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Yep, your low cal/fasting days aren't very much different from our regular days!

same!

Surgeon had no list nor limits, he just said, try stuff out one by one and see if it agrees with you. He did say no NSAIDS, but we are talking food here... Nutritionist said no Alcohol nor Carbonated Drinks (I choose to drink them anyway, and nutritionist gives me sad, disappointed faces). I say no bread, pasta, rice. Everyone says: Limit/watch the sugar.

Yay!

ummm...yeah. like the 800+ calorie snack I had 2 days ago. lol. Are you attempting to be sub 500 every day? For how long?

It's hard. Easier said, I know, but try to allow yourself more time to stabilize. A BMI 22/23 is still above the midpoint of "healthy" BMI range, you've still got quite a bit of leeway. Also, try not to listen to other's comments about your weight/appearance (again, yeah, easier said). These comments are actually what started the second-guessing of myself at the beginning of maintenance. I was walking around thinking I was the epitome of awesomeness until the first few "concerned" comments started coming in. Went through the whole "oh my gosh is something wrong with me?" phase. I trust myself way more now, and luckily (or unluckily, depending on how you see it, lol) I am back to thinking I am all that. Eye on the prize. You will figure it out, even if it means it feels like you are spending all day getting your calories in (and I say this as I sit here eating my lunch which I started almost an hour and a half ago). Sometimes I think maintenance is harder than weight loss.

Challenge accepted. 😂

You can def pull of both comfy cas and dressy business. Check this one one, kinda like you in your pic with the black tee & pleats AND flats.

Still at 650 despite the late night snack...still good no? Or were you trying to fast?

OMG i just googled Goat Yoga. Too cute!!

5'2", 114.5 lbs, ♀️ 9m post-op, maintaining Yesterday's Menu - Monday August 5th: Note: times listed are when I FINISHED eating Ok, was semi-successful in eating lower-carb yesterday to make up for the few high-carb days I've been having. Though it looks like my average higher carb consumption this past few days has had little to no effect on my weight (so far). But of course concentrated larger doses of sugar still makes me dump. I'm not reaching my average of 1500 cals lately either...i know this is because I am waiting too long to have my first meal of the day, so I end up eating less overall. Need to work on that... Am also going to start including my exercise efforts, to give a better picture of calorie intake vs expenditure, if it helps... 9:00 am: black tea -- 2 cals 2:30 pm: ** ate 2/3 of this ** 2oz romaine lettuce + .75 oz carrots + .5oz feta cheese + 1 fl oz pumpkin seeds + .5oz cucumber + 1.5 oz avocado + 2 oz grilled mahi mahi -- 391 cals 4:30 pm: ** ate leftovers of 2:30pm meal ** + 2oz romaine lettuce -- 11 cals 6:30 pm: 1 cup eggplant parmesean + 1 pumpkin crisp -- 365 cals 7:45 pm: .5 oz EACH of blue, brie, cheddar, and goat cheeses + .25 oz procuitto + 1 oz red grapes + 4 fl oz red wine -- 316 cals 8:30 pm: 2oz beef jerky -- 178 cals Totals: 1275 cals, 99g Protein, 46g NET carbs, 58g fat Yesterday's Exercise: 6 km of alternating 1km walk then 1km run outdoors (45 mins) Strength training - Arms (15 mins)

OOTD for dropping by a client site today...(yikes just noticed how dirty my mirror is...)

this has become one of my FAVOURITE things to do 😎... validates my increasing shopping problem.

I'm with @catwoman7 on this one, perhaps the "fat" you are looking to shed is really just extra skin. The scan should tell you this. I have a body composition scale at home, though I'm not sure how accurate they are...maybe you can try one out at a store, just to get a vague idea...? Because really, your pictures don't look like someone who needs to lose another 10-20 lbs... According to this, my target weight range based on 60-80% EBW loss is 133-155lbs. I'm 5'2", and wouldn't have been happy stopping at 155. I *may* have been happy at 133 (if that was as far as I could go) because yeah, my stomach was still a little puffy, but still had good boobage going on. Now I'm quite happy with my stomach/waistline, but the price was my boobs . And butt. I think I can plump up the butt (slightly) with some targeted exercise, but my boobs are gone forever (barring any boob plastics, which I'm not particularly interested in, as there are a tonne of other things I would do first before that - if I could) Yep, I think trying to get to a weight based on clothing size in our pasts doesn't always align. I was 5'2" and 105 lbs in high school and wore a size 5. I'm 114-ish now and I can wear sizes 0-2 (or a child size 12 for fricks sakes). Mind you, a good part of this can be explained by vanity sizing, but I I'm pretty sure I'm way smaller now than I was at 105 lbs. The exercise and working out probably explains the rest.

