On Monday, I had to work the day shift to teach a few topics at an all day conference where I work. Normally, I wear regular clothes and a lab coat. For the conference, I wore dressy clothes and no lab coat. I saw many people I had not seen for months (170 people attended). MANY people came up to me to tell me it's quite apparent that I have lost weight, etc. It's nice that the loss is showing.

For lunch, 50 pizzas were delivered. I had brought a protein bar with me so I took my 2 pieces of pizza to my skinny secretary and had lunch in the office with him. It felt great to have control over the food. Prior to the surgery, I could have easily devoured 4 pieces.

Oooops...I'm drilling holes, not hoes!!!!! LOL

LMAO I liked it better the first way!!! :laugh0:

My lastest NSV....

In late Feb, I bought a wetsuit -- size M. Today it's too big and I had to buy another one... size XS!!

My lastest NSV....

In late Feb, I bought a wetsuit -- size M. Today it's too big and I had to buy another one... size XS!!

AWESOME Mac ... what happens when the XS becomes to big?

I get put in the hospital for having anorexia?

(I know, I shouldn't joke about that.)

But the suit is supposed to fit if you are 98-116 pounds, so I think I'm safe. I will probably lose a few more, but not *that* much more.

If you do lose anymore, I will start worrying about you. You were talking about adding a few healthy things back so you could maintain. Is that working out okay?

I'm trying to figure out how many calories I need. I've been eating more fruit and I want to eat more veggies too. Today I had some bacon on my cheeseburger. Does that make you feel better? :Cry: But no bun. I never ate the bun pre-op either so I'm not going to start now.

My spreadsheets say I should maybe eat 1800-2000 but that just feels like too much. I'm eating about 1600-1800 right now. The main problem is that most of my numbers are guesses. I'm not sure what my BMR is. I wear a heart rate monitor off and on when I workout to get an idea of how many calories I burn, but it can really vary. Plus today the HRM went nuts and either read 0 or 200+. So I don't trust any of these numbers.

I think I'm going to eat at this level for a few weeks and see what happens. If I am still losing, I can add in more stuff. I look right about how I want to look minus the loose skin but I wouldn't mind have 5 lb. of wiggle room.

Oh and remember me when the DSers on OH start blathering on about how you can't lose all your weight with a VSG. :drool5:

Edited July 1, 200917 yr by MacMadame

Oh I am glad you posted that. I couldn't remember which thread I asked you that. Fruit would be the perfect option to add more stuff back. There are so many things in season right now.

I don't know how you fit everything in. You work, you exercise a lot and you post a lot , keep up your blog, (which I enjoy reading btw) You must be one of those people that has to keep busy all the time.

I know I gave up a lot of tv programs when I got hooked on LBT and now sleeve talk.

Congratulations Elizabeth. It is great when people start to notice.

I'm just now going through sizes. It just tells me how much I was pushing my largest size.

I know I gave up a lot of tv programs when I got hooked on LBT and now sleeve talk.

I haven't watched tv in months!

Right now I'm only getting 6 hours of sleep a night though. This is not good. Something has to give and I think it will be the internet.

Congratulations to you. These are the kind of things that just "feel good" when we do them. You will have many more to come. Each day there is some new and wonderful to look forward to.