Ms skinniness

This is stated so perfectly....I can see each one of us out in the open sea heading across the pond with so much confusion. What do we do now....I like that this is an open discussion and we can bounce thoughts each other......then tweak things to fit us. I remember when i was working with a PT and told me that I needed to up my Protein to a ridiculously high number and I was like, how am I going to do that? I can barely eat this and this.... ????? When I went to a diabetes class, nothing fit for me......I was totally abnormal....... felt different...... I also went to see a nutritionist and the same thing. She kept saying to eat more.......I was like what? How? so I have to modify it or me......This is so confusing and I have to make my own path. frustrating to say the least but I still love my eating. I did contemplate the TDEE stuff but do not want to risk putting on weight and then it not coming back off. Fear sucks.....thank you M2G for sharing.....

Girl you are so lucky to be alive! Yep, You have saved your life.......and a size 4 pants to boot! I love hearing this and am very happy for you and for us being able to hear your experiences.....

I am very fortunate that my diabetes is under control right now. My husband is diabetic but refuses to have this procedure. So I have him take cinnamin and chromium piccalate. He also doesn't eat any breads, pastas, rice, or potatos and he is having to take less insulin now. So as a precaution, i am also taking cinnamon caps and chromium piccalate for my blood sugar problems even though I don't have any anymore. I take it because my A1C is in the 6 range and I want it in the 5 range.

We will have to meet sometime really soon. I see your scheduled to be sleeved in July. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

We have some very wonderful people on this board that are celebrating their birthdays this day! My birthday is in February and I've started celebrating my birthday the whole month of February! Yep, that's my month... LOL SO FYE and Laura, the whole month of June is your special month and everyone else who's birthday is in June..... Very special month. I am so thankful to know you two as part of my VST family.

On previous posting of mine, Laura your posting changed, it didn't put your quote in so I'm wondering what happened? All I got was a "Never mind." I really need to stop thinking about food. From the time I get up in the morning till I go to bed. I work on not going into the kitchen after 6:30pm so I don't eat, but I often get home from my office after 8:00 and then I raid the refrigerator.

What are thread issues? I too am finding myself thinking about food all the time..... I find myself eating protein bars a lot now. I reflect back to when I was a child and I really never thought about food, i was busy doing other things, when I got bored, I started eating while watching TV because I was bored. Now days. All I do is think about food......This is a struggle and it's not easy. The first 6 months being sleeved was easy, now it's hard..........Time to focus on getting busy and not having time to think about food.......Can that be done? Wow, this is one of the hardest things we will do..............

5 Cheetos is not that bad I just had 6 hot Cheetos LOL. Good job Laura.

Omg I missed the birthday cake FYE! I am such a sugar addict. LOL HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

You are doing so good right now! Congrats!

I am sad right now. The magic pop has corn in it. I am determined not to eat anything made with corn because the steer that are raised on grain are given corn to help fatten them up. So I work on eliminating all corn from my diet. Oh well, I hope you enjoy them, they sound tasty though.

Yep NannyG, I haven't had any pasta's for the pasta 21 months......... Now bread is a different story..........

Coops so sorry you had this experience but I wish I had this experience when eating breads. I haven't eaten pasta yet.....That will help detour you next time.... Looking good...Nanny G! 7 lbs is fantastic! I have also lost about 3 lbs and didn't completely follow through on Tuesday. So Thank you so much for sharing this......

What's a Magic Pop? I see that you eat these a lot.....

I wouldn't change it if it was me. I'd just make sure that you get up a walk around every hour and flex your leg muscles to prevent embolisms. Take some protein shakes with you and enjoy.......You will do just fine.... I'm not a doctor so this is JMO.

I know that I get hungry every 3 hours so i will eat then.......I fear becoming a grazer and it's scarey for me.....When I do snack, i will eat nuts or a protein bar and then when I have dinner I'm usually full....I will also drink a protein shake in between also when I feel hungry.

Having sugar really sucks for you. I can eat sugar with no effects, I just can't stop eating it and my body hangs on to excess weight..... So, very little sugar for this addict.....

I am totally addicted to carbs. Any little taste of sugar and I crave carbs.....The sleeve for me is just a tool, if I wanted too, I could eat slider foods, a lot of it. But I know that I will gain weight if i don't stick to my plan. So i mostly eat proteins, proteins, veggies and seldom do I eat carbs now..... That's my diet and I have to stick to it to maintain this beautiful body of mine. Yep, it's all about me, not the food anymore.......

I am in competition for the avoidance and pro position here...... working hard to change that......LOL

Only if you want to experience some weight gain from fluid retention!

Good job Coops.....That is good to hear. What I have noticed is that if I drink tea, I do get somewhat hungry a bit. So I limit my ty tea to 1 large mug....Can't wait to hear your down to your low bounce and it stays off.

This is so interesting. I just weighted myself and have lost a 1 lb since yesterday. I have given up the carbs and been eating protein shakes and protein bars and actually given up my chili peanuts pretty much. Looked on the ingredients and didn't like the vegetable oil they used. This body doesn't need any of that junk in it. Nothing but the best for this body. LOL Today is a good day. The only problem I see is that last night my legs did feel weak. Oh well, I love the results. I hope it sticks around and doesn't go back up. Today will work on hydrating myself. I really want to get that last 1.2 lbs off this bod..... LOL Keep it up everyone.

So, who made him GOD? You will get down to your goal if your willing to eat healthy and stay on track. It can be done. I am now about 1.2 lbs to my goal of 140 lbs. This is so doable. Now it's maintaining that will be a challenge.

I highly recommend the sleeve. A lot of people are very successful in losing their weight and you can too. The sleeve has been reported as one of the safest. This is just my opinion. . I am not a doctor.