the op, results wise. And i lived on potato chips and chocolate for 4 months at one stage and lost weight doing it. If you base your health completely on your weight this is the way to go. <br />
I'm heaps lighter and fitter but i ate better and healthier before the op . xzxscratch_one-s_head -
A mate of mines and Red Beards has just gone from 130+ to sub 100 by stopping eating shit.<br />
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His motivation? His brother in law got a $16,000 operation (stomach banding or that sort of thing) to lose the weight and he was "you don't need to do that shit", and he set out to prove it.<br />
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Weird the sorts of things that motivate you though eh? I'm guessing that he doesn't like the bro in law also.<br />
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And his height would be all of 5' 8" or 9" I'm picking, not a tall blokes anyways!<br />
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And that sounds weird FBB - opening up a couple of notches or closing down - like doing up your belt!! -
[quote]And that sounds weird FBB - opening up a couple of notches or closing down - like doing up your belt!![/quote]<br />
Yeah thats the difference between gastric Banding which is easily adjustable- just like tightening the belt as you said) and the gastric bypass. <br />
Willpower(not the driver) is definately the best option for losing weight and you have got to be pretty sure you cant do it that way before you coff up the dosh for the op.
