Out With the Old--In With the New!

[Frustr8 7,886]

Are you ladies accepting any,move-ins? Can I park,my travel trailer,here?😌

[Apple203 1,314]

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Thanks sweetie!

I really can't believe it's 8 weeks.

Hey such mind-numbing detail but are you tracking by actual 7 day weeks? Or are you going by months?

Cuz I'm technically 8 weeks today but a couple days shy of my 2 month surgiversary date. The devil is in the details. Right? So is Crazy Town, population 1.

Population 3! I'm an engineer, so no detail is too small For my sig line, the 14th of every month (surgery day) is the start of a new month.

Edited April 17, 2018 by Apple203

[FluffyChix 17,410]

8 minutes ago, Apple203 said:

Population 3! I'm an engineer, so no detail is too small For my sig line, the 14th of every month (surgery day) is the start of a new month.

Hahahaha! Good to know! Welcome! And what position do you occupy?

Ok, so wow...I could go either way. Hmmm. Back to the drawing board to decide. LOL.

[BostonWLKC 807]

The way I look at it… It’s kind of like having a kid! After so long you start no longer counting the smaller increments of time bc it messes you up and just embrace the larger ones! So….I am going with months!


HW 242, SW 236- (Bypass 12/20/17)
GW#1- 199 [emoji736] (2/11/18)
GW#2- 180 [emoji736] (4/2/18)
GW#3- 160
CW 174
5’6”

[FluffyChix 17,410]

3 minutes ago, BostonWLKC said:

The way I look at it… It’s kind of like having a kid! After so long you start no longer counting the smaller increments of time bc it messes you up and just embrace the larger ones! So….I am going with months!


HW 242, SW 236- (Bypass 12/20/17)
GW#1- 199 [emoji736] (2/11/18)
GW#2- 180 [emoji736] (4/2/18)
GW#3- 160
CW 174
5’6”

LOL, yeah so then how do I do my updates? ROFLMAO! Maybe it's my cue to sit back, relax, live my life and not try to update my journey? Or to only do updates 3 every 3 months? Hmmm, may need to think about this too!

[BostonWLKC 807]

Just do your next one at 3 months? Lol you’re WAY over crazy thinking


HW 242, SW 236- (Bypass 12/20/17)
GW#1- 199 [emoji736] (2/11/18)
GW#2- 180 [emoji736] (4/2/18)
GW#3- 160
CW 174
5’6”

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

2 hours ago, Apple203 said:

Population 3! I'm an engineer, so no detail is too small For my sig line, the 14th of every month (surgery day) is the start of a new month.

I love finding people with whom I've got something in common! I'm an engineer, too. Or at least I was until I took a hiatus to raise kids. Now I'm an accountant. (Numbers only, people! I'm not good with words!)

[Frustr8 7,886]

so what kind of engineer were you? I have 1 electrical and 1 strucural friend. Nice group of people on the wholewhole, buckets of fun to be with and talk to😝

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

2 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

so what kind of engineer were you? I have 1 electrical and 1 strucural friend. Nice group of people on the wholewhole, buckets of fun to be with and talk to😝

My degree was industrial engineering with a computer science minor, but I worked as an aircraft design engineer. I worked on both helicopters and airplanes.

[Frustr8 7,886]

a bunch of little boys (and these days little girls) would find working on any kind of aircraft way cool. I told my friend Big Viffer who my phone,persists in calling Big Buffer profiling doesn't. pay. We have female engineers and male nurses on BP. Thanks for answering so quickly- you are still a way cool,lady!😝

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

9 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

a bunch of little boys (and these days little girls) would find working on any kind of aircraft way cool. I told my friend Big Viffer who my phone,persists in calling Big Buffer profiling doesn't. pay. We have female engineers and male nurses on BP. Thanks for answering so quickly- you are still a way cool,lady!😝

Why, thank you! It really was a cool job, plus I met my hubby there. Perks all around!

And I answered quickly because I'm supposed to be doing quarterly reports - YUK!

Edited April 17, 2018 by Orchids&Dragons

[FluffyChix 17,410]

So most of you know that I'm obsessed and maybe even have the heart of an engineer. Gotta love my number crunching and data!

I've been on the Quest for the perfect low carb, healthy egg mcmuffin for many years and have come up with several on my blog fluffychixcook(dot)com. But they aren't really bariatric friendly. The bread is way too filling for a bariatric patient and tends to swell in the tummy. Great for a normie trying to fill their tummy up--bad if you have suture lines and seams!

So I've been trying to create a satisfying "sammy" cuz I miss my egg mcmuffins. It needed to be heavy on Protein and light on bread, cals, and carbs. I've made it with crispy lc tortilla rounds and with cheese crackers but it didn't really appease the egg mcmuffin gods. You know?

But this morning I think I've come almost there. I'm about 90% of the way to the ball.

Egg McMuffinless Brekky Sandwich (8weeks)

Serves 1 (about 1/2c volume)

75g egg whites (HEB Real Egg Whites)

1/8 tsp granulated garlic

1/2 tsp Taco Bell Mild Sauce (or your favorite)

s/p

1 slice Hillshire Farms Naturals Black Forest Ham

1/2 slice 2% DeliDeluxe Cheese (Kraft)

Pour egg into a 4oz ramekin. Add next 3 ingredients. Stir. Cover with plastic wrap and poke 3 holes in wrap. Nuke in intervals until done and egg is puffy and almost dry. (I do 30-10-10-10). Remove from ramekin. Split like a biscuit. Blot with a paper towel and fill with your favorite Breakfast sandwich filling. I used 1/2slice of American cheese (2%) and a slice of HSF ham. I stuck some spinach leaves in it cuz green makes me happy. It's VERY filling!

