No game

I'm not sure why some doctors ok this stuff..

Really it is like junk food in a glass!

I'd look into getting something like Premier Protein shakes (SAMs club, costco and various other stores) they are ready made have thirty grams of Protein and will keep you full longer.

Yeah it makes wonder is a man that actually put a profile up on one of those dating websites might be looking for something more permanent...

I mean it's been long time since I dated but seems to me if a man wanted causal, he'd go to the local bar..

OMG I've been shopping all day and now that I've eaten I CANT keep my eyes open!

I seriously think I need a nap!!

Jane I like Fraser! It's funny in the photos he looks like he might be short...

But he's 6 foot!!

Fasting today just had my first meal of yogurt and blueberries at 2pm I'm down to 147 it would be nice if it stuck through the week.

Thank you, trust me overly obsessed with wvwrything I eat, LoL. I did eat a Quest bar in the middle of the night due to my BS dropping ;(.... Oh well, kinda had no choice.

Susie,

Have you spoken to your doctor about fasting?

On the 5:2 website it says that certain people should not follow this method.

Including type 1 diabetics...

I worry about something going wrong.

♪ Boom Chicka Wah Wah ♪

I know coops we've gone crazy.. Tis the time if year

The thread http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/265117-52-evangelist/page-2#entry3282646

Yes that scar is every reason to be careful I think of who you choose.. I wonder to if it was because there was so much to take?

Cor, this thread is going mental!! I missed the comment by that other member of the site re the 5:2 - could someone show me the way so I can have a read please! Sheryl, that post of Chris's TT looks awful - my scar was nothing like that in the first week! It looks really painful too! I was supposed to fast today - but it all went wrong! I wasn't prepared for the afternoon of running around like a muppet and then I had to grab something quick which lead to eating more than I wanted *sigh* Never mind tomo I will try again. I feel so very tired at the moment - I mean really tired; even my eyes hurt!

Test.

Wow I just wrote a thread about the invisible non person thing a couple of days ago..

That's a tough one. I'm a year out and I've actually have gotten some kickback lately from my husband and kids wanting the old non person me back.. Not that I'm out doing anything I'm still a stay at home mom. But I'm caring for myself a bit more by taking time and care for myself.

So yes it will help you become visible again to not only them but you. And as you can see they may not like all aspects of it.

My husband loved me anyway he could get me before. So I can't say he's more attracted to me.

But in intimacy he's more attracted to my confidence.

I have an IUD so I never came off BC. I had sex just under a week post op and lived.

I'm telling your husband...

What time should I expect delivery?

To late I already ate it....

I think part of it may just be the natural progression of the way a lot of marriages go..

Even after losing the weight it there is not time or want from one partner it falls to the wayside.

It doesn't mean lack of love or attractiveness though.

I feel that after losing the weight though I'm more open to some romance and don't shun the idea of going away for the weekend.

Oh I can delete the thread if it really is making you uncomfortable

Today is day 6 and I set my first meal!!!! Puréed boiled chicken with cottage cheese:) it was good I was able to eat 1.5 ounce

You know my first purée was chicken too..

It didn't look the greatest but it was good savory and satisfying.

When I first got the surgery I said there was no way I'd purée meat but by the time came I changed my tune. I was ready for something more substantial that didn't go against doctors orders

I'm fasting today too... and boy the old mind just jumps right to food about every 5 minutes! After the last couple of days, its not surprising. I think I can make it though. I planned my meals, and that gives me the feeling of security that I won't starve today. Has anyone ever considered that we may have starved to death in numerous past lives and are eating to avoid that experience this time? Hum? I went to a past life hypnotist YEARS ago, and that is what he said the problem was. I was regressed,and had a "memory" of being a little skinny bony little asian lady lying in a ditch by a road, and felt just like I was going to break in half I was so brittle, starved and vulnerable. Theres a memory for you! Then I died. That could make anyone want to eat and get fat while you have the chance!

It's funny how on fast days I can get "hungrier" sometimes on normal days like today I haven't even thought about Breakfast yet...

Oh but take away my food? It's a whole different story.

