Oregondaisy

I've never seen one bad post or any complaints about Dr. Aceves.

Hi everyone! I love everyone's new pictures! The appetite suppressants I have are no longer on the market. Not here, at least. I got it before they took it off the market. It's mau hung an herb and it works really well. I only rarely take them because like Laura said, I don't really need anything like that in my body. But I've been working too hard to gain back a bunch over the weekend. I've had 5 lb gains on weekends before. I am worried about the holidays too. My birthday is at the end of october and between my birthday and the end of the year, is when I gained my regain and could never lose it.

Thanks Laura!

I went in today and asked if they could shave off a little of my cast because it was hurting my knuckles. They decided to take it off and recast it. Now my knuckles are free but he put it on really tight. It's so tight it hurts. I hope it loosens up. I'll be gone all weekend with limited internet. I'm going to cheat and take an appetite suppressant at the 60th birthday party. I really don't want to gain any weight.

It has moved to the bottom right hand corner of my screen. I don't like it since they moved over to this new system. The chat program is completely different.

My regain came between my birthday and the first of the year. My birthday is the end of October. Everyone was taking me out to dinner for like a week straight. That was when first noticed it was really hard to take off the few lbs I gained. Nothing was working. Pretty soon it was all the other holidays and between my birthday and the first of the year, I gained 10 lbs that I could not take off. It was lose 2 lbs every week and gain it back on the weekend. It's been the 5:2 plan that's gotten me back on track.

I'm always over 500. Between 5-600 but it seems to be working for me!

Oh, I thought you said you had to add extra snacking to get your Protein. You need to eat either 3 meals or 4 smaller meals per day.

If you don't post a lot, that's fine. We just want to me sure everyone listed is eating the 5:2 way. If someone doesn't respond, Laura , can you pm them? If you don't want to post your loss, hopefully no gains, just let us know how fasting is going for you.

Me too! Gross! Cheri Sorry to hear about your friend. That's so sad. I hate cancer. laura that's one lousy day! I probably Would have eaten cookies. Suddenly now that I am at last summers weight, I';m afraid I will stop losing and this is where Ill stay stuck. Fast day tomorrow. Cast off 2 weeks from today!

I went to Mexicali alone. I had no problems. I was there 3 days. I loved it there. I felt very safe.

It will all work out. Can't you tell your new job you're not able to start for an extra week because you have a family emergency or personal business? Most people recover very quickly and are able to return to work right away.

Thanks for googling wrist cast I guessed bc I weighed before I had it put on. I get a removable cast 2 weeks from tomorrow! I am so excited that my pants aren't tight anymore. Honestly, I was afraid I'd never get this regain off. Thanks so much for telling me about 5:2. It really works for me!

Don't get it in your head that you have to eat. If you aren't hungry, don't eat. You're trying to get to goal. That doesn't mean starve yourself, but if you're not hungry, you don't have to snack.

I've had it done twice. They do it where I had my band surgery. I wanted to have it done again before starting 5:2

I use mostly Styntrax- orange cream, choc. and mint cookie. Optimum Nutrition I use cake batter Gapapri myofusion pb/choc is a favorite

I probably kept my carbs at 20-40 during losing phases. Carbs from dairy and veggies.

i did really well today. I haven't weighed yet though. I hate not knowing my accurate weight bc of the cast. Fasting was easy yesterday, I don't know how people do it with families and poor Cheri with house guests of 7 weeks!

I love this vets forum! Maintenance is very tricky. We prefer to not say we're dieting the rest of our lives. We say we're choosing to eat healthy (most of the time, lol) It's been great since I had my resting metobolic test done. Now I know exactly how many calories to eat. It's so easy to gain and harder to lose, the older we get, and the sleeve isn't going to change that.

You have to be careful with Greek yogurt because of the carbs. If you're eating plain with sf syrups, thats good. The ones with 23 grams of carbs would br way too high. during my losing stages, I keep them as low as possible. I would never lose on as many carbs as your dr. told you.

Are you not drinking protein shakes? There are some good recipes in the food forum that make them pretty yummy. i love mine.

I wish I could type. I can't answer everyone individually. I like the 5:2 because it's given me structure that I've never had before. I did well fasting today. I am really hoping to see the 130's again. Have a big out of town 60th birthday party to go to this weekend. There's about 30 of us driving 4 hours to the " big city'' to a surprise party for my friend that lives here. Crazy. I'll get to see my grand daughter though. I hope I can do ok food wise.

I take hormones. I wish I didn't. I am 60. I see so many post menopausal women with huge bellies. I know hormones play a huge part in weight loss/gain. I can't wait until I can type again. This one handed typing sucks. It's still over 2 weeks until I get this cast off.

Mine is probably good because I usually do 2 protein shakes. 25 grams ea. I am not sure how much is in a couple slices of deli ham?

I've lost 10 since starting, if my cast weighs 2 lbs. I love this way of eating. It seems very natural to me!