
Not interested if it involves, say, not eating or doing exercise, though...
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:02,
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piece of piss, really. i was up and about 2 hours after the op.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:04,
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That's not bad going!
I foolishly asked my GP if the NHS could assist me with weight loss, and she said "No. Find a private hypnotherapist or something."
She wasvery helpfulshit.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:05,
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I foolishly asked my GP if the NHS could assist me with weight loss, and she said "No. Find a private hypnotherapist or something."
She was

go to a male doctor, crying always makes them feel uncomfortable. say your weight makes you feel hideous, you've stopped going out because you think people are staring at you and, on bad days, you feel suicidal. this will often do the trick.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:13,
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they're all shit. the only ones that work are xenical and reductil
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:18,
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Might go in demanding the NICE-approved ones though.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:26,
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if you have high blood pressure, you've got no chance.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:29,
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that's the advantage of being overweight. We can't get too angry or we'd explode ;)
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:39,
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my sister has very high blood pressure, but she's in a stressful job and a ton of debt. i never borrow and i don't work, so i'm quite stress-free ;)
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:44,
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Amazing how having a job is supposed to be a good thing ;)
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:51,
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then i shall use the money to buy my private island, from which i shall RULE THE WORLD!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
ahem, i may have said too much...
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:56,
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ahem, i may have said too much...

Mostly it was eat better, do more exercise. Pretty common sense really.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:15,
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now i walk everywhere and i've got my exercise bike
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:17,
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With all the hills you can't help but lose weight.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:18,
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there's a hill between mine and my mum's houses, so i'm backwards and forwards over the damn thing almost every day
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:20,
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Unless I'm at the other hospital, in which case there's a much bigger one.
It knackered me for the first few days.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:22,
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It knackered me for the first few days.

over the hill to the post office, then on to the shopping centre, then at least 2 hours shopping. i can get everything i need in about 10 minutes, but i love shopping :)
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:24,
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I might be going camping this weekend, in which case I'll be trying to stop my girlfriend from complaining as we walk up hills.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:28,
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provided i'm not in a draughty tent in sub-zero temperatures, with nothing but the ground to sleep on and what i didn't know at the time was a ticking time-bomb in my stomach.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:31,
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That's a seriously unpleasant experience. The toilets are bad enough without having to go back every hour.
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:33,
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i was rushed into hospital a week later with a hernia that was about to rupture
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Mon 6 Jul 2009, 19:34,
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