mysleevemylife

Thanks everyone for giving your input & advice. I appreciate your participation. :-) Some of you had me cracking up!! I love it!

Thank you so much for your input. :-)

Well, now is the time for everyone to know a little more about me. I'm NOT into drama. I ignore any negative comments & keep it moving. Thanks for all of the input. Have a great day! (Takes a drink from my straw & smiles) On the next visit with my surgeon, we'll see what he says about it.

Sorry, it's me again!! lol...As far as having the surg, I wouldn't change that. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made for myself.

Sorry, it's me again!! lol...As far as having the surg, I wouldn't change that. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made for myself.

Very well said. This is so true. I like the fact that your post did not seem to sarcastically mock individuals that feel this way & post about it. Your post was also encouraging. This is what we are all here for, to help, encourage, inform, uplift each other & even sometimes to help snap ea other back into a healthy reality...lol. I like this post & I'm glad that you posted it.

Buy yourself a Leslie Sansone Walking Video. She uses weights, bands and lots of kicking. I found that her exercise videos keep me wanting to exercise.

I would say that walking an hour+ four to five times a week sounds like exercise to me. With that said, some weight lifting or resistance training a couple of times a week would probably help as well. Have you lifted in the past or know how to get started?

Please don't beat yourself up! Let me tell you what my doctor's office says. They don't encourage "exercise", they encourage "physical activity". They define physical activity as what you would do above and beyond your normal daily activity. In other words, if you are a construction worker, you can't count that activity because that activity is already included in your every day life. BUT if you added 60-90 minute walks 4-5 times per week above and beyond what you used to do, then THAT IS physical activity that counts! I walk 30 minutes 6 days per week. THAT counts!! I never did that before so it counts!
Let me tell you, I lost 100 pounds in 2007 on a medically supervised diet and a TON of exercise. But that level of exercise was NOT sustainable.
I am committed to doing a level of physical activity that I can sustain for life. Maybe one day I will up my level to be as high as your level, if I feel that it fits into my life.
I want to encourage you to get back up and get walking!!! You are doing great!!! Keep up the great work!!

Very well said. This is so true. I like the fact that your post did not seem to sarcastically mock individuals that feel this way & post about it. Your post was also encouraging. This is what we are all here for, to help, encourage, inform, uplift each other & even sometimes to help snap ea other back into a healthy reality...lol. I like this post & I'm glad that you posted it.

Very well said. This is so true. I like the fact that your post did not seem to sarcastically mock individuals that feel this way & post about it. Your post was also encouraging. This is what we are all here for, to help, encourage, inform, uplift each other & even sometimes to help snap ea other back into a healthy reality...lol. I like this post & I'm glad that you posted it.

I like Green Machine and Mighty Mango. They're all No Sugar Added.

The sugar is from the fruit and vegetable in the juice. I often will drink this as a meal... NEVER with a meal or as a snack... Some are VERY filling, The garden ones are awesome! I seriously love the berry Veggie one, just be warned there are a good amount of Beets in it and beets come out the same color they go in!

I don't know if I could get Naked at the grocery store just yet

I been wanted to try the Naked Juices but all of them seem to have over 20g of sugar. Which I don't understand because "naked". What do you all recommend??

I know it! It can sneak up on any of us and it's a damn shame that it's those snack foods that slide so easily, too! Nobody ever got fat snacking on carrot sticks and hardboiled eggs, did they?
~Cheri

I asked my NP about this last visit and loved her advice. She asked what it was about the salad that I wanted and I told her it was the red peppers and the tomatoes and the onions and the fresh crunch!
She told me that I was craving the toppings and just to eat those. It took me a moment to realize she was right. I was craving all the good stuff on top of the lettuce, not an entire salad, so I made myself a teeny chopped salad of peppers and onions and bacon bits and cherry tomatoes and egg and YUM!

Omg! I was just about to post something about this! I just had two bites of thin crust pizza...I know it's not on my plan but I was curious to see how I would tolerate a little bread after all this time. Not only did it taste different (my taste buds are doing their own thing since surgery) but now my stomach is doing flips!!! I never thought I'd say this but ...."goodbye pizza! We had a good run! No no...it's not you, it's me!" Another unhealthy relationship bites the dust!!! Lol

CONGRATS!!

hi Cheri
i usually take a couple of sentences from a post and make that as my quote
can't do that with your post - because i enjoyed everything you wrote
it does bother me sometimes when i see a person tell a newbie in essence you dummy how can you eat this or that - messing with your new tummy
sometimes posts sound a little harsh, but really aren't intended that way
but if someone did say something, not in the greatest "voice"
shame on you
you can't "see" someones facial expression on the board as they write something
hopefully/usually it isn't sent maliciously
above being said, when i was an early early newbie - i made a response to a post
someone PM'd me and made a comment about what i said
i interpreted as something "mean"
i wrote back nicely, and she rewrote in a better way, and i THEN understood no harm was meant
i think i am just repeating what others have clearly stated
btw Cheri - you look so little and cute
oh,wait a minute, thats the baby
but you look terrific too
kathy

In the limited time I have been hanging around this forum, I have noticed something very disturbing. Yes, there is a lot of support and well wishes, light hearted jokes, and wonderful advice.
But, there is something more. Something dark, oppressive, in a word....judgemental. Perhaps more judgemental than I have ever experienced. Surprising, coming from a group of people who have historically been harshly judged, ridiculed, discriminated against, our spirits crushed because of our weight. Now it seems, some victims have become perpetrators of harsh judgement. Do they know? Do they realize it? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe they don't care. Maybe they believe in their perceived self appointed cause. Maybe its because they think they are an "expert".
What makes an expert? Nobody can agree. Are you an expert because you were or are fat? Because you had wls? Is it because your surgery was 10 yrs ago or are you an expert after 10 hours? Do you really know more at 5 years vs 3 years? Do you know more than a medical professional trained in wls or obesity? Does that not count if they were never fat or had wls?
Some of us are strong and do not care about your harsh opinions. Maybe some of us even think you are stupid for saying something so harsh or judgmental. But there are plenty who are soft on the inside, who make be more affected by being judged like that. Even though this is just a forum, people can be very hurt or confused by a nasty post. And the information some self appointed experts advise so strongly may be in error or cause injury.
If anyone should know how it feels to be judged it should be all of us here. So why are some doing it to others? There are better ways to get your "opinion" across than coming across as a self appointed expert.

Sorry. I can't point out specific people or posts. All I can say is if you don't see a problem then be happy you don't know.

It is the internet. It is easy to hide behind a mask or firewall of anonymity and sit in judgment.

My doctor recommends cutting carbs to no more than 50g/day when/if you reach a long stall. Other than that, no restrictions on carbs! I find that when I focus on Protein, which is what I'm supposed to be doing anyway, there really isn't room for hundreds of grams of carbs per day anyway!

CONGRATS!