May 07, 2013

Chris Christie Reveals Stomach Surgery to Reduce Weight
— Ace

He says it's for health reasons, not political ones.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery to aggressively slim down for the sake of his wife and kids, he revealed to The Post last night.

The Garden State governor agreed to the operation at the urging of family and friends after turning 50 last September.

He told The Post he was thinking of his four kids and how it was time to start improving his health when he decided to have the procedure.

“I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” he said. “For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them.”

He says he's already lost 40 pounds but it's a bit drop-in-the-bucket. I don't think anyone noticed he was losing weight. I haven't seen anyone asking "Is Christie losing weight?"

I suppose it may begin to show. He had the surgery on February 16.

Posted by: Ace at 08:29 AM | Comments (262)
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1 You still have enough room in there to swallow, don't you Chris?

Posted by: Eared Leader at May 07, 2013 08:31 AM (pMGkg)

2 Christie shedding weight like he's shedding conservative credibility.

Posted by: Right again at May 07, 2013 08:31 AM (1G9N7)

3 There's no reason why losing weight so that you'll be around for your children and spouse and in order to improve his image for a run for President are mutually exclusive goals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2013 08:31 AM (ltIcm)

4 I guess the exercise and diet is too hard?  Doesn't matter he's still fat.

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at May 07, 2013 08:32 AM (6T8Ay)

5 Hey was this covered by Obamacare?

Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 07, 2013 08:32 AM (vFMkS)

6 One of my co-workers had this surgery a year ago and hasn't lost a pound. Fatties gonna eat!

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 07, 2013 08:32 AM (7ObY1)

7

Lap   band   surgery   is   a   crock.   

Posted by: Candy Crowley at May 07, 2013 08:33 AM (q4QfH)

8 A skinny rhino is better than a fat one i guess. Wonder if he can still drink Brawndo?

Posted by: Frito Plover, Esq. at May 07, 2013 08:33 AM (UsR5V)

9

He did look dangerously obese, I hope this works for him.

 

He only had the problem for the last 20 years...was he thin before that? He has a nice face and hair, if he were a normal weight he'd be a hottie.

Posted by: kallisto at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (jm/9g)

10

Fat fuck with no self-control will eat right through that lap band, guarantee it.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (W7ffl)

11 Makes me want a bacon-blue double cheesburger with cajun fries.

Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (vFMkS)

12 He is my Gov and in the Month before the Election and since I have had many issues with him. I don't blame him for Romney's lose but he sure did NOT help. But as far as he weight is concerned, he is morbidly fat and needs to loose weight and keep it off. And on that count I wish him well.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (9Bj8R)

13 may she should give up swallowing semen as part of his regular diet. That might help shed a few pounds.

Posted by: L, elle at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (0PiQ4)

14

I guess the exercise and diet is too hard? Doesn't matter he's still fat.

 

I imagine that being able to shed a bunch of weight right away will make exercising at bit easier - I imagine that doing even moderate exercise is difficult for the very fat.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (3/yI6)

15 8 A skinny rhino is better than a fat one i guess. Wonder if he can still drink Brawndo? He'll still talk funny and his shit will still be all retarded.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 07, 2013 08:34 AM (7ObY1)

16 The band really does work.  If you can't physically cram more than about a baseball-sized quantity of food down your gullet at one sitting, it doesn't much matter if that food is a salad or deep-fried cheese with a side of nachos. 

Posted by: Phinn at May 07, 2013 08:35 AM (oFH2D)

17

he gained all that weight sucking the JEF's dick

sperm has lots of calories

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:35 AM (4GtoN)

18 He'll be a floppy bag of skin by 2016. Not the most presidential of looks. Just ask Huckabee.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 07, 2013 08:35 AM (ZPrif)

19 He should have had more extensive surgery, as in cut off that 12 pounds of ugly fat on his shoulders.

Posted by: Vic at May 07, 2013 08:36 AM (53z96)

20 He's about as sympathetic as that fat tub of shit Charlie Weis who almost died getting his gut stapled because he had no fucking will power and then, in the resulting malpractice suit (unfortunately for Notre Dame, he didn't kick the bucket) the defendents jumped into action to save a jury member who had a heart attack.  Jury says Not Guilty.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 07, 2013 08:36 AM (OpaM+)

21 13  damn your fast fingers

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:36 AM (4GtoN)

22 He says he's already lost 40 pounds but it's a bit drop-in-the-bucket. I don't think anyone noticed he was losing weight. I haven't seen anyone asking "Is Christie losing weight?" --- Chris Christie is in Jeanie Sack territory with his weight, by which I mean "He could have a 50-pound mole removed from his ass and no one would notice."

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 07, 2013 08:36 AM (+x8q5)

23 Health reasons. Sure. In other news, he assures us that it will be just the tip.

Posted by: joncelli at May 07, 2013 08:36 AM (RD7QR)

24 At least he didn't go to law school at Costco...

Posted by: Frito Plover, Esq. at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (UsR5V)

25 I was never sure what to make of these weight-loss surgeries.  They seem to me to be a "pass" on responsibility.

I lost 30lbs using weightwatchers in a year.  I've put much of it back on (I'm a stress eater and it's been really stressful these last few months.) But I'm supposing that if I started my control again I could lose.

Why should I risk surgery when good behavior has the same result.  Plus I learn from it.

Posted by: tsrblke (work)[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (qr78K)

26

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 07, 2013 12:34 PM (3/yI6)

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I met a girl on the walking trail who was morbidly obese. She went there faithfully three times a week and about six months later she had shed 100 pounds. She modified her diet too, and was in her twenties, so that may have aided the weight loss effort.

Posted by: kallisto at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (jm/9g)

27 He's got so many double-chins he needs a bookmark to find his cake-hole.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (+98Gb)

28 Hes doing it to impress his lover boy zeroman.

Posted by: Drrrrrrop at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (nH/Fj)

29 Fatties gonna eat!

Hell yeah.  I'll be in the lab all afternoon; someone bring me some pie about 1400.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (ZKzrr)

30 Christie shedding weight like he's shedding conservative credibility. ...he could only wish so fast.

Posted by: panzernashorn at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (MhA4j)

31 But is he still swearing that he didn't attack the GOP Housemembers for not passing the porked up Sandy Relief bill after being owned for saying he only criticized after the pork was removed?

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (LI48c)

32 I hate to pile on with him about the weight, but I wouldn't announce this kind of thing until he'd visibly lost enough weight to do a Jared from Subway thing, showing his old pants vs. his new ones.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (+x8q5)

33 Glad he did the band and not the permanent by pass surgery .

Posted by: Sunny at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (ZWfuB)

34 Ha! Beat you fair and square navycopjoe!

Posted by: L, elle at May 07, 2013 08:37 AM (0PiQ4)

35 I don't want to mock him for losing weight- I'm trying to, after mega doses of steroids for effing cancer, and it is really, really hard, I hope he does lose the weight. But mock him for being a spineless jellyfish kiss up to the current administration?? absolutely. It should be required.

Posted by: moki at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (SdetR)

36 Maybe he can go to the White House and poop his pants.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (D00cy)

37 Chris "Ox" Christie: My doctor says I swallowed a lot of aggression..along with a lot of pizzas

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (1Jaio)

38 What did they use for the lap band, a tractor inner tube ?

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (nTgAI)

39 Somebody's eating a PBJ.  Now I want a PBJ.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (KXm42)

40 It is good for his health. If you have any medical condition called "Morbid X" -- that's a good sign you might want to do something.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (ZPrif)

41

my good friend tried the tapout thing from the infomercial and went from 350 to about 200 in 6 months

amazing transformation

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:38 AM (4GtoN)

42 15 *wiping soda off phone*

Posted by: Golfman in NC at May 07, 2013 08:39 AM (F1zEt)

43 Why doesn't he just split into two smaller versions of himself through binary fission like yeast cells? 

Half the weight, but twice the RINO!

Posted by: EC at May 07, 2013 08:39 AM (GQ8sn)

44 Chris "Ox" Christie: I'm gonna be a lean mean candidate machine!!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 07, 2013 08:39 AM (1Jaio)

45 Gee, didn't we already cover the "Christie is a fat slob" bit sufficiently before? Here are some pictures of Christie throw the years and the person above was correct. He was a nice looking young man: http://tinyurl.com/cu3bmd4

Posted by: PresidentTaft at May 07, 2013 08:40 AM (ltIcm)

46 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 07, 2013 12:34 PM (9Bj8R) Seems like he was pissed about not getting VP pick. His convention speech was lackluster. He showed himself to be a petty man, like Obama.

Posted by: Madamex at May 07, 2013 08:40 AM (Tj05I)

47

Carry an extra pair of BVD's, Governor.

Posted by: Al Roker at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (TDOFL)

48 1,200 calories/day for 9 months is how I dropped 70lb.  Kept it off since 97' too.

You gotta buy into a serious lifestyle change, or you ain't gonna do squat.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (/gHaE)

49

Rather than showing discipline by eating less and exercising, he goes for some medial short cut.

 

Presidential material right there.

