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I think that if you are doing everything right, watch your sodium and water intake to see if you are retaining fluids. Otherwise just keep going and don’t get discouraged because you could just be in a stall.

Freezer because I don’t eat butter often enough to need it soft except in March/April then it’s on the counter.

Congratulations!

So I prepped a mega batch of Turkey meatballs (65) and I’m going to freeze the majority of them for future meals.

Ok and go with 178 at the 6 month mark, I think that was the right number

It will depend on a few different things but age is probably the biggest second only to budget. Is your face sagging or is it volume loss? For sagging only surgical methods really work to achieve the lifted tightened look. For volume loss you could use filler. If you’re young enough the non surgical treatments like RF may work to a degree (but not comparable to a facelift) but the older you are the less likely, and no one wants to waste money on things that don’t work. I’m sure you’ve seen a ton of videos but I think these are good at explaining the differences between different procedures. I hope it helps ❤️ BTW I don’t have sagging just loss of volume (thanks to WLS & COVID 🙄) And I’m doing biostimulators with a pro, manual microneedling at home and I have ALWAYS used retinoids.

1. Basics: GENDER, AGE, HEIGHT Female 34yr 5’ 3” 2. Total Weight lost in the 6 months BEFORE surgery (if any) 11 3. Weight on DAY OF SURGERY 238 5. Weight at 3 MONTHs POST surgery 199 6. Weight at 6 MONTHs POST surgery 188 or 176 Apparently I kept terrible records of my weight loss probably because I only weighed at doctor’s visit during my losing phase.

Mex inspired chicken soup. It was surprisingly good because it had cubed chicken breast so it was way to focus on the protein. I only ate about half.

What is the added item that makes it only almost pure?

Yes it will get easier but because you are immediately post op and experiencing a complication it may not feel this way. I hope you have a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

You may want to chat with someone like @loridee11 who climbed Kilimanjaro! (I’m still amazed 🤩)

Just an update on the expanding science in the treatment of obesity! https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02092-9 https://www.gq.com/story/the-next-ozempic-will-probably-be-a-pill/amp https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/23/health/eli-lilly-pill-orforglipron/index.html https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/new-triple-g-weight-loss-drug-may-be-better-than-ozempic/amp/

Hahahaha don’t say that or Novo and Lilly may add that to the side effects of GLP-1 meds 🤣

Oh Lordy! Try them for me 😋 How can I be so hypocritical so fast! I just said I don’t like food anymore a few post ago but any sign of Caribbean (or Indian) food and clearly do like eating 😆

I’m so sorry this happened to you and I’m glad you posted to help everyone else.

Wanna see my citations 😛

Speedy recovery and happy food progression!!!

As long as you are trending in the right direction don’t stress about it. You will do great ❤️

I can never tell unless something in the menu gives it away! Griot or any French/patois words -Haitian, “Ackee”-Jamaican and “Doubles”- Trinidadian. But this could be pan Caribbean! edit: I see the blurry “authentic Jamaican” on the sidewalk sign 😂

Save a taco for me 🥺

That sounds like island food! Jamaican or Haitian?

For inquiring minds: https://time.com/6284941/mounjaro-weight-loss/ https://time.com/6284941/mounjaro-weight-loss/ https://time.com/6289928/new-weight-loss-drugs-orforglipron-retatrutide-tirzepatide/ https://time.com/6290294/weight-loss-drugs-ozempic-demonization-essay/

@SleeverSk @Jeanniebug @summerseeker Well thank goodness those are not the options people have to chose anymore!

Congratulations! Wishing you a safe surgery and speedy uneventful recovery ❤️

Incretins like GLP-1, GIP, DPP-4 were isolated in the 1980s, these mimetic have been in trials since the 1990s and received FDA approval in the early 2000s for the treatment of Diabetes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707151/#:~:text=First in man studies reported,36)amide in human subjects. What’s new is the technology (delivery, longevity, combination), indications for obesity, insulin resistant, metabolic dysfunction, cardiovascular issues, PCOS and even addiction. The consensus is that these medications are long term. No need to worry about what happens if they go off of them because they are intended to be a life long commitment for most (but so is WLS). https://dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dom.14496 As far as support with lifestyle, Wegovy (FDA approved for obesity) offers a support program https://www.wegovy.com/coverage-and-savings/get-wegotogether-support.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIh6Tc2Ynm_wIV1TjUAR3YdgGuEAAYASADEgLARfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Also Weight watchers just bought one of the biggest telehealth prescribers of this class of medications https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/weightwatchers-buys-telehealth-platform-sequence-ozempic-wegovy-rcna73753 I’m all for new tech and there hasn’t been any major breakthroughs in the management of obesity that works this well since WLS. Many candidates for WLS may never pursue it, also many WLS patients battling regain may not be eligible for revisions. The access to a pharmacological route that works is an amazing step in the right direction and I’m absolutely on board with the advancement of the science in this field.