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I know right? I'm a total me too on your 5K success this week! It's what made me start to wonder just what I needed to do to get to my 5k! Who knew? It's totes do-able!!! Now I just have to figure out how to increase speed!!

Wow, what a hard journey!!! ((hugs)) Huge props and congrats for your success and courage in dealing with these complications! So glad you have ongoing care from a good doc and you have a plan for the future! Welcome to the boards. Post often!!! Can you share what he said about "knowing" what you needed to combat the spastic action of your bowels and why he felt psyllium was the cure? TY!!! (selfishly motivated)

Yaaaaayyyyyy!!!! Congrats on a successful ADF IF and ALSO on goal!!!! Woooottt!!!!!! Now keep going and get that 5lb bounce window!!!! You totally have this!!! 5:2 or even 5:1 depending on how you have to maintain sounds fab!!!! WooooooTTTT! So excited for you. Can you tell? You rawk!!!!

Good luck! I know a lot has changed in 17 years...but what specifically has changed about YOU? It will still only be a tool. And any tool has a work-around. We can and do eat beyond and around our tools everyday and face weight regain. Have you worked on your head? Do you have a bariatric counselor? Do you work with an RD who will give you extensive follow-ups over the next 5 years? Are you a member of a local weight loss support group? I'm asking these hoping to hear that you are WAYYYY ahead of me.

Yep! Show me...survey says, "Grateful!"

Yum, y'all! These pretzels are makin' me thirsty!!!

What's you're history? Impossible to relate or answer this...

Wooohoooo everyone! I just found this thread! Is it still in effect for Summer 2019? I rarely do the NSVs, cuz everyday feels like an NSV to me these days and I don't wanna hog the NSV threads! But I had to share this cuz I just had a realization! For the last 2 mornings, I "ran" for 60 minutes and 65 minutes continuous at a 3mph (about 5kph) rate. That means, I ran 3.1m yesterday and 3.2m today and guess what? That's a freaking 5K!!! Wooot! I will take that any day of the week!! Yay me. NSV!

Laughter releases endorphins and oxytocin (the feel good hormone). So does crying btw...but I'd rather laugh.

Congrats everyone!!! The pain does get better. Walk, walk walk. Sip sip sip. The more hydrated, the better!!! Drink it slowly. Vary temps until you find the one that works best for you. Also if needed, take that liquid tylenol at the first sign of pain. It really cuts it to a very manageable level!!!

Wow! I missed this post! Congrats to you pretty lady!!! What amazing results in such a short time!!! Love your style too!!! Woot. Stick around and post with us and play!!!

Yeah the breathing of this and the rhythmic strokes are meditative. Great exercise for it! Google four square breathing and also 8:6 breathing. (high 5 from a former fellow swimmer)

In a pinch, sure. You should check out this thread for ideas:

Yep this. This is what I get with RH. I have to eat some protein and a bit of carb to fix it. I take my blood sugar reading and then dose a glucose tablet accordingly, then eat protein 30 minutes afterward (once my bg comes back up) to stabilize it.

Yes, it's very common. It will pass! Do mindful things for yourself to help get through it! 1. Sunlight every day--exercise/walk outside if you can and also supp Vitamin D and Vit C. 2. EXERCISE hard every day--walk fast if that's all you got. 3. Eat healthy! Maintain good control over what goes down your piehole and cut out any crap if you're eating it. IT helps you feel successful. 4. Watch comedies. Laugh a lot. 5. Deep breathe--especially when you're in the middle of an episode of sadness. Google Four Square Breathing. 6. Develop a network of friends and likeminded people. 7. Get a creative outlet, even if it's coloring on your mobile phone! 8. Get enough sleep! Work on developing good sleep hygiene so you really get deep sleep. 9. Focus on happy thoughts, on the future, on victory. 10. Stand in front of your mirror in a super hero pose for 60 seconds each day and imagine yourself winning the day and being happy.

