italianlady13

Enjoying who I am becoming....I believe you may have misunderstood her question. DECAMOM is over induldging yet STILL continuing to lose weight. Her concern is that she will get to goal and then continue to go below goal because she is eating what she likes not yet is still losing weight.... I have been noticing this as well. In the beginning I was super controlled and counting montitoring and measuring....I gave that up a few weeks ago. Mind you, I still monitor and measure but I have tried to put it in my subconcious. If I go over my carbs then so be it, if I go over my fat, then so be it. I don't get histerical if I do and yet the weight keeps on coming off. It's like a miracle. However, I can understand feeling like "what the hell am I going to do once I lose all the weight I need to". I think the body is a miraculous thing and you will lose until your body is at a comfortable weight. When you are maintaining then it may be necessary to up your calories and carb intake to more normal levels, so adding a snack in or a sweet treat once in a while. one woman on youtube said she would maintain by drinking an adult beverage frequently....I would not advocate that though considering cross over addictions and what not.... I guess it just going to be a matter of understanding what it feels like to be "normal" again. Like when we were kids and looked at food and didn't gain weight. Before the surgery I could smell sweets and gain a pounds through osmosis! I guess you are just going to have to enjoy feeling like you have a normal metabolism! Congratulations on your loss!

Ok I have attached a pic of me before my surgery 13 weeks ago and a picture after my surgery taken this week. I'm pretty happy! This surgery was the best think I EVER did for myself. I'm so happy I could scream!

You have a wonderful husband and it's no wonder why you married him. My husband told me that I was too fat on our third date (I should have seen the red flags). He often questioned what i was eating, why I was eating it, watching me as I ate, counting the food in the cupboards to see what I had consumed.... I got so depressed I just kept getting fatter and fatter. I later found a letter he wrote to his brother about how I was not that good looking (everyone comments on how i'm a good looking girl even in my chubby days) that I needed to lose weight but I made a certain amount of money. Needless to say we are not together anymore but before I left him I made sure to have my surgery done and lose some weight so he could get some idea of what I look like slimmer.... and eat his f**king heart out a*****e! You are so so lucky and I hope I meet my prince who will love me no matter what.....SOON!

Yep I was just talking to my mom about this. Some days I eat constantly while others I can barely get anything in. In addition I notice when I'm stressed or upset that my stomach tightens up and I can't really eat....yesterday I ate 900 calories 64 grams of protein, 33 grams of carbs and today I could barely barely squeeze anything in.

Excellent job! Just a little positive thinking and voila....!!!

Yayyyyy congratulations!!!!! I can't wait to see when she finally arrives. I"m so so very happy for you. Praying for you and your safe delivery!

if you all want some good pizza that won't kill you or make you feel miserable try Dr Oetker restorante pizza. If you make one pizza and eat 1/4 of the pizza (if you can) it's not too bad on carbs and fat....it's thin and doesn't kill your stomach after. Of course I can barely eat 1/4 of the pizza but if you have a hankering it can be ok....and it's pretty damn near what you get IN ITALY!!!!

I desperately wanted to eat a cookie today SO, I ate fortune cookies instead. Nutrition facts: 1 fortune cookie has: 30 calories 0 fat 0 protein 7 grams of carbs...

I have lost in circumference (sp?) So i was into a 40 C now I'm like 36 C/B so they are not as big as before but definately perkier and a touch smaller. I kind of like them like they are now....

I would be really terrified to consume 1600 calories. Even if they are healthy the first thing my doctor told me was to avoid eating all day long. And I would think you would HAVE to eat all day long to consume 1600 calories. If not then you risk stretching your new svelt little tummy...that being said I also think this might be psychological only because if I eat more than 3-4 four ounces I vomit immediately! Good luck and look after your little tummy.

I ate sushi 6 weeks out.....love the sleeve best thing I ever did for myself. SOOOOOOOOOOO glad i didn't get theband

That's a great question I will be looking to see the answer!

I added salad at about seven weeks. I love my salads and was glad I had no intolerance....