Posted by: Ben at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (C2Y4l)

50 He lost the PETA vote by killing a poor, poor spider.

Posted by: RWC at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (fWAjv)

51 Morbid obesity. Morbid pomposity. Morbid popularity. Morbidly well-endowed. Morbid titties. See -- even good things sound bad when prefaced morbidly.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (ZPrif)

52 45  if Christie wants to lose weight fast have him eat my wife's cooking for a month

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (4GtoN)

53 *medical

Posted by: Ben at May 07, 2013 08:41 AM (C2Y4l)

54 Maybe hell lose the liberal half.

Posted by: California Red at May 07, 2013 08:42 AM (aCD1U)

55 I'll bet his mistress talked him into it.

Posted by: garrett at May 07, 2013 08:42 AM (TDOFL)

56 10 Fat fuck with no self-control will eat right through that lap band, guarantee it. Posted by: mugiwara at May 07, 2013 12:34 PM (W7ffl) ************** Knew a guy that just got the procedure, went to the Vegas buffets and would go throw up so he could eat his money's worth.

Posted by: Ezra Jay Carney-Klein--now with new stuff! at May 07, 2013 08:42 AM (r2PLg)

57 He'll lose a ton of weight and thank Obama, or Mrs. Obama, for inspiring him to do so.

Posted by: Criswell at May 07, 2013 08:42 AM (6cOMd)

58 He'll probably end up looking like Al Roker which will put him in a worse position than he is right now.

Posted by: Ben at May 07, 2013 08:42 AM (C2Y4l)

59 O/T Anyone notice the three kidnappers were identified as "Hispanic" on the 911 call, but never again? MSM, looking out for the minority card.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at May 07, 2013 08:43 AM (wR+pz)

60 Can't run for prez riding a Rascal.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 07, 2013 08:43 AM (W7ffl)

61 He'll probably end up looking like Al Roker which will put him in a worse position than he is right now. Posted by: Ben at May 07, 2013 12:42 PM (C2Y4l) Ya mean Black?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 07, 2013 08:43 AM (9Bj8R)

62 He is going to auction off his loose skin to outdoor venues for rain proof canopies to fund his election bid.

Posted by: RWC at May 07, 2013 08:43 AM (fWAjv)

63 56 I'll bet his mistress talked him into it. Posted by: garrett at May 07, 2013 12:42 PM
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No, it was his call.

Posted by: Eared Leader at May 07, 2013 08:43 AM (8GKDa)

64 56 I'll bet his mistress talked him into it. Posted by: garrett at May 07, 2013 12:42 PM (TDOFL) ************* Gee--what did that sound like? Grrgle--Heee-llllp- I can't breath--*gasp* -lose some --gack!

Posted by: Ezra Jay Carney-Klein--now with new stuff! at May 07, 2013 08:44 AM (r2PLg)

65 @62, not weirdly misshapen and with disproportionate physical features.

Posted by: Ben at May 07, 2013 08:44 AM (C2Y4l)

66

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 12:38 PM (4GtoN)

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what's tapout?

 

Posted by: kallisto at May 07, 2013 08:44 AM (jm/9g)

67 Heh...."no"

fuck you krispy kreme go on ahead and hit the doughnuts because you'll never get the win I'll vote for HILLARY! first

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 07, 2013 08:44 AM (LRFds)

68 Snark: So Christie really is poised to be Huckabee 2.0. He's got the weight loss surgery, next up is the presidential run and finally the cloying Fox News show, where his pride will go to die. Sincerely: Aw, good for him. If his wife and his kids get a few more years with him than they would have otherwise, who can hate on that?

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at May 07, 2013 08:45 AM (GmTxn)

69 @39- can I call this one early? Tractor inner tube. Heh.

Posted by: teej at May 07, 2013 08:45 AM (Nsomq)

70 Compulsive overeating is as some would say, an addiction or a Character flaw. Much like Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. The man falls short somewhere in the arena of self control. Until he finds that underlying psychosis, all the surgeries in the world won't help.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 08:45 AM (XIxXP)

71 OT: 3 explosions in Teheran near munitions depot per Jerusalem Post

Posted by: Ma Bell at May 07, 2013 08:45 AM (RLdcX)

72 Does anyone take PETA seriously anymore? Those idiots are trivializing humane treatment of animals with their bullcrap.

Posted by: moki at May 07, 2013 08:45 AM (SdetR)

73 61 Can't run for prez riding a Rascal. Posted by: mugiwara at May 07, 2013 12:43 PM (W7ffl) ______ Bullshit. Like anyone would see it.

Posted by: Ezra Jay Carney-Klein--now with new stuff! at May 07, 2013 08:45 AM (r2PLg)

74 48
Carry an extra pair of BVD's, Governor. Posted by: Al Roker
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Possible thread winner

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 08:46 AM (aDwsi)

75

Good for him; I hope it works. It's tough to lose weight, and unhealthy not to.

 

 

As to all the speculation that it means he's running - "yawn".  I think I've seen idle speculation about possible Republican candidates about 3 or 4 times, just this week, and it's only 2013. People would be speculating about a Christie run whether he did something like this or not.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2013 08:46 AM (Mxt9o)

76 OT: 3 explosions in Teheran near munitions depot per Jerusalem Post Posted by: Ma Bell at May 07, 2013 12:45 PM (RLdcX) Hmm, could it be starting?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 08:46 AM (XIxXP)

77 Coworker here got the lapband and it's working pretty well. His son signed with the NBA last year so I think he wants to be around when the cash starts rolling in.

Posted by: RWC at May 07, 2013 08:46 AM (fWAjv)

78 But is he still swearing that he didn't attack the GOP Housemembers for not passing the porked up Sandy Relief bill after being owned for saying he only criticized after the pork was removed?

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2013 12:37 PM (LI48c)

 

When he heard there was "pork" in the bill he got hungry.

 

The other day he heard it was chilly outside and he went and got a bowl.

 

He is so fat that when he broke his leg, gravy poured out.

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 07, 2013 08:46 AM (nTgAI)

79 Does anyone take PETA seriously anymore?
Those idiots are trivializing humane treatment of animals with their bullcrap.

Posted by: moki at May 07, 2013 12:45 PM (SdetR)


Sadly it seems like regulators are listening to them.  The USDA is stating we're in "The age of enforcement." (I know this because my rapidly ending job is in animal research oversight.  It's not awful, but it's not been pleasant either.)

Posted by: tsrblke (work)[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 07, 2013 08:47 AM (qr78K)

80 Lap band is a weak half measure for someone as large as he is.  He needed to do a full gastric bypass to make a dent in that body.

Posted by: arminius at May 07, 2013 08:47 AM (cDnhR)

81 Can't believe I'm taking shit from a bunch of unemployed fags.

Posted by: Duane Oxenberger, Esq. at May 07, 2013 08:47 AM (UsR5V)

82

67  its a workout routine where you basically do a bunch of mma fighting exercises with resistance bands

works the hell out of your core

 

he was really dedicated and did it for an hour a day except sundays

went from the doughboy to pretty ripped fast

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:47 AM (4GtoN)

83 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A young political activist who compared Zimbabwe's president to a lame donkey will spend another week in jail, his attorney said Tuesday.

He faces a fine or several months' imprisonment. Arrests for insulting Mugabe are common in Zimbabwe. At least 60 have been arrested and charged with insulting Mugabe since 2010, according to Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.






Barry Mugabe: Sounds like a great law. Can I sign an executive order to make it law here?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 07, 2013 08:47 AM (1Jaio)

84 dude is going to have so much extra skin he'll be able to fly like a flying squirrel.

Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at May 07, 2013 08:47 AM (HEa5q)

85 Seems like he was pissed about not getting VP pick. His convention speech was lackluster. He showed himself to be a petty man, like Obama. Yeah, if this were an 80s teen comedy, 2012 has him laughing at the brunette who had the crush on him, disowning his nerd friends, being seen around town with the blonde and having all the jocks try to be his buddy. The next act is when he realizes that that life is shallow, that the jocks and cheerleaders are just a mean, spiteful clique and he should have been with the nerds all along.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (T0NGe)

86 Christie just wants to prove you don't have to be fat to play Santa Claus for the voters.

Posted by: polynikes at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (zfJo7)

87 1,200 calories/day for 9 months is how I dropped 70lb. Kept it off since 97' too.

You gotta buy into a serious lifestyle change, or you ain't gonna do squat.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 12:41 PM (/gHaE)

 

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That's severe.  What height and weight were you when you started?  I'm 5'11"  and ~205.   A 1,900 calorie a day diet got me down from 215 in about 4 weeks.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (CJjw5)

88 "I haven't seen anyone asking 'Is Christie losing weight?'"

He looked enormous at the townhall where he called his opponents "knuckleheads" and said "bullshit" about five days ago.

I compared that clip to his clip at the GOP convention. It's possible, but if so, he was at the point where 40 pounds must be like 10 pounds for most of us.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (q9gqp)

89 Uh oh, teej, you're not supposed to be here at this time of day. Whatever you do, don't read the comments up thread. Lunch break?

Posted by: L, elle at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (0PiQ4)

90

"73 Does anyone take PETA seriously anymore?
Those idiots are trivializing humane treatment of animals with their bullcrap."

 

 

 

PETA is officially "train-wreck TV" now, if it wasn't already. It's just on the news, instead of on a reality TV show (so far!). Half their motivation must be to get their name in the news, but this can't be good for them.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (Mxt9o)

91 Good for him. I can't believe the hostility here over it.

Posted by: Waldo at May 07, 2013 08:48 AM (sXWmd)

92 59 He'll probably end up looking like Al Roker which will put him in a worse position than he is right now.

