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Carbs are so hard for me to say no to, so I don't have any at my house. And I have done very very good!! Until now, today was easter; hummus with Nann bread, and rosemary olive oil bread for turkey sandwiches..... I still got all my Protein in but I am positive I won't be loosing the half a pound I wanted to loose this week. And if I do it will be a miracle.

@@dc0520 wow!!!!! you look amazing! congratulations!!! It is amazing how fast the transformation happens!

I was taking pictures every week and now it had been I think a few months. But these are side by side of the night before surgery and last night.

I am still in shock and can't believe it, I went shopping at Macy's, they have some awesome clearance racks going on right now. But I tried on some pants and shirts. I wasn't really looking at tags I just held stuff up and got what looked like it would fit...... SIZE 4 and 1 size ZERO!! All my tops were a small or Extra Small!!! I know people keep calling me tiny but I just figured that it was all relative..........holy crap!!

Also I am .7 lbs from the hundred pounds lost and 13.7 pounds from goal!! only 5.5 months post op!!! wow just wow

I am a sign language interpreter for the deaf. I decided this was going to be my career at age 6, and I am now the CEO of my own company.

@@Shadow427 wow you look amazing!! congratulations!!

@@smiley922

CONGRADULATIONS!! I am 3.1 pounds away from "healthy weight" and I can not wait!!! I am so excited for you!!

@@Becoming Bariatrical @@Shadow427 @@Glyndalin

Thank you all so much!!! I know my period is also making me much more sensitive but damn it has been bothering me all day. sign....

but his shit head move has worked, I have not snacked all day, I will still have my second Protein shake at 3:30 but I am doing good today. I refuse to let him be right and me gain weight back.

VENTING:

I went to my support group last night to find out it was just my surgeon there for questions. I know this is bad, but I don't like him and I don't like his answers to many questions. Most are good, but his "philosophy" for nutrition is just stupid. He is very ridged. 50-70g of Protein in the morning for Breakfast, lunch, dinner. more Water than you can imagine, and no matter what your drinking for fluids it is not enough. NO SNAKS AT ALL!!

If I had known I would have skipped and spent time with my company I had over last night and been able to have the dinner I prepared for everyone else. I have heard his speech too many times, it just annoyed me. I felt let to just mention that it does not work for everyone, and if I do that I get sick, I need Protein at around 3-4pm so I can make it to 7pm dinner. He just said "well when you gain weight, come see me" I wanted to just leave.

The biggest thing for me and I tell people is we are all different, and our needs and journey will be different. He just annoys me that he lumps us all in one box and says "this works" "you can do it, you fail"

I know I need to control my snacking, yes. But I refuse to feel guilty for splitting my shakes up and having my "snack protein shake".........but some how he has made me to feel guilty and shamed.....and that pisses me off.

So I knew I had my shirt from last years st pattys day in my desk but I had no idea how big it was!!

@@Becoming Bariatrical - it is not easy and I battle everyday!! I still log everything that I eat but this weekend I didn't stress as much about it. I had PMS pretty bad and it was just making it very hard to deal with myself and I was beating myself up over every decision and stressing. So I still made good choices because I didn't want to be sick but I stressed less and let myself have a little wiggle room. I will not be eating like crazy every weekend but I also need to know I don't have the structure of a week day on the weekend, and that is okay.

I am still learning to deal with the head hunger, I am an emotional eater so trying to not turn to food when I am emotional is hard. When I am going to eat something that is not on the days plan I have to stop and ask my self, why am I eating this, am I actually hungry, what are my emotions, and is this food going to feed me or harm me.

they are hard questions to ask.

This weekend I deiced to give myself a weekend of not stressing over every calorie that went in to me, I was still in my calorie range and met my Protein goals...and lost half a pound! yay! I am thinking I might need to give my self a little slack during the weekends so I start my weeks more relaxed. No I am not going to have cake and ice cream every weekend LOL but I had a few bites of pancake (after my eggs) and I was stoked over it. I know it is a balance that I am still learning.

drink water.....

I am 3.6 pounds from being a "healthy weight on the BMI chart!!! oh I am so excited!!! Also am 3.8 pounds from the big 100 lbs lost mark!!

enough celebrations, I also have still been getting dizzy, I have upped my Fluid intake, my Protein intake is perfect, I get veggies, and take all my Vitamins. I take the Bariatric Advantage multi and Calcium. My only idea is Iron, but the multi has extra Iron I thought...... I am out of ideas, any one have more ideas?

Yeah mine look like very small balloons that get deflated after being blown up for a month....my bra is so padded it is not even funny!! I really want to wait until after I have children to get implants but......man these bras are expensive too!!! I even have a padded sports bra so I don't feel like a little boy. . :-(

And an amazing loss!! You must be on cloud 9! Congrats

I feel like each week I have something new that I am snacking on or craving that is holding me back in old habits. the past few weeks it has been Sugar Free chocolate and a table spoon of Peanut Butter, or just Peanut Butter on my finger or spoon....... Last month it was Fiber one brownies. before that it was 1/4 a tortilla. I always get in my 80-100g Protein but I still crave and often eat the things that I know are not helpful to my body. I know they are small amounts and "not that bad" but once a week is good, not EVERYDAY. I need to get balance with these things and let myself have and enjoy some but not every day.

I am feeling hunger these days. I know my nutritionist says that if I eat tiny bites and chew everything to death for 25 minutes this should equal and hour per 5 minutes of eating that I won't feel hunger. By this method this morning (20 minutes of eating = 4 hours) my chickpeas, red bell peppers and 1/4 of banana should give me 4 hours of not feeling hunger. Well, it's only 10:30 AM and less then two hours since Breakfast and I could eat a cow. I am having some hot tea, which saves me because it feels like I'm full. But I could chew on something right now. It's going to be a long morning until 12:00 noon and the earliest I will allow myself to eat lunch. I am hungry!

Last night I ate a tiny slice of orange, maybe a 1/8 of an orange, with my dinner. I think I didn't chew it well enough because I was so sick. I think it got stuck. Note to self: oranges=death.

Lost 1 pound this past week. Oh well, at least I'm moving in the right direction.

This works if you are eating Protein, each meal should be at least %50 Protein. Also breakfast being protein is the most important.

I average between 600 to 800 cal.

I get 80-100+ grams of Protein a day

I start my day with a hot peppermint mocha made from Premier Protein so that's 30 grams starting at 630am

lunch I get around 10-15g Protein

then my snack is another hot peppermint mocha so that's 30g again

then dinner is 15-30g

I am not looking to get pregnant for a while (maybe 2 more years) but I have always planned for a home birth. I am wondering if any one has had experience with a home birth post RNY. I know many complications can happen because people don't loose all the weight first so they have the same risk factors as just being over weight. But with that aside, has any one had this conversation with their midwife or had the experience?

I don't know if you found any thing, but I am in San Diego. I am also the admin for the FB page for Pacific Bariatric and I am working on getting Kaiser to change their support group time so more people can go.

I am in San Diego!!

I try to not be so hard on myself but it is really hard! I have 18 more pounds to go and I am terrified of it all just stopping right here!!

I am trying to get LOTS of Water and see if that helps the hunger thing......... I might and it might not. I do have some leftovers from dinner last night. Cauliflower and ground turkey, but I know I like it and don't want to eat to much of it...... sigh....

Last night I ate a whole cup of food!!! I felt like a freaking PIG!!

Do you find that you can eat more food? I am worried I am stretching my pouch! But, I can eat more than I could a month ago. Mind you, I am not eating as much as I USED to eat. But, I kind of liked it when I was full after two bites.