I was emotional for about 3 weeks as well. I went to the supermarket and would wander through the store looking at the nutritional information and cry....."oh I can't eat this oh I can't eat that....I'm going to die not being able to eat anymore woe is me" It went away. Just keep on praying the Lord will make the emotions even out:DDD

I don't think everyone follows low carb eating although it does work best. You can't take everything you love out of your diet because you will feel like you are deprived....then you will overindulge and the cycle will continue. If you had a bad day, it's a bad day chalk it up to a bad day and tomorrow begin again. I have to admit that I try my best to stick to low carb BUT i do love my potatos.......

I had a five week stall. Then, overnight, I lost five pounds and now I"m stalled AGAIN. I have both my middle fingers up to this dreaded stall! My mom said that we lose weight as we gained it....does anyone know if this is true?

my mom had to hide the goldfish crackers....I LOVE those things. I definately can eat saltines like a queen....you gotta get rid of that stuff. If you have others in the house who enjoy it have them hide it where you won't find it and ask them not to eat it while you are around....

I'm having a heck of a time with them as well. I feel like I "swing in the breeze" as I walk. What I have been doing now is going on evening walks (about 2.5 miles) every other day I use five pound weights in each hand and as I walk I swing my arms in the normal walking fashion and then when my arms get tired I alternate between different weight lifting movements (curls, tricep lifts ect).......I hope that it works, I have noticed my arms a bit tighter and I have been doing it for three weeks.

I'm ten weeks out and I still get the slimes if I eat too quickly. I am STILL having a difficult time slowing down, especially when I eat with others. I feel anti social because I avoid eating socially at all costs because I feel as if I might puke in front of them and that would be mortifying....

I read that and agreed completely with pasquini. Why waste energy (and calories) on someone who only invited me because she thought I would not go and only invited me out of courtesy......

I told EVERYONE because I really don't give a crap what they think. I told everyone because most all of the women in my family are morbidly obese and I thought if they knew about me then they would do the surgery if they saw how great it was. My cousins have all told me the same old thing: "I might be over weight but all of my blood tests are coming up normal and i"m PERFECTLY healthy....(but let's not mention your double knee replacements or elevated sugar levels or the fact that you are on cholesterol medication) I guess they are just in denile, but over time and when they see that I'm getting healthy I hope and PRAY for their sake that they will see the light of day!!!!

Yayyyy excellent! Good job!!!!! Keep up the good work.

I adjusted my way of drinking early on. I was doing a sip sip suck thing like letting it flow down my throat in a smoothish way....if that makes sense. Now, at 8 weeks out, i'm drinking pretty darn fast and it feels like i never had the surgery, however I did try to drink right after eating...wow I would NOT recommend that EVER. Holy! I threw up like the girl from the exocist....

I buy them at the regular super market. They put them in the organic area of veg where you find the refrigerated tofu. They do stink but I rince them like three or four times then I boil them, THEN I prepare maranara. Get a box of pomi, or any jar of pureed tomatos (dont get the cans because your sauce will taste metallic) You can use the roma tomatoes peeled in the can and just squish the tomato in your hand to smash it up if you like chunkier sauce. Get about 2-3 garlic cloves and smash them up with a morter and pissel or a garlic crusher. Sautee the garlic in a table spoon of olive oil. Don't let the garlic get brown just fry it for a minute or two then throw in the pureed tomato add salt and pepper to taste and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. Then toss in about two handfulls of fresh basil and let it cook. If you want to add some ground meat brown it in a seperate pan then drain the oil in a strainer lined with paper towels and pat off the fat that is on the meat. Add the meat to the sauce. After your sherataki noodles have been boiled add the sauce to them and let them cook and incorperate in the pan. Remove and plate the pasta sprinkle with parm cheese and some red pepper flakes if you want and there you go some nice fresh sauce......

If you are a pasta lover then get yourselves some shirataki noodles in place of wheat pasta. They have no carbs, low fat, low calories and while they don't have the same texture as regular pasta they are an excellent substitute....and I'm italian