Posted by: Ben at May 07, 2013 12:42 PM (C2Y4l)

 

More like Fat Bastard at the end of Austin Power Goldmember.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSzw5XyVQfY

Posted by: buzzion at May 07, 2013 08:49 AM (LI48c)

93 We got Andrew Breitfart and Chippy Gerdes. Christie is next.

Posted by: LibItToWinIt at May 07, 2013 08:49 AM (NsFhd)

94 Over the past week, Republican operatives have been barely able to contain their glee as they email out select passages from What a Party!: My Life Among Democrats, Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, And Other Wild Animals, the memoir by Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, top fundraiser and ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton, and now the Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia.

Among the revelations—if “revelations” is even the proper word for something readily available on Google Books —McAuliffe offers about himself is that he almost missed the birth of his daughter to attend a bold-faced-name party in honor of then Washington Post gossip columnist (and current Daily Beast editor at large) Lloyd Grove; that in another instance he left his wife and their newborn son in the car on the way back from the hospital so that he could he attend a Democratic Party fundraiser; and that he was kicked out of the delivery room for another son because he was getting too loud with the anesthesiologist over President Clinton’s health-care reform plan.

On Wednesday, a Republican operative passed along yet another doozy, this one from a collection by the late Vanity Fair writer Marjorie Wiliams. In it, McAuliffe tells Williams, whom he considered a friend, that his wife doesn’t know how much money the couple has. “She’s got a great life. Listen, her credit cards are paid and all that. She knows I do very well. But she has no idea. Myself and my accountants are the only people who know.’”

Posted by: Hank Johnson at May 07, 2013 08:49 AM (e8kgV)

95 I smell something.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 08:49 AM (XIxXP)

96

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 12:47 PM (4GtoN)

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OK that sounds hard.

Posted by: kallisto at May 07, 2013 08:50 AM (jm/9g)

97

hey, if you guys are looking to lose weight give it here to my skinny ass!!!

 

actually ettes...i'm 6'5 270lbs with a huge hoohaa

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:50 AM (4GtoN)

98 80 I am so sorry. Why anyone would succumb to their idiocy via a vis regulations/laws, etc is weapons grade stupid. Praying for something to work out for you that is better.

Posted by: moki at May 07, 2013 08:50 AM (SdetR)

99 I don't get it.  Just don't eat as much. Seriously, I dropped from 156 to 151 in the last three weeks by simply cutting out nighttime deserts.

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 08:50 AM (UypUQ)

100 Snark: So Christie really is poised to be Huckabee 2.0. He's got the weight loss surgery, next up is the presidential run and finally the cloying Fox News show, where his pride will go to die. Nope. He's a lawyer. There're always very lucrative jobs for former politicians who hold a law degree.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2013 08:50 AM (T0NGe)

101

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 12:50 PM (4GtoN)

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that claim is useless without pics

Posted by: kallisto at May 07, 2013 08:51 AM (jm/9g)

102 Three explosions were heard in western Tehran on Tuesday, in an area where Iran carries out missile research and storage, according to a Tweet by a BBC Persian journalist.

It was not immediately clear if there were injuries or damage in the incident.

Posted by: Jared Loughner at May 07, 2013 08:51 AM (e8kgV)

103 All them Kennedys are still  stone  cold dead too.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 08:51 AM (KXm42)

104 Don't read upthread? Too late fast fingers L,

Posted by: teej at May 07, 2013 08:51 AM (Nsomq)

105 Looks like the Kett Brimberlin Fan Club has arrived.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 07, 2013 08:52 AM (Yr6sH)

106

97  hey osp, did you see The SARAH!!! in her NRA speech?

I swear her boobs are getting bigger!!  that tshirt was ready to explode

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:52 AM (4GtoN)

107 I don't get it. Just don't eat as much. Seriously, I dropped from 156 to 151 in the last three weeks by simply cutting out nighttime deserts.

I don't think everyone can do that.  It's not that simple.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (KXm42)

108 teej, can I have that paper bag back? I think I'm supposed to denounce myself right about now. Shoot!

Posted by: L, elle at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (0PiQ4)

109 93-Seeond up to the hostility is the amusement of "Why can't that fat fuck be as disciplined as I am?"

Posted by: PresidentTaft at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (ltIcm)

110 Don't worry. I know you meant to say seamen.

Posted by: teej at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (Nsomq)

111 For those of you who have forgotten Mike Meyers 'Fat Bastard',  "Get in my belly!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nixR6wVa4HY

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (aDwsi)

112 97 hey osp, did you see The SARAH!!! in her NRA speech? I swear her boobs are getting bigger!! that tshirt was ready to explode Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 12:52 PM (4GtoN) Another reason for the ugly libtard bints to hate on her.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (XIxXP)

113 I don't know, wearing a CPAP machine while riding a Rascal onto the stage for a Presidential debate could be just the thing to capture the obese vote.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 07, 2013 08:53 AM (+lsX1)

114

103  that claim is useless without pics

 

welcome to the internet

bonjour

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:54 AM (4GtoN)

115

During that whole "Sandy" thing, did anybody ever point out that Federal aid to NJ was essentially redistribution of wealth from poorer states to richer ones?

 

Really - states that boast how prosperous and educated they are, and they have to go crying to the Feds because they didn't realize they were situated on the OCEAN? They weren't prepared for a storm that wasn't even a hurricane, and apparently didn't have INSURANCE? The whole thing is kind of ridiculous.

Posted by: Optimizer at May 07, 2013 08:54 AM (Mxt9o)

116
"He says he's already lost 40 pounds"



Primarily due to erosion....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 07, 2013 08:54 AM (kdS6q)

117 Well, I guess this ends the speculation that Christie is slowly waddling, pausing frequently to catch his breath for president.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 07, 2013 08:54 AM (W7ffl)

118 People always think they are slim because of some sorta self-control. Rarely the case. It's usually the type of food you grew up on. And the USDA is also shoving grains down Americans' throats, that doesn't help either.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 07, 2013 08:54 AM (52n2x)

119 I don't think I have a joke for this.

Even as a crazy person, I find it hard to imagine how crippled your mind must be to choose life-endangering surgery that almost never works over just lifting your head out of the gravy trough once in a while.

Not that I don't understand the draw of gluttony. I was a massive cokehead for a while. Then I stopped being one by not filling my face with it anymore. Maybe I should have thought of my family and got my fuckin' head sewn shut.

...OK, that's harsh. I'm sorry. I don't know what it's like to be an impotent child trapped in five men's bodies.

Posted by: oblig. at May 07, 2013 08:54 AM (cePv8)

120 Good for him. I can't believe the hostility here over it.

Posted by: Waldo at May 07, 2013 12:48 PM (sXWmd)

 

 

 

We aren't mad at him for trying to lose weight...

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 07, 2013 08:55 AM (t06LC)

121 I don't know, wearing a CPAP machine while riding a Rascal onto the stage for a Presidential debate could be just the thing to capture the obese vote. I know it gets you a leadership position in the SEIU.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2013 08:55 AM (T0NGe)

122 Wait. That doesn't really "fix it" either does it? Blame auto correct. Always works for me. Gotta go.

Posted by: teej at May 07, 2013 08:55 AM (Nsomq)

123 I'll bet his mistress talked him into it. Posted by: garrett at May 07, 2013 12:42 PM

Naaah. Moo-Chelle prolly gave him a call. He loses weight and he can grub around with her in the WH vegetable garden next year. And get another hug from Choom Boy, too, who complained his arms weren't long enough to wrap around that billowing bag of lard.

Posted by: MrScribbler at May 07, 2013 08:55 AM (mHrip)

124 1,200 calories/day for 9 months is how I dropped 70lb. Kept it off since 97' too.You gotta buy into a serious lifestyle change, or you ain't gonna do squat.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 12:41 PM (/gHaE)

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That's severe. What height and weight were you when you started? I'm 5'11" and ~205. A 1,900 calorie a day diet got me down from 215 in about 4 weeks.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 07, 2013 12:48 PM (CJjw5)

 

I have went from 225 to 207 in 10 weeks by just eating a couple small meals a day and drinking water mixed with OJ at 7 parts water to 1 one part OJ.  I do some moderate exercise. I didn't lose anything last week so I need to kick up the excercise a little ,I think.   The water and OJ seems to keep you from getting starving, it is supposed to keep your blood sugar stable.

I had to lose some weight my blood sugar had crept up over 100.

 

 

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 07, 2013 08:55 AM (nTgAI)

125 How much Chris weights concerns me less than how much he sucks up to O. Both Chris and MO have a full right to be twice the woman Michael Moore is. In this case it is truly their own bodies.

Posted by: Comrade J at May 07, 2013 08:56 AM (Cq/0w)

126 Christie has also recently offered up, unprovoked, a bill that will ban a rifle, the .50 Cal Barrett rifle, a rifle that has never been used in the commission of a crime in new jersey. He's been marginally good for.NJ. He should stay there.

