sunshyneqtie

I am free Tuesdays and Thursdays after 4 and most Sundays I am available all day (except the first 2 weekends in May). I would love to meet some other local sleevers. I am good with either option. I've only been to a restaurant once since surgery.

I think some people have an easier time with real food than others. I use the syntrax nectar shakes and those are only 100 cal/serving. I add protein to a skinny latte every morning, and it takes me hours to finish that at work, so I don't usually have an AM snack. 5 months out, I can finally eat 2oz of chicken at a time and I've been very happy about that. I know some people can eat anything right away, but I couldn't. I took one bite of pizza 2 months out and my stomach hurt for hours, so I had to wait a few weeks to try later. I still can't tolerate bread or rice. I am still usually between 500 and 700 cal per day unless I eat nuts. I can eat almonds or pistachios like crazy. I think it's all different from person to person.

Agreed, the relationship with food does need to change. And after surgery, it does. It no longer has the importance it did. I still go out to eat, I just don't eat much. I can Celebrate things without food. And I make the choice not to partake in cake and whatnot. But I could if I wanted to. When I want to celebrate, I go shopping for new clothes. When I feel blah or depressed, I work out. Makes me feel awesome. If I want part of a candy bar, I eat part I a candy bar, but I know ahead of time that it will make me crave carbs like crazy for a few days after, so I usually don't. I'm so happy I did this surgery. No regrets.

Whoops!

I work at Overlake, but I just assumed I would have had to had my surgery there. Maybe I will look into it.

Sounds interesting. Never would have thought of that.

I'm free Tuesdays and Thursdays after 4 PM

I live in Bothell. I wasn't sure if they would welcome people at support groups if you didn't have surgery with them. I had mine in TJ.

On my phone it only gives me the option to add from Facebook, email or contacts. Can u add with just the user name on the computer?

I'm sunshyneqtie on MFP. I could use more friends too!

I never thought I would like this. But 1/2C FF cottage cheese, cinnamon and a stevia packet. (I use half a packet). Quite tasty. Makes for a good protein snack at work.

I'm Rachel. Live in Bothell. I had surgery in TJ with Fernando Garcia on Nov 5th 2012.

That was great!

Greek yogurt also tastes pretty good with a lot of the Syntrax nectar fruit flavors. I don't like the strawberry unjury by itself as a shake, but it really is good with fage.

I did the food funeral. Gained 7 lbs. I was sick of food though when I started my pre op diet. I think it's a typical response. Kinda wish I hadn't now.

Fage 0 with strawberry unjury. It's good. I made eggplant Parmesan on purée stage. Not a lot of Protein though. Also used the unflavored Syntrax mix. Now I Mix it in a latte in the AM. At the beginning, I used the Yes whey protein shots to get my 60 grams minimum. U have to get them online though. The New Whey ones you find in the store are a bad source and they are really gross.

I love that dressing!

Hello All! I was wondering what people's average caloric intake is currently. Mine is between 500 and 650. Just curious to see where others are at.

I'm from Bothell. I had my sleeve done Nov 5 th 2012 by Fernando Garcia in Tijuana. I'm down 76 lbs. I have about 40 to go.

I felt like that for the first 2 months not every day though. i just felt like I had no stamina. Almost fell asleep at work a couple times and have pulled over for a power nap. It got better though. I am 4 months out now and I don't have that feeling anymore. I can work out for more than an hour and not get dizzy now, but it took awhile. Hope everything works out OK for you.

Nice! Congrats on the great loss!

Do you guys try to consume more calories on days that you burn a lot? I'm still having trouble getting over 500 calories in if I am eating right. Sometimes my workout tracker says I've burned more than that. I worry this is bad for the metabolism.

Good. I'm glad it's not just me. If I make ground turkey into taco meat, I can eat 1.5 oz at a time. But never 2 of any meat.

Question! How many ounces of meat can y'all eat at a meal? I still struggle to get more than an ounce in at a time.

I was wondering the same thing. Not really for more loss, but for better fat distribution, as it helps with that too. I used it before an lost 65 lbs. it is not harder then the first few months of post op eating. I have all the stuff fr 2 rounds of injections, but I don't know I it would help or mess up things. I know some of the people that fail at the HCG diet have lasting bad effect on their metabolism.