The colour is awesome. I also think it needs a hemming (or some higher heeled shoes!). But the pleats at the waist aren't pleating properly...

LOVE that sweater 😍

what a difference a belt makes...

My surgeon did not set a goal weight for me. He just told me to expect to get to around 160-170 lbs by my one year anniversary. I personally initially chose 120 because it was in the middle-ish of the healthy BMI range for my height. Decided to stop at 127 instead because I was thinking I was getting too small. I'm at 114-ish today. Go Figure. Edit: Adding that I also have an arm lift scheduled for mid-December (which I booked/placed deposit on almost 2 months ago)..I will be about 14 months post op come surgery day. My PS surgeon at the time of consult told me that a weight loss of 10-15+ lbs is more problematic than the same amount in weight gain after surgery. I've lost 13 lbs since I saw him last, and I am thinking I may gain that back as part of the regular bounce back after getting to lowest weight. I see him again in September, we'll see what he says then.

Yes.

140 is just a number. Like the others have said, go with how you feel. I’m also a daily weigher...as I like to keep an eye on things, but that’s just me. If the weighing is giving you stress/anxiety , step back a little. You have done phenomenally!

*Minor dumping. In the sense it was not as intense as "normal" dumping. I did empty out some last night, lol, just not explosive, I guess. And I wasn't limp on the bathroom floor. I annoy myself honestly. I know that sugar is not my friend, yet I will take a teeny bite, feel nothing, then take another teeny bite, rinse and repeat until I actually do feel something, then it's too late. Geez. Weight change was negligible: went from 114.5 to 114.8

Yesterday's Menu - Sunday August 4th: 5'2" ♀️ 9m post-op, maintaining Was a lazy-do-nothing day yesterday eating leftovers from the party the day before. Didn't end up doing low-carb today as planned (oopsies) as we had a few late night guests drop by to help us polish off all the leftover desserts...(and I ended up helping a little too much) : Note: times are when I FINISHED eating, unless otherwise noted. 12:00 pm: black tea -- 2 cals 2:45 pm: *ate about 2/3 of this* 3oz iceberg lettuce + 1.5oz grilled peppers + 1.5 oz cucumber + 1oz feta cheese + .5 oz jalapeno + 1 fl oz garlic peanuts + 3 oz grilled mahi mahi -- 284 cals 4:45 pm: *ate the remailing 1/3 of 2:45pm meal* 6:25 pm: *ate about 1/2 of this* 3oz iceberg lettuce + 1.5 oz cucumber + 1 fl oz garlic peanuts + 4.5 oz grilled mahi mahi + 1tbsp sour cream -- 247 cals 7:45 pm: *ate the remailing 1/2 of 6:25pm meal* 9:00pm-1:30 am: 1/4 slice blueberry pie + .125 butter tart + .25 pumpkin crisp + .25 cup vanilla ice cream + .125 moon cake + 1 fl oz garlic peanuts -- 856 cals (YIKES!) Totals: 1390 cals, 77g Protein, 105g NET carbs (double YIKES!), 68g fat I was rewarded with some queasiness and some minor bathroom issues last night for my dessert-eating session, which is interesting. Looks like if I eat sugar in small quantities over a long period of time the intensity of the dumping is minimized. However, I did wake up in the middle of the with what I think was acid in my mouth. This I attribute to the fact that I went to bed way to soon after eating something.

Black pepper...interesting. I’m going to try that today (after i go out and but some cottage cheese )

Irrational answer: I'm still afraid of them. While I have started eating most root vegetables again, and the occasional bite of dessert (i.e, sugar), I have yet to eat any bread*/rice/pasta since surgery (I don't even know how my body will take it). I'm not ready! 😨 *EDIT: Actually, now that I think of it, I have had "bread" as I've had bites of cake and pie...just not "traditional" bread like loaves/sandwiches/buns/etc.

...you can try drinking full fat milk instead?