Posted by: kreplach at May 07, 2013 08:56 AM (4T5lL)

127

120  People always think they are slim because of some sorta self-control.

nah, i'm 6'0 and 180

built like a distance runner which I used to be

just genetics or the world's happiest tapeworm

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 08:57 AM (4GtoN)

128 During that whole "Sandy" thing, did anybody ever point out that Federal aid to NJ was essentially redistribution of wealth from poorer states to richer ones? Yep. I did. But who the hell am I? Just an Iowa resident who is a 20 hour drive from the nearest ocean. Tomorrow, I'm taking a day trip to the beach...oh wait, I can't. I don't live an hour from the beach like some people. Of course, I don't want to be lectured to by Californians about climate change. Fuck the climate, I want it to change, it sucks now. Really - states that boast how prosperous and educated they are, and they have to go crying to the Feds because they didn't realize they were situated on the OCEAN? Don't like hurricanes? Move inland. We don't live on Gilligan's Island here.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2013 08:58 AM (T0NGe)

129 It's really not as roomy as you might think under the Resolute Desk.

Posted by: Chris Christie Rino Extraordinaire at May 07, 2013 08:58 AM (8GKDa)

130 16 The band really does work. If you can't physically cram more than about a baseball-sized quantity of food down your gullet at one sitting, it doesn't much matter if that food is a salad or deep-fried cheese with a side of nachos. Posted by: Phinn at May 07, 2013 12:35 PM (oFH2D) Wrong. Carbs are 4 calories a gram, Protein also. Fat is 9 calories a gram. A gram of cheese is an inch cubed. A gram of lettuce? Substantially more. The band is easy to cheat because 'slippery foods" like milkshakes, ice cream, doughnuts, potato chips etc go down easy with little chance of getting stuck. Proteins and Complex Carbs are denser and tend to get stuck, resulting in what Banders call a PB, productive burp. So you are rewarded when you eat shit and punished when you eat nutritional foods. Unless you have a huge amount of will power and a desire to work out daily, the band cannot work long term. If your weight is caused by a genetic issue there is no change to your body by the band that will help that, so you will regain. If your weight is caused by a failure to put the fork down, the band is not going magically cause you to develop will power. It is a money making crock and ought to be considered malpractice

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (fzFF6)

131 Christie has also recently offered up, unprovoked, a bill that will ban a rifle, the .50 Cal Barrett rifle, a rifle that has never been used in the commission of a crime in new jersey. That's because a well placed shot from a Barrett .50 will stop most vehicles in their tracks. Leaving the cadre of Jack booted thugs like ducks in a shooting gallery.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (XIxXP)

132 17
he gained all that weight sucking the JEF's dick
sperm has lots of calories

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 12:35 PM (4GtoN)

You just gave the moronettes a much needed excuse to say no.

Posted by: Long Island at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (hl8SI)

133
"He says he's already lost 40 pounds"



or in metric units, he lost 2 deci-meghans.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (kdS6q)

134 who the fuck cares I can't wait for the hearings tomorrow from the Benghazi witnesses. There is not a day that goes by that this issue doesn't disgust me. Our media would have been all over Benghazi if there were a GOP President. Dead American don't matter if it hurts their agenda. Fucking despicable

Posted by: Melodicmetal at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (QY9FJ)

135 That's severe. What height and weight were you when you started?

5'10'  300lb

It was like flipping a light switch.  I went all in.  No cheating, no fucking around.   You don't have to like it, you just have to do it.

I could still stand to drop another 30 or so.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (/gHaE)

136

Posted by: tsrblke (work) at May 07, 2013 12:47 PM (qr78K)

 

Yeah, the USDA and FDA are in "enforcement mode" right now...you should see the restrictions they are laying down on LDS canneries, effectively shutting them down.

Posted by: Country Singer at May 07, 2013 08:59 AM (L8r/r)

137 Wow Chris, you look great, what are you down to now, 450?

Posted by: Berserker at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (HvCxr)

138 We need Christie as a candidate like we needed McCain as a candidate (regardless of % of fat), NOT AT ALL.

Posted by: mare at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (A98Xu)

139

131   We don't live on Gilligan's Island here

ummmm, its a three hour boat ride from where I live

don't H8

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (4GtoN)

140
He also had obama lap-dog surgery.  It helps him to bend over.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (jKWYf)

141 Try a treadmill, fat ass. 

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (wbmaj)

142

>>>  just genetics

 

That's it, right there.

 

Posted by: garrett at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (TDOFL)

143 111 First off, funny sock fail. And, yeah, my answer to "why can't he just be as disciplined as meee" is "Because he had to leave you some scrap of self-esteem. Who's more disciplined than that 500 pound RINO over there? You are, you brave little special snowflake, so go bask in your greatness". But yeah, I don't get the hostility for people needing help quitting whatever vice they have. Same thing with the people who give grief about using e-cigs or chantix or whatever to quit smoking.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (GmTxn)

144 PB sounds suspiciously like barfing.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (KXm42)

145 So Christie is getting all purty for us, eh?  I have quite a lot of disdain for this man, large or small, and wouldn't vote for him.  But that's just me.  My nose has been held for the very last time.

O/T but Rush is really throwing cold water on Bolton's assertion that Hillary is in really deep doo doo.  Rush says that unless the media is aboard to expose what she did, nothing will happen to her.  Nothing. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (ovWeo)

146 I drink a shit-ton of Grapefruit juice.  Besides that, the only liquids I have are coffee (sugar only) and water.

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 09:00 AM (UypUQ)

147 25 I was never sure what to make of these weight-loss surgeries. They seem to me to be a "pass" on responsibility.

It seems like it's taking the easy way out, but even with the lap band, you still have to eat responsibly to lose weight.  It's a tool for weight loss, nothing more.  You can cheat and defeat the purpose of the band - some people don't lose weight, and some gain it back. 

My husband had the surgery a few years ago and has lost 100 lbs.  Before the surgery, he would diet and drop 70 or 80 lbs, and then gain it back in a few months.  He never had a problem losing the weight, just keeping it off. And each time he would gain more.  The lap band was the tool he needed to keep the weight off.

Posted by: Flaming Lip Balm at May 07, 2013 09:01 AM (Y4c10)

148

135  You just gave the moronettes a much needed excuse to say no.

 

it's been noted before that I hate you all

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 09:01 AM (4GtoN)

149 If he sheds pounds like he has been shedding conservative votes he will be an acrobat in no time.

Posted by: pat at May 07, 2013 09:02 AM (LLHgu)

150
Lap-band for the Lap-dog.

Posted by: And "The Boss" sucks too at May 07, 2013 09:02 AM (Opo0Q)

151 I've noticed his mouth is becoming rounder too.

Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2013 09:02 AM (tMEdS)

152 ummmm, its a three hour boat ride from where I live don't H8 Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 01:00 PM (4GtoN) I do. With every frozen fiber of my being. I will get my global warming, dammit. Good and hard.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2013 09:02 AM (T0NGe)

153 It was like flipping a light switch. I went all in. No cheating, no fucking around. You don't have to like it, you just have to do it.

I could still stand to drop another 30 or so.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 12:59 PM (/gHaE)

 

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That's impressive.  Good for you, Purp.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 07, 2013 09:02 AM (CJjw5)

154 I've noticed his mouth is becoming rounder too. Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2013 01:02 PM (tMEdS) I think that could be swelling from friction and heat.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 09:03 AM (XIxXP)

155 "No death knell for Kermit Gosnell."  The late Johnnie Cochran--still charging by the hour. 

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 09:03 AM (wbmaj)

156

The medical problem with lap band surgery is that it's not permanent. Most of my patients who have had the surgery loose a great deal of weight. Some have had to follow through with skin reductions to take up all the excess after loosing massive amounts of weight. The problem then begins all over again as their body starts to adapt to the new diet and the digestive tract "compensates" (IE: the stomach that was left expands to regrow missing tissue and accomodate the volume needs of the individual) followed by the patient compensating with increasing amounts of food.......and within 5 years they have bottomed out on their diet and are now gaining too much weight again.

You can argue with genetics all you want. DNA's gonna win sooner or later.

Posted by: MrObvious at May 07, 2013 09:03 AM (jgcLl)

157 How does he wipe his ass? 

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 09:04 AM (wbmaj)

158 109
I don't get it. Just don't eat as much. Seriously, I dropped from 156 to
151 in the last three weeks by simply cutting out nighttime deserts.

*****

I don't think everyone can do that. It's not that simple.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 12:53 PM (KXm42)



____________


That's BS. Weight loss is a very simple process. Eat fewer calories than your body uses. This doesn't have to be a radical change of life. Just east a little less. You can still eat a burger and fries, but get the small not the super size. You can still eat pizza. Just east 1 slice instead of 4. Don't eat desert after dinner.


I'm not saying it's easy to do this when you've spent a lifetime of eating desert and 4 slices and super sizing ever meal. But it is possible to do it. You just need some self control.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 07, 2013 09:04 AM (HDgX3)

159

145  has to be genetics

T is tiny, 5'0 and a buck

she eats like a fucking lumberjack and can't gain weight

I saw the same thing in Sardinia, those bastards can put away serving after serving and not gain any wieght

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 09:04 AM (4GtoN)

160 O/T but Rush is really throwing cold water on Bolton's assertion that Hillary is in really deep doo doo. Rush says that unless the media is aboard to expose what she did, nothing will happen to her. Nothing. Only if it looks like Obama is in trouble. We are, in fact, in scapegoat mode now. The question is, how high up will the scapegoat be? They will try hard to make it anybody whose title starts with "undersecretary".

