when you reach a certain age, you should never trust a fart. no matter what.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

When you are on Orlistat, you have to be careful a day or two after you take it till a day or two after you take it. If you are going to eat a lot of food with high fat, you will have those issues. OTOH, if you stick to lower fat foods, you have less problems. It IS that simple. If you eat a huge steak with bacon on your potatoes and lots of butter, obviously you will lose a lot of fat but it goes somewhere. If you eat sensible, it won't be as bad. Your call.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I read a first hand account by a fit guy who gained a lot of weight just to test this. It keeps your intestine from absorbing fat, but thats okay because your underwear takes up the slack.

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A purely calorie intake based diet is simplistic since it doesn't account for nutrient content or metabolism. For instance, Atkins followers lose weight while consuming a relatively high calorie diet, however the calorie count is not from sugars or carbohydrates.

The timing of a friend's flirtation with the Atkins Diet and quintuple bypass procedure kinda puts me off the idea of a bacon cheeseburger regimen...

Never underestimate the power of coincidence.

Lap bands are very popular here. I have seen people shed a lot of weight in a hurry, later you hear how it happened.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

AFAIK, once the band is off, all bets are off and they can gain the weight back again.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I think if came to having to lose it with or without surgery I would do it without. I am not in dire need, just would like to have a little less of me

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

Liposuction?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow