FluffyChix

You need to get help from a therapist and RD. You may need some home health. I'm so sorry you are going through this. But safflower oil is a terrible kind of fat to add to your drinks. It really damages your heart long term. Ask your PCP for help. If you are dealing with anorexia, the cure is way more complicated than simply "upping" your cals or drinking Boost. It constitutes a near medical emergency IMHO. ((hugs))

Oh fersure!!!

Welcome! Way to go with a great attitude!!

Be a hero. (But turn your caps off first, mkay? :D)

Follow your surgeon's rules. They are there for a reason=to absolutely MAXIMIZE your weight loss. Don't get tricky. Just blindly follow his or her plan. Let's face it. We didn't exactly do so well for ourselves when we were in control and winging it, did we? Don't squander your honeymoon period. The. End.

Wooohoooo!!! That looks like my skin now! hehe Congrats!

Not at all. LOL. I'm right there with you! I only have morning appts. I wear the same thing each time and it's the lightest set of clothes I own. And I take my shoes off and make sure I pee just before the weigh in. Oh and go fasted with no fluids in me. And no coffee, cuz coffee will add a pound to the scale all the time. Obsessed much? LOL! ?

Congrats! You look fabulous!

No you won't. You will be hungry for about 4-5 days. Pound water! Here's what I ate yesterday! I fasted through until 1pm yesterday. So each day I do an 18:6 TRE (time restricted eating). I had the following: Breakfast: Black decaff coffee + green tea + bergamot tea + turmeric/ginger tea (all unsweetened) Lunch: Big Ass Stirfry (ate it in 2 meals) Snack: Maatcha Greek Yogurt with Blueberries and Walnuts Dinner: Turkey Lettuce Cups (like tacos in lettuce)

My bowels sucked! Now I have a daily formula which keeps me pumping regularly. Here's my recipe for terlet success. 17g Miralax (Clearlax) 2 Colace (docusate sodium) 12g Now Brand whole psyllium seeds dissolved in 14oz of Lipton Cinnamon Apple Spice Tea (drink it room temp) + 6 drops liquid vanilla stevia lots of leafy dark greens + broccoli + cauliflower + asparagus healthy fat 100+ water per day limit dairy except Greek yogurt raw fermented veg (sauerkraut, kimchi, lactofermented veggies hummus

Save the $$$! You look fabulous!! Congrats girl!! Now go change your stats to reflect the new gorgeous you!!! Cute bikini where'd you get it?

Dang! Drop the prednisone. Reduce your protein. What did she say to do with the protein? I'd eat no red meats or cheese for a while. Ditch the carbs. Stop any protein drinks and get your protein from foods. Sorry you are dealing with this.

2nd opinion. Go back to basics. Take it one day at a time. Do the things that worked right out of surgery. Clean your crap out of the house: pantry, fridge, freezer. Go back to exercising everyday. Drink your water but don't drink with meals. Follow your old rules!!!! If you must snack, make it highly dense, low reward foods: hb eggs, raw veggies with a bit of Greek yogurt mixed with herbs and must be 100cals or less. Ditch the carbage. Focus on dense very lean proteins. Drop your cals to the level you were at when losing. Consider doing IF with EFs (extended fasts) once you are fat adapted.

Beautiful!!! Congrats to you both. You both look younger and healthy!

https://www.vitacost.com/vitacost-shirataki-rice-non-gmo-and-gluten-free I love it! I rinse it well, dry fry it in a pan until it's dry. Then add spices to it and put it aside. Then dry sautee the veg until al dente, give a couple olive oil sprays and add my "sauce ingredients": WF Sesame Ginger or Asian Dressing, rice wine vinegar, tamari, sambal oelek, toasted sesame oil. I add the shirataki rice portion to it and toss. I don't usually have so many ingredients in a stirfry, but I had a lot of veggies about to go bad. This made 2 meals:

Congrats!

Lunch today. I'm so afraid of dumping I won't eat Chinese out any more. So made my own "miracle" stir fry using very little oil, and no sugar and miracle rice. So dang good!!! I forgot to add the chopped almonds/cashews for the pic but they were delish. Still working on it, but think there will be leftoverskis.

Use water. When hungry, drink water (not sweetened) or decaff green tea or decaff black coffee. The hydration will help you heal quicker and allow you to be able to consume your foods and progress your diet appropriately! Good for you for talking to yourself and moving! Get your move on girl!!

Congrats!!! That's fabulous!!!! So happy for your progress!!

At 14 months, I do. I only eat 1 serving--not a whole bag though. And I follow the rules: protein first, veggies second, and if room, then the noodles. I chew them up super well though!

I love the shirataki noodles/rice. The bean pastas make me hungry and my blood sugar spikes too much. I spiral all different kinds of veggies and love them both as salad raw, and cooked with sauces!

Wow! I missed this. Awesome sauce! Congrats!!

Great topic! I'm still on the tail end of my honeymoon period (1st 18 months where we tend to "lose the most"), and am still not at my 3rd goal of 130lbs. I'm bouncing between 135-138 and have only seen 133 very briefly. Each time I bounce I think "this is it--this is where I'm stuck and where my body wants to be." And honestly? I'm not ready to have that conversation with myself and concede defeat. So I keep pushing and trying and working. Cuz It's not that I would "fail," but I set out to achieve my goal and although I'm not willing to die trying...it's important that I remain sharply focused. So honestly? I can't even go to the "maintenance" talk. I think it will look a lot like your bounce window and I think it's gonna include IF at least some point during the week. Is it obsessive? Probably to others it appears to be obsessive. I don't feel like I'm out of balance or control. But just as I hated being judged when I was MO, I hate being judged for my focus. Some of the women (who are not at goal and one who is on her second version of the surgery) in my local support group, tell me I'm "too intense" and too focused on goal and on a number on the scale...that I shouldn't weigh, measure, and log my food or weigh daily. They tell me that reaching a number on a scale and being defined by it is crazy town. But I disagree. There is comfort in "knowing data." If something in me breaks, I can go look at the data and will be able to spot where I'm going "wrong." It's cause and effect. But, saying this, I do allow myself to go out and cut loose sometimes. It's only ever one meal though and often not even a full meal. Then it's back to basics. I'm no longer terrified of being unable to maintain. I think I will be able to do that--but the trade off is that for me, personally, "mindful" "natural" eating is not a real thing--much like unicorns. I will always be on a diet. I will always try to weigh, measure, record my foods and weigh daily. And I'm pretty sure I will continue to limit my exposure to high glycemic index and high glycemic load foods. And I'm pretty dang skippy ok with that. One man's orthorexia, is another man's routine. I think the difference is whether or not it causes stress to the individual or if they use success or failure in that routine to beat themselves up and punish or self-sabotage. I don't feel that from my routine--only comfort. But others would and do imply I have "issues."

You don't happen to have kefir grains do you? I'm in Houston.

I have this one and like it quite well. Had it for years. But I would love an OXO one! https://www.knifemerchant.com/product.asp?productID=7510&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=1o3&scid=scplp7510&sc_intid=7510&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh6XmBRDRARIsAKNInDH335Fen5QJcfbrL8rNF6GObOJkKjS8GAhs45TQlvFmJiV8dZzMgzoaAj1eEALw_wcB