Posted by: AmishDude at May 07, 2013 09:04 AM (T0NGe)

161 There was a piece linked over at Warm Flatus about how Christie's advisors are planning for him to make a big prominent rightward pivot after re-election in order to win back alienated conservatives, which they describe as "eminently do-able".

No. Unapologetically, no. Fuck off. Go away. Now.

"Chris Christie" is an anagram for "Charlie Crist". If he wants a future in politics, he had better switch parties now.

As far as his pitch to "alienated conservatives", this conservative is so profoundly and permanently alienated on Christie that I make Grays from Zeta Reticuli look like your next door neighbor.

Not backing Christie for anything, ever, full stop, end of story. No money, no vote, nothing, nada. If Christie is the nominee in 2016 and if he's running against Clinton, I will vote faithfully and on schedule. For a third-party or write-in protest candidate.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 07, 2013 09:05 AM (gqT4g)

162 I could still stand to drop another 30 or so.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 12:59 PM (/gHaE)



Yeah I need to get myself down to 175 ideally (but I'd settle for something in the 180s.)


Like I said though, I'm a stress eater (and lover of comfort food.)  The good news is as the weather warms up the wife and I start walking a lot more which helps.

Posted by: tsrblke (work)[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 07, 2013 09:05 AM (qr78K)

163 Two weeks after the collapse of the multi-story Rana Plaza building in Savar, near Dhaka, the official death toll yesterday reached 677, mainly young garment workers.

Did we miss this disaster ?

Posted by: Jared Loughner at May 07, 2013 09:05 AM (e8kgV)

164 Don't talk about Benghazi. We have to have at least 25 more posts on what a fattie Christie is because it's such startling news!!!!

Posted by: PresidentTaft at May 07, 2013 09:05 AM (ltIcm)

165 Christie wasn't fat. He was pregnant with Ted Cruz's butt-baby.

Posted by: Andi Sullivan at May 07, 2013 09:05 AM (JQuNB)

166

158  hey mallamutt, longtime

hope you and yours are good

Posted by: navycopjoe at May 07, 2013 09:06 AM (4GtoN)

167 162 How does he wipe his ass? Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 01:04 PM (wbmaj) ************** DAMN IT! thx for that visual. %^$

Posted by: Ezra Jay Carney-Klein--now with new stuff! at May 07, 2013 09:06 AM (r2PLg)

168 O/T but Rush is really throwing cold water on Bolton's assertion that Hillary is in really deep doo doo. Rush says that unless the media is aboard to expose what she did, nothing will happen to her. Nothing.

***

Yeah, I think that's true.  Hillary! is the seond coming of Clinton and  a little thing like four corpses is not going to slow the train down.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 07, 2013 09:06 AM (Hx5uv)

169 O/T but Rush is really throwing cold water on Bolton's assertion that Hillary is in really deep doo doo. Rush says that unless the media is aboard to expose what she did, nothing will happen to her. Nothing.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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He is correct. Nothing will come of this. Benghazi will be no more meaningful to the swinish multitude than Solyndra was. The Left/Libs give the directions, the MSM drive the bus, and we're just along for the ride.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 09:06 AM (aDwsi)

170 I don't have a weight problem myself Mr. Moo Moo.  I'm just saying it isn't that simple.  I know people who do what you say and it doesn't seem to work.

I don't know maybe they're cheating and not telling me.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 09:06 AM (KXm42)

171 Posted by: torquewrench at May 07, 2013 01:05 PM (gqT4g) Yep.

Posted by: mare at May 07, 2013 09:07 AM (A98Xu)

172

I stayed at a Holdiay Inn Express last night.  I'm still dumb as dog shit. 

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 09:07 AM (wbmaj)

173 My neighbor told me about a 20 something woman in her exercise class who had gastric bypass and lost a few hundred pounds. Her skin was hanging off of her so she got it surgically removed. Well, she got an infection in the hospital after the surgery and died horrifically. First time in her life she was skinny (having been fat since she was a child) and boom, she's dead. It seemed really sad to lose all that weight and then die.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 07, 2013 09:07 AM (RZ8pf)

174 81 Lap band is a weak half measure for someone as large as he is. He needed to do a full gastric bypass to make a dent in that body. Posted by: arminius at May 07, 2013 12:47 PM (cDnhR) GB (RNY) isn't going to do it either. He'd have that damn pouch, so he'd get to throw up dense foods. Not to mention pouch distention and rupture. No pylorus (see Roslin "The Importance of Pyloric Valve Retention in WLS" 2012) so he'd have the joys of partially digested food dropping straight into his intestine. Only 40 cm of intestine bypassed which the body compensates for within 2 yrs (again Roslin, though Rabkin has some nice articles on it) meaning the malabsorption is gone and he will get every calorie that he eats. And he gets the joys of having to maintain a vitamin regimen for life even after the rest of the surgery has failed. Oh and he won't be able to ever have any kind of NSAID again. RNY (or Ruined and Why?) is not the gold standard. It is better than the band but that's about it.

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 09:07 AM (fzFF6)

175 Posted by: Country Singer at May 07, 2013 12:59 PM(L8r/r) Had the same thing happen with our church kitchen. Because our church is an "official shelter area" for town emergencies the kitchen must be treated as a professional kitchen *at all times*. All that does is make organizations wary of offering to help.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 07, 2013 09:08 AM (lVb7s)

176 3175  Yeah, but just wait until that gay baseball player comes out of the locker room shower.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 09:08 AM (wbmaj)

177 Good job Purple.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 09:08 AM (KXm42)

178 If you are a drinker, it is probably a good idea to avoid the lap band/gastric bypass. The shrinking of the stomach can change how you process alcohol, so the booze hits you much, much faster. It's like crack compared to cocaine, and the surgery can turn a moderate drinker into a raging alcoholic.

Posted by: Stirner at May 07, 2013 09:08 AM (Ytuz8)

179 It was like flipping a light switch. I went all in. No cheating, no fucking around. You don't have to like it, you just have to do it.

I could still stand to drop another 30 or so.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 12:59 PM (/gHaE)


All those years of having to make weight screws with a lot of guys when their career ends. It's been 25 years since I stepped on the mat and I still weigh myself twice a day.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 07, 2013 09:08 AM (+lsX1)

180 What I really don't get is how the super-wealthy stay hefty.  (I'm thinking of Oprah.)  I mean, when you are that rich, you can hire a full-time chef/nutritionist to make you delicious food all the time but just strictly regiment the calorie intake.  You can make a lot up in lost volume with great seasoning and quality ingredients.

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 09:08 AM (UypUQ)

181 Maybe his insurance would pay for it now, but he doesn't know if it will be covered in the future?

Just cause you lose weight doesn't mean you are fit.  You need to exercise and that doesn't mean looking at food pron.

Posted by: Caustic at May 07, 2013 09:09 AM (/b8+5)

182 How does he wipe his ass? --- Well, he did say he's doing this for his wife...

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at May 07, 2013 09:09 AM (GmTxn)

183 He is correct. Nothing will come of this. Benghazi will be no more meaningful to the swinish multitude than Solyndra was. The Left/Libs give the directions, the MSM drive the bus, and we're just along for the ride.

--

That's pretty much it.  Pretty abhorrent to think this is the true state of politics and the media today, yet here we are and there isn't anything we can do about it.  These scumbags are untouchable. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 07, 2013 09:10 AM (ovWeo)

184 A virus may cause obesity a study shows: http://www.ctvnews.ca/researchers-find-virus-causes-weight-gain-1.250470

Posted by: PresidentTaft at May 07, 2013 09:10 AM (ltIcm)

185 The Left/Libs give the directions, the MSM drive the bus, and we're just along for the ride.>>

You forgot that we get to pay for the gas and maintenance on the buss too.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 07, 2013 09:10 AM (81UWZ)

186

Christie  showed what a piece of shit he is when he came down on those who voted against the pork-laden Hurrican Sandy relief bill.

 

Higher office is all about character.  Christie  has none.

Posted by: jwest at May 07, 2013 09:11 AM (u2a4R)

187 How does he get out of the house?  Or how will he get back in? 

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at May 07, 2013 09:11 AM (wbmaj)

188 Saw an article the other day saying he was getting so much money for his next run, it was shocking.  Maybe the opponent was going to make an issue out of the weight.

Posted by: Caustic at May 07, 2013 09:11 AM (/b8+5)

189 192 How does he wipe his ass? What is this wiping you speak of?

Posted by: Chris Christy at May 07, 2013 09:11 AM (JQuNB)

190 177 I don't have a weight problem myself Mr. Moo Moo. I'm just saying it isn't that simple. I know people who do what you say and it doesn't seem to work.

I don't know maybe they're cheating and not telling me.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 01:06 PM (KXm42)


_____________


Yep, it's cheating. I've known plenty of people who complain that they're on diets and they still can't lose weight. And then I go out to dinner with them and they have 3 or 4 beers and 14 oz. steak with a loaded baked potato. And I'll like, you can't lose weight? I'm fucking shocked I tells ya, just shocked.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 07, 2013 09:11 AM (HDgX3)

191 This wins the coveted Mallamutt's "Top Story I Don't Care About For This Week" award.

Posted by: Mallamutt

It's been a busy week so far in that category but, hey, there are several hundred NBA players just waiting to get their ghey on.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 07, 2013 09:11 AM (Yr6sH)

192
I am still pissed at Flake from the last thread.  What an a-hole.  "I will vote for one un-conservative thing if you make changes to another un-conservative thing which I will also vote for.

