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Honestly, I have no idea when figs are in season, lol. I'm in Ontario, so not even sure its grown here. I just buy the whenever they have them in Costco (but yeah, I loooooove figs, raw AND roasted, YUM. but not so much when they are dried...)

Have to ask: what is the pink-ish stuff that i covering the the roll at the bottom of the pic????

Finally got around to unmolding the creme caramel I made yesterday but then someone took a slice before I got a chance to take a pic of the thing (p.s. we call it “Leche Flan”). I had like 1/2 tbsp like bite cuz i felt like any more and I’d dump. It was pretty delicious if you like creamy, silky, sweet, decadent, rich stuff. Its not something one would have alot of at once though, lol:

OK...you are going to have to explain this to us! What's the diff between restriction and fullness?

Gathered together a bunch of stuff that needed to be used up and came up with.... FANCY TOAST. 😉 Ricotta mixed with preserved lemon & juice on toasted french bread slices, topped with truffle roasted figs and drizzled with honey...oh and some toasted walnuts on top. I ate one toast: 184 calories.

I adding cayenne and hot sauces to my food once I past the liquid phase. The first time I think was around 3 weeks when I put tobasco on my eggs. No issues.

Sunday afternoon baking of my fave cookies of all time: Amaretti Cookies! This batch was made with 1/2 cup real sugar and 3/4 cup swerve. I ate two cookies: 53 calories for both of ‘em. P.S. I also made a small creme caramel with the leftover egg yolks. Its still setting in the fridge, so haven’t turned it out yet to take a pic of it in all its syrupy glory. Can’t wait! 😂

I lost lots (lots! we are talking CARPETS of hair in on my bathroom floor) from months 3-6-ish. Started seeing all the little itty biitty chicken hairs sticking up around 8-9 months, i think...I am now 2.5 years out and and all those little chicken hairs are pretty much the same length as the rest of my hair, which is about shoulder length now. I already had pretty thin hair pre-op, so losing the hair was pretty noticeable. Now, i want to say its actually thicker looking than it was pre-op, but that may just be wishful thinking, lol. But its much, much better my hair loss phase for sure.

Ok, this caught my attention...do you happen to know the reasoning for this?

I didn't lose any weight before surgery (well, except for 11 lbs during my 2 week pre-op liquid diet...does that count?) I had a BMI of 43 at the beginning of my pre-op diet. I'm BMI 20 today.

BBQ Pork Skewers Ate about 3/4 of 1 skewer: guessing 200 calories (+ 141 cals for an espresso martini drank while I was bbq-ing 😎)

I did not stall at all. There may have been a couple days in a row that I didn't lose weight here and there, but every week, I logged a loss.

Yeah, strength training will only help so much as you can re-fill the skin with muscle. Unless you can create some muscle in the equivalent volume of your lost fat, you will most likely have flappiness up in there. P.S. Mine are pretty flappy, but mostly only noticeable when I'm wearing short shorts that squeeze everything out, lol.

Couple new ones from yesterday: Roller skating and traversing the monkey bars!

OOTD to the park on a gorgeous afternoon...Its been 35+ years since I’ve done either of these activities. I still got it, baby. 😎

I think this is something that isn't said alot on here because of the fear of making others feel bad. I mean I get how it would be defeating to read about other's non-issue recovery/experiences when one is really struggling. With that said, I theorize there are actually quite a lot of people out there who actually did experience this process as "the easy way out" and did not struggle at all. I just basically said this in another thread: While it IS very nice/kind to keep the feelings of others in mind when posting stuff, it is also totally okay to say eff YEAH to celebrate your own successes, whether it came easy or not. The level of difficulty one goes through to get to goal doesn't diminish nor increase the value of said goal. A goal is a goal is a goal. Yay, EVERYONE!

Those Yeti cups look cute. Here is the one I've been using every day for the past 2 years and its more than half the price (not as cute, but still). Keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. I take it everywhere I go. The rubber gasket is still going strong despite getting pulled out and washed every day, which is pretty impressive. Plus the handle is super handy to hook on the the inside of my purse, car door cubbies, patio chair arm rests, etc...lol

Im positive it was all for you. Please tell me you wore a bikini with a white t-shirt over it and shook the water out of your hair in slow motion.

I want to say I started getting legitimately hungry sometime into maintenance...like 7,8,9 months post op? But like the other's said above, its not a ravenous-type of hunger like it was pre-op. Its alot more polite and respectful, lol. So NOT like a toddler. More like a well-mannered english nanny. Oh, and its very patient...it can wait until I get around to it...so like an sweeter, older, well-mannered-english nanny....LOLOLOLzzzz I still have days here and there when I just don't feel like eating, or I forget to eat. It comes and goes. I am 2.5 years post-op.

Going diving as a much smaller person is the last remaining item on my weight-loss bucket list!!!! First we had vacays in inappropriate diving destinations, then I had plastics, then effing covid...so the last time I went diving was in summer 2018. And I had to pack on 20 lbs of weights (of which I was always slightly embarrassed of because everyone else was at like 10lbs or less...plus its frickin' heavy walking around...ugh). I am over more than 1/2 the weight/size of I used to be (not to mention a marked increase in muscle mass percentage) so I have no idea what my new weight requirements will be...but am thoroughly excited to find out....oh and equally excited to not have to wear a men's XL wetsuit!!! Crossing my fingers that it will happen by end of this year. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 P.S. where did you go?? (feel free to answer or not answer, I understand if its a privacy thing )

Ah, I knew it was too good to be true. We all can't be friends now. I HATE OLIVES. Even just the smell of them! (Although I suppose we could still be friends if I just walked 2km away when you guys eat them, lolololzzzz)

Food Scale. Insulated water bottle/thermos. AND a Timer (not exactly a "kitchen" item, as I used my watch...but this was probably the single most used thing I used the first 3 months...as reminder to take my meds, or drink or eat, and to time my bites while I was eating). Good Luck! ❤️

+1 on the dry mouth spray. Also: a small pillow to hug against your abdomen on the ride home from hospital (you will feel every single bump on the road!) Good Luck! ❤️