My biggest dilemma is that I have to take medicine in the morning. I don't want to eat until around 11 am because I like to have a late night snack of 100 calorie pack of cocoa dusted almonds. I've been putting off taking my medicine but the one I can't put off is an anti biotic.

I guess I can share this ,lol. I have to take an antibiotic before have sex or I will get a UTI.I have to take it with food.

I guess half of a Greek Yogurt would be 50 calories. I need to look up string cheese and baby bell light.

How about you? Is the 5:2 plan working with your life? I also don't like working out with my trainer on an empty stomach.

Will this not work if you have 11 hours in between instead of 12? There must be some reason you have to have 12 hours off.

Ya know' date=' you can go ahead and make those muffins and still have them be nutritious and protein packed - just use the Eggface recipe, it ROCKS!!!!! I will also fast tomorrow in solidarity although I am fasting today too. These hard cheese rocks are eaten like snacks, like gobstoppers, lol. Last night I smashed one with a hammer and sprinkled it on a salad.[/quote']

 

Love it!!!!

Globe! Can you eat nuts? I am not going to send them if you can't eat them bc I love them. I bought them for you but I can't remember if it's on your list of no nos. They are a good source of protein and they are not animal fat' date=' and they are good for fiber. Oh and I forgot to tell everyone, I got my labs back and finally after 7 years of WLS I am no longer anemic. All my labs were very good. My doctor could not believe how low my cholesterol is. Yay for the sleeve![/quote']

 

Whoo hoo!!!!!! A great report!

Drum roll!!! I am now (at this very minute, cant speak for tomorrow...) below 170... that has been my long term goal. Chocolate chips and all! Im still not "normal" on the one sized fits all bmi charts, but really close. Im planning on creating a good bounce range so I should be able to get there some time! Anyway, happy dance!

And supersweetums...we are missing her too!

...I stopped short of making some pumpkin muffins because I just *wanted* them but I knew that no one else will really eat them with me.

GT - I do love Eggface stuff, the only problem is a whole 15 ounce can of pumpkin will literally make tons of mini muffins. Or I could portion it out (but I'm really the only one who likes pumpkin stuff, like pumpkin pancakes, etc.) My kids literallly GROAN if I bake healthy and refuse to eat it. Hubby isn't big on baked stuff either. So yeah Sarsar has the right idea, bake and keep and few and give the rest away? I think Cheri is big on baking also! Lots of bakers around here.

I must be on the same wave length... I took one cup of pumpkin, two egg whites and some torrani SF brown sugar and cinnamon syrup, ground ginger, nutmeg and salt, poured it into a large pam sprayed cup, covered and microwaved about 5 minutes.... giant single serving of pumpkin "pie" I drained it a bit, its wattery, I topped with chopped walnuts and cool whip free.... breakfast. Something about November shouts pumpkin!

You can always make a pumpkin "mug cake" and freeze the rest of the pumpkin....

I did good on my fast yesterday.....I was a little over, but still managed to drop my water wait. Are you guys still getting cold after all this time out? I find myself really cold still....arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Anyways, have a wonderful trip Georgia! And watch those baked goods everyone......LOL

Drum roll!!! I am now (at this very minute, cant speak for tomorrow...) below 170... that has been my long term goal. Chocolate chips and all! Im still not "normal" on the one sized fits all bmi charts, but really close. Im planning on creating a good bounce range so I should be able to get there some time! Anyway, happy dance!

 

 

 

 

I must be on the same wave length... I took one cup of pumpkin, two egg whites and some torrani SF brown sugar and cinnamon syrup, ground ginger, nutmeg and salt, poured it into a large pam sprayed cup, covered and microwaved about 5 minutes.... giant single serving of pumpkin "pie" I drained it a bit, its wattery, I topped with chopped walnuts and cool whip free.... breakfast. Something about November shouts pumpkin!

 

You can always make a pumpkin "mug cake" and freeze the rest of the pumpkin....

Have you ever tried a Dump Cake.....It's delicious....

What's a mug cake, now I'm curious....

Drum roll!!! I am now (at this very minute, cant speak for tomorrow...) below 170... that has been my long term goal. Chocolate chips and all! Im still not "normal" on the one sized fits all bmi charts, but really close. Im planning on creating a good bounce range so I should be able to get there some time! Anyway, happy dance!

