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A lot of vitamins make me terribly nauseas. But I now take Whole Foods Prenatal that my surgeon's PA recomended. I can take it on an empty stomach no problem

Lol, thanks! I figure this is what my life is, and I just have to make it work the best I can. But I have to be realistic. It won't be all grilled chicken and cucumbers. I'm relaxing a bit with my goal weight honestly. I was hyper focused in part because I wanted to have plastics next month. But then work interfered with that plan. So I don't HAVE to be at my target weight by any particular time. I might see if I can split up the plastics I want into 2 surgeries. I might do tummy and boobs at the end of the year, maybe? So hard to carve out the few weeks I'll need at home to recover. And then a have a big vacay in early Feb, so I need to be 100% for that. I'm also feeling more relaxed because I'm happy with how I look in clothes. I'm a 10 in jeans and slacks, I'm mostly a medium in work shirts. I'm a large in fitted t shirts. I like my curves. My tummy can be held in by tight fitting pants or compression garments. I'm coming around a bit on how I look naked too. I still don't like it, but I have a new man who's providing plenty of positive feedback, so there's that. Who knows, next week I might be all angst-y about it again

Yes, this! My jeans and leggings do an amazing job of holding me in. I use compression garments under dresses only when things look a little jiggly

For me, no IF nor did I eat very wisely yesterday. Oh well, I had a good few days proceeding it. Starting a week that is going to be all wineing and dining, including breakfast meetings. So no IF, more cals, non-ideal eating, and alcohol for this week ahead. We'll see what the scale has to say about it when I return

@Matt Z & @FluffyChix What fantastic months you have had! Congrats on finding what works and keeping the scale moving at this stage in the game!!

It was actually pizza! Thank goodness for Aldi hungry shopping, or else all I'd have to offer is cauliflower rice or spirailzed carrots!

I'm definitely the Molly in that conversation ....

My thoughts, EXACTLY

Woo Hoo ... weight finally dropped below my "low" from a couple of weeks ago! It may have something to do with my near total fast yesterday and some cardio ! Whatever, I'll take it! The bad news is, I woke up a hungry hungry hippo this morning. Super unusual for me. We'll see if I can power through with hydrating!

@GreenTealael I was watching Insecure last night and this quote made me think of you Molly: “You gotta f**k a lot of frogs to get a good frog.”

Wait for Black Friday

Less cardio that way ..... just saying ....

If you really wanted to you could weigh the frying oil before and after, to know how much was absorbed. I personal am good with guesstimating, but just in case you're not. This is the type of thing an airfryer is great at cooking, and also reheating.

Maybe I should start posting like this?

Hunan Chicken

That looks super delicious!

because you're stubborn

Dating is a numbers game, so IME, online is only option that is likely to get enough dates to eventually find someone compatible with to build a relationship. I totally get not wanting to date online, but it will greatly diminish your odds

I'm with @FluffyChix ... At 7.5 months out, I definitely cannot just eat whatever I want and still lose. I need to be conscience of what I eat and make good choices.

They have them here at Bariatric Pal, protein gummies. They are just relatively high cal vs. protein content

I do something similar. I drink right up to my meal. But then I often won't drink for hours after. It helps me keep that full sated feeling.

It's because of the euro exchange rate

Not in pudding only form

My family is incredibly long lived. This is kind of deep and heavy, but I have learned I definitely don't want to live forever, or even as long as some family members have.

I can totally do the gelato only while walking rule, easy, peasy! Super strict pre vacay, ugh, not possible with my current schedule.