How do these guys get away with pretending conservatism and still get elected?  Answering myself: because they are republicans, not conservatives.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 07, 2013 09:12 AM (jKWYf)

193 Okay found this in an old Jennifer Grifzfin post, but it is new to me. And, it sucks. _____________ The quick reaction force that was mobilized from the Libyan capital was made up of five Americans -- including Glen Doherty, who was on contract with the CIA’s Global Response Staff (or GRS), and two Delta Force special operators who were in Libya on a separate assignment. That was all the hastily rented plane could hold, according to the State Department Review Board. Stevens used the cellphone of Regional Security Officer 1, who is currently recovering at Walter Reed. Stevens was speaking with the Embassy in Tripoli at 9:50 p.m. from the safe room where he and RSO1 had retreated for safety. When the reaction team left Tripoli for Benghazi several hours after the attack began, they were told by one of the senior U.S. security officials at the Embassy that there would be “fast movers above Benghazi” when they arrived. “Fast movers” is a reference to military jets used to fly over a combat situation. It was a reference to F-18s, F-15s or F-16s that would have been flown in from Europe. The team that left for Benghazi assumed they would have air cover when they landed. Instead, they got held up at the Benghazi airport without transportation and did not arrive at the CIA Annex to help with the evacuation until 5 a.m. local time on Sept. 12 (more than seven hours after the attack had begun.) Air support never came. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/22/fact s-and-questions-about-what-happened-in- benghazi/#ixzz2Scywcyqa

Posted by: Ezra Jay Carney-Klein--now with new stuff! at May 07, 2013 09:12 AM (r2PLg)

194 But it is possible to do it. You just need some self control.

All that research done with MRIs that show the brains of fat people aren't the same as yours, and bacteria in their guts aren't the same as yours, and there's a genetic component to body size?  Pff! Lies!  Fat people are just moral degenerates.

P.S., if you would just TRY, you lazy piece of shit, your dick wouldn't be so tiny.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at May 07, 2013 09:12 AM (ZKzrr)

195 How does he wipe his ass? He shits in the yard then the wife uses a garden hose to blow out the chunks and the uses a beach towel to dry off. That's all i can figure.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 09:13 AM (XIxXP)

196 Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at May 07, 2013 01:09 PM (GmTxn) Just waiting to see how much lower someone can go than that gem.

Posted by: PresidentTaft at May 07, 2013 09:13 AM (ltIcm)

197 Swapping sugared drinks for diet's was a biggie for me -- ~120cal/can. 

Beer/alcohol is a lot of calories too.  Lose it.

Start reading labels like they were the fucking Rosetta stone -- because they ARE.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 09:13 AM (/gHaE)

198

He is correct. Nothing will come of this. Benghazi will be no more meaningful to the swinish multitude than Solyndra was. The Left/Libs give the directions, the MSM drive the bus, and we're just along for the ride.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 01:06 PM (aDwsi)

 

 

------------------------------------------------

 

 

As much as I hate to say it, Rush is probably right.  Walk down the sidewalk and ask people what's happening in the Benghazi story and all you'd get would be  stupid stares.

Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (tMEdS)

199 Wrong. Carbs are 4 calories a gram, Protein also. Fat is 9 calories a gram. A gram of cheese is an inch cubed. A gram of lettuce? Substantially more.

The band is easy to cheat because 'slippery foods" like milkshakes, ice cream, doughnuts, potato chips etc go down easy with little chance of getting stuck.

Proteins and Complex Carbs are denser and tend to get stuck, resulting in what Banders call a PB, productive burp. So you are rewarded when you eat shit and punished when you eat nutritional foods.
Unless you have a huge amount of will power and a desire to work out daily, the band cannot work long term. If your weight is caused by a genetic issue there is no change to your body by the band that will help that, so you will regain. If your weight is caused by a failure to put the fork down, the band is not going magically cause you to develop will power.

It is a money making crock and ought to be considered malpractice

I'm not saying it's magic, and I'm not saying it's 100% effective, and I'm not saying it's not defeat-able, and I'm not saying there's no difference between eating salad and nachos.

The thing is -- people who are severely obese tend to eat A LOT of food.  They also tend to hide their over-eating, so the normal-weight people around them don't often see them do it.  Their quantity of food intake is astounding. 

Of course there's a caloric difference between salad greens and cheese.  I suppose you could theoretically eat nothing but liquid cheese and milkshakes, and that would circumvent the band's effectiveness.  Sure.  Obviously. 

But most people tend to eat real food, even if it's crap.  Oily breads, burgers, pizzas, fries, etc.  Low fiber, high fat, but still more substantial than milkshakes. 

If you physically prevent an extreme over-eater from eating more than 200 cubic centimeters of food at a time, it forces him to eat substantially less food.  As in one-eighth of the usual amount. 

That alone won't make you healthy.  The micro-nutrient issue is still extremely important.  But cutting one's food quantity down that much can turn a 400-pounder into a 200-pounder. 

Posted by: Phinn at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (oFH2D)

200 189 What I really don't get is how the super-wealthy stay hefty. (I'm thinking of Oprah.) Agree, and imagine the beautiful spas and the specific workouts and attention just for you. Don't get it.

Posted by: mare at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (A98Xu)

201 Oh yeah, Christie's been losing weight.

From his brain

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (wtvvX)

202 But 207 had Jenny beat.

Posted by: PresidentTaft at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (ltIcm)

203 This would be a good time politically for Rick Perry to announce he's had a lap dance.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (8ZskC)

204 You forgot that we get to pay for the gas and maintenance on the buss too.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at May
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We pay to build it, pay the assholes who give the directions,  + all of the above.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 09:14 AM (aDwsi)

205 180 It seemed really sad to lose all that weight and then die. Audible LOL. I'll burn for that one. That was probably one of the excuses I used for years. Then, I got my head out of my ass and just started eating right. Steadily down 1-2-3 lbs/week...literally over the entirety of the last 8 months. There's nothing like moving to South Florida to convince one there are just better ways of living than what I'd tried previously. After "struggling with my weight for years", I quit dieting and just changed how I viewed eating. Couldn't agree more with many of the above.

Posted by: [/i][/b] at May 07, 2013 09:15 AM (Vgn84)

206 I saw a news clip about cat owners who couldn't figure out how to get thier obese kitty to loose weight.  They reduced the cat's food portion, but nothing.  Then they took it to the Vet which recomended a smaller, measured portion.  Miraculously, the cat lost all its extra weight.

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 09:15 AM (UypUQ)

207 Oh yeah, Christie's been losing weight.

From his brain
Posted by: Tex Lovera
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Well, that would explain a lot...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 09:15 AM (aDwsi)

208 Swapping sugared drinks for diet's was a biggie for me -- ~120cal/can.

Beer/alcohol is a lot of calories too. Lose it.

I think I'd rather just be overweight instead, thanks.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 07, 2013 09:16 AM (SY2Kh)

209 OT/ P.S. - What the fuck is Ralph Nader's problem with fat cats, anyways?

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 09:17 AM (UypUQ)

210 I've put 10 back on of the 50 I lost...

Been on the road and not taking my green apples instead of grabbing "whatever"


Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 07, 2013 09:17 AM (LRFds)

211 208 Eh, there's plenty lower. It's kind of a joke, kind of not. Like I said before, good for.him for getting a handle on this before.his weight really put.his wife and kids in caretaker (and, yes, ass-wiper) situations like morbid obesity sometimes does.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at May 07, 2013 09:17 AM (GmTxn)

212 191 Maybe his insurance would pay for it now, but he doesn't know if it will be covered in the future? Just cause you lose weight doesn't mean you are fit. You need to exercise and that doesn't mean looking at food pron. Posted by: Caustic at May 07, 2013 01:09 PM (/b8+5) Currently most insurance pay for one weight loss surgery, lifetime. It is not addressed under Obama Care. Employers currently can opt out of covering bariatrics just like they can opt out of obstetric or psych coverage. If you are lucky enough to have an employer who doesn't opt out (Starbucks and Home Depot are two I know of), there is still the one and done attitude. Even if you have a crap band and only lose 100 of the 200 you need to lose, you are considered a success and not in need of revision. If the band breaks, slips, erodes into surrounding tissue, necrotizes part of your stomach, you might be eligible for revision, assuming there's enough left of your innards to revise you to something ( and yes, I know more than one person who has lost the entire stomach because of the band). Also if you regain significantly and can prove it wasn't your fault and have a really good lawyer you can sometimes revise. This is why the WLS community adage is Think twice, cut once. Also known as 'Stay away from the fucking band'

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 09:18 AM (fzFF6)

213 212 189 What I really don't get is how the super-wealthy stay hefty. (I'm thinking of Oprah.)

Agree, and imagine the beautiful spas and the specific workouts and attention just for you. Don't get it.

Posted by: mare at May 07, 2013 01:14 PM (A98Xu)


_____________


Wealth does not bring self control.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 07, 2013 09:18 AM (HDgX3)

214 As my Father use to say, "There are a lot of skinny people in the cemetery."

Posted by: mare at May 07, 2013 09:19 AM (A98Xu)

215 207 Was that visual really necessary?? On the other hand, it is definitely an appetite killer. Now I don't feel like lunch so much...

