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You are my favorite pic poster!! I added you on mfp and can't wait to see what you're eating! Do you ever wish you'd lost slower? Perhaps the skin wouldn't be as bad. That's what they say anyway. Just wondering because I'm at the beginning of my journey and still trying to figure out what tactics I want to use. Low carb, up my calories, what.

Can the online bMR tests be accurate? Mine said 1592 No way

Actually I hadn't seen that on your mfp but that sounds dreally yummy. I don't know of you're against sweeteners, but I put nectresse in my PB2 mixed w almond milk and it was good. That was a preop "dessert". I'm not sure if I'm in ketosis for sure. I'm getting more carbs than I did on Atkins induction. I think a nana won't kill me. The banana cream pie yogurt sounds yummy. I'm 6 weeks in. I eat just about anything now. Laura. So daring.

It doesn't help that I have a handful of them getting overripe on my table. Mmmmm bananas.

Here's a couple snaps of today's meals and Snacks. I coulda done better. But I'm happy with today. Hopefully this works

Woohoo! Now go reward yourself with a bra that fits!!! (Poke, poke)

Interesting http://dancingblonde.tripod.com/id39.html

Fiber one makes cottage cheese!? Is it fibery? I don't think I'd love it w salsa. My mom used to make it with applesauce. I like it with pineapple (cold). Some put pepper.

They drained my bulb quite a bit and did after the blue dye. Oh. I was REALLY unimpressed w the leak test guy @ mi. He rushed me through there so stinkin fast. I really didn't feel like he was thorough at all. I've seen videos of leak tests. Nothing like that. #randomrants

I'm 6 weeks and I get 600-800 calories. My shakes are pure brand from Walmart, 110 calories, 20 G Protein and like 4 carbs. Have you ever done the first phase of Atkins before? Thats almost what i try to follow. It seems like you're getting quite a few carbs (spring rolls). I don't eat bread. If I do it's a fluke "oh my gosh I must eat that now" kind of thing. I'm sorry I didn't answer your message the other. Uh. Week. :/ I'll try to get back to you. I'm out the door right now. I'm amberlylane13 on mfp if you'd like to see what I eat.

Can I say thy blendtec is a mighty blender as well.right up there with the vitamix (mine was 499 - designer series) and is pretty amazing. Much smaller than the vitamix too and fits under the counter. Also, and this is personal, but I love that it doesn't look like it came from the 70's. Love my blendtec. I have that and 2 juicers. A brevillea for days I don't want to stand around forever and an Omega 8004 for when I have time. . The juice from the omega is much better and it does much better job with greens. The juice from the grevillea is almost grainy and has a lot I air bubbles in it. Love them all for different purposes tho.

Already!?

I am 5.5 weeks. I get approximately 2 oz 3x a day. A smack in the evening would be half oz of dubliner cheese. Mmmmm. I haven't really tried other Snacks. I get one Protein shake a day. I realize this isn't helpful to the op, but maybe for others.

Uh, no! I'm 6 weeks and pretty sure I'm still sitting right at about 26 lbs lost. (Haven't weight in 2 weeks). Granted, I'm about to start af and have felt bloated for like a week now, but I REALLY doubt ill be at 50 lbs at 9 weeks. I agree With the person who said that maybe your doctor read the notes as nine months

In the beginning I was never hungry. Until 4 weeks. I'm "hungry" now, but it's never the preop -eat all the things- hunger i used to know. I say "hungry" becaise even though I've been on a ppi for almost a month now, I'm starting to wonder if its stomach acid. Gonna try a new ppi when in run out. I so hope this helps and the "hunger"/hunger goes away.

No complications that had anything o do with dr. Garcia. You made a great choice. He has a lot of heart.

Falling, hello fello Missourian! Don't see a lot f us around here. I'm 30 minutes from Columbia. Don't like to say my exact town in the net. I lived in Marshall for a while and went to the state fair every year w my grandma and grandpa in the camper. Tes, love it!! Too bad you're not still here!

I've been workin out with handweights since I was 13 years old. I've got my moms old routine down pat. (Much like body for life) I used I love it. Been to the gym in the last, that was fun too. I'm a big introvert. I'm also not much of a people person and I'm private. I went at 4 am before work back in the day and there was one guy and a grandma there that early. Now? I'm a stay at home mom. Cardio ( walk at home dvd's) make me feel like I'm gonna throw up wether I do it On an empty stomach, first thing in the morning. With Water, without water, before I eat, after I eat. It doesn't matter. Walking at the lark up and down the hills does it for me, but I can't do that often and honestly, I get bored quicker than a gnat. Hand weights, I started back up today. I hate it. It hurts, I don't like to hurt LOL. It's extremely boring, counting to 15 (or whatever) and then again and again and again. I Also am finding it very hard to work it into my schedule. This is partly an excuse, I'm aware of that, but it is hard. Especially as much as I hate it. I loathe it. I'd rather do my laundry and give the same kid 3 baths a day than work out. I've actually tried praying about it. I know how good it is for me for my muscles, to fill out this flappy skin I'm going to get. Et cetera.i just. Can't. Stay. Focused. I don't have money to go buy new workouts or a gym membership and I'm in my WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, and I'm angry at myself for ring such a cotton headed ninny muggins. Sigh. I do not even know the point of this post really. I am disappointed in myself. If I can't do this on day one, I'm pretty sure there won't be a day 365 or a day 500 or a year five. Kwim? Maybe I will just have to be satisfied with a decent weightloss and an average pant size instead of the skinny me I'd pictured. I sure don't seem to have it in me to stick to anything for life.

Awesomeness!!! Pics?

I'm sorry to hear about the migraines. Have you been to a naturopath to see if maybe you are allergic to some things, etc? I have a good friend that was in excruciating pain just lifting a pot of Water (etc and so forth) and she went to a naturopath and found out quite a few things about herself. One being Lyme disease. Something drs had ruled out. I have a dry erase board up that I've written my plan out on. That should help. I'm gonna get on Pinterest and go to se of my pins and print exercises. Some muscle Groups have more than one exercise to target that area so I've decided to have red week/blue week. Where one week I'll do certain exercises / area and the other week I'll do a diff group. This way I won't get as burned out. Hopefully all that made some sense. Yawn. Been a long day. Zzzz

I'd like to set a weightloss goal weight for June 1st, but how does one go about setting a realistic but not too easy/obvious goal? I was sleeved march second. Sw 224 CW 198 Gw 173? That's 25 lbs down in the next 8 weeks. Think that's too much for me? Watch me hit my 3 week stall right now and throw me all off. Lol