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My vitamins are liquid and kept in the fridge. I am hardly in there anymore so that's why I forget so easy... I started setting reminders so hopefully it'll help lol.

In other news lol, today is day 19 - when I DO remember to take my vitamins, I take Mary Ruth's daytime and nighttime liquid vitamins. I went over them with my NUT and Dr and the only downside/ question they had was that each one has 8g of carbs per serving. Sad ( or not so sad?) part is... that still keeps me well under their goal of 50g of carbs so they are okay to take. I love the liquid vitamins over pills. Pills sit like rocks in my stomach, and these are GF so with having CD I don't have to worry. Which is super nice!

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My vitamins are liquid and kept in the fridge. I am hardly in there anymore so that's why I forget so easy... I started setting reminders so hopefully it'll help lol.

In other news lol, today is day 19 - when I DO remember to take my vitamins, I take Mary Ruth's daytime and nighttime liquid vitamins. I went over them with my NUT and Dr and the only downside/ question they had was that each one has 8g of carbs per serving. Sad ( or not so sad?) part is... that still keeps me well under their goal of 50g of carbs so they are okay to take. I love the liquid vitamins over pills. Pills sit like rocks in my stomach, and these are GF so with having CD I don't have to worry. Which is super nice!

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My vitamins are liquid and kept in the fridge. I am hardly in there anymore so that's why I forget so easy... I started setting reminders so hopefully it'll help lol.

In other news lol, today is day 19 - when I DO remember to take my vitamins, I take Mary Ruth's daytime and nighttime liquid vitamins. I went over them with my NUT and Dr and the only downside/ question they had was that each one has 8g of carbs per serving. Sad ( or not so sad?) part is... that still keeps me well under their goal of 50g of carbs so they are okay to take. I love the liquid vitamins over pills. Pills sit like rocks in my stomach, and these are GF so with having CD I don't have to worry. Which is super nice!

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Vitamin and supplements
Multi, Calcium, ferecon, Vit B, not sure what else 😂

Speaking of Vitamins and supplements... So I take:
- 40mg omeprazole
- 1 Fitforme bypass Multivitamin (https://www.fitforme.co.uk)
- 1 Iron tablet
- 1 chromium tablet (can't remember why so I'll just keep going until I run out then stop)
- 1 Biotin tablet
- 1 big ole chewable Calcium
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Day 17: Now that I've been sleeved this is Just about everyday's meals!

Required by doc:
Omeprazole (Rx)
Multivitamin (TJ's)
B12 (TJ's)
Calcium (citrical)
Vitamin D (weekly Rx)
Ursodiol
Iron + Vit C

Other ****:
Biotin (hair)
Gas X
Stool softener
Lactaid
L-Lysine (hair)
Flonase & Claritin (allergic to my kitties)

Jan. 18th:
Hold my Fiji...
Supplements: Party and business types.

Vitamins/Supplements:
Centrum Senior chewable (no iron), or 2 Flintstones Complete (w/iron) on alternate days
B12
Biotin, L-lysine sometimes

Day 18th - my top weight loss tip... log and weigh everything! I admit I don't hit my Protein goals a lot, I forget to take my Vitamins a lot, and I don't hit my macro goals a lot. But I do weigh, and measure, and log everything that goes in my mouth. MFP lets you build recipes, choose portion amounts, and calculates everything. So I know it's accurate, and it helps get me to my calorie goal.

No lectures please. I know I haven't met my protein goals or taken vitamins in a while, but my labs were perfect at my 3 month check up. My hair is fine and isn't falling out, and my weight loss hasn't stalled. What works for some doesn't work for all, and this works for me. [emoji175] [emoji179] [emoji91]

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Day 18th - my top weight loss tip... log and weigh everything! I admit I don't hit my Protein goals a lot, I forget to take my Vitamins a lot, and I don't hit my macro goals a lot. But I do weigh, and measure, and log everything that goes in my mouth. MFP lets you build recipes, choose portion amounts, and calculates everything. So I know it's accurate, and it helps get me to my calorie goal.

