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Not tired at all. Your enthusiasm is inspirational. This is what we need to be doing "enjoying the experience of exercise ".

Breakfast- coffee with cream, Protein shake Lunch- fajitas, steak with peppers and onions and a dab of guacamole. Dinner- leftover fajitas from lunch snack- probably eat the rest of the fajitas I am still adjusting to how little I can eat at a meal. One regular sized restaurant meal is really 3-4 now.

Yes. She had destiny very young. My son-in- law is so awesome. He has been the best step dad to Isaiah and destiny. I am glad that Malaya will have a sibling close to her in age. i guess it is good that I decided to have surgery this year. I am gonna need to be able to keep up with theses little ones.

It may very well be the only tool that will succeed in helping her to not only lose the weight, but to keep it off. You see many of us have or developed damaged metabolism. No amount of dieting is going to fix them, believe me I tried. I think you are looking at this from the wrong perspective. For some reason you think surgery is the un-natural and wrong way to fix her problem. The reality is that even with surgery she will need a nutritionist, therapy, maybe a personal trainer, and definitely some support. I personally think you should get on board with her decision and help her to be successful with the surgery.

I know you are right @Newme17. I think once I get to my goal weight I might try to do some toning with some weights. I know I will need it. I think you are on the right path now with focusing on your health. I wish I would have started 10 years ago. guess what happened today on my girls day out??? My daughter told me I am gonna be a grandma again? This will be grandchild number 4. My daughter has her first three kids very spaced out. Destiny is 16, Isaiah is 10, Malaya is 9 months, and this one is due in February!! She told me this will be the last one. I am so happy. This was the best day ever.

You are rocking it!! That gym time must make a difference too! I am envious of those that can workout in the gym. I have always felt intimidated whenever I have gone to a gym. I could go to the base gym for free, but I never do. I always feel so self conscious around all the fit bodies... it is so stupid and all in my head, but that is why I bought the elliptical machine.

Thank you for the tip on the lavender oil. I am going to find some today. I am loosing in my boobs too! I guess I will just have to wait and see how the body looks when I get to goal. I keep wavering back and forth in my mind as to whether I am too old to be worried about some loose skin and sagging boobs? But I am only 49 so I still have some good years ahead of me... my daughter tells me to just go for it. She thinks it is great that I am putting myself first for once.

I know this sounds gross, but a latex glove and your gentle hands would be better and less embarrassing than a doctors. I would try the enema first, but I have had to clean myself out before and usually only have to do it once to get things moving. I know how miserable you are right now. I pray things get moving today for you.

That is so awesome @patty0715. This must be the lucky week because my scale has been moving down also!!!

I think you should definitely not remove your daughter from your insurance. That is not supporting her at all. I think the best way you can help her is to encourage her to seek therapy for her food addictions or mental issues surrounding eating, and then be there for her on the tough days when she needs you!! She has made a decision to do something about her weight issues at an age where she can really change the rest of her life for the good. Have you looked at the statistics of people who lose weight by diet and exercise? Most gain all of their weight back and then some. A common theme on this forum is that most people wish they would have had surgery many years before they did. Your daughter is an adult now, and if she has gone through all of the pre-op classes and has qualified for surgery I think you need to support her completely. If you don't she will resent you, I know I would. The complication rates for sleeve surgery are really low. Have you gone with her to any appointments and spoken with the doctor? Maybe this would help ease some of your fears.

This is true, but to a diabetics body sugar is sugar and it doesn't matter where it comes from. Fruit is natures candy. I love fruit, but I have to be really careful with it. I eat a small portion of blue berries or strawberries, once in a while as these have the least effect on my bs.

I showered the next morning after my surgery with zero issues. I was even allowed to gently wash my incisions.

Congrats!!! It is pretty dang awesome huh? Don't freak out when you hit the 2-3 week stall. It happens for most people some where in that time frame. For me it was in between weeks 2-3. I have started losing again this week and I am staying in this groove as long as I can ..lol

Welcome back!! I haven't been on a road trip yet, but my advice would be to just be prepared with plenty of healthy snacks just in case. I have eaten out a couple of times and I think it is fairly easy to stay on plan. Where are you going? I hope you have a great time!

Hello and welcome. I love the ricotta bake, cottage cheese, yogurt, egg salad, tuna salad, refried beans with cheese, I cooked up some homemade soups and blended them. Scrambled eggs with cheese is also pretty good. If you google recipes for the purée stage you will get many.

Hi there @Sweet as peaches. I had a pretty normal Friday at work. I am glad the weekend is here. It sounds like you and your daughter enjoyed her day off from school. My grandchildren are out of school all ready for the summer. How did your dancing go today?

I know you probably can't wait to have the finishing touches done in your kitchen. Isn't it great to have a handy husband? My dh and I have done many home improvement projects together over the years. He recently tiled our bathrooms and I love it. It is going to be 90 here by Sunday so the heat is coming East. Sounds like you had a good workout today walking in the heat. It will be interesting to see if my heat tolerance changes this summer. The past two years since my hysterectomy I haven't dealt with hot weather well. I had major hot flashes, but since surgery I have been much cooler. It is almost like my set point was reset cooler. That is awesome you are down a size. I am too. Do you think you will have loose skin anywhere? I am most worried about my tummy. I think my arms and thighs are gonna be fine because I carried most of my weight in my belly. Are any of you putting any lotions or anything on your incision scars? I don't know what would be best to buy?

Breakfast- coffee w/ half and half, protein shake lunch- I was super busy at work today so I just had a cheese stick and turkey stick. snack- Dannon light yogurt dinner- roasted chicken thigh with a Lemmon butter pepper sauce, riced cauliflower. Snack- finished up the other half of my dinner..lol

Are you allowed yogurt? I was allowed yogurt during my 2 weeks on liquids post-op. Also well blended creamed soups really helped to fill me up. You can do this!!

I had a great experience with Dr. Illan in Mexico. Complications can happen anywhere and aren't always the fault of the doctor. If I could have afforded surgery closer to home I would have done it though, just because it would be easier to get follow up care.

I would stop weighing everyday if it stresses you out. As long as you are following your plan you will start losing again. Focus on NSV such as looser clothing, less painful joints, much smaller grocery bill....

It is definitely challenging when you are a diabetic and have limited food choices. What medications were you taking before surgery? My doctor told me not everyone is able to stop their medications after surgery. Some will still need them to keep bs controlled. I hope this isn't the case for you.

Choose the shakes and yogurt with the least amount of carbs. That is really all you can do until you are able to eat more variety. Once you are moved up to puréed and soft you can eat meat and vegetables Puréed well. Things like tuna salad, scrambled eggs, chicken salad, refried beans, cheeses.

THat sounds like a lot of carbs in one day for a diabetic. I have not gotten anywhere close to that many carbs in a day. I would try to get your carbs down to 30 total for a day and see if that helps. Are you walking? Are on any medication? I think you should probably talk to your doctor. You haven't said if you are taking any medications?

I see now that your surgery was ten days ago. Have your bs been normal and just today started going up? For me I have been keeping my daily carbs less then 30g mainly because of just focusing on protein and I haven't had a reading above 110. I would keep an eye on your levels and report it to your doctor if they don't come down.