Fiddleman

Highest was at 360, surgery at 335 and now at 210. Looking to drop 20-30 more lbs. as stated, I am not quite sure about ending weight. Everyone in family says I look fine now and they are using words like " sick looking" if I go to 180. My BMI is 180 so I m not exactly sure what I am going to do. I fit pretty well in size 36 jeans ( Levi's) and a large shirt. There is still a little more I want to do with my stomach region, but it is almost flat.

July 2nd- 120 lb down. 30 lb down pre-op diet. 20 lb to go to goal (I think, still trying to figure out what is good goal for 5'11" guy medium frame)

World according to Eggface.

Also look for the amylu sweet caramelized chicken patties at Costco. These are unbeleivably awesome tasting. I believe that egg face has a page on them, but I found them by happenstance. I have one of these for lunch every day. So good!!!!!!!! 22 grams of proteins and 150 calories per serving. I could not really eat a whole one of these until 4 months out. My dog loved the other 50% I was not able to eat. I like these warmed in the microwave, but they are also good cold as they are precooked.

Update: ok, I have confirmed this is caused by dehydration which is really odd considering my water intake every day. It happened again today after taking my chia seeds and taking a short 1 hour nap. I have been drinking 32 ounces of water before taking the chia seeds so do not know why my body is dehydrating. I will need to experiment with it some more.

By the way, I am not sure hot "good" or "bad" the bis quick is. This is the first time I have made quiche post op. I figured the amount is so small for a small slice of quiche that it will not harm me. I typically do not eat anything with starching it, even starchy vegetables.

I wanted to follow up on the post and state that I dropped 3 lb when I weighed 2 days later. This was a nice surprise from my usual 2-3 lb a week. This week loss has been 5 lb total. I guess my body needed the little kick in the tushie to let go a little faster.

Sure, here is the recipe. It makes a whole pie or quiche dish. 8 oz crab 1 cup shredded natural Swiss cheese 1/3 cup chopped onion 2 cups nonfat milk 1 cup bis quick baking mix 4 eggs 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease ( Pam) 10 inch quiche dish or pie plate, 10x1.5 inches. Sprinkle crab, cheese and onion in plate. Beat remaining ingredients until smooth, 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 inure with hand beater. Pour into plate. Bake until knife inserted between center and edge comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. This serves 6 servings for normal folks. It would probably serve 10-12 for those with sleeve. Plenty of left overs if you are eating by your self or small family.

Not side, I mean it did tend to slide a little.

Today I had a crab egg quiche for lunch. It was so yummy, but did tend to side a little(wanted seconds). I am going to wait 20 minutes and see if I am still hungry. In heaven after eating that....

Excellent job!

My wife had concerns I would leave her near the beginning of my journey for another woman because she was/is overweight like I was. I sat her down way back then each time she said that and looked her straight in the eyes and told her my commitment to our marriage and I am faithful. It is not enough t tell your SO daily that you love her because it may get routine, expected after many years of marriage. We try to remain young at heart every day, like newlyweds to keep the flame burning stronger than any temptation. It is not in my nature to do otherwise. She has not raised the same concerns in many months and is very committed to my success and helps me all the time with food choices, shopping and reminding to to exercise when I get busy with other things. I hope that someday hat she chooses to take the same WLS as I, especially since my insurance covers it. However, I support her in her decision and he will make the choice when she feels ready to.

That is very strange because I drink about 120 oz a day. I have a 32 oz Water bottle and I drink that about 5-6 times a day. It mig because I have been upping my chia sends intake recently and a 5 k run yesterday. Do you think so?

My wife was looking at my hands this morning and said, you have old person's skin. I said "what do you mean" because I am 38, hardly that old. She then went on to tell me a story about how her grandma would constantly squeeze a layer of skin between her fingers and say "see, I am old" when she was growing up. My wife said she was grossed out because it would not bounce back after her grandma did that. My wife then squeezed a layer of skin between her fingers from the top of my index finger. And the ridge stayed in place and did not bounce back. We both let out a collective " groossseee." It eventually did bounce back after rubbing it out, but it was a little unnerving. Next thought was injections for my hands. Just kidding, I am not that vain. Has this happened to any of you after losing a significant amount of weight? I have lost about 150 lb. Skin on other body parts is still ok ( neck, face, arms, legs, feet, stomach, etc). I guess the layer of fat under be skin in saying "so long, and thanks for all the fish"

No aches today. A good sign! I do have a question about eating. My calories are about 600-900 with high Protein, low carb and low fat(5 months out). Should I make changes to this if I am pushing my body with high intensity exercise?

Perhaps chocolate calcium chews would work for you. These are between 5-15 calories each and also help you with calcium requirements (my doctor requires me to take 6 daily where each are 250 mg). I find both the chocolate and caramel flavors are yummy.

Man, I wish they gave me a consent form to take this out during surgery. They did not or even ask me about it even though I brought it up a couple times post op. the reason I asked is because I am a little nervous about developing the pain related gall bladder stones post op. I am 5 months out, but my understanding is tat it can still occur.