LaTiaV

I am a coward, no way I am getting in those rides. Not even if I ever fit in them again.

I buy clothes online and each time I receive something I think I ordered a too small size, only to try it and feel it fits right or loose. It happens every time. While I am holding a new pair of jeans my head is "What was I thinking?".

You can say the since that everything is God's will, God is the one letting the doctors help us.

I hope you are right, I like the doctor, he is very careful when checking all and acts like an empathic person. I bet I smiled when he said no more pills for me. ( other than my vitamins).

I will definitely do this, I have been interviewing doctors even if I did not realize it. Some I have never seen again. I have always felt like the requests for reviews are just for them to promote their business and not to really see how they can improve a service. I have a newish GP doctor since I recently move to another state. Yesterday, I was given a green light to stop taking BP and cholesterol medicines, the doctor was very happy with my tests and praised me for loosing 70 pounds and how good I look, however he said something that made me think of what has been said on this thread. He said "even your personality changed". I was like "nope", but I feel he sees my person in a different way now, which made me feel sad even if I know his intentions were to make me feel good. I still have a long way to go and if I make it to my goal I have an even harder work to maintain. It scares me to go back to the X sizes with all the X pains and health problems included. Now, knowing that if I fail, some in the health care system will see me with different eyes, it adds some anxiety.

Very good tips, and great approach, no matter how much I say I am good at leftovers I am not. Thank you for taking the time to share what you have learned.

I admire you ! You are so organized ! Can a power like that be learned?

That jacket looks very nice, I wish I could be trying winter clothes, is too Hot in Texas these days..

sometimes a couple of almonds can give you some relief.

🌹I am sorry for your loss.

I do this now too, it saves money to be able to take care of your feet by yourself.

When I had my surgery I had a goody bag from the team, it included a Patient ID Card with my name and surgery date. They told me I could show it in restaurants. it is the size of a credit card. It has a note: "SPECIAL MENU REQUEST The above named patient has had Gastric surgery which has reduced his/her stomach capacity to less than 3 ounces. Please allow him/her to order a smaller portion or make a selection from the children's menu." I have not used it but your message reminded me of it. I will put it in my wallet, who knows... it may work.

I did good with asparagus, green beans and carrots at the beginning, cooked but I do not like them mushy. just remember to chew chew chew.

To be honest I was worried about you, thanks for sharing I am glad you are ok. You may have a record or something.

Thanks, I wish you make it soon to your goal, bangs help to cover the damage for now, I use a baseball cap when I go for walks but lately I feel better leaving it on for longer periods of time. 🧢

Hello all, Reporting, today at 189 I am overweight not obese , I am a bald overweight woman. I will start looking for wigs and hats 😕.

Hopefully you will not miss that food while you cannot eat it, just after surgery I could be close and smelling the foods that I liked a lot and I just did not feel like eating the, not even tasting them. I do not know how it will be after but my taste has changed, there were things I liked a lot and now I cannot have and I do not enjoy, and there are things I did not like and I can eat now. So maybe you will not even miss them.

Sorry I do not have much experience to offer help but wanted to comment.. I do not know how everyone else is loosing but I have a very toxic relationship with the scale, I have been told to stay away from it but I cannot resist to step on every morning. The evil thing does not change, I have 3 different scales because I thought the first one could be damaged but seems like it is not. I have a reading on a given day and it only changes a couple of ounces back and forth for days or even weeks but then, when the scale decides I can see changes of 3 or even 4 pounds, I do not understand it I think is too much change for one day. Each time I read about stalls I think I live constantly in stall mode. Lately the stalls are longer and the changes are smaller only 1 or 2 pounds I understand that as the time gos by it will be slower to loose weight. This is confusing for me, when I used to do my diets before I could see the weight changing gradually but not this time...

Hops, it has some nice graphics and can make the tracking fun.

Sneekers Badge Wohoo !! I have an game app in my phone that also tracks my movements, there is a snail companion that I can get for my character for the 10,000 steps, but I have not registered it yet. I hope I can get it soon.

Hi, I am almost 4 months PO and I feel restriction on some foods and nothing on others, if you can get a cheap scale from Amazon and get used to weight your food, in time you will be able to calculate the amounts, I also have some spoons 1/2 cup 1/3 cup and they are helpful. I made some chicken legs that were very good for my sisters visit during the weekend and I had 2 they were so good I could have had 6 if I wanted ( don't know how I would feel after) but I stopped. Then yesterday morning I tried to have an egg and I had to stop half way. I do not understand how it works how and when I will feel I cannot eat more but I want to get used to eat everything as if I had the restriction even if I do not feel it. After all my surgeon told me the surgery was only a tool it that will help me to start but I still have to do the work myself. Maybe yummy chicken legs are the first tests to our will.

Hey not stupid at all, I have a timer that I put to ring 30 minutes after I eat meaning I can go back to sip water. I just used it, I could not make 3 oz of Tilapia and one cup of salad last 30 min, but it was 17 minutes, and a lot of less discomfort after. 👍

I am 14 weeks PO and I use a small plate and the bowl that they sale in this website store, I find the bowl very helpful to measure what I am eating, I use a baby spoon and fork to try to control my bite, I just can't eat slowly (unless I have company and I am non-stop chatting) eating fast makes me feel bad but I cannot find a way to control it, I feel bad after I did it not while I am doing it. So at least I try to control the bite size.

I would not recommend to drink or eat lying down, not just because of the surgery but in general, I have suffered GERD and lying down while or too soon after eating/drinking can trigger GERD, it is easy for me to confuse GERD and hunger pains. I try to sit to eat and not lying down after one or 2 hours after having some food or liquids.

I am 3.5 months PO and I have started feeling hungry this week ( week 14). Not every day but 1 or 2 days of the week, I could not care about food the last 3 months, I had to force myself to eat or drink. I can also eat more this week, not of everything but some foods. I had some zucchini noodles with ground turkey and marinara sauce yesterday and for the first time after surgery I added some red pepper flakes that made it a bit spicy and it was glorious, I think it is the best 2/3 cup of food I have had since surgery, it was scary because I did not feel full, or sick for having that much or spicy. I had to stop myself because I knew I could have more if I wanted to.