Terrapin

I just finished it. I had a 1 egg omelet with a small amt of diced mushrooms and a little fat free cheese. Tasted delicious but took almost an hour to eat.

Please do not panic. Everyone loses at a different rate and for me lack of calories in led to a minor slow down because my body decided less than 500 cals was a great point to invoke starvation mode. I upped my intake to 800 and immediately started losing again. Most importantly, weigh once a week, not daily, do your weekly measurements so you can see the inches fall away and ....... not a single one of us put on all the weight in 2 weeks, we sure as heck are not gonna see it fall off in 2 weeks....no matter how bad we all want that. Keep doin what you need to, walk, sip and get your protein in and the rest will take care of itself. Keep the faith, you are doing great

Please do not panic. Everyone loses at a different rate and for me lack of calories in led to a minor slow down because my body decided less than 500 cals was a great point to invoke starvation mode. I upped my intake to 800 and immediately started losing again. Most importantly, weigh once a week, not daily, do your weekly measurements so you can see the inches fall away and ....... not a single one of us put on all the weight in 2 weeks, we sure as heck are not gonna see it fall off in 2 weeks....no matter how bad we all want that. Keep doin what you need to, walk, sip and get your protein in and the rest will take care of itself. Keep the faith, you are doing great

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

Please do not panic. Everyone loses at a different rate and for me lack of calories in led to a minor slow down because my body decided less than 500 cals was a great point to invoke starvation mode. I upped my intake to 800 and immediately started losing again. Most importantly, weigh once a week, not daily, do your weekly measurements so you can see the inches fall away and ....... not a single one of us put on all the weight in 2 weeks, we sure as heck are not gonna see it fall off in 2 weeks....no matter how bad we all want that. Keep doin what you need to, walk, sip and get your protein in and the rest will take care of itself. Keep the faith, you are doing great

I totally agree, I 'fooled' myself for a long time and then did everything I could to avoid social engagements and now I look in the mirror and don't see what my wife and family are telling me, I still see the same 'big' me. However my wife was nice enough to prove to me what she was saying by wrapping her arms completely around me and touching he own hands together. Then I did an experiment and went into the closet and tried on my clothes that fit 'big' me and had to laugh when the pants fell off, even though they were buttoned. The struggle with how we perceive ourselves is real, but I think I will continue to use NSVs to remind myself that this is working.

I totally agree, I 'fooled' myself for a long time and then did everything I could to avoid social engagements and now I look in the mirror and don't see what my wife and family are telling me, I still see the same 'big' me. However my wife was nice enough to prove to me what she was saying by wrapping her arms completely around me and touching he own hands together. Then I did an experiment and went into the closet and tried on my clothes that fit 'big' me and had to laugh when the pants fell off, even though they were buttoned. The struggle with how we perceive ourselves is real, but I think I will continue to use NSVs to remind myself that this is working.

I totally agree, I 'fooled' myself for a long time and then did everything I could to avoid social engagements and now I look in the mirror and don't see what my wife and family are telling me, I still see the same 'big' me. However my wife was nice enough to prove to me what she was saying by wrapping her arms completely around me and touching he own hands together. Then I did an experiment and went into the closet and tried on my clothes that fit 'big' me and had to laugh when the pants fell off, even though they were buttoned. The struggle with how we perceive ourselves is real, but I think I will continue to use NSVs to remind myself that this is working.

Good luck, you're gonna do great

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

I had the greatest NSV today. I am one week out of surgery and with all the preop loss plus the post op loss I was able to fit into clothes that I had only looked at in the closet for the last 2 years. Huge smile at that.

The fluid intake seems to be the hardest. I am essentially doing the fluid challenge I had to do at the hospital 1/2 cup (4oz) an hour. It is hard but it has gotten a little easier with consistency. You can do this, just keep the bottle, cup, etc in your hand and remember 3 sips every 15 minutes should do the trick

Surgery done, back home yesterday. Sipping and walking, never knew how hard it would be to swallow tiny sips, but getting through it

Surgery done, back home yesterday. Sipping and walking, never knew how hard it would be to swallow tiny sips, but getting through it

Monday morning I go under the knife

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I just received final approval, surgery is 4/24

I just received final approval, surgery is 4/24

I just received final approval, surgery is 4/24