No lectures please. I know I haven't met my protein goals or taken vitamins in a while, but my labs were perfect at my 3 month check up. My hair is fine and isn't falling out, and my weight loss hasn't stalled. What works for some doesn't work for all, and this works for me. [emoji175] [emoji179] [emoji91]

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Day #18
Weight loss tip(s)
Drink Water, eat Protein

Top weight loss tip: have a DETAILED backup plan

I tend to be an organized planner but I'm either all or nothing. That means most the time my plan is followed to the letter but when my plan falls apart it falls all the way apart. In my past weight loss endeavors this led me to get my diet completely off track if things didn't go according to plan.

My saving grace is a backup plan, a list on my Google Drive that I can access from my computer or phone any time. It has healthy Snacks I could pick up from a gas station or grocery store. Drive-through options, restaurants for going out or picking up takeout. I include menu option because I can't be trusted to make good decisions in the moment. I rely on this more often than I thought I would.

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Number one tip: THROW IT OUT!
Growing up in a working class family it is instilled in you not to throw food out, don't waste food, clean your plate. It took a lot of retraining to toss certain leftovers in the trash.
Now, I am not talking about healthy food options that keep well--by all means save them and eat them again. I am talking about our less than stellar choices--like chipotle with rice, or street cart food, or anything over indulgent you may order in a restaurant. It's okay to indulge once in a while, but if you are keeping the leftovers and eating it for the next few days then you just turned you little treat into an entire week of no progress.

Jan. 18th:
Top weightloss tip:
#1. Find substitutions you can live with long term, very long term.
Additional:{Fun/vacation/birthday/celebration foods are just not for everyday life; Kale; Green Tea.}

Egad, woman! Hope you are doing alright now---side note, your food looked enviously delicious.

Ok, here's the rest of the day: lunch and Dinner:
Lunch was 1cup Turkey Chopped salad

Dinner: Caprese chicken and Green Beans (I only ate a couple of the green beans but finished the chicken.

Then sadly, the balsamic glaze I used caused me to wake up with RH and a bg of 46 or less. Had to do emergency reaction to get bg back up. Felt terrible: hot, massive sweats, heart beating fast, foggy/near-incoherence, shaking like a leaf. Ermergerd! Yuck!

Top weight-loss tip: log it!

Top Weight Loss Tip:
It isn't going to be very original but a few nuts (only a few) half an hour before dinner and I feel more satiated after dinner b/c my body is fooled into thinking I had a big dinner, then I'm not running around looking for more afterwards.

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Update:
Not featured: yogurt, chicken & chocolate chip Cookies a friend made for me.
(More tea, hot chocolate, coffee & water)
The Cookies: they were not Protein variety lol so *technically* I'm still on plan, but it's more about me not being a DB when visiting people who go out of their way with hospitality. I'll survive if I have a cookie, especially after walking 2 miles to see them.

January 17th! So today's meals in photos also coincides with my 3 month surgiversary! My dr said I was ahead of where I should be, but I need to eat more. Since I track everything he wants me to try eating every 2-3 hours. He was happy I'm averaging around 30g of carbs a day.

So...for meals in photos, today, I had 1 oz of mixed nuts and an ounce of colby jack cheese for "lunch" at 4 am. Perks of the night shift? I just now ate dinner of homemade sloppy Joe's and rice. I started with 5.7 oz, and had 3.6 left in the bowl by time I was comfortably full. Eating is hard, being motivated to eat is hard, going 14 hours between meals and forgetting to eat is apparently easy lol.   

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January 17th! So today's meals in photos also coincides with my 3 month surgiversary! My dr said I was ahead of where I should be, but I need to eat more. Since I track everything he wants me to try eating every 2-3 hours. He was happy I'm averaging around 30g of carbs a day.

So...for meals in photos, today, I had 1 oz of mixed nuts and an ounce of colby jack cheese for "lunch" at 4 am. Perks of the night shift? I just now ate dinner of homemade sloppy Joe's and rice. I started with 5.7 oz, and had 3.6 left in the bowl by time I was comfortably full. Eating is hard, being motivated to eat is hard, going 14 hours between meals and forgetting to eat is apparently easy lol.   

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Day 17

Feel better! Looks yummy though!