So I agree, we all go through this to one extent or another. The shame and stigma attached to WLS and obesity is really so sad. It's diagnosed by the AMA as a disease. That means doctors are allowed to treat us for this disease and insurance has to cover it, if it's listed as a covered feature of their plans. Obesity like many diseases is multi-factoral. Do we have some amount of culpability? Absolutely. But at the core, there is some element of broken-ness within that then takes our body out of homeostasis and hormonally sets us up for heartache down the road. Most of us are champion losers. But most of us are hideous maintainers. Sure there is ricidivism (reverting to old ways and patterns with eating/food), but our body also has a desire to take us back up and level us off at our last HIGHEST weight level. Yikes! Hello regain? Yes. WLS helps break this cycle. It is a metabolic reset. It is actually (or can be) more of a weight maintenance tool than it is a weight loss tool. But like with any tool, it is up to us to use the tool correctly. Don't use a screw driver to hammer in a nail. And just like with any disease, take heart disease...do you blame the patient for needing a heart bypass or stint if lifestyle changes and medicine doesn't work to reverse their CHD? No...we don't. Then it's unfair for MO people to be blamed for needing a surgical intervention to help normalize a substantially broken metabolism. This is what finally gave me peace about my surgery. I also have PCOS since I was 13-14y. My highest weight was 325lbs. My recent high was 287lbs. I weigh 134lbs this morning. I'm 56y. I'm not any great shakes. But I am determined and focused and have chosen to put my love/adoration of food to the side in favor of kicking ass and taking names in the healthy living department. I just "ran" 65minutes straight this morning. When I first started I was chair/bed bound and couldn't stand or walk for more than 5 minutes. You can do this. But you do have to want to change and you have to apply yourself. My RD said that PCOS makes it harder and wl slower for patients. It's partly why I did the RNY over the VSG.

This. (I don't wait 30 minutes before a meal though--I used to wait 15mins.) But my RD said as long as you don't have restriction with liquids and it goes out of your tum super quick, then you can drink right up to the point of eating. I do wait 30-45 mins after eating though.

Damn! Smokin'! All a yinzers! @sillykitty Thinking you've changed my mind about palazzos! (sp?) @shanza Fu*k! Yeah! @Orchids&Dragons Love your outfits @ms.sss Doooo eeeetttt! @Cheeseburgh Ha! I almost have that outfit! @Sheribear68 (don't know why it quit tagging suddenly?) You look gorgeous! @greentealael LOVE the white bomber!! Hands down my favorite thread. And waiting anxiously for y'all to answer the question about belts and style and also for Ms. SSS to post her bikini pics!

Congrats!!

Congrats! Stick around and post with everyone! Help the noobs with your positive motivation!

This is basically a variation of my recipes I developed on Fluffy Chix Cook years ago. It always aggravates me when cooks don't give the inspiration link who inspired their version. It's just common decency. ? https://fluffychixcook.com/coconut-flower-oat-fiber-pyslli-wraps-atkins-owl-friendly/ https://fluffychixcook.com/basic-psylli-wraps-low-carb-gluten-free/ https://fluffychixcook.com/egg-fast-recipe-lo-lo-psylli-wraps-version-4-induction-grain-free-gluten-free/ https://fluffychixcook.com/coconut-flour-oat-fiber-psylli-buns-and-wraps-from-shannon-harding/ https://fluffychixcook.com/page-4-wraps-low-carb-keto-tortillas-induction-friendlygluten-grain-free/ https://fluffychixcook.com/keto-boboli-copykat-low-carb-keto-gluten-free/

Yes. I had one with contrast and a barium swallow and an xray. I was full of poo....

So sorry. At 3 1/2 weeks (I think it was about that)...I had that same issue. Suddenly started projectile vomiting and dry heaving...couldn't keep water down. Went to the ER. Got fluids and spasm meds for my bowels. So. Much. Pain. They did a CT scan and barium swallow and drumroll please...Turns out I was full of poo. After a MASSIVE cleanout on the #2 tracks with MOM, everything returned to normal. As embarrassing as that might be, I truly hope that's what is going on with you and they get it figured out soon! Glad your doc is on board and taking you seriously!!