Frustr8

Yeah Okay, I prefer shocked silence to derisive laughter in the first place, don't you?

One of my Texas friends did it that way, dismissed 5 pm on surgery day. Went back the next AM to the hospital's Ambulatory Surgery Department for her Leak Test. A lot younger (and probably fitter) than me. She was one of those who went shopping at the mall after delivering with her newborn in a sling on her chest. I asked " Good God, why?" She said " Well they were having a sale of Linens going on!" Just the difference in age, think she's maybe 26? Having babies, having surgery, they both pretty much Wiped Me Out for the duration.

And I did the entire month of August 2018 because I desired the best outcome, I believe it was worth the sacrifice.

Congratulations on becoming a potential June Bug, may your surgery bring you all you desire.??

Mine didn't say anything either, guess I could have shaved anything I wanted as long as it wasn't my abdomen. And I couldn't use Hibiclenz so did alternate plan with Dial Gold Liquid. Pits and legs were smooth, I'm more traditional , lady bits stayed au natural, since I'm a natural Redhead not THAT THICK there in first place! That is, if anyone required my testimony on this subject.

Yeah I agree @ms..sss has done some pretty cool stats there for her 6 months. I hear her on the hair, mine sticks up in the air in the morning. WSYX, our ABC affliate in Columbus, has a pair of Osprey(fish hawks£ that nest every year in their tower because they have a glorified pond called Broadcast Lake on their premesis. Well every year they attempt to raise a clutch of eggs. Last year 2 of the 3 they did raise. So Sinclair€ named for the owning broadcast group) and Felicia( because of course. she's a Fish Hawk) raised Junior and Sissy Osprey in 2018. On the few years a third egg hatches, it's Bubba m Anyway the anchors think the babies are so cute, they have a tuft of baby hair sticking up, look scrawny and uncoordinated when first hatched. If their hair was red instead of grayish we would resemble each other in the AM. The thinnest areas of hair for me are the crown of my head and my bangs have gotten pretty whispy Tried using some gel yesterday., made 8t look like someone blew their nose on my heads Guess I will revert to just warm water, a comb,instead of a brush, and hope I don't frighten the small children and horses in the street! Other people who know me say I am looking GOOD, gosh was I that bad before? So I love/ hate my appearance in the mirror almost as much as the porcelain fixture. Still having trouble with the solider foods, even though I chew to a gray pulp or I think I do. So I go back to soups with protein piwder mixed in , cooked carrots, peas occasionally, brocolli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, they are usually a hit in Chez Frustr8, green beans. Made some homemade Cauli-Broccoli soup with lower fat cheese stirred in. Also have pureed 15 bean soup with Turkey Ham in it, good with a pinch of cheese on top, sorta like refried beans. A bowl of diet pudding. made maybe every other day, and in a Rubbermaid container with lid. Thi,long of making diet raspberry Jello with unsweetened applesauce in it, maybe put in muffin cups in bottom of fridge. Well I started out with BMI of 50+, now down to 34-35, is that okay for 8 months out? Means I am now merely obese instead of MORBIDLY so, think my planned goal is still in " overweight" instead of " Normal" , okay by me, to reach there I would be 140, that would be TOO DURN LOW and I suspect unsustainable for this Old Broad. I might gave been that size at 13-14 years old, Eisenhower was probably President then. Long ago, Far away, I belonged to the 4H, Girl Scouts, was playing basketball and softball , catching baseball with guys in the neighborhood,otherwise they couldn't field a team, and none of the guys liked catching in the first place, wanted to pitch or play fielder. Actually fought over having to play infield positions.

Down , D-o-w-n, my semi- smart phone just decided that last line was too long so the n was sneakily deleted.

Be true to your newly installed Weight Loss "tool", it will not let you dow,

And you can use for so many other things also! They make Duck Tape brand in Avon, Ohio, makes my Buckeye. ❤beat scarlet and gray to think of it!

Maybe you have started making teeny tiny steps toward victoryl! Well, goody for you Ms FrouFrou!

Why Thank You, I sure didn't expect that , I like your postings too.!

Hey I have been hoping to go to Cedar point and Kings Island now that I am flattening my chassis out to where belts might fit me.Now are you saying I'm gonna get the "Pukies" more from the rides? You may just break my hopeful ❤, oh shoot, I'm still gonna keep losing anyway.

And all the rest of us are out here cheering you both on!

Love it, love it, we all need an "A" for effort, don't we?

Well that makes it Okay in my book, I like free-styling better than strict regimen.

Probably better off that way, bread used to be one of my downfalls, especially homemade or Italian. Now I don't eat any, quite a change, but you know, I'm not tempted anymore.

Let us know how the "Use things up" works, if nothing else make Garbage Soup, that's what my Aunt Wilma called it, but often it was pretty doggone good.

That's still a lot less expensive than many areas are, you might get requests for more information on here!

This may sound dumb but put your heating pan on your tummy , it might help relax things enough that the gas burps up.

That's what I have to do, Silver Scripts is too dang cheap to authorize liquid for me, everybody complains about their health insurance , deal me into that poker game, I'll tell you how my Medicare part D people treat me and my peer group!

And my Terrapin friend will soon be the size of a Box Turtle instead! Good things ahead for you, God Bless and Keep You Today!

Well I had heard of Hurry Up and Wait, but you are the 1st example of Wait and Hurry Up I have personally known. Well the dreading is over, the fear you wouldn't be approved has finished, now forward , hup 2 -3-4. it's Pedal to the Metal Time for Y O U !

Most a week or 2, but occasionally longer, month tops.yOu get all kinds of answers on here. The closest I came myself was only losing a pound a month while I was on TPN, but the month afterwards , March, I dropped 30 pounds,so the extra liquid calories slowed me down or at least deferred it. ONLY other time I dropped like that was the first month after surgery So I doubt I even duplicate that again. But it is what it is so I take a little sorrow for future joy and happiness. A week from Sunday I will be 8 months out, May 2018 I wondered if it would EVER happen for me! The topic of this thread was " No Support System" try finding it among your same-age peers, everybody of mine either disapproves " You're being a Silly Fool" or they're already dead. But you tug up your Big Girl Panties and get on with life, and things do work out, most of the time!

Just been doing, got down to 228, when you consider where I once was (365+) that's dogg9ne good. Still marching toward Onederland, I though for a while I'd never get as low as I am now so maybe,i is achievable. Danged of I know which dead relative I resemble this week, that's the blessing of coming from a large family base, you always resemble someone. Hope its one of the M9onshone brewers, oops I mean Small Businessmen, they're more interesting than the polecats, scoundrels and thieves. And yes I have tasted Corn Liquor, one of the reasons I don't drink, it can give you a blinding headache! Looks clear, may even not taste all that bad, uncle ran it through coffee filters, but when it hits bottom, you can repent of sins you hadn't even had time to comitt! Managed not to vomit but sat on that tree stump a while until the world stopped spinning. That's a benefit of living as long as me, you garner a lit of stories and happenings. But still, best thing I ever did for ME is Bariatric Surgery! And the rest of my life will be the best of my life!???❤

I remember someone used to stir sugar-free jams and jellies into ricotta of cottage cheese. Said the cherry made him think of faux cheesecake, don't know if I could delude myself that well! Still it is a suggestion.?