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This makes 4 servings Golden Chocolate Chia Pudding (matcha is optional). Warm the cashew or almond milk up. Stir in cocoa, turmeric, and cinnamon until it dissolves. Simmer for about 5 minutes to cook the turmeric powder. Remove from heat and let it chill or come to room temp. Add other ingredients and stir every 5-10 minutes until chia seeds fully expand. Sweeten with preferred sweetener. I am using Monk Fruit liquid drops for this one. Divide into 4 containers. Chill well. Matcha Lemon Chia Pudding (Makes 3 servings) walnuts and blueberries are optional.

Gastric you are on each stage for two weeks- my surgeon did both my sleeve then my bypass 17 months after my sleeve- and it was the same same diet, for the same length of time- 2 weeks each stage Not mine.

Top 10 Tips for Intermittent Fasting Here's the LINK!

IKR? LOL. I um, look obschenely forward to my afternoon green tea and cup of matcha. Just sayin'...coinkydink? *snic*

Yes, then absolutely. That's what many docs prescribe. My doc was 2-4protein shakes, water, clear broth and a sf jello per day for 2 weeks. But that's considered the "pre-op liquid diet". An EWF is literally: water, black coffee, unsweetened tea (green, black, white, or herbal, but no fruit teas) as long as they are unsweetened and black without creamer or milk. Good luck. You'll do great!!! Oh and break up with caffeine and carbs now. It will make life post surgery much easier. Also make sure you really work on staying hydrated post surgery. Make healing easier.

You might also want to check out this thread and the importance of doing the headwork--especially during your honeymoon period. Right? Hey and congrats on all of your weight loss to date! Great job!

Hi James and welcome! Congrats on your upcoming revision. I hope it goes smoothly and you are able to progress into your stages without complication!!! Woot! I think 2-3 months to start IF/EF is a bit ambitious. I'd target 6-9 months or until: 1. Your new tool stops working efficiently. Give it time to do its job. And really focus on maximizing YOUR part in its efficacy (ie making healthy choices, deeply nutritious and low calorie dense foods, exercise, follow your surgeon's plans, follow 30/30, take your vitamins, plan/weigh/measure/log every bite of food, weigh daily for accountability, no booze, etc). It's really important to make good choices, but to let your tool do the job its meant to do. Right? 2. You can easily get all your water in (around 100+oz day). 3. You can easily get all your protein needs met with real whole dense proteins. That's usually a 6-9month progression or longer. ****** But, you surely can do TRE (time restricted eating) to consume your foods in a 16:8 window. At first, even that will be a challenge for you. You do not want to over-consume your capacity at any time or in any stage. And if you are compressing your eating window, that risk of consuming larger meals to compensate exists. So a 16:8 might take you 3-4 months post surgery to be ready to do that--maybe even longer depending on your rate of healing and size of restriction. But even setting a 13- or 14hour fasting schedule would benefit you per Dr. Longo. And that's basically an overnight fast. ****** I don't know about doing a WF for pre-surgery. They usually want your liver emptied, but your protein levels high so you will be at an ideal healthy level for surgery. Pray about that and ask your RD. If I had it to do over again, I would definitely do a bowel prep and make sure I was 100% cleaned out. Gosh mine post surgery was ridiculously terrible. One of the only complications I experienced at 3 weeks. Rosemary's Baby bad. So I'd bowel prep about 3 days before surgery, then do clear liquids for the last 2 days presurgery, making sure you are getting all your electrolytes. ****** Here's Dr. Mindy Pelz's Resetter's Tribe on FB. https://www.facebook.com/groups/resetters/

IKR? No ways am I giving it up. LOL. I'm gargling coffee...just sayin' (with ClearLax and a Colace back). hehe.

So yum! I saw those on FB this week and have em down to try them!!! Did you love 'em?

YUM!!!!

Yes, I have for the most part, waited until I'm close to Goal #3. I still won't do this very often. Even though mine are very LC. Here are the instructions from my old blog--this bariatric recipe is modified a little bit. http://fluffychixcook.com/mile-high-keto-biscuits-owl-low-carb-gluten-free/

