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Well lads, today is Eid (sort of like Muslim Christmas) and my Eid present to myself was to join the gym. Happy Eid to meeeee.

Fantastic you must be thrilled!!

I wasn't given a permanent 'no' list but anything with quickly absorbing sugar is a big no-no. Icrecream makes me dump so fast my head spins. Same with commercial hot-chocolate/mochas. Jams and refined carbs give me reactive hypos and I HATE them with a passion so I just avoid those permanently now. But I'm lucky I can do a bit of dark chocolate without too many problems, so that's my bit of naughtiness.

Well!! Managed to go for a gorgeous walk up a bloody big hill. My watch tells me I climbed 55 stairs worth

I used to think I was a night owl but since instituting a strictish bedtime of 11pm if I stay up later I get exhausted. I guess I'm a hummingbird then??

Oh gawd autocorrect - Susan Carland

1. Personal Goal: imma hit onderland if it kills me! 2. Surgery: MGB (Oct 18), still losing 3. CW: 93.6 kg (206 lbs), 33.6 BMI (pre-lapband 153.5kg, pre-MGB revision 135.5kg) 4. Fun fact: it won't mean anything to peeps outside Oz, but keeping on with famous ppl theme, my daughter is besties with the daughter of Waleed Aly and Sudan Cartland and Wal's brother was my surgeon for my original lapband. (Keeping it in the fam ?)

Ooh I've looked at the Emmy list and has he been in a long running political drama?

I reckon it must be the hormones being released from the fat cells. My diet is hella better than it ever used to be, so it can’t be crap food.

Zomg the acne is driving me batty. I was fine until a month or so ago and now my forehead looks like a Martian terrain. I've nicked some of my daughter's prescription anti-acne cream and ordered some retinal something or other but as someone who has never really had to deal with much more than a few pimples as a teen, I'm dying here.

I have to be pretty careful what I do eat before not-eating for a while/fasting. Anything that spikes my insulin response (that can include too much protein or something with hidden sugar like carby bread) and I'm guaranteed reactive hypoglycaemia three hours later. I hate it! But if I'm good, I'm fine. I'm doing 18:6 fasting no probs if I make sensible choices and I'm so attune to hypos I can sense when they are coming pretty early on and then I pop a glucose tablet or take a teaspoon of maple syrup. I've got it down to a fine art because I HATE hypos (T2 diabetic in remission here).

I tell you what tho, except for here and a few select ppl, I'm not telling others what my goal is because I've had that many well-meaning ppl tell me it's too low even though it's literally the absolute top of the "healthy" BMI. TBH I think it says more about them and how overweight is the new normal these days. "We support you in your weightloss but we don't want you to be not the fat one in our family/friend- group".

You may find after healing you can eat larger portions than regular surgery folks, if he didn't reduce the size of your stomach. My surgeon had to leave a bigger pouch because of scar tissue from my lapband so I have to be careful with portion control so I'm not taking in too many calories, but the malabsortive part has really worked for me. It's trained me (despite my stupidity) to avoid sugary carbs and too much fat because it feels so unpleasant to indulge too much. I'm at the point where the thought of eating regular icecream is unpleasant so I don't even miss it. So you can definitely work with the tool you have!!

Heellloooo *cough* ummm I'm baaaack too. I dunno why I stopped posting but I kinda took a social media break. Good luck with the revision surgery @GreenTealael and soz to hear about ur hernia dramas @Fluffychix

I love the shocked look on your face! Well done!

An untruthful story I often tell myself: I don't have any willpower. At least that was what I told myself before WLS. It's amazing how I thought not losing weight was all my fault and I'd I could have just applied more willpower. Magically, I seem to have it in spades now, oh you mean it wasn't my *fault* I couldn't lose weight until I had a bypass?

So so many. I grew up on a farm so my brother and I used to amuse ourselves all the time. We used to climb the hay bales and look for baby mice. That was great fun.

I'm doing really well this month despite stall when I was crook. I'm sooooo close to making my March goal! 21. I could do with more balance in my sleep. Its either too much or too little. My circadian rhythm is pretty skewiff. 22. Biggest victory so far has to be losing over 32 kilos so far with my surgery. I never believed it was possible that this could actually work, and every day I wake up smiling b/c of it!

Teeeheheh thx

Sounds good@Mikeyy I'm pleased it is heading in the right direction for you!

Sounds good@Mikeyy I'm pleased it is heading in the right direction for you!

Sounds good@Mikeyy I'm pleased it is heading in the right direction for you!

19. My PhD. Took me long enough (the better part of eight years) but now I can answer when the airline pilot asks if there's a doctor on board. ? 20. My bamboo sheets. Oh my gosh, if you've never slept in bamboo sheets they are INCREDIBLE

The smell of grass being cut. They've started doing it again after winter and it's glorious.

Awwwww good morning to you too gorgeous (to be fair, it's evening where I'm sitting). Don't you wish we had Star Trek transporters so we could beam over for a visit and a cuppa.