YIIIPPPEEEE! This is great news, so happy for you!

Bahamas - Key West, Castaway Cat, Nassau.

Fun! Take some pics for us while you are gone. I have never gone on a cruise before. How long will you be gone?

Oh and I forgot to tell everyone, I got my labs back and finally after 7 years of WLS I am no longer anemic. All my labs were very good. My doctor could not believe how low my cholesterol is. Yay for the sleeve!

More great news! I love hearing things like this!

I hope Allen gets his stuff soon so you can be done with this! I'm sure it's frustrating for you.

Keep us updated on the new guy!

Globe, I was cracking up about you breaking the cheese with a hammer. I would love to taste that some day.

Have a great day Ladies...good luck to those of you who are fasting today.

Drum roll!!! I am now (at this very minute, cant speak for tomorrow...) below 170... that has been my long term goal. Chocolate chips and all! Im still not "normal" on the one sized fits all bmi charts, but really close. Im planning on creating a good bounce range so I should be able to get there some time! Anyway, happy dance!

Happy dance!!!

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I did good on my fast yesterday.....I was a little over, but still managed to drop my water wait. Are you guys still getting cold after all this time out? I find myself really cold still....arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Anyways, have a wonderful trip Georgia! And watch those baked goods everyone......LOL

Yes!!! I am freezing almost all of the time. Especially in the fall, winter and spring. In the summer I'm ok outside but inside I am usually cold if the air is going.

I try not to complain about it because when I was fat I would sweat terribly. The sweating was so bad that I wouldn't go places because of it. I was hot all of the time. I hated it.

Not sweating much anymore has been one of the best things about getting my sleeve and losing weight! It's so nice to not have to worry about it anymore.

I did good on my fast yesterday.....I was a little over' date=' but still managed to drop my water wait. Are you guys still getting cold after all this time out? I find myself really cold still....arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Anyways, have a wonderful trip Georgia! And watch those baked goods everyone......LOL [/quote']

Yes!!!! I was always hot natured. Now, I freeze!

Sigh! I know I will have a wonderful time and I know I will eat.

FYE, I am supercalifragilistocexpialidocioisly excited for you!!!!!! That's WAY beyond happy. . You proved it can be done. As have others already and WILL SOON!

SarSar, 7 day cruise. Be gone 9 days total. Will take pics.

Freezing and fasting...

That's what's shakin today!

Freezing and fasting... That's what's shakin today!

Yup!

I don't know...I've been in Vienna for a business congress thingy and it was just nonstop and mental. I'm soooo tired.

GT, maybe this won't help at all, but I'ma say it anyhow -- the advances they are making in neuroscience and treatments for AIs like RA and MS are truly becoming amazing. So while you do your Wahl approach (of which I entirely approve, I DO think food can heal us when done right!!), be comforted that New Things are coming and they are just for you!!! xoxoxoxo

Congrats FYE - that's a big accomplishment.

Sorry to hear about the delay with picking things up, OD. It's not easy to end a relationship and it's worse when it just drags out. I hope he can pick his things up soon and you'll be able to start putting that behind you. I hope you have some luck with your dates - get out and have fun, maybe you'll meet a great match.

I fasted yesterday and it was a pretty easy day. I'm also focusing on protein again. I've been letting those numbers slip and of course I feel more "hunger" when I do that. If I'm not careful, I fill that "hungry" space with junk. So the last few days I've been pushing protein hard and I'm back up in the 90-100 grams a day range again (I can only hit in the 50-60 range on fast days). My overall calorie counts are falling and I'm staying just around 1,000 calories a day with relative ease. I feel like I eat all day long! It's wonderful, really.

I'm also down 2.2 pounds on the scale since I started checking back in with you guys. I'm 1.2 pounds from the top end of my maintenance window and I'd like to lose another 5.5 pounds from this point. Once I'm there, I can reevaluate and decide if I want to fight it for another five. I might just do that.

My ultrasound showed some pretty serious adhesions. The entire left side of my uterus, my fallopian tube, my ovary - they can't see much about adhesions in an ultrasound but they were clearly in the wrong location and appear to be fused to my back. Well, that explains the pain!

