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Thanks for the devilishly tasty recipes! I've seen these at potlucks, but never knew what they were called.

She's the Pioneer Woman! And I'll be even nicer, I'll spell it out for you forthwith. Cake- she uses a 13x18 large sheet cake pan, she likes hers flat, I like mine fatter. 2C flour. 2C sugar( yeah that evil white stuff) ,,1/4 t salt. 4T or 1/4 cup heaping cocoa. 2 sticks butter IC boiling water. 1/2 c buttermilk 2 whole beaten eggs. 1t baking soda. 1 t vanilla, and I use Watkins real only. Frostening: 1/2 C finely chopped pecans- I disagree with Fluffy Chix, I have used walnuts before, I live in the North after all -pecans are expensive up here. If you have a pecan so much the better, we have black walnuts and hickory, THATS what Ms Frustr8 uses! 1 3/4 sticks butter. 4T(1/4 C ) cocoa. 1/3 C milk, recipe actually calls for 6T, you want to stand measuring by T have at it 1 pound(minus 1/2 C ) 10X or powdered sugar Now for the instructions, okay? Combine flour,sugar and salt in largish mixing bowl. In saucepan melt butter and then add cocoa and stir them together. Add boiling water, now you can use another pan or teakettle to bring your water to boiling, I pour the water in my Pyrex measuring cup and microwave it warm. Besides in a minute you'll need the cup again. Okay, poured the boiling water in? Fine,let it boil 30 seconds together , turn off the burner, and pour this over your flour mixture and stir until it cools down some. By this time the measuring cup also should have cooled down, pour buttermilk and the beaten eggs, baking soda and vanilla into it, stir it a little and then pour it into the chocolate-flour-butter mixture in your big mixing bowl. When nice and smooth blended. pour into a prepared pan. Her directions say 13x18 pan 20 minutes at 350 degrees, since I like mine more like a cake than a brownie or flat bar, 30-35 minutes, you've baked before, you'll know how to tell if a cake is done. While cake is baking you can be making the ever-so-rich icing. Melt butter in a saucepan and add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off your heat. Shoot,even remove it from the burner altogether. Add. milk, vanilla, powdered sugar and stir together. I suppose you could use a mixer, I always did it by hand.Add your pecans and stir some more.Pour over still warm cake, cut into squares and consign your soul to perdition, it is. THAT GOOD! Which leads me to a story. There is another sort of similar cake floating around called Better Than Sex Cake. Lady sent 2 generous slices over to her next door neighbors, waited for a Thank You or other acknowledgment. About evening down came their window shade with message written on it. It said " Please send over remainder of cake, involved in continuing Field Testing!"😝LOL

Man, that sounds miserable and dangerous. Thank you for sharing the warning and the good advice. Hope you're 100% now.

3 weeks out and I drink normally now. Once in a while I forget and chug and feel the pressure in my belly but nothing terribly dramatic, just a good reminder to slow down a bit...

Congrats I am down to one from a total of 3 and I’m 5 days post op

I am a mother of 2 boys and I know exactly what u mean I am 6 days post op and am tired of the broth and liquids already . I am honestly saying yes I licked the spoon from my sons food ... idc I just felt like I needed something .... I even tasted pasta sauce ... I don’t think that’s going to set u up for failure. Do u think you are the only one feeling like this babe ? you r not alone .. 😍😍. after I licked the spoon I swear to you I just felt better ... it didn’t lead to anything more it was just that variety ... or that familiar smell and taste u know .....

Honestly? You may not have this moment for several months. We stare so much at ourselves in the mirror, just waiting for those changes to flash us a neon sign saying "Here! Here look this is soooo much thinner!" but that's not really how it happens. It took a few months for me before I looked in the mirror and saw myself. And it wasn't I looked in there and said "Damn you fine!" or anything like that. In fact I looked practically deranged since I just come back from my first real run in several years. I was sweaty and gross and blotchy and covered in gnats because summer running sucks... but I really saw a difference. I was capable. That was my "aha!" moment. There are some people who drop 30lbs, but are still in the same sizes. They drop 60lbs and have only dropped 1 pant size. There are some people who drop 15lbs and drop 2 sizes. How we hold our weight is so very different from person to person. So if your looking for each little tiny change, you may miss the bigger picture. Instead, focus on some other aspects. Could you walk further this week than last? Did those stairs kick your ass as much as yesterday? I found this to be very very motivating!

If Death was a definate possibility, would there still be so many posters on Bariatric Pal? Probably should be a large mural outside Wedding Chapels stating " Marriage May Be Hazardous to Your Health!"& do you think people would slow down their headfirst jog into the nearest one.?🎉🎊🍰💑

Congrats!!

Hi there. I’m four days post op. Just started Shakes today’s. Finished about one and a half. Drinking my fluids the best I can. Get full real quick. Just be patient. It will get better.