Losingit2018

Exactly! What a way to start the new year. Every step was worth it! New year, new me.. literally [emoji28] I know everything will be worth it in the end and I will be healthier and happier. I'm glad you're making good progress. Keep it up! I'll make sure to update yall. Thank you!

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Start being a squeaky wheel. Call your team daily. Maybe even nicely let them know that you are getting annoyed having your life put on hold like this.
Seriously call daily for update. Hopefully they will process you just to stop the calls. You are paying for their service so they work for you.

Ugh was very afraid of an answer like this one Fluffy. Thanks for that....OMG by the way WOW....you've done so so well. Congratulations!! I am sure you look ahhhhmazing! Go you!
(have messaged my doc....here's hoping its nothing dramatic)

For me it was a worst case scenario. At around the same time PO, I had that kind of discomfort/pain and it ended up being in internal hernia that opened up and my gut had come through it and twisted so I had a partial obstruction. Hope they figure it out quickly!

Found out last month that both @rs and I had Arm Lifts scheduled for the same week, just two days apart. @rs got the deed done yesterday, and I'm heading in for it tomorrow morning. We thought it would be fun/interesting/just-something-to-do to start a thread where we both could post to document our progress for a one-stop view of two different experiences of the same procedure.
So here we go!
@rs @ms.sss

Thank you! I've always had some sense of fashion but being overweight for most of my adult gave a lack of confidence when it came to wearing stylish clothing. As you can see, I got back my confidence. 😊

I was in Atlanta this past weekend. I took this picture before heading downtown

OOTD..... Tusday the 17th...... Super comfy....

OOTD off to work.

I'm going to get selfie taking skills from my niece this weekend as I've found that hubby is going to be my rate limiting step to posting OOTD if his expressions while taking my pictures is anything to go by!!!!![emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28] So freaking hilarious!!!!

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I drank only shakes yesterday (3) and drank 86 oz of Water and this morning I seemed to have broken my stall. I am down 2.5 pounds from yesterday morning and now my BMI is 29.2, in the overweight category, yay!

Ooh. This is the first time I have seen the garlic and herb. I get mine from Walmart and they only offer the plain. I bet that one does make a great pizza!

Update: She submitted today. Now we wait. She said 7-14 days before I'll hear anything.

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Start being a squeaky wheel. Call your team daily. Maybe even nicely let them know that you are getting annoyed having your life put on hold like this.
Seriously call daily for update. Hopefully they will process you just to stop the calls. You are paying for their service so they work for you.

You need to see a urologist. I have kidney stones and have passed small one with no issues. I had a large one, 8 mm. It caused nausea, vomiting and intense localized pain. Hydrocodone worked for the pain and zofran for nausea. Good thing is once it leaves the kidney there should be little to no pain, unless it causes a blockage. More than likely you will have a CT scan or X-ray. I had to do a 24 hour urine test where you pee in a jug to catch your urine for 24 hours to be analyzed to see what is causing the stones and adjust your diet from there. One thing is to add 4 0z of lemon juice to Water during the day. Citrate in lemon juice will help prevent formation of stones. But lemon juice is not a substitute for a good urologist.

Ooh. This is the first time I have seen the garlic and herb. I get mine from Walmart and they only offer the plain. I bet that one does make a great pizza!

According to Dr. Jason Fung, in order to be in "starvation mode" you have to have lost ALL fat stores beyond that percentage we're never supposed to lose.

Sorry I need to correct my weight. It was supposed to say 320lbs down to 200

Anyway, thank you so much for the responded. I’ve redone loaded the Baritastic app for monitoring my intake again as well as completely thrown away the crap food in my house.

I will be certainly taking this seriously. Thanks again!

Honestly? I'd rather eat straight sugar or starch. They are very high glycemic, very low in Fiber, occupy real estate that at this point in your recovery should be dedicated to Protein.
In maintenance? If they're your jam. Go for it if it fits in your daily balance.
At your stage I focused on protein, al dente veg, and tiny bit of healthy fats. I reached 1st goal at about Month 9 or something like that? Lemme go look in my footer.
Now when I want something crunchy, I either make some low carb version or I eat a GG Brancrisp or a Wasa with Fiber.

Ooh. This is the first time I have seen the garlic and herb. I get mine from Walmart and they only offer the plain. I bet that one does make a great pizza!

I recently read somewhere that too much Protein ( especially the shakes and powder) can cause stones.
If I see it again I will post a link. I agree that you need to see urologist to be safe.

So as some of you may know I’m fairly fresh on the post op side. (Sleeved 12/11). I wanted to feel normal and prepare food for my hubby. So I made pork steak, Mac and cheese, and cabbage. His favorite. My recipes are pretty set in stone with some things, but veggies I always taste to make sure they’re seasoned. I did it. I tasted the cabbages without even THINKING! Then I got upset with myself. 😡 My dear old man doesn’t even know what the hell happened, just that my mood changed. *sigh*

”Brunch” today. Thank you @Losingit2018 for recommending Joseph’s lavash bread. I got my order today, chose the garlic herb flavor and promptly made pizza! I crisped the wrap up on a wire rack in the oven before I topped it.

Total 340 calories. I used half a sheet of the bread for a whopping 55 calories. It would have been less but I browned the chicken sausage in a tsp of oil. I ate half of this and I’ll eat the other half in a few hours.

That is what I have done. I have a Walmart neighborhood market close by. I go online to place my order and husband goes to pick it up.

I am 3 weeks out and feel exactly the same. Even the small stuff wears me out. We have to give ourselves time to recover from major surgery. It will get easier with time.

Good evening everyone.
This is my weekly check in.
I've been on this weight loss journey now 16 weeks today and down 107lbs.
HW 322
CW 215
GW 185-195
Feeling good still mostly on shakes everyday but starting to try little solid things here and there to work out what I can tolerate.
I'm 7 weeks post op today but 16 weeks since starting my diet.
Feeling positive about the future just got some loose skin mostly under my arms & armpits..
Will need to get into some kind of resistance or weights soon but here in Australia Its summer and heatwave of 100 all week 😭 so not in any mood to workout right now
Thanks everyone again for your support
MIKE.