I'm off hormones right now but doc is insisting I restart them. Why? Seriously, they *might* prevent more adhesions (assuming the side effects aren't as miserable as they were last time) but they won't do anything for the current ones. She's, in her words, "reluctant to refer me for surgery" if I'm unwilling to follow the prescribed hormone treatment afterwards, as the adhesions will likely just recur. Well, duh? I mean, even WITH hormones they recur!

I hate my doctor. I'm currently in the process of working with the Tricare representative to switch my care to an entirely different military hospital. I refuse to see someone so incredibly idiotic. She's done nothing but waste my time and send me in circles for months. It took me going to the ER to get the referral for the ultrasound in the first place, and it took phone calls to a patient rep to get an appointment with my PCM to read me the results so quickly. Government involvement in almost anything leads to poor customer service. You can't do anything about it - there's no incentive to improve, no monetary benefit tied to quality of care and no real repercussions for poor performance. Your patients/customers keep coming in the door because they have no other options. It's terrible and I hate it.

I'll put off the other fast day until Thursday. I find that my overall desire to snack is diminished now that I'm so focused on protein. It's a relatively simple way to get that carb monster off my back and get some results. Here's hoping that shaving my calories down will finally jump start loss again. I've enjoyed this last week of no real bounces - I hold steady some days but typically drop at least a tiny bit every other day.

~Cheri

fye - I am sooo happy for you! That is major! You do not need to justify your higher goal weight then some. I think I shared previously that I got alot more attention / looks from men when I was 20# heavier then I am now. Weird because my whole life I thought skinny was what everybody wanted. I am not skinny, but think that a more voluptous look is definately appealing. And besides, it is just more realistic for many of us.

I am having a discouraging few days. I admit that right now I truly regret getting the plastics. Not because i am unhappy with the results because they surely meet my expectations - but more like I am just not sure the results are good enough for how long and slow this recovery is. Last night my support person removed about half the stitches. It went really well and I had taken something to relax me so I just wanted him to FINISH but it was hurting his back to bend over so I hope tonight he can do the last. I still have one drain, but the output is really dropping so I think it will come out soon. I sense that my feelings about plastics will be much more positive when I no longer have to hide a drain going out in public. I have 3 more weeks of wearing the compression garments and i can't dress normally because they make me look weird. I just want to be able to slip on a bra and panties, throw on some leggings or tights and a sweater dress and be on my way. 3 more weeks. Then I am told not to wear heels and all that since swelilng can happen for months. Again, I question if this is really worth it.

My boyfriend exended his weekend trip for a few more days (returning today) and then he flies out again on Friday. I tried to not sound disappointed but I was really counting on him to distract me and get me out of the freaking house this weekend. It is not his job, but I am pouting about it anyway...lol. Anyway, he says he will be home for awhile after this, but i don't believe him. I mean, I think he wants to stay home, but he does public speaking engagements and has to take them when they come up and they fly him all over the country for that. And then ski season starts soon (weather dependant) and between speaking engagements he works as an instructor - basically to fund his skiing obsession. So, although we find ourselves getting closer and closer in many ways, I am finding myself less accepting of him having so little time for us. He knows it, as we have very good communication, and knows that come January I will be reconsidering our whole situation. He has told me that he wants to find ways to stay together but we both also know that certain lifestyle things are just "what they are". I can't stand a clingy or overbearing boyfriend, but one i see more then once a week would be good. The last thing I want is for him to change to try to appease me and then be resentful over it... I would rather move on and be left with the awesome memories.

On the good news front, I am going to take both shooting and skiing lessons myself (not taught by boyfriend since that seldom works well..haha). I remember when the kids were learning to snoboard they hated it at first and got really pissed off at the instructors. That is apparently the BF experience too as he told me that he didn't want me to get mad at HIM so that I need to get beginner lessons from someone else. The shooting class I want to take is offered on the same day as my big family Christmas party in December so i guess that will also have to wait until after the new year. I really need something to look forward to sooner rather then later so I wish I could find a good class to take in December (ie after I am cleared for all activity around Dec 9 or 8 weeks post op)

So, onto fasting. I am going to try a fast day on Thursday but right now feel so unmotivated. What I need is more exercise but am not yet permitted to do that. i feel the moss growing, the muscles wilting and my spirits flagging... okay, pity party for me today! ha

I am going to see if one of my friends wants to be bothered by my company today or tomorrow. That will help. Everybody has been sick and hyper conscious about not infecting me, so it has been lonely.