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We really need a "shocked out of our minds" emoji for this.... OMG. I'm supposed to go in sometime next year to discuss fixing my capsular contractions and finally getting nips put on the barbie foobs...and now I'm like...crap, maybe tats WOULD work afterall?

TF???????!!!!! ?

I'm the calorie whisperer. It's my super power. LOL. I can pack super volumes of food into 650-850 calories. And right now, I'm intentionally trying to see how much I can eat per day when I don't restrict. I still find myself preferring lower fat food choices. I just feel better after a meal than if I eat a meal with lots of fat. So 1000-1200 cals is totes do-able for me. It's so wild how our minds do change the more we encourage those new neural pathways!!! Why are you gonna eat sliders until tonight? Congrats on your new low!!!! Woot!!!

Sorry to bear bad news, but seriously, the surgery is a tool. They operate on our tummies. It does NOTHING for our mind. I really encourage you to see a counselor and start working through your food issues and compulsive eating. You will have way more long term success with or without surgery. Also having a local support group--maybe even look into OA? In the past 2 1/2 years (actually much longer than that), but that's how long I've been pursuing this new WLS life (the lead up, surgery and post surg life), I've had to work continuously on developing new habits with food. And relationships. I have had to amend how we stock our pantry, fridge, and freezer and had to also work to get Mr. F. on board with living a healthy life. I believe that's what most are gonna need in order for long term success. I don't believe in the myth of restriction and malabsorption, nor do I depend on it.

@Sheribear68 So sorry about the sore tooth/gum! WTG on the fasting. Make sure you have feast days. Part of the IF is the INTERMITTENT part. ((hugs)) I do experience less interest in food, the more I do IF. But I still struggle with portions. If that makes sense? Yesterday was a hungry heifer day. No IF. No restrictions on eating. And here's what I ate: 8am 1st breakfast - Psylli Wrap Eggwhite Veggie Breakfast Taco with Cheese (127cals; 12g prot; 7g f; 2g nc) 10am 2nd breakfast - Strawberry Chia Protein Pudding with Nuts/Blueberries (293cals; 21g prot; 14g f; 12g nc) 2pm lunch - tuna salad in lettuce cups with cucumbers (120cals; 17g prot; 3g f; 5g nc) 7pm dinner - foil basa fish with zoodles in lite alfredo sauce and chopped salad (268cals; 28g prot; 11g f; 10g nc) 1st dessert - sugar free jello with greek yogurt topping 2nd dessert - gg brancrisp with lacy swiss and peanut butter (235cals; 17g prot; 13g f; 5g nc = 1st and 2nd desserts combined) Totals for the day: 1043cals; 95g protein; 48g fat; 52g carbs; 18g fiber; 34g net carbs) I'm 134.6lbs today.

Yikes! So...this would be exhausting, but what would happen with 6 meals rather than 5? And 1 or 2 of those meals are a protein bar like a Robert Irvine one that has lots of cals (300cals/bar) and is made from "better" ingredients? Like you eat the snack after working out and make it have 25-30g of protein in it?

So you dumped between the afternoon snack and your 11:45pm dinner? Or you dumped in the middle of the night?

So is that substantially less than it has been? Like, could you previously eat the amount of meal I described in my dinner last night? One thing that I find hugely confusing is the surgeons all seem to say "1 cup of food per meal by volume." And the RDs parrot this. Then they give specific examples of a forever diet. LOL. And it ALWAYS ends up being more than 1cup of food by volume. There is a huge cognitive disconnect with this issue. And what they don't seem to understand is that they have a group of compliant patients that are doing their best to figure out forever diets based on their recs, but lacking restriction. So they don't have the benefit of "feeling" when it's time to stop, cuz their tool tells them to stop. Right? So it's like, fu*k me! What do I go by? The sample meal plan that ends up being about 1 1/2 - 2 cups of food? Or their rule of forever diet = 1 cup per meal by volume?

