Jennywren

ENTP over here! We just did 360 evals and took the Myers Briggs to help assess and learn about our management team. Very interesting stuff!

I can't wait to get below 250! I've been in a stall for almost 7 weeks and look forward to losing again... celebrate all the milestones and hurdles and congrats on achieving 240-land!

When you cross your legs under the table or kick your heels up on the dashboard without thinking...

I go out for sushi once a week and usually eat the left overs for breakfast. I mostly eat sashimi though... a great source of protein!

My collar bones and how funny it is when my fiance bonks his nose on them... my legs when they are tan... the way he gets lost looking at me when we are sitting together... my inner confidence... I was sexy before surgery but I sure feel yummy now! Thanks for asking as i've never really thought about it!

How I love my sleeve it has changed my life so Diabetes gone! Five weeks in a stall! scale says I gained four pounds, what? retaining Water I'm down eighty pounds Seventy-five more to go there's hope with this tool! Next?

I started losing gobs of hair around month four too. While it clogs my shower drain and hair now covers the floor - I am more then happy to swiffer more often and wouldn't trade my hair back for the 80 pounds lost! A friend picked me up from work one day and when I got out of her car... I had shedded all over the seat. It would have been horribly embarrassing if it hadn't been so darn funny. I take Biotin and hope that I don't develop bald spots. Picking my hair off my clothes in meetings nonchalantly and with a smile. This too shall pass!

This sounds delicious and I can't wait to try it! Thanks for a great idea. I might add grilled onions and mushrooms too!

I was diagnosed in my early thirties and as my diabetes progressed over the last decade I was put on Metformin, Lantis, Symlin and glimeparide and my blood sugars were still out of control... I've been medication free since two days before my surgery! My sugars test 108-120 most days. Exercise helps lower sugars as does cutting carbs. The surgery has saved the quality of my life and even if one day I have to take some meds again it will never be as bad as it was. Love my sleeve!

4 months out: B - Fage yogurt and 2 strawberries and coffee L - Mahi Mahi burger with 1/4 cup of sauteed cabbage S - lite string cheese and carrots D - Tilapia and salad S - TBD Vites - Done! Water - working on it Exercise - Zumba tonight!

Step away from the cake... Drop your fork slowly put both hands up where we can see them and don't make any sudden movements towards the frosting! Forgive yourself and move on.

4 mos out: B - deli meat and fat free cream cheese roll ups S - mass quantities of coffee! L - 3 oz Chinese food and one egg roll D - sushi S - TBD Vites - done! Water - working it Exercise - 40 mins on the elliptical

Forgive yourself and move on. Don't allow last night to totally derail you. This is lifestyle change not a diet so you didn't cheat - you made choices. Do you track what you're eating? I find it helps me stay conscious... Track it, own it and move on!

That is my favorite outcome by far of this surgery and lifestyle change! I've been off all my diabetic meds (Lantus, Symlin, Metformin and glimepiride) since two days prior to surgery. Now 4 months out - my fasting never gets above 125 and is usually around 108... I sleep through the night... I don't have to pee all the time... I don't have needle marks or huge bruises on my belly... It's truly awesome! Don't get me wrong... the weight loss has made me really really happy - but I did this surgery to help better manage my diabetes. I would love to be considered in remission for life! The sleeve rocks! Congrats to all of us that have taken this important step towards a healthier life!

4 mo's out: B - egg white salad and 1/2 flat-out L - 3 oz chicken and 1/2 oz lite mozzarella cheese melted on top S - 1 medium chicken drumstick D - 2.5 oz steak and 1/4 small baked potato V - done! W - working it E - Zumba tonight

I feel totally silly even complaining about any loss but I only lost a pound last week and again one pound this week. I stay within 700-800 calories a day. Get my Protein and most of my Water in. Always take my vites. Have increased my exercise to 4 times per week. I haven't had a true stall since surgery but my loss is not as dramatic as others. I'm not complaining to loudly... really... but I just worry. My surgeon expects me to lose 5 pounds per week... so I feel like a bit of a failure. My rational self knows this is total crazy talk. I measured myself this morning and I'm still losing inches - which is a relief. I guess I'm just venting about the slooooow way my body is releasing weight. I know - I know - when in my life have I ever lost 60 pounds in 4.5 months! I just have so much left to lose and I'm worried I may never get there. I'll stop whingeing and go off to Zumba and try to dance out my anxiety!

Thanks for the encouragement! Zumba helped some - but your posts are most appreciated! Coops: I am an obsessive lurker here and have learned so much from all of you... I guess some of the advice I've read has really sunk in!

almost 4 months out: B - crab salad and edamame in a tofu pocket L - grilled chicken patty with sauteed mushrooms S - string cheese and 5 special k chips so far this is about 460 calories with 45 grams of Protein. This leaves me 150-200 calories to get the rest of my protein in! D - Chinese food Vites - done! Water - tons of coffee! Exercise - not much... taking the steps when I can.

almost 4 mos out... B-Greek yogurt, 2 strawberries, coffee/cream L- 1/2 flatout bread, 1.5 oz chicken, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese and a tbsp of pizza sauce S- string cheese and 5 special K chips D- Veggie stir fry w/tofu vits- Done! exercise- Water aerobics water... working on it...

B - Greek yogurt with two strawberries L - 2 oz extra lean ground beef with mushrooms and onions D - Passover starts tonight! matzo ball soup; brisket; gefilte fish and all the rest of the traditional yumminess Vites- done! water- working on it. Exercise- just my right to recline on this night that is different from all other nights... ; )

Stressy day at work... wish I was independently wealthy! 3 1/2 months out: B - Ricotta Bake w/grilled portabella mushroom S - coffee L - 3oz pulled pork S - Greek yogurt and carrots D - Thai food Vites - done! Water - working on it Exercise - Zumba tonight

B - Protein shake and coffee L - 2oz pork chop with red cabbage S - lite string cheese and carrots D - pulled pork and salad S - more coffee! vites- done! water- working on it... exercise - plan to jump on my elliptical before dinner!

B - left over crab salad and tofu pocket S - coffee and cream L - 2 oz steak and 1/2 cup salad D - going out with my sweetie! Vites - done! Water - working on it! Exercise - Belly dancing class - totally fun!

I just made the mini donuts recipe from Eggface and they are awesome! It's nice to find something perfectly proportioned that addresses my desire for something sweet and doesn't start the carb monster! They are so nifty I even took a picture. The recipe makes 24 glazed servings and I figured that they are: 65 calories each 3 g Protein 4 g carbs 4 g fat 1 g Fiber And really cute to boot!

Another beautiful day! Yay!! B - Egg white salad and 1/2 flatout S - Coffee! L - 2oz pork chop, mushrooms and a broccoli fritter S - String cheese/Special K chips(only can eat 5) D - TBD Vites- done! water- working it Exercise- Water aerobics after work!