SoccerMomma73

Courtesy of Ina Garten....I think it needs a bit less salt and a little more lemon juice. Go with fresh dill and lemon juice for the brightness.
I've had it as a dip with veggies, pita chips, and as a sauce on chicken breast. I haven't plugged it in to MFP yet but with low fat sour cream and Fage 0%bits almost fat free and has a load of Protein.
Hope you like it as much as my son and I do!!!!

Cabot

I may ever have sex again, y'all are giving me super-fertility nightmares!!!!!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 199

Wrap my flappy boobs around people's necks and squeeze til they give me money!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.6

Having to slide the drivers seat up to drive cuz my butt is shrinking and I could barely reach the pedals! Hadn't thought of this one pre-op.

Nope, piece of cake to eat with RNY. I am a dumper so I have to watch carbs but otherwise I can eat anything. Celery, apples, all the yummy stuff that made me feel like I was gonna die with my band. I'm a slow eater and chew well so I've never had a 'stuck' episode for sliming with the RNY....it's heaven!!!

Wrap my flappy boobs around people's necks and squeeze til they give me money!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.6

Having to slide the drivers seat up to drive cuz my butt is shrinking and I could barely reach the pedals! Hadn't thought of this one pre-op.

So we had this long discussion at work yesterday about age and and the joys of being in our forties. The 20 and 30 something's (all sweet young whipper snappers that I adore) just couldn't believe that 40 is a good thing. Out of curiosity, what do YOU like about your current age and if you could, would you change it?
I'm 40. I'm happier and more confident with myself than I've ever been (this starts happening pre-op but the surgery has helped). I no longer have drama...If there is drama I let it roll on past me. I think maybe I've figured out what really matters, what does, and what is just icing. Other then the lines starting to show on my face, I wouldn't change 40 at all.

I think, in this case, fear of failure is a good thing (as long as it doesn't become an obsession). It means you're really thinking about this and really want it. I think many people walk in to bariatric surgery thinking its the magic cure and voila! They'll be skinny. The truth is, it ain't easy. Oh it is MUCH easier than losing without the surgery and I personally think its a little bit magic but I still have to watch what I eat, make the right choices, and get off my butt and exercise (my own personal weakness). It's so nice not feeling like I'm starving all the time, I no longer wake up thinking about what I'll be eating all day long, in fact on weekends I have to make myself eat in the morning, I'm just not hungry yet.
You will do fine, take that fear and run with it, use it as your motivation. You got this.
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 204.2

I may ever have sex again, y'all are giving me super-fertility nightmares!!!!!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 199

So we had this long discussion at work yesterday about age and and the joys of being in our forties. The 20 and 30 something's (all sweet young whipper snappers that I adore) just couldn't believe that 40 is a good thing. Out of curiosity, what do YOU like about your current age and if you could, would you change it?
I'm 40. I'm happier and more confident with myself than I've ever been (this starts happening pre-op but the surgery has helped). I no longer have drama...If there is drama I let it roll on past me. I think maybe I've figured out what really matters, what does, and what is just icing. Other then the lines starting to show on my face, I wouldn't change 40 at all.

So I'm 9 months and 60 pounds...sounds okay but over the last 5 months I've lost 10 pounds....I'm averaging 2 pounds a month at this point with about 40 pounds to go (though I'll be okay with 25). My theory is this, I feel good, I eat what I want just smaller portions, I exercise 2-3 days a week, moderately (and sometimes I skip!) I am comfortable, do not feel deprived or like I'm forcing this to happen. It just is sort of coming off naturally. (Well as naturally as I can being post RNY!). I can easily maintain my current lifestyle therefore I should be able to easily maintain the weight loss I experience. I'm okay with this! I expected to be closer to goal by now, I have counterparts that have lost well over 100 pounds during the same timeframe with similar stats....oh well! This is what I've got and I'll take it!!!

the first time I went shopping I bought nothing and left bawling . OVERWHELMED!!!!!!

I ran by a friends house this evening to pick something up, we'd just left from swimming at another friends house, I'm still in a bathing suit. Friend 2 opened the door, looked at ME IN A BATHING SUIT and said 'well crap, that makes me jealous' I was speechless that anyone was jealous of ME IN A BATHING SUIT!!!! I am totally stoked!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.6

Wrap my flappy boobs around people's necks and squeeze til they give me money!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.6

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 199

Unsubscribed to lane Bryant and the Avenue emails this morning. HA!!!!!!

My compression shorts are so loose they just flop around on me. 3 months ago they were tight! Life is good! Plus I got hit on again today!!!! I could get used to this. And, for the very first time ever, someone said 'you look awesome, you don't need to lose any more weight!!!' I told her I had 50 til a normal BMI...she thinks I'm nuts
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 204.2

Well that fizzled mr. Sweet is just a little (okay a lot) too needy. That became painfully clear while I was out of town for a week. No nakedness was shared, for better or for worse

And this is why I keep coming back here . Thanks guys! You may not have solved my mental anguish but your made me feel somewhat normal about it . I'm in the Florida Keys this week for continuing education, I do believe I need to do some lingerie shopping before I had home! (I've rented a convertible and happened to get a gorgeous camaro...the number of men I had drooling as I drove by today was awesome! Makes me wanna trade in the mini van!!!)

Kind of a weird one but just finished packing to go camping with cub scouts for the weekend. My clothes take up so much less space!!! Had to go get a smaller bag to take!
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 213.2

Awww so glad they fit!!!

So we had this long discussion at work yesterday about age and and the joys of being in our forties. The 20 and 30 something's (all sweet young whipper snappers that I adore) just couldn't believe that 40 is a good thing. Out of curiosity, what do YOU like about your current age and if you could, would you change it?
I'm 40. I'm happier and more confident with myself than I've ever been (this starts happening pre-op but the surgery has helped). I no longer have drama...If there is drama I let it roll on past me. I think maybe I've figured out what really matters, what does, and what is just icing. Other then the lines starting to show on my face, I wouldn't change 40 at all.