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Sweetums, I totally watch on feast days. 1200 base with added cals for extra exercise, so most days between 1200-1500 with a 1600-1700 thrown in every couple of weeks or so. I am not low carb, but do watch it a bit. Carbs are much lower than they were before surgery, thats for sure... (maybe 100-175 regular days, much less on fast days.... 60 or so)

Congrats! This plan has a little magic in it. And for those that are not losing, it still has properties that put you in a lower risk category health wise! Now THAT is the real magic!

and... http://coolinginflammation.blogspot.com/2012/06/dr-oz-on-gut-flora-repair.html

Here is a short but sweet article.... http://www.oprah.com/health/How-to-Improve-Digestive-Health-Good-vs-Bad-Stomach-Bacteria Intestinal bacteria need to eat, and mounting evidence indicates that beneficial bugs prefer nutrients called prebiotics, which are primarily found in high-Fiber foods including onions, garlic, bananas, artichokes, and many greens. Read more: http://www.oprah.com/health/How-to-Improve-Digestive-Health-Good-vs-Bad-Stomach-Bacteria#ixzz2bCTvGzLK

The bacteria do lots of things...good bacteria may protect us from cancers, as well as other things...I know these articles are kind of long, but read them/watch them if you get the chance, and I will keep up my research... I think there is something important going on in this research...My hubby and I are talking about our intestinal flora like its a pet or something.

fasted on sunday, today I eat! In LA now, met up with friends from New Zealand, had drinks and snacks by the pool... how the other half lives for a few days! I did pretty clean this morning, but tonight, not so much. Enjoying though. Having fun so far, got to take a walk today around Westwood. I'll check in tomorrow, NO SCALE for 4 days!

lol! I know! The Drs that are doing the research were kind of laughing about it too... they said in this culture of almost poop-phobia, its funny looking for the words to describe what they are working with and not get a "yuck". Poop (is not just what comes out of the other end...it is also a complicated symbiotic relationship without we would die or be very sick) is mostly just the shedding of this organ. The researchers are saying that sometimes we just don't see something obvious, like washing your hands after working on a cadaver before helping a woman give birth... which was overlooked till the mid 1800's. So they are hypothesizing that obesity may be a sickness of this organ....perhaps brought on by antibiotic use and over processed foods, and the inflammation it causes.

Researchers are doing new work, looking at specific strains that are associated with different diseases. Many probiotics are good, but incomplete and the numbers claimed are often not accurate. The also said the quality of what you feed them (the microbes) is a big part of the equation... pre biotic fibers is what they call that. Some things we eat kill or injure the microbes... not to mention massive doses of antibiotics.

Has anyone here been looking into the intestional "flora" at all? Its facinating. I read something recently, and then yesterday heard a story on NPR. Here is a link. It talks about how Intestinal flora (AKA Poop) is another major organ in the body, and when it gets sick, the human body gets sick too... one of the areas they are testing is obesity. They are doing fecal transplants, from naturally thin healthy people to obese people. and getting some promising results. There are some really interesting stories here...makes a lot of sense. Probiotics and pre biotic fibers are the key. http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/03/03/the-power-of-poop-full-transcript/ http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/gut-microbiome-bacteria-weight-loss?page=1

I don't know if I have better restriction after fast days, but I can tell head hunger from real hunger much better/clearer. This helps a lot to keep me away from junk and impulsive eating. This is mostly on the day following fasting, but generally is helping me to tell the difference. I also still can feel restriction when I eat the right things. 2 1/2 years out.

As a vegetarian its really important, many vegetarians are B12 deficient...

Mine was gone for 11 months... then came right back for about 6, then by-by!

Congratulations on your loss so far and best of luck investigating how to get your weight loss jumpstarted... I have had to do that, tryed a number of things and finally losing again... Im at 2 1/2 years and have not reached my goal yet...only 11 pounds away....

B12 Globe... I was helping my mom and dad move yesterday, mom has mid progression Alzheimer's.... and LOTS of stuff collected through the years... emotional in lots of ways... lots of fighting breaking out... and my nephews ex-wifes mom, who was helping us recommended b12....for emotional stability and sustained energy... I take it, but not always regularly...so I started again... you do the same girl.

I was never lactose intolerant before surgery, but was for the first several months after surgery.... try without for a few days and see how it goes. At around 4 months, I had no problem with dairy.

Georgia! You are the poster child for 5:2! So great! I had a small bounce(.4) for the last two days, but fasting today (sunday) one last time before vacay starts tomorrow.

Blessed be the 5:2! For Guacamole is not my enemy any more! 2 pounds!!!??? I would have to wax poetic for about a page for that! Good going girl! I have been going over on fast days a little too, really Its been working fine for me. I try not to go over 550 though...

10 pounds! Thats awesome! Figure the cast is about .5 pounds...if its more than thats just a bonus!

179.8- Just saying, what a difference a .2 pound makes! 6 pounds to lowest, 5 more to "normal" BMI I have been looking for some specific pants.... I was even willing to shell out the big bucks (non thrift store prices!!) to get them.... well out looking for shoes (mind you I wear a size 12... as a shoe store manager once reminded me "nothing bigger than that shoe than the box!") anyway, I found the very pants I wanted at Ross... for $13! I didn't try them on.... they were in the Junior 11s.... and I figured for $13, I might stand a chance of losing into them (old story). I got them home, tried them on, looked pretty much like they were painted on, but I got the zipper and button done! And my husband, he went crazy, he kept making me look at my butt in the mirror! I even found three pairs of womens shoes... I usually wear mens! Im giving credit to all these things to the last .2 pounds! Girls, I am a little afraid of vacation....its going to be full of my foodie friends , LA restaurants, and a big after party where food is the name of the game..... I guess all I can really do is enjoy, and hit the damage control when I get back....

Bless your heart! Best of luck. You deserve it!

Bring your own sock puppet, that way you will insure the right character and fit!

Im leaving monday too, and back on tue the following week... I am going to fast on this sunday to start things off... May not fast again until the following week, but maybe some skipped breakfast or something.... Enjoy Georgia! I know I will!

The book and other sources say that working out on fast days is a good thing... before eating. Then have a low cal protein drink or snack after your workout. When your in fat burning mode (glycogen is all used up from fasting all night) you will use more fat during exercise as fuel.

I used to NEVER give my weight away....My drivers license was such a 50 pound lie! At some point (around surgery time) I just gave it up and started to use the real number. It was pretty freeing.

Great work girls! All your great results are keeping me on track today! I bounced a little this morning, but I know that will come off and I just might get into new territory this week. I'm also planning on an early fast day sunday, vacation starting monday, so I have to fit them in when I can.