I got my date as August 21.

CW 295

What all are you doing to prepare? I'm worried about starting pre-op diet too early and potentially running out of willpower in advance. I'm also looking for therapy for disordered eating to begin ASAP and continue through the process. I'm also working on not drinking during meals and thinking about how to start increasing my water uptake. I'm also contemplating how I can prepare meals with veg and protein for easy access.

3 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

How are you doing?? Any new trips planned??

Nothing planned yet but maybe next summer which is June-aug 2026.. ive hired a coach to help me through my longest stall since May and it finally moved but my sugar cravings are baaaaaaadddddd

After tomorrow is my 1 year post op app so lets see what she says. But I think I need another 9 kgs to reach my goal of 65 kg and im kinda tired 😫

Just now, Justarwaxx said:

Nothing planned yet but maybe next summer which is June-aug 2026.. ive hired a coach to help me through my longest stall since May and it finally moved but my sugar cravings are baaaaaaadddddd

After tomorrow is my 1 year post op app so lets see what she says. But I think I need another 9 kgs to reach my goal of 65 kg and im kinda tired 😫

Are you still exercising quite a bit? If so, talk to the coach about your activity. If you have a fitness watch take the information from that about your average heart rate from your average workout and let her know. If you are craving sugar it’s possibly just the obese brain wanting junk but it’s also possible that you are actually craving what you need. I know when I was exercising like crazy the nurse practitioner told me to add more carbs and when I did i started losing which surprised the heck out of me. Have you tried searching online for some new recipes to try. That is something I was told to do ever so often to keep things from getting boring.

Just now, ShoppGirl said:

Are you still exercising quite a bit? If so, talk to the coach about your activity. If you have a fitness watch take the information from that about your average heart rate from your average workout and let her know. If you are craving sugar it’s possibly just the obese brain wanting junk but it’s also possible that you are actually craving what you need. I know when I was exercising like crazy the nurse practitioner told me to add more carbs and when I did i started losing which surprised the heck out of me. Have you tried searching online for some new recipes to try. That is something I was told to do ever so often to keep things from getting boring.

Yes yes she knows everything and I follow her plan and she knows and finding solutions for me... I eat carbs very well actually and fruits . I crave bad sugar 😩 but I think jts mostly pre period but its like 10 days before for 10 days!

4 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

Are you still exercising quite a bit? If so, talk to the coach about your activity. If you have a fitness watch take the information from that about your average heart rate from your average workout and let her know. If you are craving sugar it’s possibly just the obese brain wanting junk but it’s also possible that you are actually craving what you need. I know when I was exercising like crazy the nurse practitioner told me to add more carbs and when I did i started losing which surprised the heck out of me. Have you tried searching online for some new recipes to try. That is something I was told to do ever so often to keep things from getting boring.

Yes now I lift heavy 3 to 4 times a week. Well at least im trying teeheee. Why cant bariatric surgery be a magic tool ahhh

6 hours ago, Justarwaxx said:

Yes now I lift heavy 3 to 4 times a week. Well at least im trying teeheee. Why cant bariatric surgery be a magic tool ahhh

Oh how I wish it was magic, too!! That’s awesome about your activity. I bet you are so much stronger and that will be so good as you get older to help with balance and all of that so you don’t fall and break things when you inevitably lose bone density! Plus muscle burns more fat so there is that which is a huge plus. I bet you are getting nice and toned also which makes clothes fit better. I can’t wait to get back to it. My appt with the new ortho is Friday and a lady in my crochet group had two knee replacements done by him and said he is definitely not one to tell you to sit still like the other guy basically said for me to do. I don’t think I need that so it’s overkill to see this guy but I’m going to tell him I need another opinion that allows me to get back to my activity before things snowball out of control. I guess as much as I’m missing it I may be a little bored with it too if I had been doing it this entire past year. Why do we have to always want what we can’t have 🤦‍♀️

Ooh and if your not losing so much but your lifting that much it may just be your gaining muscle faster than you are losing. It is true that muscle is more than fat. Do you take measurements. That may be a better way for you to see your progress now. That and the way your clothes fit. I’m so happy for you. I remember in the beginning for both of us how much of a struggle it was to get started with being active. You’re doing so great keeping it up. I really liked also how it was time taken out just for me. I would listen to music or audiobooks or talk to a friend on the phone while I walked and then of course yoga and cardio were entertainment of their own. The yoga is my absolute favorite. I tried PIYO also but needed to get a little more bendy before I went in and out of them poses so rapidly. I can’t wait to try that again!!

