mysleeveid13

Oh my gosh, you sound like you live with us! Diners, Drive In's, and Dives...Man vs food, No Reservations, Bizarre Foods, Food Paradise, you name it, we watch it. I think the strangest thing I'm doing now is buying stuff for my husband to eat....meaning, if I'm really craving something I can't have, I'll get it for him. It's bizarre. It's almost like eating vicarously through him! I just hope he doesn't gain all I lose!

Seems like everywhere I go there is an image of some kind of food with melted, gooey cheese or something similar. Im playing every mental trick I know to tell myself it isn't any good and I love my shakes. Lucky me, I get to have chocolate shakes every day...
Until this surgery, I never noticed how many cooking shows my husband and I watch on food network and other stations. Seriously, way too many shows on eating. I'll say this, if you value your sanity, leave the room when Diners, Drive-ins and Dives comes on. Just sayin...

I miss nothing. No food is more important than my health.
"I'm so stinkin' thrilled with my weight loss i dont even care about what i cant eat!" Pink Dahlia

The only thing I slightly grieved, very early in the process, was giving up binge eating. Knowing I'd never have the crutch of eating my way into a food coma like I did before. Of course that was the entire purpose of the surgery, but it is still a loss and awareness that the old habit must die.
Other than that few moments of sadness? I miss nothing.
Oh, except knee pain, back pain, sleep apnea, sky high blood pressure, foot pain, sweating whenever I exerted myself, not fitting in the bathtub, embarrassment wherever I went, seatbelt extenders on air planes, eating in secret, several daily prescription meds, etc. I miss those SO much. NOT!

OH and as exhausted as I was from not sleeping the night before work going over and over in my head if I had my Breakfast, lunch, Snacks, gym clothes, kids clothes, etc packed for daycare, blahblahblah, getting up at 4:30 am and working all day, I STILL went to the gym! I rearranged my work schedule today to leave in time to hit the gym on the way home before I have to pick up the kids. I'm doing it, people! Sorry, I'm a bit giddy.

how do you add the weight you've lost each week? I finally added a ticker. I feel challenged on this site. the actual website is TOTALLY different from the phone app. been searching around and I can't find it. Thought it would be a good way to see what I've done each week since we've been faithful about posting it each week.
oh and my first two days back at work have been great. I've gotten so many compliments and a few people have asked what I've been doing. I felt bad for one girl who truly was asking for her own good and I might just have to approach her later and add that I had surgery. She was asking me like she needed advice. You can tell when people are just being nosey. I wish I didn't have such a guilty conscience! But another girl came straight out and said, "Did you have 'the surgery'?" I didn't answer and she said, "Or are you just exercising?" I said, "Oh yeah..." so I didn't answer either question specifically. I just can't believe people are nosey enough to ask you straight up. But whatever. So far, haven't told anyone at work that didn't already know before I went out and those people and I are friends outside of work and two of them had surgery themselves. I think I'm going to keep it to myself.....for now.
Oh and a huge NSV! my clothes are literally falling off, so I had to go buy some new pants for work and I went from a 22 or 24 depending upon the size to a.....wait for it......16! I just kept going to the rack grabbing a smaller size in disbelief! Wow. That felt great!!!!!!!!

Mysleeveid13 - are you referring to the recorded weight I show in my signature at the bottom of my posts? I don't think think there is a way to do it on the phone app. On the computer version, click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Click on "my settings" and on the left hand side you will see "signature" listed under profile settings. Click on "signature" and scroll down to the box where you can enter information and press save changes.

OH and as exhausted as I was from not sleeping the night before work going over and over in my head if I had my Breakfast, lunch, Snacks, gym clothes, kids clothes, etc packed for daycare, blahblahblah, getting up at 4:30 am and working all day, I STILL went to the gym! I rearranged my work schedule today to leave in time to hit the gym on the way home before I have to pick up the kids. I'm doing it, people! Sorry, I'm a bit giddy.

Ok so Saturday's dinner with hubby and friends was awesome! I ordered a burger and only ate 1/4 of it and half a cheesestick! It was so yummy and I didnt gain an ounce from it. So as u can see it is true we will be able to eat those favorite foods every once in a while. Its just all about Portion Control. We were there for 3 hours so I was able to munch on like 3 fries as well and thats it. My drink was a tall ice cold glass of water! LOL I told my 2 besties to take a drink for me.
Anyone had a nice going out to eat treat lately, if so what did you eat?