Nutrition: 90 cals; 2g fat; 13g protein; 2g carbs; 0g fiber; 2g net carbs; 0g sugar

[FluffyChix 17,410]

Official 2 Month Update (SD 2.20.18 | Today 4.20.18)

I feel so different from the first 2 month (8 week) update. LOL. Ha! Actually just checking in. The scale has me as its little bi*ch this week. Too early to say if I see a pattern or not, but I am suspicious. I've decided my main barrier to weight loss is when the scale goes into a lull and doesn't give me the feedback I desire. It makes me say WTF and then go off plan--even in little ways. Yesterday despite being at 500 cals or below, I was up 1.4lbs for no good fu*king reason. LOL. Can you say "BAD MOOD?" Course you can. (NOTE: Yes, I fully recognize that I'm "saying" that the scale is making me a victim. I have power over my choices. I'm just saying this is the pattern I recognize from days gone by and it's one I seriously need to change. I need to reclaim the power. I'm nobody's victim. I have POWER to choose and to make healthy decisions.)

So what did I do? I'm nothing if not predictable...I had a head hunger day where I was a hungry hungry hippo looking for salty crunchy Snacks. I managed to stay on plan until Mr. F. came home from work and announced he wanted a snack despite it being 6:15pm. He didn't want dinner until later. I'm like, "Well, I'm starved and am ready for dinner." And he was like...okaaaaayyyyy.

So I made him a snack, then I caved to my poor choices. 1/4oz gruyere, 6 parmesan Whisps and 1 tbsp of Creamy Jiff doesn't sound bad on paper. It's a small snack of 163 calories; 9g protein; 4g carbs; 1g fiber; 3g net carb. But when you factor in that my daily calorie goal is 550 cals, it kinda sucks. (I'm trying to slowly raise calories, 50calories at a time to get to where I need to be eating. So this month's goal is 550cals/day and 70g Protein. Next month, I will go for 600cals/75g p.

Then last night at bedtime despite having a full dinner of 2oz chicken, 1oz broccoli, steamed, 1oz avo/tomato salad, I had another 1/2oz of ground turkey sausage mixture and 6 more parmesan cheese whisps.

Ended the day with a whopping total of 770cals; 81g protein; 39g fat; 25g carbs; 6g fiber; 19g net carbs. Now, you might say, but that's still perfectly fine for WLS! Remember, I'm only 2 months out. The biggest losses happen in the first 2 months and because they suppose that's when your intake is the lowest (source: research scientist at Baylor). So Month 1 loss was only 11.8lbs and month 2 loss was also 14.6lbs. I'm suspecting that perhaps I'm in the genetic group with only 1 of the WLS success genes -- because of my slower monthly losses.

That means, because I'm not genetically gifted, I will have to work my ass off even WITH WLS to defy the statistics of WLS success. I will have to apply the rules of epigenetics through lifestyle control like nobody's beeswax. And you don't do that by caving to pressure and eating "safe" snacks worth almost 1/3 of your daily calories. LOL. OK, beating over. Morale VASTLY improved. Moving on.

Today I'm starting PT again and next week I go for some kind of steroid injections into my right hip. They place the shot via xray. Don't know what the SI joint stuff will entail, the left hip bursa was easy and so effective. I'm dreading that they will want me on my tummy. It's hard to manage with my back and foobs that sit like rocks on my chest and with the chest neuropathy. So I've decided to post my stats and my progress pics to date because I know I get significant movement on the measuring tape during PT. Hopefully that will be enough of a "carrot" to justify the "stick" so that I continue working out and building strength and muscle moving forward.

SW - 222.4lbs (2.20.18)

CW - 196.0lbs (4.20.18) (-26.4lb loss since SD)

Neck - 15

Chest - 44

Waist - 38 (SD 41.5 in; -3.5 inches lost)

Hips - 47

Right Arm - 13

Left Arm - 14.5 (lymphedema)

Right Thigh - 25.5

Left Thigh - 26

(If I squint real hard, I can see the difference between the surgery day photo on the left and the Month2 photo on the right, but it's not as if I'm tearing up land speed records for losses since I'm only down 26.4lbs since surgery. But I have to deal with my individual reality and I know that the anti-cancer drugs I'm on will make weight loss more difficult than for most. It is my reality and nothing I can do to alter that fact. Hopefully PT and doing strength building will help boost my metabolism.)

Edited April 20, 2018 by FluffyChix

[newself 98]

OMG! I can see a big difference! You look adorable! I get it about the scale and making questionable choices. I'm hovering around your weight, and I'm fighting the urge to compare to others. I'm 50 years old (post m) so my metabolism is slower. I'll post picts once I figure out how I'm so proud of you- huge smile this morning!!!!

[Apple203 1,314]

:-) I'm glad you are increasing your calories. I'm at 700/day, 30g carbs now. I fluv the fluffy mask, LOL.