Tssiemer1

Me too!! You using UC?

Cincinnati Ohio

I try to keep my Protein high and match the %'s. Today my carbs are high since I had a lean cuisine for lunch :/

I upgraded to premium so I could enter in my exact goal in grams for macros each day. I try to follow the ketogenic ratios, but honestly usually go over in carbs. The other advantage of premium is you can see which foods are highest in each macro, so when I do go way over in carbs, I can see immediately where it came from. I track every bite that I take so I find all this extra information very informative. But I also love data and am kind of a nerd about it.
Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I don't use the premium because the free version works fine for me. I am not sure what benefits the premium version offers.
For the regular version I just started with my Protein goal and then put in a reasonable calorie goal based on that and adjusted the other macros proportionately. Just play with it. I just go by the Protein number anyway.

Every doctor I have (and I have a lot that see me on a regular basis) is on board with my WLS and excited for me!! I don't think I needed a referral. I just called and attended a seminar and the ball got rolling. Unless they got something from my PCP later, I don't know.

292 but I'm on my monthly. [emoji24]

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

I didn't have a supervised diet but my surgeon wanted 4 ounces of Protein every 3 hours.
That lasted like 9 days for me lol. I had mix in other things besides just 4 ounces of chicken breast or turkey lol. I started tracking my food on my fitness pal and focusing on Protein first, drinking my Water and walking. Doing that I was able to lose 12 lbs in 3 months.
But I gained some of it back because I'm undisciplined and like food.

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

I feel the same. Last time I was at the doctors I was the smallest in the waiting room. I walk with a cane due to severe back injury and I did get some nasty looks. 2 people were in hover round things. I just shrugged it off. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me.

Ask your MD. See what she/he has to say about using them.

Just make sure it is indeed the red light therapy and not a tanning bed with red bulbs. Big difference.
Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

Red light therapy is different than a uv tanning bed. People use it for Vitamin d deficiency and skin treatments. IT'S NOT harmful like the uv tanning beds
Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

I wanted this to work soooooo bad lol.
But no, the red light does not have UV rays. I can't do tanning beds, if I go in for even a minute I roast lol.

I wanted this to work soooooo bad lol.
But no, the red light does not have UV rays. I can't do tanning beds, if I go in for even a minute I roast lol.

I'm wondering if either of the above posters actually bothered to click on her link. She's not talking about regular UV tanning. I don't know anything about red light therapy but it doesn't seem like either of you answered her question.

She asked for our thoughts and we gave them to her.

<cough>bullshiiii<cough>

I had always been a self proclaimed "Tan-aholic"! Largely in part to help camouflage the cellulite and stretch marks on my legs and tummy. I was a member of Planet Fitness and used the tanning beds daily, (whether I worked out or not) because it was less expensive to pay for a membership than it was to go to an actual tanning salon. My thought was, tan fat looks better than pale fat.
However, my mindset changed drastically the day I got the call from the Dermatologist informing me that I had skin cancer...ON MY FACE, directly under my EYE. I had to have Mohr's Surgery that left a scar that runs from below my right eye to just above my mouth. I have muscle and nerve damage because of the surgery that makes my smile crooked and my right eye slightly lower than my left eye. I looked like the elephant man for 3 months while I was healing and every time I opened my mouth to laugh or take a bite of food, the incision would ooze.
I still love tan skin, but now my tan comes in a bottle or from a spray tan. It simply isn't worth the risk to put myself in another, though extremely relaxing, tanning bed. I miss those beautiful tans, but I love the skin I'm in more!
Be informed, make the best decision for you!

They don't have a goal weight for me. I just want to be on the high end of normal or low end of overweight so about 150 lbs for me.