Actually, I think you KNOW the answer to this. Why? Cuz this behavior is sending alarm signals to your rational mind. And you have begun changing your standards. This behavior is aberrant to your new core values. So it is setting up a contradiction. And that always brings stress. I do not think any of us are 100% perfect. Nor do I think any of us can expect to look at food "as only fuel"--ever! LOL. Cuz it is so much more. Our gut which manufactures 90% of the seratonin in our body makes sure of that. Food is fuel, fun, pleasure, reward, punishment, security, celebration, drug. So. Much. Stuff. I also think that morale seldom improves with beatings. You just have to accept a choice, catalog it, determine whether it helped or harmed, then decide what you want to do with the next best choice. Then you shrug and move on. But you don't in my honest opinion, tell yourself that your aberrant behavior is ok. It just "is". Right? No judgement attached. And it certainly isn't a treat. Is it a treat to harm your body with a big wad of insulin? Is it a treat to alarm your pancreas by suddenly loading it with highly available sugar influx that has to be neutralized quickly? Is it a treat to alarm your brain into a binge response? I don't think so. It sounds like you don't either. But it still happens to all of us. It's human. What I do think we have to do is reframe behaviors with food. I don't know about you, but I ENJOY healthy deeply nutritious foods. It tastes great. I don't feel deprivation. So food is fuel but brings me great satisfaction now. And when I'm faced with the tortilla chips I will make lateral changes after making plans to incorporate the tortilla chips in my daily menu. I'll bring pork rinds in my purse and have 3-4 real tortilla chips, then 3-4 pork rinds with salsa, guac, or queso. No big huge cheat. Instead of a cookie, I might have a couple of squares of a Quest protein bar candy bar that I cut into 8 pieces and freeze for emergencies...or a 1/2c of Enlighten or Halo Top Ice Cream. And I don't feel guilty or tempted to carry on with the highly caloric foods. Here's a good thread you might want to check out.

Breakfast this morning. My "Miracle Biscuit" (yes, it's a low carb analogue...I'm drivin' the bus to hell) with an egg white turkey sausage, spinach mushroom, sriracha and cheese filling. I ate the whole thing of course. And here's how it turned out in MFP. 166 cals; 18g protein; 5g fat; 10g carbs; 4g fiber; 6g net carbs. MMMMmmmmMMMMMmmmm! (That all fit in a 1cup volume.) There were no survivors...

It's cathartic if nothing else...

IKR?!!! I think we should all give it a 1-2 week test run and report results here! Who's game?

Just read this today from one of my favorite head docs! Mind officially blown. I will be trying to gargle several times a day now! Here's the LINK!

Damn. I could scarf it all down. Have you ever eaten a whole salad that size? Sorry you're having a small tool day or a "Meh food" day.

Congrats on re-seizing control of the castle. What an inspiration!!!! TY for coming back and sharing it. Wish you would stick around!!! So glad you applied the tools that helped you see success and that you took care of the regain!

Oh my! Didn't even think of THAT!!!! The possibilities!!!

Thanks for the recipe girl! I'm just a little bit askeered of but milk though...hehe

OP IS 7 DAYS POST OP VSG...bad advice!

Calling Dr. Bombay! Calling Dr. Bombay!! @GreenTealael Ok, so you little trickster. How DARE you! How DARRRREEEEEEEE you to get me jacked on cocaine matcha lemon bubble pudding (chia seed pudding)!!! One hit. One hit. That's ALL it took! *sob* In less than 24 hours, I've had 3 tbsp of chia seeds and 1 cup of Silk cashew milk along with the matcha, vanilla, and lemon stevia (plus a few walnuts and frozen blueberries and a little Grk yogurt mixed in). Three (mini meals) desserts...THREE!!! HOLY HOTNESS! HOLY Jehoshaphat Jerusalem! Where's my Wailing Wall now? Where's my Moses now? My chia seed package says 8g carb and 8g fiber for essentially a zero carb experience of nervana. Can this possibly be real? Is this gonna be a colon blow 2000 experience? And more importantly...can I have "tapioca" chia pudding tonight (aka vanilla) after having 3tbsp in <24 hours? And which nut milk is best? Almond milk or cashew milk? Which is thicker and less gritty? Which has better nutrients? And is the unsweetened vanilla version of these nut milks CRAP cuz of ingredients? I need so much. help. SO. MUCH!!!!! kthnxbyecomequickly...

You are very focused and committed. This is not an ordinary experience hon. SOME people can only eat small portions--others can eat more.

Impossible to predict. We're all so different and each of us have a different relationship and level of attachment to the food. Each of us have different mental preparations for this surgery. You really need to just start looking at how you view food. Start down-regulating its importance in your life. Start eating whole foods--lose the CRAP, detox off caffeine, get off sugar and all white stuff. Go low carb or keto now if you can. What you do now, will ultimately make life in the 2 week pre-op liquid diet and life in the 2-6 weeks post surgery so much easier for you. I was personally so ready for this surgery, mentally, emotionally, and I welcomed the changes with a hopeful and positive attitude. I have had very little grieving. I did have periodic episodes of unexplainable sadness and depression that would last anywhere from 1 hour to a day or two. These are a normal part of gut surgery, anesthesia, and liberation of hormones from fat burning. You learn to deep breath, exercise and get moving, get out in the sun, watch comedies, commune with your family and friends and to talk it through. Honestly, you will eventually be able to eat all the things post surgery that you eat now. The bigger question is, why would you want to keep doing the same things post surgery that got you the lifetime invitation to the Obesity Ball in the first place? That's lunacy. Albert Einstein said, "Doing the same things and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity." All things in small portions is a big fat forking lie invented and perpetrated by skinny doctors and nutritionists who have NEVER been obese. Once you are overweight or obese, a totally different set of rules apply--for life.

Take the weight off. Then do lifting. But get the weight off. Studies show that there is no such thing as targeted fat loss short of doing liposuction. Sorry.