3 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

Oh how I wish it was magic, too!! That’s awesome about your activity. I bet you are so much stronger and that will be so good as you get older to help with balance and all of that so you don’t fall and break things when you inevitably lose bone density! Plus muscle burns more fat so there is that which is a huge plus. I bet you are getting nice and toned also which makes clothes fit better. I can’t wait to get back to it. My appt with the new ortho is Friday and a lady in my crochet group had two knee replacements done by him and said he is definitely not one to tell you to sit still like the other guy basically said for me to do. I don’t think I need that so it’s overkill to see this guy but I’m going to tell him I need another opinion that allows me to get back to my activity before things snowball out of control. I guess as much as I’m missing it I may be a little bored with it too if I had been doing it this entire past year. Why do we have to always want what we can’t have 🤦‍♀️

Ooh and if your not losing so much but your lifting that much it may just be your gaining muscle faster than you are losing. It is true that muscle is more than fat. Do you take measurements. That may be a better way for you to see your progress now. That and the way your clothes fit. I’m so happy for you. I remember in the beginning for both of us how much of a struggle it was to get started with being active. You’re doing so great keeping it up. I really liked also how it was time taken out just for me. I would listen to music or audiobooks or talk to a friend on the phone while I walked and then of course yoga and cardio were entertainment of their own. The yoga is my absolute favorite. I tried PIYO also but needed to get a little more bendy before I went in and out of them poses so rapidly. I can’t wait to try that again!!

Yesss, def my body changed more than the number on the scale but its so weird how fixated we are on that number and also the fact that my doc also told me she wants me at BMI 27 at least because if she went with how I look, she will have to memorise alot of patients haha. I noticed in my tests they did a bone test and I never knew it was a thing and im on 2 calcium a day so im hoping its helping..

I hope your app goes well! I totally get missing some sort of movement. I feel yoga could be ok? Just some stretching and also in the case of weight loss and gain its 80% food. So as long as we eat right, it should be OK for awhile to not move as much as we want

On 11/2/2025 at 8:31 PM, Justarwaxx said:

Yesss, def my body changed more than the number on the scale but its so weird how fixated we are on that number and also the fact that my doc also told me she wants me at BMI 27 at least because if she went with how I look, she will have to memorise alot of patients haha. I noticed in my tests they did a bone test and I never knew it was a thing and im on 2 calcium a day so im hoping its helping..

I hope your app goes well! I totally get missing some sort of movement. I feel yoga could be ok? Just some stretching and also in the case of weight loss and gain its 80% food. So as long as we eat right, it should be OK for awhile to not move as much as we want

I agree. Not moving doesn’t directly affect weight but for me I think the happy chemicals that exercise produced helped with my choices. Not sure if that’s typical for others but I was much happier when I was exercising. I slept sooooo much better at the end of the day, for one thing. Why do we focuse on that stupid number when we all know it isn’t even an accurate reflection of loss. I do it to and it’s so silly. I wish there was a way to keep the weight thing in check without even owning a scale. I truly do.

1 hour ago, ShoppGirl said:

I agree. Not moving doesn’t directly affect weight but for me I think the happy chemicals that exercise produced helped with my choices. Not sure if that’s typical for others but I was much happier when I was exercising. I slept sooooo much better at the end of the day, for one thing. Why do we focuse on that stupid number when we all know it isn’t even an accurate reflection of loss. I do it to and it’s so silly. I wish there was a way to keep the weight thing in check without even owning a scale. I truly do.

100% agree. I stopped working out for over a week and my coach asked me to work out one and to tell her how I felt AFTER. She wad right. It wad an amazing feeling. Sigh! I hope your medical team can clear u to do more but at least u have yoga which u like!. My one year post op appointment is in 2 hrs. Ill update when im done

16 hours ago, Justarwaxx said:

100% agree. I stopped working out for over a week and my coach asked me to work out one and to tell her how I felt AFTER. She wad right. It wad an amazing feeling. Sigh! I hope your medical team can clear u to do more but at least u have yoga which u like!. My one year post op appointment is in 2 hrs. Ill update when im done

Oh good. Fingers crossed they can see what we all know that you are doing awesome!!!

5 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

Oh good. Fingers crossed they can see what we all know that you are doing awesome!!!

It was very positive and sad! Doc is very happy with results and discharged me from the clinic :( I begged him not too so I can be held accountable but my time was done with them haha he says u know what needs to be done n u r doing it! But ill keep going to the local clinic every 3 to 6 months for medicine refill and blood works. All my blood work was good 🤍 but iron was abit low so he doubled the dose and thats about it. Im down 6 kgs of fat from May so something is working.. my next goal is to lose some more weight till February then ill start maintenence phase. So things are shaping up!

16 hours ago, Justarwaxx said:

100% agree. I stopped working out for over a week and my coach asked me to work out one and to tell her how I felt AFTER. She wad right. It wad an amazing feeling. Sigh! I hope your medical team can clear u to do more but at least u have yoga which u like!. My one year post op appointment is in 2 hrs. Ill update when im done

Oh good. Fingers crossed they can see what we all know that you are doing awesome!!!

