FluffyChix

I'm sorry to hear this. Please be sure to tell the docs and nurses about how much fresh fruit juice you have been having each day. Pineapple and citrus are significantly acidic and could have caused an anastomotic ulcer/perferation of the suture line, etc... Hope they get you figured out quickly.

Awwww! So sweet! ((hugs)) I'm so glad you had a lovely mom and have an awesome hubs. You deserve it. You are very special my friend. I'm blessed by your friendship and mentorship!!!

IKR! It REALLY reminds me of the texture of soft tofu. Lovely and velvety/creamy with the same blank palette taste of tofu. I am gonna have to try hot/sour soup with it. Actually this soup kinda reminds me of h/s soup with different veggies. So dang good. I could eat the egg cups and chaffles every meal and every day. LOL. They almost melt in your mouth-not rubbery or hard at all. I poached it for like 7 minutes?

Agree on the paper bag waist. I too have a pair of pants that writes tickets my waist can't cash. So I never wear them out.

Mine was being recliner chair bound, not being able to stand longer than 5 minutes, hard to wipe myself, hard to shower, asthma out the wazzoo, high bp, high heart rate, breast cancer remission, t2d, tons of meds, tons of chronic pain, tons of cortisone shots to the hips and back, not sleeping longer than 1 hour at a time, lymphedema in my left arm moving to stage III, on pain meds dailly, drinking daily to help dull the pain, and a staph infection in my foot that caused me to realize I needed the surgery my oncologist had been trying to get me to do for the two years previous to the foot infection. I would go weeks without going out of the house.

Nah. That's a call to the doc. Are they tarry? Sticky? Hard to clean up? You are about the time where a lot of us realize although the trains appear to be moving, we really have a giant back up of poo. And it can get hard and can cause some bleeding. Or it could be stored poo from the surgery that still has some blood from the procedure. But I would say if you've been having them for 16 days, this is cause for real concern. Are you having any pain?

Hahaha. yes. Don't listen. You need the surgery.

Ok, sorry to clog up the feed so much lately! I just love those little egg poachers! I've been making this green soup for a long time and I only just started making "tofu" out of egg whites (can't have tofu). And if you have trouble with eggs, you should totally try this method. You season them how you wish: yesterday was mexican with salsa, today is asian with five spice, garlic, ginger, sriracha, sesame oil. Then poach or nuke em in a bowl (20 second intervals in the micro until just done--takes 2-4 sessions). Then cube them and drop them in your soup. Tender, delicious. This made 2 cups (2 servings) of fabulous and comforting soup and took all of about 5 minutes to throw together and about 10 minutes to cook. #dangdelicious! Here's the ingredient list. Each time it's different depending on which veg is lurking in the freezer. 2 servings totals: 255 cals; 32g protein; 6g fat; 16g carbs; 8g fiber; 8g net carbs per serving: 178cals; 16g protein; 3g fat; 8g carbs; 4g fiber; 4g net carbs. Score!!!

@GreenTealael Sorry, this quote above led me to believe you were asking me specifically. Thanks!

It was yummy! And I'm noticing with the chaffle open faced sandwiches, I actually feel "full". I think cuz of the psyllium.

No afters but here's today's brekky offering. I used my new egg poacher to make a poached egg + eggwhite and uncured BH salami slices. And used the air fryer to rewarm my chaffle and also to melt the 1/2 slice of 2% kraft deli deluxe with 3 slices of BH uncured salami. More cals but sooooo good in a totally different way. I actually think I prefer the egg puff better! I can't wait to get lox at the store this weekend and also can't wait to get canadian bacon or more Hillshire Farms ham! Here's the meal: 216 cals; 20g protein; 12g fat; 6g carbs; 1g fiber; 5g net carbs.

Yes! Absolutely! Ok, so we're about the same volume then. I don't have too many "small pouch" days. But I do have items that I can eat less of for the signal of "meh that's enough". Cottage cheese is one of them.