Dang!!! Sorry about the dumping!!! ((hugs)) Your menu sounds amazing and like a crap ton of food! *drool*

What is your diet like? Do you plan, track, weigh, measure, or anything like that? Just curious. We don't see many people from 2004 procedures here.

Yay! How bout a full meal? What kind of volume? (Last night I had 3oz foil fish = 1/2c + 1/2c zucchini noodles in lite alfredo + 1c of chopped salad with iceberg lettuce, spinach, cucumber, onion, avocado and WF Italian Dressing). I ate it all in 20 minutes. I was satisfied but not stuffed.) *I'm in official "oh crap" fear mode.*

So what kind of meal volume are you eating now when you feel the first signal of fullness?

That's beyond awesome about the new lease on your restriction!!!!

Stealing. If I can figure out how!

Ouch! I had one of those too! My gut twisted when it went through an internal hernia. SOOOO crazy painful!!! I'm so so sorry that happened to you and thank God, no necrosis!!!! ((hugs)) And heal quickly!!!

Yay!!! Congrats!! So what's your updated weight? Update your signature. (Love Marvin the Martian!)

Protect BF from the light. Don't call attention to the areas he doesn't notice need "help". Glad you're doing this!!! I bet the doc doesn't think you're pics look bad!!!

Outlier Alert!!!! I started salads at 4 weeks. I started with baby spinach and purple onion and feta and Walden Farms Italian Dressing. I still eat at least 1 salad or green soup a day. I love them. And I can eat more salad than other food cuz it all has so much water in it, and is slightly sliderish for me. I always add 2-3oz of protein to it. Last night I had foil wrapped basa, chopped salad (iceberg, spinach, cucumber, radish, onion, avocado, grape tomato, low fat feta, Walden Farms Italian), and zucchini noodles with light Classico Alfredo. There were no survivors. I'm 17 months out. My advice is to go slowly. Protein FIRST! And keep your salads lean and mean! Do not go for a bunch of high calorie toppings like dressings, full fat cheese, croutons, bacon, etc. Figure out a way to keep them VERY light. Most of my salads are WELL under 100cals including dressing. It's very easy to have a 700 calorie salad if you don't control those variables.

Gosh! What a wild ride!!! What caused the extreme pain? I'm so sorry you had to go through this terror! And so glad you are doing so well! ((hugs)) FYI? I didn't have any complications or problems with pain and my abdomen looked like your's after my surgery too. Lovenox. Gotta love it. It puts on quite a "color show". Luckily most of us can absorb it. And you don't have to "love" the protein period, you just have to figure out a way through it. Try cutting your protein with things that take the sweetness away: 1. Decaff Coffee 2. Decaff Tea 3. High Protein Milk (like Fairlife milk or Fat Free Milk + Skim Milk Powder) 4. Greek Yogurt thinned down with milk to a pourable consistency 5. Water Add unflavored protein to soups. Get soup from the market (fresh) and strain it and drink the liquids. Hang in there and heal well! Walk, walk, walk, sip, sip, sip!!

Love the outfits ladies!!! Polka dots, stripes, short dresses, and confi-mom outfits!!!!

Yay girlie!!! You ARE a fierce warrior!!!! What I love about you (and find SO inspiring) is that you own your junk. And you figure out how to hack it to get back to your norm/happy place. And you keep trying and DO-ING until you achieve success!! That's a powerful lesson, not only in life, but here in the post-bari apocalyptic world! You know!?! One thing...with the warrior diet, it's important to throw some variation in there. Mix things up like, maybe doing ADF warrior OMAD or 20:4 combined with 2MADs and even 1 "controlled" feast day. You might even stick a complete 24 or 36 hour water fast at some point in the plan. With IF, it isn't necessary to be keto or low carb, especially if you are metabolically flexible (able to move easily between fat burning and sugar burning). So, so glad this thread has been able to help you get back to your happy place! We missed you!

2lbs total. Multiple times on the throne. Impressive!