Maybe in that past life I was your little Asian lady's twin sister

Jesus flipping eggs!! I just saw those pic! And had to click off! OMG that doesn't look right

I for one, am very happy about everyone that's in this group. No one needs to thank anyone!

To me it was very organic and was meant to be..

Lol I noticed that we did post at the same time

We started this group because of the hassles we encountered on the main forum.

Not only people joining an then realizing it's not the next miracle after the first three weeks.

But the people that came on to start trouble talking about what we were doing was ridiculous..

As for limiting.. I know it hard because there are some others that may fit well into this group that's why we should take it on an individual basis.

A good example of things getting to big and then imploding. Is the fitness challenge butter started.

The first month was great.. Then by the third month it had grown so big we lost contact with not only people but what the whole thread was about! It's now a mish mash of anything goes and is massive, to much to even keep up with.

Lol this group, if you miss a day is a lot to keep up with!!

I'm feeling like we are putting to much stock in one person that had a snide comment..

As for splintering the group and making this personal stuff. We don't fast everyday so it stands to reason not every post here would be about fasting. But it's still about a fasting lifestyle. So a name change?

It looks now that we are posting our fasting days on the veterans board (even Susan who joined here but has not come back) so I will concede

To the evolving life of this group.

Best of luck Susan! Any tips u would give a newbie like me? Do you have to fast 16-18 hours or is it just about following the rules of 500 cals, Protein, etc.?

Lol not Susan but what the heck I'm here that counts right

Yes you really want to get that 16 hour or so window of fasting in.

So for me on Monday (a regular day) I eat my last food at 7pm and the by 7am the next morning you've already gone 12 hours add 4 more hours and it brings you to 11 am. Then you want to consume your fast day calories in an eight hour window..

I go longer than 16 hours and push my first meal out until 12 pm or so because I like to eat dinner or my last snack a bit later

Lol thought so

The good news? You will be getting healthy and small! And in no time (6 months at the most for some surgeons) you will be able to enjoy a drink.

Salmon burgers sound interesting. How do you prepare/serve them with?

You just fry them up. They are frozen just like the turkey burgers they sell at costco. My son makes a regular burger with them (Bun and the fixings) I eat just the patty and dip it in mustard (I'm weird) They are tasty and moist.

I'll be 21 on jan 31st. My sleeve is on feb 4th. I'm guessing a drink is out of the question on my birthday?

Yeah Alex have me super powers but I still can't get in to delete people from our list.

Off the top of my head the "believer in god" "Cynthia" "Lisa's hope" and "butter"

Can go I've PMed them all in the last round of cuts (except butter) and got no reply..

Georgia...beautiful! That sweater I LOVE it (I do love me some stripes) but yes much too big. Ah the downside of losing 30lbs this year...sigh. Such a problem to have! About the closed group, I saw that lady get all in a huff about this group also. (Good job LV diffusing the situation!) Like when it WAS available to everyone, all they had to do was do the 5:2 for 2 weeks and send a message to get in, and not very many people did that. Circling back to those on the member list who don't participate...should we PM and see if they still want in, or just say "if you don't post by XYZ date then you will be dropped?" Just wondering because we are "closed" but we have a few non-posters.

Lol I know right!

Hahaha...who wouldn't???

I think it was probably one of those knee jerk reactions and feeling left out. Unless you are in here with us reading all of this you can't really understand what goes on in here and why so many of us felt uncomfortable with it being opened up for all to read. This is a safe place for us and it's not all about 5:2. People on the outside don't have a clue. Remember a while ago when we wanted a vet group started and people got all upset about that? I think it's the same kind of thing...feeling left out. But I don't feel like we are trying to leave people out, we are trying to help them in other places.

I get that.. I can see how she got offended. Well I posted another link there to the latest 5:2 thread so hopefully she will check that out if she's interested. But something tells me she just like reading our sagas

Oh Georgia.. The both of you look do cute I want to squeeze you!!!!

Yes I think it's time for a smaller sweater!

Could be an ulcer.. I'd put a call into the doctor oh and stop drinking coffee