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I am going to be trying recipes from here http://thenourishedcaveman.com/keto-thanksgiving-roundup/ and making some choices. Luckily the people I spend Thanksgiving with are low-carbers too.

Kitchen scale

Get unflavored protein and add it to broth etc.

25g or less total sugar/carbs to keep losing fast

@@higher It comes and goes, and you are right it depends on where you are and who you are around etc. Yeah I can totally relate to the front butt. I have a decent butt, except it is over shadowed by my stomach. So annoying. I can mask it pretty well with shapewear. After the current jeans I have are too big, which it seems like is going to happen in the next week or 2. I am not buying anymore jeans. Dresses and skirts only going forward. I'm almost to onederland, so the fur is happening very soon!

@@My4Brownies The speed at which you lose weight does not matter about loose skin.

@@jessgnc 4 friends that all live out of state, in 4 different states. That is it. I work for myself so no co-workers to tell. My family doesn't need to know. I knew that this was the best decision because I didn't want to be that person that had WLS for the rest of my life. At a year post-op, I don't feel like a WLS patient. I feel pretty normal and I can eat pretty normal (proper portions not over eating), I would hate to be stuck with a label for the rest of my life for something that is extremely temporary.

@@JupiterinVirgo What you explained in your goals is pretty similar to me. I thought anything around or under 200 was a huge success. I really just hoped for 250 and thought if I got there, I could live there. I never really dreamed I could get this low. I picked 180 because that is what I weighed in HS and I felt it was realistic. Now that I am 204 at 15.5 months out. I am really thinking about adjusting my goal from 180 to 165, maybe 175. I am already getting pretty small without being under 200. My goal was to lose as much as possible before plastic surgery. I have a decent amount of skin to be removed so I feel like my end weight is going to be a lot lower than what I can imagine right now.

@@Travelher Well you just had surgery, so I guess that is why this is an issue. I go on dates and eat out all the time and no one notices how I eat at a year out. So just give it time.

@@mrich612 My book said 6 weeks. I didn't have room for salad until after 6 months

@@RJrocks On that TLC show Skin Tight, they have people that have lost weight slowly without surgery taking years 3-5 years and they still have loose skin. The speed that you lose doesn't matter. People just associate loose skin with fast surgery weight loss because most people will never lose a large amount of weight and keep it off without surgery. I have lost over 160 pounds in 15 months. I have loose skin. It sucks I won't even lie, but the loose skin is still way better than carrying all that extra weight around. I feel and look great. No one sees the skin really but me. I am going to have it removed in a year or 2 so I can deal till then.

I didn't drink close to meals early o n just because being overly full hurts. Now I drink whenever I want. I don't eat sliders and my food is portioned. I also don't have hunger issues. Everything at the beginning isn't forever

At a year when I eat out you can't tell I had surgery. I usually order things I know I can eat all or most of, like seafood. salad is a slider so I can eat a whole salad before a meal. So when I don't eat all my food people assume that I'm full from the salad. Everyone is different but you learn to adapt. People know I don't eat carbs, so that cuts out so many foods, how I eat doesn't make them curious.

I forgot this one about last night. Went to a small crowded restaurant. In the past I would had to turn to the side, try and squeeze around people and chairs and still touch people a small knock things over. I was able walk around easily not touch anyone, anything and no turning. I felt so small and pretty.

Spent the night at a guys house. He offered me a shirt and one of his regular shirts was a night shirt on me. That would have never been possible before.

Also another reason to buy on demand as you need it instead of buying ahead is your body might be different. I was always busty when I was smaller, but I was also a teen then. As a grown woman, I am really busty with a small waist and hips. My shape is totally different that it was when I was overweight. I went from an apple to extreme hourglass. So the kinds of clothes I have to buy are totally different. Like before I would have never purchased high waist jeans but that is all I wear now. All my tops have to be fitted because my breasts and big and if my tops aren't fitted they look like tents draping off my breasts. And I wear tons of dresses and skirts because they last the longest and are the most forgiving. Leggings and any tight pants are the first things to show weight loss and look sloppy.

