I finally made the thread for those of us who are scheduled for May 15th. It'll be fun to hear how all of us are doing during our journeys. Feel free to share!

There are many of us on pre-ops now and some have a few days. Just about a week left!!! How awesome and exciting it is! ?

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1 hour ago, Newme17 said:

Did you do your workout? I'm currently waiting for my food to digest to dance. Lol

Yes. I made myself do it ..lol.. once I got started it was fine, I was just so tired today, but I don't want to start giving in to any excuses.

1 hour ago, Newme17 said:

Did you do your workout? I'm currently waiting for my food to digest to dance. Lol

I have started doing my workouts as soon as I get home then take my shower. If I wait till after dinner, I feel lazy..lol..

it is easier for me to do this because I don't have hungry little ones waiting for dinner.

1 hour ago, Newme17 said:

Here's my dinner, chicken taco without the tortilla, and with the tortillas in the background! Lol. I forgot to weigh it, but I obviously didn't get through it all. I ate maybe 2/3 of it. It was good!!

Yummy ? that looks so good.

I took photos of my dinner too. My chicken breast stuck to the pan because I just used the Parmesan cheese without the bread crumbs for mine. It was good anyway. My hubby's has panko bread crumbs mixed in and turned out better. Riced cauliflower and broccoli on the side.

I wanted to share a new habit I am trying to form. I have always been a night owl and most nights only getting 6 hours of sleep. This is not healthy and I knew it, but I didn't realize how much it could also effect weight loss.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/cant-shed-those-pounds#1

This is just one article, but there are many.

I have started going to bed between 10-10:30 every weeknight. At first I was waking up at 3:30-4:00am ..lol.. but I have made myself stay in bed until 6:00 and the past two mornings I have slept straight through until my alarm went off. It has been years since I have slept 7-8 hours on a regular basis. I hope to see a difference and I hope to stick with this. If I am even 80% successful I will be happy.

I wanted to share a new habit I am trying to form. I have always been a night owl and most nights only getting 6 hours of sleep. This is not healthy and I knew it, but I didn't realize how much it could also effect weight loss.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/cant-shed-those-pounds#1
This is just one article, but there are many.
I have started going to bed between 10-10:30 every weeknight. At first I was waking up at 3:30-4:00am ..lol.. but I have made myself stay in bed until 6:00 and the past two mornings I have slept straight through until my alarm went off. It has been years since I have slept 7-8 hours on a regular basis. I hope to see a difference and I hope to stick with this. If I am even 80% successful I will be happy.

Well I work at night I get off work at 2:30am

Y'all food look good I need recipes and not Pinterest I really don't see anything I like

11 hours ago, Apple1 said:

I took photos of my dinner too. My chicken breast stuck to the pan because I just used the Parmesan cheese without the bread crumbs for mine. It was good anyway. My hubby's has panko bread crumbs mixed in and turned out better. Riced cauliflower and broccoli on the side.

Yours look awesome. I love Parmesan cheese with a bit of a burn. It tastes pretty good. I haven't tried riced cauliflower yet. I'm wondering if my kids would notice.

3 hours ago, queenbee88 said:

Well I work at night I get off work at 2:30am

You'll have to tailer your sleep schedule to your work schedule. My husband used to work nights for six years. He's having a hard time getting sleep now, his internal clock keeps him up through the night. But he's slowly adjusting. How many hours of sleep do you think you're getting?

Edited June 23, 20179 yr by Newme17

11 hours ago, Apple1 said:

I wanted to share a new habit I am trying to form. I have always been a night owl and most nights only getting 6 hours of sleep. This is not healthy and I knew it, but I didn't realize how much it could also effect weight loss.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/cant-shed-those-pounds#1

This is just one article, but there are many.

I have started going to bed between 10-10:30 every weeknight. At first I was waking up at 3:30-4:00am ..lol.. but I have made myself stay in bed until 6:00 and the past two mornings I have slept straight through until my alarm went off. It has been years since I have slept 7-8 hours on a regular basis. I hope to see a difference and I hope to stick with this. If I am even 80% successful I will be happy.

Unless I binge on netflix, I usually am in bed about 10:30 at the latest and up between 6 and 7. Sometimes it's too much sleep for me. Last night I went to bed at 12 (watching my show) and naturally woke up at 6:45...almost 7 hours.

Im ready for some coffee now.

10 minutes ago, Newme17 said:

Unless I binge on netflix, I usually am in bed about 10:30 at the latest and up between 6 and 7. Sometimes it's too much sleep for me. Last night I went to bed at 12 (watching my show) and naturally woke up at 6:45...almost 7 hours.

Im ready for some coffee now.

That is my goal. To consistently get at least 7 hours a night instead of the 5-6 which is my norm. I have always functioned fine on 6, but I want to see if this makes a difference since I keep reading about how important sleep is.

4 hours ago, queenbee88 said:

Y'all food look good I need recipes and not Pinterest I really don't see anything I like

Hey lady. My chicken tacos are just chicken breast in the slow cooker with a jar of salsa verde, any brand. I like Herdez the best though. I just throw some lettuce, tomato, and cheese with it.

I'll do my best to post my recipes to for everyone.

Yonight I'll be making Lentil salad. Here's the recipe I'm using. I haven't tried this yet myself. So we'll see if it's a good one or not. ?

11 minutes ago, Newme17 said:

Hey lady. My chicken tacos are just chicken breast in the slow cooker with a jar of salsa verde, any brand. I like Herdez the best though. I just throw some lettuce, tomato, and cheese with it.

I'll do my best to post my recipes to for everyone.

Yonight I'll be making Lentil salad. Here's the recipe I'm using. I haven't tried this yet myself. So we'll see if it's a good one or not. ?

That looks really

good. My dh loves lentils. I might put this on the menu for this weekend?

2 hours ago, Apple1 said:

That looks really

good. My dh loves lentils. I might put this on the menu for this weekend?

I'd love to hear how it goes for ya. I won't be doing my lentils in the oven though...just on the stove top. Thankfully I'm off earlier today, so I can get them started in time.

59 minutes ago, Newme17 said:

I'd love to hear how it goes for ya. I won't be doing my lentils in the oven though...just on the stove top. Thankfully I'm off earlier today, so I can get them started in time.

That is how I would cook them also. I know he is gonna want this over rice though. I haven't made him rice since my surgery, I guess a little won't hurt him. He is trying to follow my diet, at least at home.

I am sure he misses black bean and rice.

I think I just had my first dumping episode. I was drinking a protein shake on my way home from work and all of a sudden my stomach started cramping up big time, my mouth got all watery like I was gonna get sick. I was going to stop at the grocery store, but I mixed that Idea and just headed straight home. I thought I might have to pull over but I made it home.

The weird thing is I have been drinking these shakes since week 2 with no problem. Now I am going to be afraid to drink them again.