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Here is a weird thing i noticed this week. you Ladies out there may not be able to identify with this' date=' but here we go anyway :-)

in the past 30 years i have shaved my face every third day and never had any problems. i chalked it up to my irish heritage and fair skin etc.

i was apparently wrong! the hair must have not been long enough to get through all of the fat layers...lol. i now have to shave every day and decided to grow a full beard ( trimmed neatly) for the winter.

im kinda of psyched about this shaving thing...just sayin

Have a great day.

RJ[/quote']

Fortunately I don't relate, but what a cool observation! Congrats on the new beard!

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Here is a weird thing i noticed this week. you Ladies out there may not be able to identify with this' date=' but here we go anyway :-)

in the past 30 years i have shaved my face every third day and never had any problems. i chalked it up to my irish heritage and fair skin etc.

i was apparently wrong! the hair must have not been long enough to get through all of the fat layers...lol. i now have to shave every day and decided to grow a full beard ( trimmed neatly) for the winter.

im kinda of psyched about this shaving thing...just sayin

Have a great day.

RJ[/quote']

Fortunately I don't relate, but what a cool observation! Congrats on the new beard!

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Here is a weird thing i noticed this week. you Ladies out there may not be able to identify with this' date=' but here we go anyway :-) in the past 30 years i have shaved my face every third day and never had any problems. i chalked it up to my irish heritage and fair skin etc. i was apparently wrong! the hair must have not been long enough to get through all of the fat layers...lol. i now have to shave every day and decided to grow a full beard ( trimmed neatly) for the winter. im kinda of psyched about this shaving thing...just sayin Have a great day. RJ[/quote']

Are you taking Biotin? I feel like the hair on my legs is growing quicker. I attributed it to the biotin.

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Are we allowed to drink out of straws?... I know we couldn't at first' date=' but is like to use one to suck down Protein Drinks. It'll go faster!![/quote']

I use on occasionally but am very care to not swallow the air. More of a pain than a help imho.

SD: 6/10/13 HW 305/SW 259/CW 211.6/GW 150 <br />Sent from my SCH-I605 using RNYTalk

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I use on occasionally but am very care to not swallow the air. More of a pain than a help imho.

SD: 6/10/13 HW 305/SW 259/CW 211.6/GW 150 <br />Sent from my SCH-I605 using RNYTalk

I thought it was about sucking in.air and.drinking to.quickky? I do use a straw occasionally when I'm drinking ice tea but I take small sips.

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Are you taking Biotin? I feel like the hair on my legs is growing quicker. I attributed it to the biotin.

Mel i am taking biotin....good suggestion, ill ask my surgeon Friday morning.

RJ

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I thought it was about sucking in.air and.drinking to.quickky? I do use a straw occasionally when I'm drinking ice tea but I take small sips.

Exactly. I try to not swallow the extra air...which slows down my drinking...which really irritates me. Lol!

SD: 6/10/13 HW 305/SW 259/CW 211.6/GW 150 <br />Sent from my SCH-I605 using RNYTalk

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Mel i am taking biotin....good suggestion' date=' ill ask my surgeon Friday morning. RJ[/quote']

I really think that produces more hair.< /p>

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Are we allowed to drink out of straws?... I know we couldn't at first' date=' but is like to use one to suck down Protein drinks. It'll go faster!![/quote']

I have been using a straw from nearly the very beginning. Have never had a problem.

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I thought it was about sucking in.air and.drinking to.quickky? I do use a straw occasionally when I'm drinking ice tea but I take small sips.

I do the same thing except mine is ice coffee, dont say a word to my surgeon :-) my nut says im ok as long as i dont drink it any near my Iron tablet, have had no problems with straws. i use it to get the liquid to my mouth but will not drink the Fluid while i have the straw in my mouth....yea im a freak go ahead and think it :-)

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Anyone else feel their weight lose has slowed down. I've lost about 4 lbs in the past 3 weeks but that's not a lot for me. Usually it's 4lbs a week.

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Anyone else feel their weight lose has slowed down. I've lost about 4 lbs in the past 3 weeks but that's not a lot for me. Usually it's 4lbs a week.

I have been stalling and going slow since I began. I will lose about 4 or 5 pounds per week and then stop for two or three weeks before starting to lose again. I think your body just has to play catch up. I also think its interesting that on the weeks that I am not losing people will say how I look like I am losing so much. Maybe it's the inches rearranging or something. I have been at 55 pounds lost for about 3 weeks now.

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I do the same thing except mine is ice coffee' date='dont say a word to my surgeon :-) my nut says im ok as long as i dont drink it any near my Iron tablet, have had no problems with straws. i use it to get the liquid to my mouth but will not drink the Fluid while i have the straw in my mouth....yea im a freak go ahead and think it :-)[/quote']

You are not a freak! We all have ways of making this journey work for us! I have been drinking one cup of coffee for a few weeks now. I pour my chocolate Protein Shake in it each morning. This way I get my Protein started early.

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Anyone else feel their weight lose has slowed down. I've lost about 4 lbs in the past 3 weeks but that's not a lot for me. Usually it's 4lbs a week.
yes, although I have 40 more to lose, I stall for weeks at a time and then I'll lose 2lbs, but in the mist of it, i do notice I lose inched.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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