Skinnypie

You should be able to find it in the baking isle at the grocery store

You say it's a "burning achy feeling," could it be heartburn? Have you increased your physical activity at all? My hunger has never completely gone away like some people, but when I work out I get hungry sooner than usual (say every 2 hours in between some meals instead of 3). If you have a vigorous workout your body might need more fuel? Just some guesses...

Yes, you read that right... Well, ok it has less than 1g of carb.... And it's not really "bread" but it tastes delish! (pic attached) According to MFP this has less than 1g of carbs, 43 calories and 2g of Protein. Just made them and was so surprised at how "bread-like" this is... I tried it straight from the oven and it tasted a little eggy, but I had it a couple of hours later and I liked it, I also read some of the comments on the recipe and some people added cinnamon, flavored cream cheese or other "sweet" stuff to make this a sweet treat. I put chicken salad on top of mine and ate it like an open faced sandwich So, here is the link and recipe: eggs (separated) 3 tablespoons of whole milk cottage cheese or 3 tablespoons of cream cheese (I used cream cheese) 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar 1 single size packet of artificial sweetener Directions: 1) Preheat oven to 300 degrees 2) Separate the eggs very carefully, there must be no yolk in the white 3) In one bowl mix together the egg yolks, 3T of cottage cheese (or cream cheese) and the packet of sweetener until smooth. 4) in the other bowl add 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar to the whites and beat the whites on high speed until they are fluffy and form nice peaks. 5) Very carefully fold the egg yolk mixture into the whites until mixed, but try not to break down the fluffiness of the egg whites too much. 6) Spray 2 cookie sheets with Fat free cooking spray 7) With a large spoon scoop the mixture into 10 even rounds (mine came out to 9) roughly 5 inches across, about the size of a hamburger bun. 8) bake in the middle rack and watch them as cooking times may vary, should be somewhere around 30 minutes, could be less or more. Bake until golden brown. 9) Remove from baking sheets and cool on a cutting board or cooling rack While they are warm they are crumbly and similar to meringue, but once completely cool seal them in a ziplock bag or tupperware overnight and the texture will change to something softer, more like bread Let me know what you think!

Get it Girl! Way to go, youre looking thinner AND younger (not that you looked old or anything- you know what I mean) keep it up !

I just found this website on Pintrest & think It's pretty awesome, It allows you to put in your height, weight, body type, shirt and pant sizes and it gives you actual pictures of REAL women who share your same numbers... http://www.mybodygallery.com/index.html before I always wondered how "big" I really was and would look at other women and wonder if they wore the same size as me... It's weird how different I saw myself in the mirror vs. pictures for example. Now, I am post surgery and while I know I am losing weight and people point it out all the time, it's harder for me to see when I look in mirror, I found this site to be eye opening for me... Hope someone finds this helpful

I've struggled some with this internally as well, but I often wonder if some of it was in my head and if in reality I ALSO acted differently before, if I gave off a different, unapproachable vibe and maybe that is why people treated me differently...? I guess I will never really know. Like you said though, I try to be kind to everyone no matter their size, shape, color, age etc... It's really a lot to think about!!

My first day home from surgery my "caretakers" (Dad & Hubby) ordered a pizza... Pre-surgery it was my favorite food.... It made me feel so nauseated I had to go and lock myself in a back bedroom . Good job on acknowledging that you are satisfied and don't need that food though! I'm almost 6 months out and I constantly have those inner dialogues. Stay strong!!!

Yes, I live in Houston now, but I'm from Laredo Most of my family is there and across. How have you been feeling with your pregnancy?

Yes! I've only had it once and it felt like a brick in my tummy... Thank goodness, I don't touch the stuff!! Crackers are ok though. I buy the mini saltines to eat with chicken or tuna from time to time, they allow for slower, smaller bites & I eat a lot less of them ( there are 17 in a serving, 70 cals. 11g carbs) I usually eat about half a serving

Yes!! Totally annoying... But the part that gets me is realizing I used to eat like that!!! I feel too guilty to call anyone out on it :/

Here's the website: http://www.waterfi.com/ Originally I skimped and bought a cheap waterproof mp3 player but it only lasted like 3 workouts and started going out, but the iPod works awesome, I love it really makes my swim "workout" time fly by!

That is amazing!! Congrats!! Part of the reason for my surgery was fertility... Can't wait to experience this, how exciting!!! (Also, I'm Laredo proud)

This is still at the gym, BUT... I took up swimming and I can't tell you how much I LOVE it, bought a waterproof iPod & the time flies, also you don't get all sweaty & no one is looking at you cause you're in the pool... Somehow it just doesn't feel like "exercise" until I walk out to my car & legs feel like jello lol

Wow!! You are doing amazing!!! Keep up the hard work!!

I'm not an expert, but I THINK that when the number is negative that means you are actually burning calories, like if you eat 100 calories and then burn off 100 calories that just brings you back to zero i.e. no weight loss & you only burned off what you just ate. But negative means you burned off what you ate plus calories that you already had on your body...? Maybe? Not sure if that answered your question or helped, but I don't think negative is a bad thing IMHO

I've never been asked on a form what my nationality is, because American IS a nationality... I think what you are referring to is "ethnicity"

Also? Ecuadorian is NOT a race, it's a nationality, thanks.... I don't see how that is an insult, it was simply used as and adjective in this case, I wouldn't be insulted if someone called me American because that's my nationality.

What about a gyno or even some dentists take your weigh? I had a 40 bmi no co-morbs & got approved, I had BCBS Good luck!! Stay positive & don't give up before it's begun

The subject line of her post said something like "I used a fake letter," and when someone called her out on it she was like "well... i mean, it WAS from a real doctor in Ecuador... So It was real" and her screen name had her real name, when someone pointed THAT out, she denied it was her name and changed it.... And someone found a past post where she had her city/date/ surgeon etc.... It was pretty funny ) too bad it got deleted

It's great that you are getting lots of liquids in! Don't worry, you probably won't start feeling "restriction" until you start eating actual food (purees & solids) for the first week or 2 the most important thing is fluids to avoid dehydration, if you can het the proteins in that is good, but don't stress if you can't (also remember the fluid proteins count as fluid) please don't be discouraged, everything you are experiencing sounds totally normal

People didn't start noticing until around 40 lbs, and that was only a few people, more people are really noticing now and I'm at -68. I don't necessarily "see" it myself, but I have gone from a size 20 to 14. Don't get discouraged, it definitely takes a while for people to notice, but that doesn't mean you aren't doing great! H: 5'4" S/W: 264.7 C/W: 196.4

I was told by my Doc to wait 10 days to drive :/ is there anything close by? A park you could walk to?

Also? You're going to wish you could eat this stuff when you're on post-op liquid diet just look at it that way Just trying to spin this in a positive way good luck!!!

OMG!!! You're almost there!!! Keep it up, less than a week left!!! Way more than half way through

Bitter is the new Black by Jen Lancaster... The full title is actually: "Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office" the woman is HY-LARIOUS