Go to the Burger King website and read the nutritional information. You won't want any of that stuff. I read the nutritional information and get so grossed out I am not interested. If other people want to poison themselves with peasant food that is their business, I'll keep eating like royalty.

@@itzbrittaanyx3 I wouldn't sit at the table with them. To me that is just torturing yourself when you are at a stage you can't even chew food. Now that I can eat, I have no issues with being around people that are eating other things. I eat what I want or what I like and ignore what they are doing.

@@Synee I went from a 28/30 to a 14 in a year and at 15 months, I'm a 12.

@ I have been buying Halo Top for months. A pint lasts me, 6-8 weeks. I never finish one, I end up tossing them. I weigh my portion and I have 1/2 a portion about a time, so about 35-40 calories a pop. I don't like ice cream so its not an issue to me. If I ever went nuts and ate a whole container, the whole thing is 240 calories, I struggle to get enough calories every day anyway so it wouldn't matter to me. The macros and ingredients make sense to me, and I like it. I haven't had any in about 3 months because I kept wasting it but I think its a great option. And the macros are better than most of the yogurts that people eat on here. Also with all the people that are eating pulled pork in BBQ sauce and other things. And lets not forget the trash macros of PB2. And @@Clementine Sky is right. The consistency, taste and a lot of other things about it make is basically impossible to just graze on or munch on or over eat. It takes a little work, it isn't like normal ice cream even though it tastes like normal ice cream. If I liked ice cream or had an issue with ice cream I would probably skip it. But I like having it now and then with my Protein brownies just to soften them up and for a change of pace because IMO, the fastest way to get off track of boredom with your food.

@@higher Yeah skinny jeans are useless when you are losing, they get saggy so fast. I am not spending over $30 on jeans right now, even though I really want some nice ones in the $180 range just because they fit. *sigh* I go for bodycon dresses because you can get the most mileage out of them. Even when they get a little loose, you can bunch them up a little and they will look like they have some ruching. Yeah, it is basically dressing like a Kardashian hiding their lipo scars 101. Layers for warmth and to hide certain things, while still showing a lot off, because bodycon. Also wearing shapewear and tight clothes helps hold warmth in.

I am going to agree with @@BigViffer here and after weight loss it is all about posture. I seriously have to mindfully sit all the time. I can't just sit any old kind of way or I will hurt in the car, my desk even on the couch. You have to adjust your posture for your new weight. And yes I found I was even sitting wrong on the toilet. When my feet fall alseep, I adjust my sitting position and it corrects instantly.

I have been a fitbit customer for a long time. I really hate how the company has changed and what has happened with the products. I think they are subpar to a smart watch and other options. If you are going to get one, get one with GPS and HR monitoring, the rest of the are so inaccurate it isn't even funny anymore.

With a BMI of 31, I would just get flank lipo and a tummy tuck if needed. The ballon and how they use it in the US is a waste. At least with lipo, you won't gain fat back in the areas you had lipo. Also look into a ketogenic diet, if you have never tried it, it might work for you.

@@MrsKarenC2008 My hormones keep going nuts from losing so much weight. I can always tell when they are out of whack because that is when I crave chocolate and I hate chocolate. What I do is... I get the Robert Irvine Fit Crunch Protein bars, I keep those around. The calorie count on them is kind of high but like 1/8-1/4 of of one is enough for cravings. Oh Yeah Bars Halo Top Ice Cream And I get the sugar free Chocolate from Trader Joes or the Lily's Stevia sweetened chocolate when I am feeling fancy. I try to just make sure I have good options around instead of like trying to just tell myself to chug Water or something. The good options work for me and I don't over do it. Those cravings though are balancing out some since my hormones have improved since my WL has slowed a little.