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While in Medillin Colombia, I will eat like a Colombian.... today's meal is Mandango soup (it would be ian acquired taste you would have to like beef tripe. I was raised off of that type of food), plantains, beans, and such ❤️😩 🤤 yum

Today's win is that FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, I sat in the chairs in my boss's office and didn't come away with very painful spots on my hips. I've always been embarrassed about this and have never requested a more comfortable chair. Now I don't have to!!!! 💜

Popped into the local grocery store yesterday to pick up some yoghurt & on my way to the arctic zone I spied a garlic and Parmesan chicken parcel ready meal. I hesitated but picked it up. Can’t say it didn’t puff well but maybe that’s where the 19g of protein listed on the nutrient panel was. It certainly wasn’t in the almost non existent barely 2 level tablespoons of the creamy garlic Parmesan chicken filling. I have no idea where the chicken actually was either - I saw two or three small shredded pieces. And it tasted unpleasant. I know why I avoid these mass produced processed ready meal foods. The second one is in my fridge though it may be in the bin later today. At least my usual vegetables were yummy.

Agreed. It's always best to talk to a health professional whenever your health is involved. It's never a good idea to self-diagnose issues, even if it's something you've had going on before. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is potentially life threatening, so not worth taking a risk. While the risk for DVT is highest in the first few days after surgery, it can happen even weeks or months later. If it's not DVT, I do find it odd that you seem to struggle so much with dehydration and think you really need to double-down on drinking more water and not so much on supplements. Hopefully you're taking a bariatric multivitamin as recommended by your doctor? These typically already have potassium and magnesium, so it seems unlikely to me that you'd need additional supplementation of these particular electrolytes. (I assume that was the rationale for eating bananas and avocados). Sometimes people that sweat a lot exercising can actually lose too much sodium and cause an electrolyte imbalance since sodium is the primary electrolyte in your sweat. I suspect if you're only 3 weeks out, this is also unlikely.

Contact your team right now. You don't know if you have a DVT (leg clot) that developed. Obviously you can't eat or take what supplements that you normally have/do, so call and find out what to do.

@SpartanMaker thanks for sharing I enjoyed this read and I'm glad you viewed happenings with a Renewed mindset. @Janina__sleevingitallbehind alright now 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽. You go major win!

Spelt is the new in name that is being used in bread here. Probably sounds bettter than the old fashioned word. Emmer is a very old word I recognise from really old cook books, so we used that here back in the middle ages, peasant food. Porridge mostly. I love antique cook books.

I don't know if this is a win, but there is a podcast called "isnt the stall the point" ... to me at some point weight stalls should be the point. I've noticed in the bariatric community that some are never satisfied and steady strive for more. I certainly won't be living my life like that. So my win is I stalled for six months, which I was fine with but at my breast augmentation appointment my weight had finally broke the STALL. I am finally 7 pounds from my goal weight in which the STALL and living my Life in Maintenance will be the point. 💪🏽

Wow, you are all doing fantastic and I love that you're feeling good about your new bodies! (Especially those of you rocking a form fitting dress or bikini, that's effing awesome!) For me as an older guy, I don't really have a style, unless you consider athletic clothing a "style". Yes I know athleisure is a style, but I think of that as more for women? When guys wear workout clothing, it's just what we happen to be wearing at the time. I guess what I'm saying is I didn't explore new "styles" as much as I had a blast buying types of clothing I never would have worn at my heaviest. My point is even style challenged people like me can have fun dressing in ways that we never would have considered before.

You are rocking your look. Very Amy Winehouse but with colour. Bet you turn heads. VaVa Voom lady. My biggest change is colour too. My go to colour is red. A big change from the - did not want to be seen fat person who thought black hid her. Yesterday it was a gorgeous summer day here and I had on a red minidress and as I had just returned from abroad I had a great tan. Heads were spinning. Ha, I loves it. I am 66 Ha. I think my biggest change has been the ' I don't give a f**k what you think' Confidence is a wonderful. I wore a bikini for the first time ever this holiday. I chose one with a little skirt to hide my extra skin but felt fine. Well done us.