11 hours ago, Justarwaxx said:

It was very positive and sad! Doc is very happy with results and discharged me from the clinic :( I begged him not too so I can be held accountable but my time was done with them haha he says u know what needs to be done n u r doing it! But ill keep going to the local clinic every 3 to 6 months for medicine refill and blood works. All my blood work was good 🤍 but iron was abit low so he doubled the dose and thats about it. Im down 6 kgs of fat from May so something is working.. my next goal is to lose some more weight till February then ill start maintenence phase. So things are shaping up!

That’s great news!! Bitter sweet to have them decide when you are ready to leave the nest, but they are the professionals so they know better than we do. Make sure you stay on top of that iron Thing. If you start noticing your feeling cold A lot and/or extra tired be sure to get it checked straight away. Mine has been an issue through all my other stuff and the couple of times I needed infusions I was like I NEVER need a sweater inside. I didn’t even carry one in the car because I’m always hot so I knew something had to be wrong. A couple infusions and I was right back on track. That and potassium seem to be my issues with absorption.

I am just dreading this holiday season. I am already starting to think of food I want to get for certain occasions. One of my friends who is super tiny NEVER thinks about food. She will eat a small bowl of real cereal (not the pure sugar kind) and it’s like an after thought for dinner. She laughs at me all the time when I start planning meals so far in advance and talk about food so much because she just doesn’t even think about it. I think these people need to donate their brains to science because there is something so different between her and my brain I’m sure if it. Maybe their brains will help them figure out less extreme weight loss tools for the future.

Anyhow. I am thrilled for your good visit. I hope you celebrated!! You have earned it.

Edited November 5, 2025Nov 5 by ShoppGirl

@Justarwaxx we should call it your graduation!! 😂

22 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

Oh good. Fingers crossed they can see what we all know that you are doing awesome!!!

That’s great news!! Bitter sweet to have them decide when you are ready to leave the nest, but they are the professionals so they know better than we do. Make sure you stay on top of that iron Thing. If you start noticing your feeling cold A lot and/or extra tired be sure to get it checked straight away. Mine has been an issue through all my other stuff and the couple of times I needed infusions I was like I NEVER need a sweater inside. I didn’t even carry one in the car because I’m always hot so I knew something had to be wrong. A couple infusions and I was right back on track. That and potassium seem to be my issues with absorption.

I am just dreading this holiday season. I am already starting to think of food I want to get for certain occasions. One of my friends who is super tiny NEVER thinks about food. She will eat a small bowl of real cereal (not the pure sugar kind) and it’s like an after thought for dinner. She laughs at me all the time when I start planning meals so far in advance and talk about food so much because she just doesn’t even think about it. I think these people need to donate their brains to science because there is something so different between her and my brain I’m sure if it. Maybe their brains will help them figure out less extreme weight loss tools for the future.

Anyhow. I am thrilled for your good visit. I hope you celebrated!! You have earned it.

I AM COLD ALL THE TIME!! And I live in the middle East so imagine that 🤣 I have a heater in my office and no one understands why.. I will keep an eye on it for sure.. oh god I struggle with every weekend as our families are all about food so every Friday and Saturday I stray off my meal plan. I really think you should or could eat anything u like but have small plates. I know this lady in tiktok eats anything that fits on a 15cm plate and thats what her doc said. Eat 4 to 6 15cm plates... maybe try? Oh god im typing this and thinking of food.. why is food so good 🥲🥲🥲

29 minutes ago, Justarwaxx said:

I AM COLD ALL THE TIME!! And I live in the middle East so imagine that 🤣 I have a heater in my office and no one understands why.. I will keep an eye on it for sure.. oh god I struggle with every weekend as our families are all about food so every Friday and Saturday I stray off my meal plan. I really think you should or could eat anything u like but have small plates. I know this lady in tiktok eats anything that fits on a 15cm plate and thats what her doc said. Eat 4 to 6 15cm plates... maybe try? Oh god im typing this and thinking of food.. why is food so good 🥲🥲🥲

I know, right? It’s not fair!!!! I am horrible at self comtrol after I have a taste of the less healthy options. I know some people can eat one small slice of pizza or a bite of a brownie and be satisfied but I will not be full on the pizza or happy with the brownie and on top of that, having them processed carbs will make me crave carbs for a week. It’s really not worth it but I still do it to myself. Not sure why. 😆

23 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

I know, right? It’s not fair!!!! I am horrible at self comtrol after I have a taste of the less healthy options. I know some people can eat one small slice of pizza or a bite of a brownie and be satisfied but I will not be full on the pizza or happy with the brownie and on top of that, having them processed carbs will make me crave carbs for a week. It’s really not worth it but I still do it to myself. Not sure why. 😆

Hahaha relatedable! That’s the test this holiday then. Take pictures and show me! Ill be your food police