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Such an important problem that requires empathy which leads to emotional turmoil. You can borrow my favorite sign if you wish! (It’s not MY sign, just my favorite.)

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

Off I go to Wrigley! Hydration will be number 1 concern today.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

It’s super weird, I don’t know how I got so tan this year. My best guess is I’ve spent more time outdoors than I have the past few years. My ADHD prevents me from staying still long enough to lay out in the sun past 20 minutes.
Old Navy shorts well represented on this thread!

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

It’s super weird, I don’t know how I got so tan this year. My best guess is I’ve spent more time outdoors than I have the past few years. My ADHD prevents me from staying still long enough to lay out in the sun past 20 minutes.
Old Navy shorts well represented on this thread!

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

You can buy banana almond milk?

I finally found it and it looks so weird to see 0 carbs on MFP! It’s decent bread, and super good with jelly.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

Off I go to Wrigley! Hydration will be number 1 concern today.

Practically everything I own is polka dot or striped. I love all these outfits. This is my super cheap comfortable t-shirt dress I live in. Nothing fancy, throw and go.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

*My husband swears by Don Poncho crema, it’s only 40 calories for 2 tablespoons. I don’t like creamy stuff, he uses it instead of cheese on his tacos. He also uses it instead of mayo on a lot of stuff.

I have tacos at least once a week.
2 tacos 205 calories, I just add veggies & use dry seasoning.
I use 96% lean ground beef 3 oz is 105
Hard Taco shells are a surprising and crunchy low calorie item. 50 calories a piece.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

Cute outfits! I’ll play too.

I have to catch up, I see @GreenTealael is painting!

I have to catch up, I see @GreenTealael is painting!

Here is a good reference that I like to use -
You don't need to follow his dietary guidelines, but I do find that his progression on meal volume over time is consistent with my experience. In short, some increase in volume capacity is to be expected and is normal. Call it stretching, adaptive growth (the body will adapt to the changes that surgery has imposed upon it, like it or not) or a more varied diet that includes more slippery foods that move through rather than stay in the stomach, or more likely, a combination of all three.
On the volume vs. weight issue - a basic physics lesson to start with. When measuring Water, an ounce of volume weighs an ounce - that is a definition and is the basis of our measurement system (similarly, a ml or cc of water weighs a gram in the metric/SI system. Most of our food is mostly water (as indeed, we are,) so on average, an ounce of food by volume will weigh about an ounce, give or take maybe 20%, and over the different components of a meal meat, fruit, veg, starch, etc. - should about average out to about one for one.
Another consideration is that the important thing to your stomach is what the volume is when it hits your stomach, not when you put it into your mouth before you chew it and soak it in saliva. Once that is done, you have a blob (bolus) hitting your stomach that will be about, wait for it..... and ounce of volume that weighs about an ounce. This really saves you from agonizing over how to measure a cup of spinach - how big a leaf, chopped or whole leaf, how finely chopped, how densely packed into the cup...?
Dr Weiner in the video above notes that we ultimately, on average, will be able to consume in a meal about half of what we could before surgery which is consistent with my experience ten years out, and in looking at others whom we dine with in our support group (pre Covid) who are all in the 10-20 year out range, and most every one is taking something home or leaving it on their plate, so some increased volume is normal. The tricky part is keeping your caloric intake steady as this volume increases over time - you still need to keep it at 1200,1500, 2000 calories - whatever level keeps your weight stable.

OOTD: Fell-asleep-on-the-couch-ON-MY-FACE Edition.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My eyelid is especially creepy-looking.

We’re doing OOTD mishaps now! Great because I got paint on my favorite leggings. Luckily I only wear them indoors so I can just ignore it 😂