Congrats @Tracyringo look at you! You're a rockstar! Way to get back inside the window!!! @Meryline So happy to see you here! And happy to know at 2 years you are around the same capacity as me by gram weight. But I eat way more than 2/3cup of food (150ml) at a time. My volume is around 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups with more veggies.

Oh, I don't go away hungry. I just don't go away full. Does that make sense? I go away with the feeling like "Ok, I can go another 4-6 hours before the next meal..." but it's totally different than walking away "complete" and "full" or "stuffed". You know? It's very difficult to describe though. It's simply, "enough." If I was still hungry, I'd for sure up my veg quantity for the meal. My "no seconds" rule is about building new habits for the future. I used to be a seconds and thirds girl. But even more, you can see that going back for more after about 30 minutes or so can lead to regain. So I don't want to do feed the mouth craving for just another taste. And just for the record. My eating has never been about "seeing how little I can eat in a day". My eating has been all about see how MUCH nutrition, I can pack into my caloric intake and how much food quantity that can be so that I'm not starving all the time. It is always a case of fitting the most food into my macros for the day and will likely continue to be that way, cuz it makes me happy. And I'm clearly not starving to death.

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Me 2. I just still try to do it by my meal volume size from the doc. And I eat as many times as needed to make my maintenance cal/macro target for the day. Obsessed much? LOL!

Good question. I actually weighed and measured the ingredients (not really packed). So now I know what to measure on a scale each time. For instance, I know ever salad that includes all of these ingredients will look like this: 10g purple onion 18g red bell pepper 14g baby carrot 30g cucumber 10g shredded cabbage 14g baby spinach (more for romaine or iceberg cuz it weighs more per volume) 8-10g arugula 2 to 2.5oz dense protein optional: 4-6g reduced fat cheese crumbles 4-8g pumpkin seeds or some kind of nut 14g avocado Zero cal dressing of some nature. That will make about 1 1/2 cups of loosely packed salad. It might even be closer to 2 cups.

Ok, the most AHHHH-mayzing Chaffle breakfast sandwich evs!! I heart my new silicone egg poachers from World Market!! They also have the mini waffle maker there too in tons of cute colors! This is ridiculously delish and I was even filled up with it!! Moooooooove over McDonalds! I give you the Chaffle Breakfast Open Faced with a Poached Southwest Egg White and 2% Deli Deluxe Cheese with Grape Tomatoes. All for around 150cals. I've said it before, I'll say it again but I'm the Calorie Whisperer--it's my super power. Here's my version of this chaffle recipe along with the link to where I first saw it. This makes 4 small chaffles perfect size for us. Here's the whole meal breakout: 143 calories; 13g protein; 7g fat; 8g carbs; 2g fiber; 6g net carbs Here's the mini DASH waffle maker. So worth buying... Here's the Egg Poachers at World Market

I have to eat something really weird to feel "full" or eat way past my 1cup volume. Things that make me full: Glugging water quickly can fill me up to the point of discomfort. It's as if my roux limb reaches capacity then sends the full signal back up to my pouch stopping things. But I don't fully understand the physiology or science behind this. I just know this happens. Cottage Cheese eaten quickly within 5 minutes can back me up and make me full for hours. I can eat 9oz by volume. Dense dry chicken or pork eaten fairly quickly within 5 minutes can back me up and make me full for a few hours. I can eat 7-8oz by weight (terrifying cuz that's about 1 1/2cups of food by volume). Combined meal: 4-5oz dense dry protein (no sauce or meat lube) + 3oz al dente veggie + 1oz avocado + 1oz grape tomatoes can make me full for a few hours but not as full as cottage cheese. Mostly I just eat to my volume per meal and stop when no longer actively starving. That meal looks more like this: 3-4oz dense dry protein (no sauce or meat lube) + 2oz al dente veggie + 1oz avocado + 1oz grape tomatoes - I'm no longer hungry, but I don't have a full sensation either.

Ditto. Yay @Tracyringo woooohoooo! Your menu looks tops girl!!! BACON!

Aw man! I remember that day too! I was totes legit happy!!! Congrats! It gets better every day. You're doing this thang!