Posted by: moki at May 07, 2013 09:19 AM (SdetR)

216 189 What I really don't get is how the super-wealthy stay hefty. (I'm thinking of Oprah.)
---------

Oprah? A svelte figure compared to Michael Moore...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 09:19 AM (aDwsi)

217 Social media may have cooties, but it's the best way to counter the media silence. Mock the shit out of Obama's laziness, his cowardice, his transparent scapegoating, and especially mock all the idiots who couldn't see through him on Election Day. Some of them will get sick of defending him and maybe wake the fuck up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 07, 2013 09:20 AM (ZshNr)

218 "Wealth does not bring self control." I agree. But you could actually hire someone to slap the food out of your hand.

Posted by: mare at May 07, 2013 09:20 AM (A98Xu)

219 Wealth does not bring self control.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 07, 2013 01:18 PM (HDgX3)

----

That's why you use your monies to outsource self-control to a live-in chef.  I suspect most bad eating is out of convenience foods.  Too tired to cook, too impatient to plan or wait until next meal time.

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 09:22 AM (UypUQ)

220 A virus may cause obesity a study shows

I can buy that -- you defeat the fuckers by making sure your body is in a semi-starvation mode where its not producing fat.

This is where people fuckup with radical low calorie diets like I did.  You gotta ease out of that semi-starvation mode you're in once you hit where you want to be. 

Start eating like crazy again, and starvation-mode is still there, kicks in and saves every spare calorie.

Transitioning off the radical diet is a several months long proposition, perhaps even as long as a year.


Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 09:23 AM (/gHaE)

221 OT/ P.S. - What the fuck is Ralph Nader's problem with fat cats, anyways?
--------------------

It's a transference of the suppressed rage and frustration he feels as a consequence of never having passed the test for his driver's license. 

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 09:24 AM (aDwsi)

222 Rush Limbaugh is another who can afford to outsource his dietary management.

Posted by: Serious Cat at May 07, 2013 09:24 AM (UypUQ)

223 Would you get weight-loss surgery?
http://tinyurl.com/c59log8

Posted by: Caustic at May 07, 2013 09:24 AM (/b8+5)

224 This is why the WLS community adage is Think twice, cut once. Also known as 'Stay away from the fucking band'

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 01:18 PM (fzFF6)

 

 

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Not only just bands are surgical.  Some people have a part of their stomach surgically excised.  Very risky because of potential leakage around the sutures while it's healing.  BUT, vanity knows no bounds.

Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2013 09:25 AM (tMEdS)

225 We have here, one of those now-rarest of eateries, a pharmacy with a lunch counter. This talk has put in mind of a grilled ham and cheese..., on, um, .... rye. Chips and coffee. Laterz. 

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 07, 2013 09:27 AM (aDwsi)

226 Aren't his wife and kids on the hefty side too?

Why didn't they go on a family eating plan?

If he gets uber thin won't the mrs. still be fat?

Posted by: Caustic at May 07, 2013 09:27 AM (/b8+5)

227 The micro-nutrient issue is still extremely important. But cutting one's food quantity down that much can turn a 400-pounder into a 200-pounder. Posted by: Phinn at May 07, 2013 01:14 PM (oFH2D) Until the stomach above the band (and the esophagus) stretch out to permit more food. Or until the patient asks for a lighter fill on the band which allows more food in--we had a bander once who would get completely unfilled before a vacation to be able to eat more and then over fill on return so that she would literally be a on a liquid diet. Glorified bingeing and purging. Or until the band has to be removed, they are only good for 6 years before needing replaced, which insurance will not cover. Nor does insurance cover the saline fills and unfills. Low fiber, high carb are squishy foods. Easy to eat, easy to gain weight on. And easy to get past a band. 6 oz of steak is a whole nother thing from 6 ounces of pizza. And steak is rarely on the menu for a bander. Once that band is gone or the restriction from it eases, he's back in the same boat he's in now. This is why in cases of Super Morbid obesity a weight loss surgery with a malabsorptive component is a necessity. The restriction takes the weight off, malabsorption keeps it off. That is why Allergan has to admit to an 80% failure rate with the band and they do.

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 09:27 AM (fzFF6)

228 PB sounds suspiciously like barfing.

Posted by: eleven at May 07, 2013 01:00 PM (KXm42)

 

It's french for "the little puke"

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 07, 2013 09:30 AM (nTgAI)

229 I have a friend who had this. Lost a lot of weight because he could only eat a little bit. Had the extra skin surgically removed. Looked pretty darn good at around 200lbs. But- Never changed his eating habits. Even though he was eating a little bit, it was always something loaded with fat or sugar. Five sugar packets in his ice tea- that kind of thing. Sure enough. Next time I saw him roughly three years later. Most of the weight was back on. A lifetime of bad habits are hard to break. I've seen people lose as much weight as him and keep it off but they really must've had a come-to-Jesus-moment regarding food. They completely change their eating and exercise habits. Otherwise, I think it's like a drug addict. You may want them to get off drugs. They might even go along with whatever program you think they should try. But at the end of the day, they're not going to turn down that speedball or chocolate donut because that's what they really want.

Posted by: Staff at May 07, 2013 09:30 AM (vJ+mj)

230 I love the 'willpower' people. I really do. Good for you, glad you found what works. For me, the band did it. Call me weak. Call me pathetic. Yeah, I took the easy way out by having dangerous surgery and potential complications because I was just too damn lazy to try to put the fork down. Much easier to shell out $10k and climb up on a table to have a bunch of holes punched into me.

But seriously, I admit to being weak. I dropped weight through the white knuckle approach. I did Adkins. I did it all. I rode the yo-yo of weight loss. But three years in with the band I'm keeping it off.  Why? Because dieting is easy to quit. It is easy to have a day of indulgence and wake up feeling guilty about it. It is easy to start building up the cycle of disgust at your bad eating day the previous day, and then embrace the 'fuck it all' and have another bad day. And then you start stacking up bad days and before you know it you've picked up the pounds.

Are it can be sneakier. You indulge at a special occasion. The diet slips a bit, and gradually you are sliding back but aren't really even aware of it. The pounds start accumulating and you wake up once a week or so vowing that 'this is the week' I get back on track.

Now with the band, each and every time I eat I am viscerally reminded that I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO BEING HEAVY.  I have to chew carefully. I have to swallow and monitor what is going on. I screw up, I have to run to the bathroom and puke.

And it works for me. That inconvenience, that annoyance, that occasional pain works to remind me that I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOOD. It keeps me honest. And for that I'd do it all over again.

Those who can do without this tool, I salute you. For the judgmental bastards who wish to remove this option from people like us, go take a leap. I'll violently ignore you and remain quite happy with my choice.

Posted by: Todd W at May 07, 2013 09:31 AM (VctSv)

231 Not only just bands are surgical. Some people have a part of their stomach surgically excised. Very risky because of potential leakage around the sutures while it's healing. BUT, vanity knows no bounds. Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2013 01:25 PM (tMEdS) It's called a Gastric Sleeve. The greater curvature of the stomach is removed leaving a much smaller, fully functional stomach. Mine held about 4 ounces at the time of surgery, probably 8 oz now at 3 years post op. It is actually less dangerous and less invasive than the band. Less dangerous in terms of post op complications. And mine wasn't 'Vanity'. It was health. It was survival. It was rebooting a broken metabolism so that the issues that have killed members of my family wouldn't get me. The fact that I look damn good at a size 4 is a perk. I wasn't terrible at a 24.

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 09:32 AM (fzFF6)

232 #232:  It's not starvation that's the issue.  It's often dehydration. 

Here's the most succinct explanation I've found (from the LiveStrong site):  "Almost two-thirds of the human body is made up of water, and water acts as a natural appetite suppressant. It also helps to regulate your metabolism. In a study in "The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism" from 2003, metabolic rate increases by 30 percent after drinking 2 cups of water. When you become dehydrated, your metabolism slows down, affecting how your body burns fat. Your body mistakes thirst for hunger, which leads to increased calorie consumption. This can lead to stubborn fat gathering around your stomach, which is difficult to lose."

Posted by: Manolo at May 07, 2013 09:32 AM (kl3xJ)

233 189 What I really don't get is how the super-wealthy stay hefty. (I'm thinking of Oprah.)

I know, I can't imagine how anyone could possibly find things they might want to do with their time and money than being skinny.


Sweet Jesus, y'all sound like proggs.  How dare anyone enjoy any non-sexual pleasures you don't personally approve of?!  HOW DARE THEY?!

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at May 07, 2013 09:32 AM (ZKzrr)

234
re: Flake

Democrats are playing Pick A Hand with the Republicans and they're playing along.

In one hand I've got Amnesty, in the other hand I've got Taxes. Pick one.

In one hand I've got No Guns, in the other hand I've got Syrian rebels. Pick one.

Posted by: soothsayer at May 07, 2013 09:36 AM (LVtr+)

235
When someone plays Pick A Hand with you, you kick them in the balls, turn around, and walk away and say "Pick this, jerkoff."

