Ms skinniness

Do you wait 12 hours before eating dinner after having breakfast or do you use your 12 hours at night while sleeping?

It really important to be aware of mindless eating habits. Take note of this and work at not doing it again. you will be fine but take advantage of this time for maximum weight loss.

It is really important to take good care of our teeth at any age. I say do what you need to do to have a beautiful smile and healthy teeth. Yes the work is expensive but well worth it. Your smile is everything.

Hi Susan just checking in to see how your doing these days.

Nanny that sounds fantastic! I really hope it works for me too. Will do fasting on Tuesday and Thursday for sure. Can't wait to hear more.

Can I join u for a fast on Tuesday ? I need to get myself back in check right now.

I love ur list ! It's so true. You are looking good!

At least the GB is gone now thank goodness. It will get better very soon.

I truly believe that I have to prepare my own meals and stick to proteins and veggies. I am eating much more these days too. I have read 5:2 eating and will start on Monday. But I know I can't eat 500 calories because my calorie intake is 1250 and 25% of 1250=400. I can do it and will start on Monday.

If you can, start walking as much as you can and keep on walking. that will help get the gas out. Meanwhile, make a call to your surgeon's office.....just to be safe.... Let us know how your doing

I am going to order this book.....I do know that when I do cut way back on my food, I do lose weight. I will need to spread my meals out throughout the day though......When I drink more water, I do eat less. I eat more, I drink less. Thank you for sharing this.

I am going to look into this diet plan too. It reminds me of an article I read by Josh and Joel whom are dietician. They are discussing Leptin Hormones and stated that when we eat low calorie (under 500) we deplete our Leptin Hormone. So they recommend a cheat day where you up the calories (they say 1000) and the Leptin Hormone increases. I am going to see what happens. Today is my back to basic start of proteins.........

I love my collection of my flowery dessert size bowls and plates. They are the perfect size to eat from. Wish I had them with me in restaurants.

Ok I really need to join this. Today I weighed in at 146.0 lbs I have Gaines 2 lbs in the last few days. I need to get back on track. Congrats June on your pregnancy. You are doing really good right now. Fee you are remarkable. Good job balancing your weight too. At 20 months post opt I can eat so much more and it's scaring the pants right off me. So I have decided to start planning my meals and making different foods.

I am so in need of this meeting..... Do you people know if there any meetings that meet more often? Having difficulty staying on track right now.

I had a bruise under my biggest incision site because that's where they took my stomach out. It was quite a small hole for 85% of my stomach to come through. So glad it's gone.

Actually you will either chose not to have those foods or you will have them in smaller portion sizes. This is not a diet that's all or nothing, there are in between portion sizes. This is a new journey that helps us get back on track to healthier eating habits and portion control. I myself have chosen to eat proteins and veggies and some carbs. I do not eat bread, pasta, rice, etc because I don't really want them. I love my protein and am beginning to enjoy my veggies now. i use to hate them. Oh and I really love my nuts.... I totally enjoy my good health too......That's a bonus.....

Have a peaceful sleep and then your journey to recovery starts! Congrats!

Globetrotter I wish there was something I can say to help the pain of this struggle, but all I can say is that you have been under a lot of stress for the past couple of years and now living in stressful circumstances of the living conditions where you live today. With all this stress, your body is in Chaos. Your cortisol levels have sky rocketed, you can't get the foods that you need etc. You are doing the best you can with the resources that you have available to you. Your body is preparing you for the worst case scenario for survival. A DS switch might give you some weight loss, but at what expense? I know the RnY bypass, the pouch will stretch and gaining weight is going to happen. I do not know anything about the DS. I am totally afraid of the malabsorption issue and the constantly having to run to the bathroom. That isn't too much fun either. I hope the your body starts to release the weight and you get some relief. You deserve this. I too do not look at you like a failure either. Look where you are today! Much better than before. What kind of fun to do have over there? Your awesome and you totally rock my boat! :wub:

Don't forget that the sleeve will only fix the portion control, not the brain. This is a great time to start changing the way you think about things. This sounds somewhat like a food funeral. The rational you used was irrational to start with. Next time remind yourself that if you didn't like the steak sandwich, you could take it back and get another sandwich and not be stick with the mentality that i can't waste food, what about all the starving kids in Africa? I had to change this thinking too that it's ok to through away food when I'm full. Eating when I'm not hungry is what got me fat to begin with. It's a hard process with conflicting thoughts going on all the time.

I think that's a great idea. Where are you having your surgery at? Before my surgery I just cut my portion sizes in half and did quite well dropping some weight......I was hungry all the time though but I survived. I think it was a great start for my journey...

You can do this. Don't forget to through away all the junk food in your cabinets and refrigerator......I'm getting back on track and that is my plan for the day...........

Congrats! When i reached my 80 lb weight loss, I chose to go to Maui with my husband. It was beautiful and a lot of fun. Now I plan on living life to it's fullest. Will be traveling to Washington DC to see my grand children this month some time

I am in the process of reevaluating what I get from VST these days.There is so much conflict going on that it is just totally ridiculous. I love the this post that cheri has started because she's talking from her heart. It does get tiring to have people PM about the same thing over and over. I know a lot of the vet's that have plainly just left VST because of the conflict that come up. Most of the conflicts are just plain stupid. People getting defensive and attacking one another. This site represents how society is in real life. So this is real life in itself. When the veteran's forum was started, I thought how awesome that is because we can voice things that bother us without offending newbies. But no, it's so far from the truth, newbies are still getting offended because they are new to this and have difficulties putting them selves in our shoes. I do PM with a few on here that are totally down to earth and supportive to each other. When I get PM'ers I will give them a short brief answer. This is life. Now how can we take the Veteran's forum and talk about things that are affecting us without offending newbies? I don't see and answer as evidenced by this post! We are all people and thank you Cheri for posting this. You always have good things to share and have been on of my mentors here. Rock on!