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I did around 300 sit-ups earlier this week FAST and it felt fine. We did this in about 6 min with alternating jump ropes every 50.I was a little sore around the core yesterday, but that was only from all the sit-ups. Fine today. My cross fit trainer is always pushing me to do crazy exercises. Good luck. Please do wait until you are plenty healed before attempting this.

That is definitely achievable if you desire it. A lot of people transfer their eating addiction to exercising. Being healthy is such a game changer and positive experience.

Newat- very inspiring words, thanks for haring your motivation to success!

Happy birthday Laura for your birthday, I will give you 1 dozen apple fritters and a pony. Which do you want first? Lol. By the way, I'll take your cheese cake factory gift certificate if you do not find a way to use it.

You look stunning! Congratulations

Do you need any suggestions on good Protein shakes?

No Protein shakes yet?? Sacrilege!!

Ehhhh, you wish!!! I would suggest sleevers wait 6 months before trying one of these babies. You want your sleeve to be healed! Plus the calories are not going to help you if you want the scale to be dropping. ; sorry, that is the sad truth about it. I don't mind though as have been steady at goal for a while.

What kind of drinks do you like? Maybe a nice fine wine ( smaller rim glass)?

Oh not a mocktini. It has alcohol. I have about 1 drink a month. This is soooooooo good. Yummy!

Here is my nice apple martini just shook up: Lovely, isn't it?? 1 part apple schnapps 1 part Smirnoff vodka (watermelon) It is an interesting combination, but good!!!

Just wait until you start eating protein all the time. Only then will you find the true meaning of smelly from gas filled rooms. Lol! Hope you have a of to blame it on.

Yup I got it 10 minutes ago. Just another attempt to steal personal information.

How about catch up on your favorite tv series or start a new one that you have not seen before. Read a book. Take a walk with the dog. I really enjoyed all the walking I did as a post op with my dog.

Miralax is a great product to help with regularity, but sometimes takes 3-4 days to work, if at all. if you have any immediate issue then a good approach to unplugging is to take either a suppository like ducolax or fleets. Milk of magnesia is also very good as well as mineral oil for triggering immediate relief. Once you are past any immediate issues, some less forceful remedies like miralax and/or chia seeds will help. I take both miralax and chia seeds and do not have any constipation issues even though my diet is mostly protein. I do have to say both are needed for a reliable "good" BM. If I only take chia seeds only only miralax in isolation from one another I usually have a much smaller BM or none at all. There is satisfaction that puts. Smile on your face from. Good high quality BM. Lol. I am sure you know what I mean folks. Everyone who is a post op has heir own BM story!!

Nice sites! Thanks for the links.

Drinking is meh for me as a post op. I like the quick buzz that occurs on very little (1/2 glass), but most of the time it wears off in about 10 minutes. Definitely stick to 1 las because 2 does nothing extra sceptic add calories. If you are still in the losing part of your journey, do be a little careful about how much you drink, even if you can drink it. drinks will not help you lose weight and often times causes stalls or gains. That said, 1-2 a month should be ok if hat is what you want. Some drink more often while others do not drink at all. It is definitely a matter of personal choice. I have been averaging about 1 a month and I has to be a good reason. My favorite is an expensive Chardonnay or a very well blended mix of spirits ( a least a Long Island). It is not worth my time or calories to wasted lesser drinks! Good luck.

I am sorry to hear about your struggle with being newly sleeved. Even though you may not feel like it, have you tried taking short walks to soak up they rays from the sun and breath in the refreshing air? Sometime just getting out in nature will be enough to life the spirits and let you have some peace, if only for a short while. I know you are going through a difficult period. It will get better, one day at a time. Have hope where there may not appear to be any. Believe in the success that is to come even if it feels so far away. And feel free to reach out here at VST any time to your extended support system. You will find virtual friends here that will help carry your burden. Hope tomorrow Is a brighter day for you. Know that you will be happy and full of life in short order. It will just be a few short weeks as your energy and strength returns.

What a great idea!!! A bucket list for your dead overweight self. Here is mine: 1. Sky dive!! 2. Cross fit regionals 3. Caving in South America 4. Completing a 2 week back packing trip 5. Running a marathons ( at 12 miles so far) 6. Take an expedition up mount Rainer 7. Zip line!! 8. All night sex session 9. Horse back ride the Grand Canyon 10. To be determined

Have you tried the standard natural supplement stores like GNC, Super supplements, Vitamin shoppe or vitamin world? How about costco, target, Safeway or albertsons? They ll have zinc supplementation. You might also consider an nine soure like amazon or drugstore.com. I prefer to get most of my supplements from Vitamin Shoppe because they know hat they are talking about. If I cannot find it there or just need to restock for less, I might order from amazon prime. 2 day shipping with no fees. Yeah!!

Might I also suggest consignment? I have heard women will pay a lot for plus size, especially if it is stylish or classy. I would have done this as a guy, but I had no sense style in my large days. It was big and tall this or that. Lol. Instead, I just hauled a dozen large garbage bags of clothes down to value village. Can you say dozens of shirts and jeans? I bet they had a field day with all hose shirts and jeans, although, again, nothing was terriblely stylish. my wife even talked me out of putting it on my tax return because i was way over valuing my sense of value in my clothes. lol. do you have a support group you go to? Often times they have clothing exchanges and you can trade your stuff for more clothing that looks good on you. I d have to as that losing weight has put a lo more style sense into my man brain. ha!

Kristie, it has been so much fun watching your progress and reading your cheerful posts over the months. Congratulations on being a size 8. So fantastic!!! I feel the same way as you in my 33 skinny levi jeans and medium shirts. Me a medium?? Wtf?!?! I was a 48 Pant and 3-4 x large shirt before. Who knew!! Share the joy!! Keep up the awesome results ! Do you have another goal to shoot for?

That is an awesome spread!! I am jealous. How did the sleeve like the chipotle as. Understand you are not too far out as a post op?