LouiseC

Whenever I hear the 'easy way out' thing, I want to challenge people who use washing machines and dryers to do their laundry. Don't they know they can cart it down to the river and beat it against rocks! And then there are those who use freezers instead of killing their meat every day. Oh for shame, how lazy! I won't even start on those who actually purchase clothes, completely made, from stores instead of milling their own linen from flax plants, and shearing their own sheep. Not their own sheep, that would be far too easy, wild sheep. They have to hunt and shear wild sheep for the authentic living not easy experience. I do what is right for me. Without shame. Without excuses. And if someone thinks I took the easy way out? Then I ask them why they feel they need to choose the path not so easy?

I would love to watch an NY episode of cops where that LV bag is searched while the Manolos fall off the feet of someone held down on the ground. Just sayin' I love threads like these. They remind me how lucky I am to live in a country that actually has freedom and equality. Though I am not without compassion and it does hurt to see such ignorance and ingrained racism in others, so much so that those who express it are at a loss to see it when they look in the mirror. It certainly puts my own struggles in perspective. That said....... Marijuana acts on the neurotransmitters in the brain that stimulate the senses. Taste is a sense. If you have food issues or food addictions, then the WORST thing you can do post surgery is continue to use marijuana. While your initial results may be pleasing, your long term results are likely to be below average. Take a clean break. If you are kicking the bad food choices, then kick the bad lifestyle choices. Taste is a sense. The reason marijuana users get the 'munchies' is because the taste senses go into overdrive. It's a case of 'once you start'....... You have a golden opportunity in front of you with this surgery to change your lifestyle. The best way to deal with the munchies post surgery is not to take marijuana. Weather you smoke it or vale it or eat it or stick it in your ear.

Wow, this is an unexpected question over a year later! Lol. I drank mostly wine, though there were a few nights where I had a pre dinner cocktail or two. Fast forward over a year and I can regularly enjoy a wine or two, or an occasional cocktail with no consequence. I just make sure I track it and make sure I burn it off. All things in moderation.

We are all different. I need to weigh daily, I step on those scales every single morning. It is essential for me in maintenance as I don't want the weight to start creeping on again and not be aware of it happening. I was in denial before my surgery, stepping on those scales every day keeps me authentic. I also still track everything. I want to know I am getting enough to eat to maintain, I want to track nutritional content and I want to know that I am exercising enough to burn off excesses when I enjoy them. At this stage I can't imagine not doing these things, they feel very necessary to me in my maintenance.

We don't get that show here, so I went for a bit of a look to see what was online. I found this page in which Penny is responding to the criticism in the many comments that follow. It is interesting. In the comments, her screen name is my life my story, or something like that. http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/my-600-lb-life/features/penny-update.htm

Don't know! They really don't need anything added, they are so good.

I Am not exaggerating. Or eggsaggerating (apologies for the worst dad joke ever). I have started cooking scrambled eggs the Heston Blumenthal way. I wish I had discovered this early post OP. That said, I can eat two eggs when prepared this way but only one any other way. Eggs, beaten well with a knob of real butter, salt and pepper and a dash of full cream milk in a glass bowl. Place bowl in a pot of water at rolling boil and reduce to a solid simmer. Continue stirring the eggs as they cook. I use a silicon spatula to clear the sides of the bowl. Cook until a creamy goodness is achieved and eat. Divine! It takes a lot longer than traditional scrambled eggs but it is worth every bite.

Is it just me, or does this read like an advertisement?

When you look around here, you will see very few people who ever regret getting the sleeve, but a considerable number who find the band does not work for them for a variety of reasons. A high number seem to go from band to sleeve revision. This would factor in my decision strongly. I always chuckle to myself when I hear people concerned about 85% stomach removal. I would be more concerned about the foreign object being placed in my body. We are all different though and good luck which ever path you choose.

Cleaning out photos off my phone I noticed something unusual. I take a lot of photos of food. I know there is a bit of a global trend in this direction but I am not instagramming them. Occasionally one makes it onto Facebook. But looking through, there is a lot of food photos! I think the ones I have taken at restaurants has been because it looks so good and I want to remember it! I have also used these to remember all I had so I can be honest on MFP. But the ones of meals I make at home? I dunno. I think it may be because I am proud of the presentation but then again I could just be making that up because it is not like they all get shared! Am I alone in this? Any crazy theories to explain this?

It was delish! Yes, I can have pork as protein. I am 20 months post OP so there isn't really anything I 'can't' have, though there are still some things that don't agree with me.

Agreed. Though it is a tightrope to walk for sure. I recently tried to have a conversation with my sister who has been gaining weight. Let's just say it did not go well. I was absolutely coming from a place of love and concern but she just wasn't ready to hear it. Or at least, she wasn't ready to hear it from me. I kicked myself afterwards.

I had this on Friday night when we went out for our anniversary. It is an appetiser of crispy pork with scampi, pickled cucumber and radish, and avocado. It was DIVINE. I didn't finish the cucumber.

New studies have found that drinking coffee in moderation does not lead to dehydration, that it beneficial for endurance and performance in exercise, and the mild diuretic effect of caffeine is not strong enough to counter-balance the benefits of Fluid intake from coffee consumption. So, a cup of coffee a day can be counted towards your fluid intake. Yay for coffee! But, yanno, do what your surgeon recommends........

I was told coffee was fine. In fact, I had a coffee before I left the hospital. It was a small one, and went cold before I could finish it, but it was coffee!