Posted by: soothsayer at May 07, 2013 09:37 AM (+oin+)

236 I bet if you ask, it is salad for lunch. 1400 cal salad, but still.

Posted by: nip at May 07, 2013 09:37 AM (lGVXf)

237 Those who can do without this tool, I salute you. For the judgmental bastards who wish to remove this option from people like us, go take a leap. I'll violently ignore you and remain quite happy with my choice.

Posted by: Todd W at May 07, 2013 01:31 PM (VctSv)

 

Hey, if it works for you that's great. One solution does not fit all. Congrats.

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 07, 2013 09:37 AM (nTgAI)

238 #232: It's not starvation that's the issue. It's often dehydration.

Here's the most succinct explanation I've found (from the LiveStrong site): "Almost two-thirds of the human body is made up of water, and water acts as a natural appetite suppressant. It also helps to regulate your metabolism. In a study in "The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism" from 2003, metabolic rate increases by 30 percent after drinking 2 cups of water. When you become dehydrated, your metabolism slows down, affecting how your body burns fat. Your body mistakes thirst for hunger, which leads to increased calorie consumption. This can lead to stubborn fat gathering around your stomach, which is difficult to lose."

Posted by: Manolo at May 07, 2013 01:32 PM (kl3xJ)

 

This I believe wholheartedly !

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 07, 2013 09:38 AM (nTgAI)

239 245 189 What I really don't get is how the super-wealthy stay hefty. (I'm thinking of Oprah.) I know, I can't imagine how anyone could possibly find things they might want to do with their time and money than being skinny. Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs to skip the beer and go straight to tequila at May 07, 2013 01:32 PM (ZKzrr) There are countries and cultures in the world where obesity is a sign of wealth. Because it means you get to eat. Here it tends to be a sign of poverty because the cheap foods are the over processed unhealthy foods. Kraft Mac and cheese is way cheaper than fresh veggies. Have you ever looked in those bags the grocery store puts together to donate to the food bank? High carb, high sodium garbage foods. Only the people of means (and people who build their budget to manage it) can shop the perimeter of the store where the healthy food is.

Posted by: Ragamuffin AKA Rags on a Rant today at May 07, 2013 09:39 AM (fzFF6)

240 and water acts as a natural appetite suppressant

Indeed.  I was downing a couple of gallons of liquid a day (still am) and getting up to piss several times a night. 

Some days I've seen an 8lb weight drop by morning due to overnight pissing.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 07, 2013 09:40 AM (/gHaE)

241

Sorry to say this, but I suspect he won't keep off the weight.  The smaller stomach means one isn't able to hold much food there w/out feeling filling up fast or feeling sick to one's stomach.  However, little by little, the compulsive eater starts increasing what he consumes, and the stomach stretches little by little into a larger "container" and the eater is right back to square one.  You can tell that Christie *thinks* about food every minute the way an alcoholic thinks about a drink when he's w/out one.  Stress makes things worse.  He's actually gained weight since becoming governor.  I think the best think for his weight is an unstressful job.

Posted by: marei at May 07, 2013 09:45 AM (cvIr0)

242 I remember when Jim Fixx died. My Dad (the mortician) commented that he saw just as many young avid runners and sportsmen as he did young obesity deaths. I still think there is no use in sloth though. I am at least 50 pounds overweight and the Dr set me up for a stress test this Friday. Kind of scaring me actually.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 07, 2013 09:45 AM (jucos)

243 There's no credible study that shows that drinking large amounts of water has any health benefits. Drink what you need for conditions, maybe a little more to help feel full.

Posted by: Max Entropy at May 07, 2013 09:46 AM (fqz2m)

244 "He says it's for health reasons, not political ones."

If he were to decide to go for the top office, I still wouldn't vote for the guy.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at May 07, 2013 09:48 AM (vd7A8)

245 255- You are right. There needs to be a study. Common sense not needed.

Posted by: nip at May 07, 2013 09:49 AM (lGVXf)

246 Fat Fluke would lose weight more easily if they just sewed his mouf shut! And that of his kINGS too!

Posted by: concealedkerry or submitt at May 07, 2013 09:50 AM (vXqv3)

247 He should have put the lap band around his mouth last fall.


Posted by: Alex at May 07, 2013 09:54 AM (Xv7f/)

248

Comment #71:

 

I'm not making excuses for people with compulsions, but the recent ability to do DNA sequencing has shown there definitely are alleles among many that contribute to proclivities toward obesity.  That doesn't mean one is doomed to be fat, but it does mean that some of these people have genes that are better suited to a diet different from that in our Western, agriculturally-based culture which is a  diet heavy in carbohydrates.  You also find that most people are totally ignorant about what is and what is not healthy for them in particular.

 A good example is cereal.  Most people think a morning breakfast of oats or wheat grains (yes, even the sugarless cereals) is healthy, but a large portion of the population doesn't  understand they have a genetic profile that means their pancreas has to work too hard making insulin when such a "healthy" food hits the digestive tract.  Thus, they not only risk developing type 2 diabetes, they risk getting fat w/out understanding why. 

One doesn't have to pig out on pasta in order to get fat over the years, in other words. 

 

Posted by: marei at May 07, 2013 09:56 AM (cvIr0)

249 He'll probably cheat and stay fat.  A lot of people get that procedure and cheat their way right past it.  If he does lose the weight he needs to he could have a set of luggage made from all the excess skin he'll have hanging around.

Posted by: Dang at May 07, 2013 09:58 AM (R18D0)

250 "Why We Get Fat - And what to do about it"
by Gary Taubes

Book has me down 30+ pounds and keeping it off.

Also, includes NSFW posture studies and moron-style historical information and analysis, with government-bashing that's pretty well backed up.

Posted by: Parker at May 07, 2013 10:09 AM (YkW3i)

251 Yeah 40lbs in ~3mos off a guy isnt much, even without surgery. We have a local features reporter here (Pacific Islander) who had surgery in february and he's lost over 80lbs so far. Think he started at around 430lbs iirc.

Posted by: Y-not at May 07, 2013 10:13 AM (5H6zj)

252 With the coming healthcare disaster (not to mention the possibility of STHTF or TEOTWAWKI as the Prepper sites call it) I think it's in all of our best interests to get in the best possible shape right now and keep it that way. I was already in pretty good shape for a pushing-50 wingnut, but I've been kicking it up a notch, taking up kickboxing, doing tougher hikes, more workouts than usual. I consider it to be a part of prepping. An essential and often overlooked part.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 07, 2013 10:14 AM (7ObY1)

253 A good example is cereal. Most people think a morning breakfast of oats or wheat grains (yes, even the sugarless cereals) is healthy, but a large portion of the populationdoesn't understand they have a genetic profile that means their pancreas has to work too hard making insulin when such a "healthy" food hits the digestive tract. Thus, they not only risk developing type 2 diabetes, they risk getting fat w/out understanding why.
One doesn't have to pig out on pasta in order to get fat over the years, in other words.

Posted by: marei at May 07, 2013 01:56 PM (cvIr0)

 

 

That's why I eat a lot of bacon.  You know.  For the digestive tract.

Posted by: Soona at May 07, 2013 10:24 AM (tMEdS)

254 The band will do nothing as long as he keeps mainlining pork fat.

Posted by: Attila at May 07, 2013 10:25 AM (Cs2tJ)

255 "Why We Get Fat - And what to do about it"
by Gary Taubes

Strongly pro-bacon!

To bumper-sticker his thesis:
"Carbs are bad."

Posted by: Parker at May 07, 2013 10:32 AM (YkW3i)

256 The 'new and improved' C is a liberal I'd still never vote for.

Posted by: gmac - Pondering the implosion at May 07, 2013 10:44 AM (IanLz)

257 It's clear he's running for 2016.  I don't think he understands how much he's ticked off the base, he probably lives in such a bubble he still thinks he's a conservative rock star because he yelled at some Union goons.

It's a shame too, I used to really like Christie, but I now see his true colors, he's a McCain 2.0.  I honestly believe though had he run in 2012, he would have beat Obama.  All the reports were that the White House was scared shitless he'd jump in.

The only way I see a chance for Christie to be the nominee is if Rubio and Rand Paul go all in for Amnesty and some bill passes and Christie stakes out a position against it.  Even then, it's a long shot, but hugging Obama will be viewed as less a sin than giving Amnesty to 20 million illegals.

Posted by: McAdams at May 07, 2013 11:06 AM (IZjA3)

258 Anyone that invest time or money in CC is either dumb or a liberal. Even money says he runs as Dim or indie. He has no chance of becoming the GOP nominee. The last thing the GOP needs is a yankee nominee that can;t win his home state. It doesn't take a big brain to win in NJ (re: Whitman). Govs in NJ are like ladies shoes.

Posted by: RIK at May 07, 2013 11:24 AM (E1ZA6)

259 CC once a fat fuck, always a fat fuck. You could drop 250lbs and you're still a fat fuck, go away and have a donut

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 07, 2013 12:00 PM (HVff2)

260 Oh plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..fatty..you are running for prez...but thinner or not you are no Cruz or Rubio...

Posted by: Bev at May 07, 2013 12:35 PM (oRUeA)

261 He will be officially a Democrat by 2016.

Posted by: misty at May 07, 2013 04:27 PM (/pZ3i)

262 It will make him easier to swallow when the Pubbie establishment forces him down our collective throat.

Posted by: Bob at May 08, 2013 03:59 AM (kVv/V)

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