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Prepared protein shakes are handy for on the go. I got Premier Protein from Costco.

Kudos for being so strict. My NUT believes in more balance. I'm allowed 2 multigrain servings a day and 2 fruit servings a day plus 3 healthy fats (olive oil, nuts, nut butters, avocado).

Not yet. I have my final appointment March 23 and then I think they need final approval from insurance. I'm guessing another month and a half. So nervous and excited! How is the clot? Has it resolved? Is the pain better?

I had my surgery a week ago today and can now have puréed foods. The puréed cottage cheese was great but I still felt hungry. However when it came to the two scrambled eggs mixed with 2 oz of mashed potato.... I could barely finish half of it! Liquids that long would be old, but you're almost there!!! I still feel so swollen and puffy in my stomach. I'm about to purée some tuna (lord help me) because I need a different flavor in my life. It feels like I'm eating all the time, but then I look at my food tracker and the calories are still below 1000!! I'm just trying to take it day by day. I enjoy the smells of all the food and when people apologize for eating in front of me I make them stop. I like talking to my husband about his meals and trying to face that head on. I have found myself thinking of I'll just take a small bite than immediately I laugh when I realize again my stomach can't handle a bite of any of that right now!! You got this!! I think our brains and tummies just need time to sync up on the new us.

Look up Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova. She has no belly button, and she rocks it.

I'm sick of all my protein shakes too. What helped me was buying beneprotein & adding it to broth. I enjoy the broth so much more than shakes now. I also add beneprotein to pudding just to have something to actually "eat". If you like jello, you can add protein to it too. Easier said than done because it does get boring/tiring. Hang in there, it is hard but we have to remember why we did this. I keep telling myself it won't last forever. I'm consuming more water now because of the hunger. It's hard but if we made it through our pre-op diet, we can do this! [emoji3] Height 5'0" Weight for WLS consultation: 216 lbs. Surgery date: 2/13/17 Goal: - 71 lbs for healthy BMI (about 145 lbs). Current weight: 185.2 lbs My profile picture is not me. It's my "FitSpiration" body.

I'm excited and feeling impatient! Surgery is April 11. I started this process in July 2016. You're almost there...only 20 days away!

I'm sure there is an explanation. I have not changed anything. Still working out, walking, same diet. It has be Water weight or something. I am not getting discouraged. I'm at 14 weeks and very happy with my results so far.

Now, my youngest is 11, so it has been a few years, but honestly I think I would just keep it to what they will experience. "Mommy has to go on a little trip for a few days. You will be taken care of by... I'll be back before you know it, and if you are good, I'll bring a present!" Don't mention what is happening while you are gone, and when you do get back, just say you strained your belly and are sick, so that's why you are sore and resting. There will be time enough later to be honest. At the moment they are really too young.

Clinically, HFLC diets are used for non-WLS gastrectomy patients who need to avoid weight loss and ultimately regain unwanted loss and indeed, this does present one of the challenges for WLS patients who adopt this approach. During the early weight loss months (when we are relatively insensitive to diet due to the enforced restriction courtesy of our WLS,) many will proudly proclaim that they "do full fat everything". This works fine when we are largely consuming "condiment" amounts of fats early on, but often bites people when they carry that practice into maintenance and allow the higher calories to get away from them. It can be done for whatever reason you may want to do it, but you do need to be watchful of your overall consumption to avoid regain. Philosophically, in the absence of a specific medical condition that warrants it, I'm not a big fan of diets that are "low" or "high" of anything as that implies deficiency or excess. One might do a short term very high or low diet to counter an existing imbalance (such as treating insulin resistance with a very low carb diet,) and then moderating that extreme to a more balanced state as the body's chemistry corrects itself for the long term.