melinda48

My constant companion now days! My fault though I don't get enough protein. I'm not at a stall but I'm at a SLOOOOW pace as far as losing. The good news is I'm 10-15lbs away from my goal.

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I had my surgery in Nov. 2012 too. I bought some bags of 100 cal. Pop Secret popcorn just the other day. It was pretty good and taste even better when I sprayed "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" on it. I cheat too...made some chocolate covered strawberries just the other day and they were glorious! lol I ate way more than I should have. Odd how I can eat a good amount of some things, and not much at all of others. My metabolism is SLOW. I am 15-20lbs. from my goal and my weight loss has slowed down On average I average 6-8lbs. a month. This month I only lost 5...and I started losing a noticeable amount of hair last month.

That's odd I don't remember being told to avoid rice. I've had rice with no problems but try to avoid it until I lose the rest of my weight because of the carbs/calories. I haven't had a steak yet, but have eaten meat with no problem as long as it's tender. I just can't seem to hold much. Strange how I can eat a lot of somethings but only a small amount of others.

Nov. 2nd @ surgery 212 lbs. I now weigh 167. I am 5'6. I on average lose 7-8lbs. a month. I have a low BMI so I have to remind myself it's going to be slower for me. I try to keep my calories at 800-1000...I succeed in that most days but not always. I ate what I wanted to around the holidays and ate some chocolate covered strawberries on Valentines. I also stray a few days out of the month and eat something I've been craving. I want to weigh 150-155lbs.

OMG! That's so neat! I will private message you my email. We should meet sometime and talk.

I LOVE thrift stores and Goodwill and I know exactly what you mean by seeing something on the rack you've donated

Hi Ejmai! Our weight,height and goal weights are exactly the same! First let me say don't be discouraged. I had surgery Nov. 2nd and weighed 212. I weigh 167 today. I feel and look SO much better! I average 6-8 pounds a month. However everyone is different and I also had 3 holidays to tempt me. Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentines (I LOVE chocolate covered strawberries! LOL) I think because we have a lower BMI it doesn't come off as fast. However I am not a big exerciser and don't exercise like should. so you may very well lose it a lot faster than I have. I have a app on my phone that I use sometimes to keep up with calories. I highly recommend it. Its called MY FITNESS PAL. I will be happy to answer any questions can

I was just wondering if many others drink with their food. I do. Can you tell a difference as far as appetite when you DON'T?

It's weird that there are some things I can eat more of,than others. For example I can usually only eat 1 taco, yet I can eat 18+ mini rice cakes (130 cal.) with no problem. The sweet chili ones are unfortunately my weakness. You would think I wouldn't be able to eat many of the rice cakes.

My weight came to a standstill this month...but I did eat a lot of chocolate covered valentines strawberries! I have about 23lbs. to go so I guess I can't complain..I'm going to try to get 5lbs off in the remaining 8 days of this month but don't think I can do that since I've been averaging 7-8 lbs for a month.

I live in Rowlett and had my surgery Nov. 2nd. I was wondering if anyone else in the area is on this forum?

I have some womens size 16 jeans and a couple of Old Navy shirts etc..to give away if anyone needs them

If i remember correctly after mine was pulled out I had to wear a bandage over it for approx. a week. Give it a few more days and keep an eye on the color of the drainage.