Ms skinniness

I have a meeting with my case manager at Kaiser for my bariatric department and I'm going to tell her about the 5:2 plan. This is my first official appointment with her in person since my surgery on Oct 4, 2011. It will be interesting. If it's just a bunch of how are you doing, it will be my last appointment with her. I will also be a guest speaker at her meeting which I think will be very interesting and scarey, I hate public speaking. I will just picture them all naked! LOL Today I weighed myself on a non fast day and I actually lost some weight. I was at 147 lbs yesterday and today i am at 146.3 lbs. What a wonderful surprise. Maybe it's because I ate low calorie and very low sugar....Hehehehehe..... Today is my fast day, need to get down to at least 145 lbs and then who knows where I'll go with my weight loss.

I wouldn't share with my PCP either if there were 2 I didn't know. How frustrating having all those distractions...anyhow, distress and have a wonderful day today.....

I second this! lol

You will get here, I love your determination! This will never end! This will keep us on our toes.....the good, bad, and the ugly! LOL

So what is the honeymoon period? Good question. I believe it is up to us to make the best of the first 7 months and to keep being vigilant about what we eat for the rest of our lives....Yep....this is work but well worth it. you will lose this weight even if you are a slow loser. In fact, you might have less excess skin due to losing at a slower pace which is a hughe benefit....... Follow your surgeons and NUT plan and you will lose the weight........

I love ordering eggs a la carte.....or as an addition to someone who I'm dining with. It's so cheap and I don't have left over food......

Perhaps weigh yourself once a week on the same day and at the same time.......

Stay off the stupid scale!! It will drive you crazy. You are doing just fine and losing weight at a good pace. Sit back and watch the lbs disappear and your pants fit one morning and in the afternoon, bam! They start sliding off and are rather baggy. Drink as much water as you can and eat high protein and you will do this.......

Georgia the 150's are surely teasing you! They will be back! I am sure loving the cooler weather these days too. Heard the heat will be back on really soon. I am back to 147 this am from 149 lbs. Tomorrow will be another fast day and after that I am going to keep focusing on keeping the sugars out of my diet. This is life and I choose to live life to the fullest......... Hope GT is doing ok......and we hear from her soon.......

Georgia I love the decorations. Today I ended my fast at 579. I was so hungry at dinner and broke out the peanuts. . Great job everyone.

Can't wait for Alan to join us on the Big Loser's Bench! Congrats to you Alan!

I wish they had a "you made me laugh" option. Some things are so funny and I have an instant urge to click on that option. LOL

Cheri which ever dress is chosen, you will totally rock it! Georgia I'm glad to hear your going to stick around too! OD it is surprising when we see our family and we see that middle tire got bigger..... Hang tight and make good choices to eat and you will do good......Oh and enjoy your bro's company..... Swizzly you are going to have a wonderful vacation here in the states and will make good food choices while traveling.... Today is a fast day for me. My scale saids I'm at 149 lb so tomorrow I will see what happens. Hope I make it through today....

You look fantastic! Keep it up!

Go back to basics. Eat Proteins and some veggies. When I want to get back on track and detox my body, I basically eat nothing but proteins. I will drink my Protein drinks and have weighed out portions of my food.... If you need a little bit of help here is a basic Bootcamp Diet from LilMissDiva: The BASICS BOOTCAMP: For 5 STRICT DAYS I will eat only... Proteins: Seafoods, Poultry and eggs, Dairies, nuts/seeds including Peanut Butter. Veggies: Green only. Fruits: None. Breads/Cereals/Other Carbs: None. Fluids: One gallon of Water (128 oz.) or Protein Drinks. Avoid: Sugar and Sodium Once the 5 days are over, I am pretty much over the Sugar Carb Demon. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate carbs! I do need them to live a healthy life and since I workout a lot it is important I have them. However, I need GOOD carbs. Whole grains, fruits, veggies... But I don't need processed sugars. White carbs, in cereals, breads, rice... etc. It is very affective too........Let me know what you think.

You have done a great job so keep it up.....Do try and find a protein drink that you can tolerate because you do need a lot of protein to help with weight loss......I love the Premier Chocolate Protein Shake from Costco or Sam's Club. I'm a really picky eater too. Have you tried those? Also take a sip and wait for a few minutes and take another sip. Your stomach is still really swollen and so it's really a necessity to sip always. Try some Gatorade Low Calorie, that helped me with getting in more fluids...... Great job so far! Keep it up!

Georgia, I really miss my whip cream! LOL That damn sugar! Kathy you are doing so good.....Congrats on returning back to work... Tomorrow is my fast day.... yayyyyyyy! Have a great day everyone........

Lucky you. I am very excited for you.

Is it open to Kaiser patients attending it? Does it have a cost for it? I would love to go, I am 2 weeks away from being 2 years out.

FYE I totally 2nd that!

This is fabulous. Now you work on changing the bad habits from your past. Yayuyyyyyyyy!

Georgia and ntvtx is absolutely correct. You can only do this for yourself. Everything you put in ur mouth is your choice. Make better choices of proteins and veggies. Log your food no matter what you eat. Get movin more and don't beat yourself up! This is a learning curve and you've for this!

I did not have a drain and I didn't have a drain. I did use morphine to get me through the 2 night hospital stay. No big deal. I'd so it again the same way.

Congrats Georgia on reaching GOAL! You totally rock girl! GT hope u have a safe trip to Germany to have your hernia taken care of. I had a really good fast day yesterday and ended the day at a wee bit over 500 calories. I lost 1 lb. I had a slight HA yesterday and this morning but it has gone away now. After reevaluating my most recent eating habits I realize I can not eat anything with sugar. I just have to leave the whip cream a lone. Lol I hate that I can't eat like a normal person. I will always have to embrace clean eating with no sugar, corn products, or soy products. Am cooking more foods now and eating just what I need. More importantly NO MORE GRAZING! This is my world.

I told my PCP I was going to Mexico for this surgery and he gave me a referral for Kaiser. Best thing I have ever done for myself. He was very supportive. If he wasn't I would have changed to a PCP that is supportive.