gmanbat

My belly is the last to go and is still packing it's bags. I have shoulders that ripple like a Thoroughbred's hind quarters but a mushy, squishy abdomen, at least on the outside. It is getting hard to tell if what is left has much fat in it or is mostly skin. I feel like I am eating normally. I have a new normal that has thrown the old normal off a bridge. Good riddance ya rotten pig!

I use either a Ninja blender or a wand blender. Does a good job.

I have always enjoyed walking by their overwhelming cologne nose assaulting, substandard music blasting mall store and the 8 foot picture of a guy with his shirt off and commenting to my family that I already had that outfit. Of course they replied that it didn't look the same on me.

"We like you..we really like you!" You put a whole lot of life into this forum and give wisdom and hope to many people. All of this is done with a slick humor and sense of style. Congratulations!!

You are beyond cool, coops, you've made it to sublime.

I was at a shrimp boil here in Florida with my extended family. They threw 8 pounds of shrimp into a big pot with potatoes, corn on the cob, carrots, sausage, celery, lemons, seasoned to perfection. They brought it out and dumped on a big table on newspaper with drawn butter and cocktail sauce on the side. Everybody dived in. I hit a couple shrimp, a small sausage, and carrots and stepped back from the feeding frenzy. Sat by the pool and cried...so alone...so left out .......Naaaa. Eating is not such a monumental event anymore.

Buy lottery tickets! Congratulations!

Good one!

Forgive the war analogy. The war is at a stand off. General Metabolism has ordered a tactical retreat into a defensible position. President Grey Matter has ordered a build up of forces with increased quality of rations and exercise maneuvers. The weak elements of the army are washing out. The flame throwing expanded muscle Fiber brigade are ready to incinerate the enemy. Although Darla Depresso is on the radio trying to tell the troops that the Fat Reich will prevail, the science officers from the Matter administration are keeping the morale high. The tide turns! The Reich is pushed back. Although seeming to rally at times, the lines of evil diminish. President Grey Matter orders celebrations. The nation prospers in freedom and decks itself with beautiful new tapestries. Victory at last!

The scale is a disinterested observer. The friend or foe is in the head. The trick is taking in his data and concluding wisely. About 50% of the topics here are born of false assumption and hysteria. But..that's ok....we is what we is....human Beans. Mmmmmmm.......beans!

I'll be there. I brought some music for the party: http://youtu.be/nPL7nN99jno

The bodyblade is quite a deal. I have been using the bodyblade as a good warm up lately proceeding heavy lifting. It is great on it's own, too. The short frequent movements build up and put a fatigue on the muscles pretty quick. It is great for working out injuries, it is used for that in therapy. The ab exercises are not extensive with this but they are pretty effective. It looks like you have abs covered real good with what you are doing.

I can't forsee Gatsby having any motion sickness inducing scenes. However, I would stay away from Avatar if anyone has a 3D TV. Those Pandora floating mountain scenes where they are flying the banshees are a sure upchucker.

Rice is not nice. Spicy foods have forsaken me as well. Hot and sour Soup, my favorite soup in all the world, the only one that came through for me when chemo had destroyed my taste buds, has also left town. Steak ...hard to take, except porterhouse for some reason. whey powder is still a staple but it does bind my elimination a bit. eggs are my friend and cheese do please. My new love is green superfood powder that I mix with green tea extract and a bit of stevia. First thing in the morning and I sing with the birdies.

I am 64 and ever conscious of my knees. They are in much less jeopardy since losing 114 pounds but I am still careful. I do squats but at first just went down a little bit and very slowly. They were more like 1/4 squats. If even that is too much you can go down a bit and just hold it as long as possible, making it into an isometric exercise. I am doing full squats now but still very slow going down. I like full squats because they hit the butt muscles which are the largest in the body. Big muscles burn fat. My wife has a gazelle: It does your quads good if you bend your knees a bit while using it.

Wife and I both kicked diabetes and sleep apnea. I also got over high blood pressure which I had for many years. No meds now but very conscious of getting nutrition and exercise in. Welcome to you, Fishing Fool, may you live long and prosper!

Hang in there, juicers. You're being good to sleevie. Let her heal good and she will pay you back with lots of butt kicking victories. The payback far exceeds the price.

Mine got pretty loud. I was afraid I would scare the cats. Gas. This too shall pass.

Getting fiber in can help, benefiber can help. Keep it moving. Water gets rid of water as Kiki said. Eating a bit more can bust it at times.

You are losing at about the same rate I did. As you can see in my signature, I have reached and passed my goal. I broke several stalls with extended walking. I went on vacation and walked in theme parks every day. Water, vitamins, fiber, and even eating a bit more can bust through stalls.

Good one! Easily remedied with new pants. Actually, my several supremely embarrassing instances with pants hitting the ground occurred because my belt and pants slipped down to the Southern Hemisphere of the huge globe of a belly I had. My smaller hips were no help and down they went along with my dignity. I am so happy to have exposed hip bones again, I go belt-less now with no trepidation.

I think that the hunger hormone, ghrelin, which was somewhat removed when part of your stomach was removed is still in the body and in the blood. Head hunger accounts for much as well. It will calm down for you more than likely.

Call the docs!

I don't do sit ups but I workout abs with my bodyblade and through the kettlebell and other exercises. I have just begun doing full on push ups which work the abs. For over a year it caused me some pain to put a strain on abs and I took it easy. I am in real good shape now and got there without injury. Way to go, Gman!