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Five months post op...
Highest weight: 227
Current weight: 159

4 month out down 60 lbs!!

Down 77lbs!!!

80 lbs in 5 months is amazing! Are you kidding! You look so good, and yes, inspirational

I can see a big difference! You look really look great ) 80 lbs in 5 months is a huge accomplishment!! You should be very proud of yourself!! I hope I lose 80 in 5 months lol.. Keep up the great work!!

I don't know if my pics are inspirational but I'll add them-
5 months sleeved today! Down 80- still feel like its not quite good enough as I can't really see the diff- I hold on to the fact that I'm smaller now so I should be able to see the next 80 or even 40.... I hope - I was a tight-not fitting- 26 now I'm at a 22
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Lol um NO!! Just flirting that's all he's too far away ????

Thanks for everyone's wonderful comments! Feels great changing my life! Um for tips I would say the biggest thing is following what your surgeon says to the T. I made sure (and still do) that I get all my Protein and Water in daily. I don't eat hardly any carbs and I make sure to exercise few days a week at least. I think sometimes we worry about over eating due to old habit and then don't get enough calories.... IMO I think it slows WL down. Over all have fun doing it. This is our new "normal" so go with it and begin enjoying life!

Here's me at my heaviest 251, me 51 pounds down and me a week ago at 145, 106 pounds down and so excited about it! 10 more pounds and it will be time to work on maintaining!

I massively modified this recipe from coffee grinder yourself or buy amongst mexican spices)
1 tsp or less cayenne pepper. Put less, you can add more later
2 tsp garam masala (can buy in most stores)
2 tsp turmeric
2 tsp Salt
1 packet fried or fresh paneer (indian grocery store, frozen section). I will also post recipe for homemade since this is good source of vegetarian high Protein.< /p>
Directions
Pressure Cooker: If making in pressure cooker, dump all ingredients except paneer together and set to high pressure for 4 mins.
Crockpot: Cook on high for 3 hours. Push the spinach down once so all gets moist.
When done, use as immersion blender and mush everything up into either a very smooth puree, or leave some bits unchopped, per your diet stage.
Gently add paneer until mixed in. Serves 6
Calories: 139
Fat: 9
Carbs: 9
Protein:10

Thank you, Grammy! Sorry about your crapcake birthdays. I'm not finding Healthy Choice Mushroom Soup. Is it cream of mushroom?

Canary Diamond at 4 weeks - can't go toooo crazy with a dinner meal, buttttt
you mentioned veal
i love my crockpot veal stew w/green Beans, carrots, mushrooms!!!!
small can of healthy choice mushroom Soup (i know alot of sodium )
"recipe" can't be much easier
down 30 lbs??? party dance party dance
happy b'day bud
hijacking about "me" for a minute
from the age of 16 - 26, my mom would put one candle on a WW cupcake for my b'day
it was awful - she never realized how sad and upsetting it was for me - because i never told her
kleenex anyone??
back to my "normal" happy self
20 months PO - down 105 lbs GOAL
no more cupcakes!!!!
enjoying a very healthy, happy life
life IS good
kathy

Happy Birthday! I might try to do a Mexican meal. You could have some chicken cooked in Mexican spices and refried Beans with cheese. My birthday was about 5 weeks after my surgery and I got an ice cream maker for my bday and made one of the Eggface Protein ice cream recipes. It tasted like heaven. Hope you have a wonderful day!

PALAK PANEER IS MY VERY FAVORITE food IN THE UNIVERSE!!! I don't know if you have Trader Joe's where you live, but they have a boxed palak paneer that I literally buy them out of every time. It's one of the few "normal people" foods I've been able to eat in the last couple weeks. If I'm not able to do this for my dinner tomorrow, I will definitely be keeping your suggestions for future meal ideas!

xx

When companies started making sugar free and fat free food items, there was an increase in obesity. Still have calories and little nutritional value.

My kids love the Oh Yeah bars. I will be buying them for everyone's lunch in September. They have so little time to eat at school that these would be perfect.

I'm not sleeved yet but on high Protein low carb no sugar My hubbie has his snack cabinet and I have mine

My husband and I each have our own drawer in the fridge. He puts all of his meat in his since I'm a vegetarian and I put the food I don't want to share in mine. Everything else is fair game.

I had a hiatel hernia repair too...none of those symptoms. I guess I would rule on the side of safety.

I had a hiatal hernia repaird too and didnt have any of those symptoms. Was hard to swallow due to it for a day or so but thats it

coming up on my 6 month date in a little over a week. I am so discouraged. Ever since the dr took me off HCTZ and I gained 6 pounds I have not been doing well. I did lose 2 of the 6 but the other 4 aren't budging. The scale is stuck! I am more hungry and finding myself overeating for my sleeve. I don't mean to do it, but I still feel hungry then all of a sudden I am over full. I need to change something! I was thinking of going back to square one and doing Protein Shakes, and nothing but for a few days and see if that helps.

What I just hit my 6month out and I've lost a hundred and 7 pounds which is 90 percent of my excess weight. I've already beat my goal about 6 pounds but the doctor says his goal is five more pounds

Some updates-- one is a pic of me and my good friend from high school before our 10 yr reunion last weekend..the other is 5 months of progress