Yeeeeessssss!!!!!!!!!

You look great and your hair is fabulous!!!! Congratulations! I love the analogy about the potholes.

Ok so I made a taco casserole tonight (minus the tacos - haha). I put fat free refried Beans on the bottom, cooked up some ground turkey with taco seasoning and put it on top, poured a little enchilada sauce over it all and topped with cheese and baked it. Once separated into 4 oz or less portions, there were 24 servings. I took my 4 oz mason jars and put a couple in fridge for lunch this week and the rest in the freezer. In the one I put in my lunch for tomorrow, I included a little 1 oz side of fat free sour cream. I don't know about you all, but I love having already prepared meals to just grab out of my freezer. I'm doing this with each meal we have for dinner so I have quite the variety to choose from. Tried to attach a picture but the site kept crashing.

I was completely open about my surgery. I don't care what other people think. If they want to start something about it, I'll certainly finish it for them. In any case, all my co-workers and boss were very supportive and encouraging.

You look great and your hair is fabulous!!!! Congratulations! I love the analogy about the potholes.

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These are the mini crust less quiches or egg bites I told you about.....These are turkey sausage, swiss, and sautéed mushrooms. So far these are my favorite. When I think I can tolerate spinach I'm going to do feta and spinach. Pack them in snack bags in individual servings of two and quick 10 secs in microwave and quick Breakfast on the go! With 3 kids, these have been so helpful!

I haven't tried tuna yet. I had pureed chicken salad that I made from the canned chicken and it was great. ..but I tried store bought chicken salad and pureed it and the pickles made me really sick. But I went back to pureed chicken salad that I made and it was great.

So, today hubby and I are getting together with our close friends and going out to dinner. They all know about my surgery and very supportive. Im looking forward to actually dressing up nice for the first time in a long time. Im also contemplating if I should even order my own dish, given that I will only eat a few bites anyway lol
Yesterday I tried steak for the first time it was yummy and I got full with just 3 bites.

Thanks so much for the recipe, mysleeve! I'll definitely have to try those. They look really yummy!

Melodica (well can be for everyone but you specifically mentioned you were tired of meat)- I found this blog "The World According to Egg Face". She was a WLS patient and she has a TON of recipes. You can get lost on her site....but long story longer, I found these egg bites or crust less quiches on there. You can basically put whatever you want in them and once you start making them you won't even look at recipes anymore. You can just throw leftovers in them.
You use a mini muffin pan and one batch makes 24. You can freeze them and just grab 2-3 (I can only eat 2 so far) and toast them a little or nuke for a few secs to warm for quick on the go meal.
I have made 4 batches so far. One has turkey bacon, mushrooms and swiss cheese (I cooked the mushrooms and bacon then gave them a few spins in the food processor to chop real small) and throw in some seasoning and beaten eggs and bake for 30 mins. Really yummy. And I did another batch with turkey sausage and extra sharp cheddar. Taste great and lots of Protein. Maybe some of those can get you out of the blues.....hope this helps.
Oh here's the link...if you scroll to the middle of the page there are a bunch of different recipes for these things (also, you can scroll around on her site and find all kinds of recipes, even for pureed stage)
http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2007/11/party-like-rock-star-post-wls-style.html?m=1

SO CLOSE!

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These are the mini crust less quiches or egg bites I told you about.....These are turkey sausage, swiss, and sautéed mushrooms. So far these are my favorite. When I think I can tolerate spinach I'm going to do feta and spinach. Pack them in snack bags in individual servings of two and quick 10 secs in microwave and quick Breakfast on the go! With 3 kids, these have been so helpful!

Congratulations! You look amazing. I'm 6 weeks out today and I just love to see the progress people have made. Good for you, mama! I'll be posting my pics on here one day!

Wow at that menu. I think I'm eating way more than that at a time. I'm going to try it next week and see if it helps me (as I've been having stomach pain when I do eat).
Regarding raw veggies... I've had bell pepper, onion and celery (chopped small) and didn't have issues. The diet from my NUT progresses differently than some though. At 30 days out, I was told that I could start eating as I would for life. However, my weight loss isn't great so I think I'm going to go back to liquid or pureed and see if I can jump start it again. Thanks for that menu!

Desiree try an enema or dulcolax for ur poop issues. Trust me we share everything here, TMI is nonexistance lol.

Did you mean to say, "happy dump day"