GreenTealael

Finally a thread I was made for...Lol ALL of them, (Literally ALL I drink a lot of tea) I stayed away from caffeinated and peppermint in the beginning but then I returned to them soon after. I love Good Earth Matcha Maker , Celestial seasonings Red Zinger, Tazo Passion, Harney & Son's Green tea with coconut, Bigelow plantation mint (sketchy name), teavana youthberry , English Earl Greys, ceremonial matcha,etc ... I need tea to be extremely hot almost boiling when I drink it,

Try Pep talking to yourself in the mirror, seriously. Remind yourself why you are doing it. "Ok, body I need you to hit ketosis/ketogenesis so that the fat around my liver disappears making surgery safer, we can do this!" It works, every time I was hungry preop I did this ( I was even required to do the preop diet but I was scared so I did it anyways)

please take your vitamin supplements, some deficiency show up immediately and are temporary havoc and some show up later and ruin your life. Looking good!

Oh I trust my body, I don't trust bread and pasta in my body... I can live without it

I'm totally here for "whine down to the weekend" Body dysmorphia is just f-ing ridiculous. I was just looking at a picture of my now smaller self thinking "my what larger hands and feet you now have" I'm like here we go again...

Determined to make it to goal... I had a bunch of vacations and shenanigans that I need to make up for lol

I NEVER had restriction with yogurt though... I just stopped at the measured amount. Now I need to backtrack

The scale (or being prisoner to it) can make you miserable if you let it. If it causes anxiety you can always take a break from it. I plateau for a month at a time, I can't imagine weighing every day to confirm this...

9 months post op 80 lbs down

Alpha Bravo Team COMMANDO!!! Congrats

I love the visual ! People forget just how much our intake is reduced when we portion small sizes. It looks like we are purposely eating less. But this tells a different story!

Paleo turkey wraps Ground turkey spices avocado lettuce so good I ate it all

Hand rolled Salmon avocado sushi rolls Pouched salmon fresh avocado lime juice hempseeds braggs liquid aminos Three meals

That's not a personal trainer, that's a friend...

You are going to be surprised how fast it goes and how necessary it is to make lasting changes like giving up sugar, carbonate beverages, caffeine, and smoking. Or organizing your house and family to not sabotage progress after surgery.

If you have not gained you are maintaining. Go back to basics immediately. Remove any complex foods that you didn't eat at stage 4 (the stage when you first started eating real foods again) make all super clean and simple. I was stuck for a month, did it (plus increased my water seriously and stopped eating after 9pm) and im finally losing again.

I don't usually rant but I can't help it this time, This Saturday someone older ,whom I respect , approached me to try to pry information out of me on if I had WLS. First I'm super private about all aspects of my life so the fact that I didn't tell them should be a hint that I didn't want to have the conversation. Second this person is Morbidly Obese and battling diabetes etc and could benefit from this surgery but I say nothing as it is not my place to play prophet for WLS. Third they tried to counsel me on weight loss now and what not to do, i.e. Not to lose anymore weight, don't understand why I did it, etc... HOW DO YOU EVEN DEAL WITH THIS?!??

Now you may have to eat and train like an athlete, I suggest YouTubing information on it (after speaking with with your team of course) but it is possible, hard like all the rest of the population transforming their bodies, but possible.

This may be your set weight. The predicted goal is not always achieved. Not saying you can't or won't get there but it may be a monumental struggle, be prepared to work like crazy.

Before you go all the way to the liquid diet again, what is your regular diet? Can you give examples (honest)? Also intermittent fasting is an interesting prospect if you can handle it...

So no gaining, just no loss? How long has this been trending for?

Unfortunately not all cals are created equal and sustained weight loss is trickier than cals in cals out. What are you eating? Carbs as in bread and pasta or carb counts (macros) ? You may need to reconnect with your team for a revised plan and do a bit of research to get over this hurdle. Google (scholar) and YouTube (Doctors,NUT,Trainers) can be great resources Research glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, lipolysis, and ketogenesis.

Premier is good, maybe adding ice to it, anyway to get a lot more water in. 72oz is ok but you may need more... Let us know what your NUT thinks! I lose slow AF but researching helped me to understand it a little better. Especially what I could do to improve my chances, but ultimately my body will dictate where i land

Can you bump that water intake up? 24 oz before breakfast shake? Also what kind of shake? And how many grams of sugar? Its interesting but weight loss is not as simple as cals in cals out, its also types of calories. Too much sugar will prevent you from loosing. Google glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, lipolysis, and ketogenesis when you have time.

I'm not I'm your bracket but I lose slowly as well. What is your pure water consumption looking like? And can you give examples of your meals (be super honest ,no judgment) because not all calories are created equal.