Veronica Garza

This is me

I cut out all sugar and fat and was very low carbs from day1.
I actually lived off shakes for months and I felt great you have to be committed and focused on your goals you cannot give in to cravings.

Hi I’m 9 months out and lost 65lbs not sure why it has slowed down but I realized I stopped cardio cause I had a flare up from RA but now I’m back with cardio and lost 5 lbs in a week .. always have your Water at least 33-60! A day .. I just get a large smart water bottle fill it up twice a day and drink it all before I go to sleep even drink when you are driving .. I need to be down 12 lbs by March 23 when I see dr ... pray for me

Oh my so sorry for your loss! So difficult for you take care of you and honor your son

I noticed that most of these posts are about the struggles trying to increase calories to stop from continuing to lose weight. I find that interesting. I'm 9 months post sleeve and still have about 15 lbs to go to reach goal. This last month or two it's been real slow to come off. I just can't imagine getting to a point where I have to try to stop from losing.

With liquid diet, then soft foods diet, etc., how did you not lose wt? We're not even allowed bread or Beans or fruit with skins or rice until afterc4 mos. The average is to lose 30 lbs in the first 6 wks. Having sugar and eating everytime there's room in your banana stomach will stop wt loss. You need to wat 2-3 hrs between meals. Log your 1/4 cup meals with MyFitnessPal app.

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You look great

And a fair amount of Midwestern Mama's did too. Along with not demanding a drink when visiting relatives and friends, it's tacky and pushy! Thanks Fluffy Chix for bringing that to mind!

No it's not. Naturally thin women have been doing it forever. They were actually taught to "eat" before the party so you don't look like "pig" at the party. At least in the South, our mamas taught us that...

Isn't that the hardest part. We're so conditioned that it's rude or uncouth to not eat at a social function... But we really don't have to.

This was key for me. My mindset changed early on that parties/get-togethers were about the company and not about eating the food.

I'm learning that I don't HAVE to eat it just because it's there.

It's an evolution. I do IF. Because of that, if I "miss my meal" it's no big deal. If a social function doesn't have something I can eat, then it's very simple. No angst. No pangs. No regrets. No sadness. Food is just food. I go home and eat a normal meal or snack that's on my plan. Instead I just enjoy the social aspect of it and visit and meet new people.

It comes and goes.. recently I went to a fund raiser and could only eat salad with no dressing... I was so crabby , next time I’ll bring what I can eat even if it’s just for me..these changes can make us feel resentful but I look at it this way.. at 55 I hit my quota on bad food like 20 years ago.Eating that food brought me to the most unhealthy place I could be and I view the stuff I can’t have like drugs or alcohol to other addicts and I focus on the people around me and not the food I don’t get to eat!

Remind yourself that "you know what that tastes like" or a mind trick I like to play is picturing the food being sneezed on or made with dirty hands or dropped on a gas station bathroom floor. Keep your focus. Take healthy Snacks with you to those parties if they are something you MUST attend.

I had VSG on March 11,2019 three months out I lost 44 lbs.. I haven’t lost any in like two weeks Hoping yo lose another 40 in three months

That’s me lately wanting to eat every bad food but of course I only take like one bite ... I think maybe stress takes over and we just eat to eat ... I’m going to refocus.. start journaling and add more liquids less snacking

That’s me lately wanting to eat every bad food but of course I only take like one bite ... I think maybe stress takes over and we just eat to eat ... I’m going to refocus.. start journaling and add more liquids less snacking

I had VSG on March 11,2019 three months out I lost 44 lbs.. I haven’t lost any in like two weeks Hoping yo lose another 40 in three months

I’m having like episodes of wanting to taste everything .. I’ve attended about 7 parties in the past month and I want to raste everything .. I need to refocus anyone else doing the same

That’s me lately wanting to eat every bad food but of course I only take like one bite ... I think maybe stress takes over and we just eat to eat ... I’m going to refocus.. start journaling and add more liquids less snacking

He’s just jealous but you need to maybe say bye and move on you don’t need any negativity from him in your life

I had VSG on March 11,2019 three months out I lost 44 lbs.. I haven’t lost any in like two weeks Hoping yo lose another 40 in three months

Absolutely, without my Crystal Light idk how I would get down my daily Water intake

pineapple is one of the 3 flavors in Popsicle brand sugar free Tropical popsicles. Run about $3.88 at my local Wal-Mart.