Fallenangel2904

I ha drank soda post op. I'm over a year out but I think I first had some about 2 months post op. I drank it sparingly then lets just say that bad habit slipped back and I was drinking it more frequently. Cut it out again now the past month, but the point is I was fine drinking it though I would wait a few months. And I wouldn't make it a habit, but I don't think one even now and then will kill you, but that's just me opinion.

Challenge start 288 Last week 282 This week 279 -3 I think it might even be a tad lower then that but TMI I'm a bit 'backed up' lol So I made my challenge goal of 280! I would like to revise it to 275. I've lost 9 pounds so far with this challenge and I know ill probably hit a little stall since I've lost so much, but think 275 is doable!

Add me please. I need new friends! Fallenangel2904

Sometimes ill put it on a bed of raw baby spinach. Doesn't need dressing or anything since there's so much flavor in the tuna. I've eaten it with sliced cucumbers also like I would use crackers. Most of the time I just eat it plain though.

Some things I like to add to my tuna salad- diced red onion, diced tomato, black olives, lemon zest/juice. I also play around with different seasonings. I've added a tiny but of curry powder to mine. It's yum! I've also mixed a little mashed avacodo in with it delish!

I'm over a year out and it fluctuates a lot for me. Some days I swear I feel like I don't even have a sleeve at all and I can eat normal portions. Not good but I can. And other days ill get super full on half the amount of food. It's strange. Because of being able to eat more I was eating more then I should for a while so what I do now is make sure I portion everything out even on days when I feel I can eat a little more. I just don't.

I notice this too. On non fast days by appetite is drastically reduced. I kind of have to make myself eat breakfast. It's also helped me cut down on snacking a lot. I used to eat 2 snacks a day between breakfast as lunch and between lunch and dinner. I haven't had the desire to have those snacks at all since starting 5:2. Just really happy with things!

Great job this week everyone!! Last week 288 This week 282 -6lbs Holy crap haven't seen numbers like that in a long time!! Was SO thrilled!! Really been going hard I'm SO happy with this number! Only 2 pounds until my V day goal of 280, when and if I get there before V day (If this losing streak continues which I sure hope it does!) I'll revise my goal

Who makes the coco dusted almonds? Those sounds yummy but I haven't seen them at the grocery store. Wanna look for them!

I started the 5:2 plan this week and I'm really happy so far. It's definitely doable. I'm a little over a year out, not where I wanted to be weight loss wise. Today I felt a lot of restriction while eating chicken and I haven't felt that in a long while. I was amazed! I think the fasting has actually helped get my tummy back to feeling right again. I honesty missed feeling this much restriction so this was a pleasant surprise!

So today was my first 'fast' day because I figured no time like the present! Went very well. I think this is something I'm going to be able to do. Feel really good about things. Going to do my next fast day Wednesday. Not sure what my regular fasting schedule will be, need to work it out. I was surprised how easily I was able to stay at 500 calories and while it was a lot less food, wasn't unbearable. Feeling very optimistic about long term success with this!

Thank you so much! I just started the 5:2 on someones recommendation. Today was my first 'fast' day and so far it seems very doable and like something I can do. I'm definitely not giving up, just took a little detour!

Hi everyone. I am new to 5:2 been reading it on it today. I'm considered a vet- 14 months post op. Not where I need to be. I was down 100lbs, I hit a stall last year (I wish I knew about 5:2 back then!) and I was literally stuck at the same weight for 2 months. After that I got discouraged, old habits crept back in and I gained 14 pounds on top of it. Have been back on track and have lost 6 pounds so far. Someone mentioned 5:2 in a regain thread and I'm going to give it a try. This seems doable and I definitely think it will get rid of regain weight and push me past my initial plateau weight. Will check back in and let everyone know how it goes!

There are still 4 weigh-ins to go, so you are definitely welcome. Just post your weight, and your goal weight, and we'll get you added to the charts. Welcome! Thank you! Okay I'm in yay! Current weight 288 Goal weight 280 That's about 2 pounds a week. Definitely doable if I stay on track! Lets go!

Um don't beat me up lol but is it too late to join in on this? I realize I won't have as much time as everyone else but I am just getting back on track and really think this will help me get there.

I sent you a private message DeeDee. I'm SO greatful I found this thread right now!! I am in the exact spot you are. I was honestly afraid to even come here and post for fear of people being mean about it. I feel like a failure sometimes at it really sucks. But I refuse to let that be true. I lost about 100 pounds (Down from 379 my heaviest)- with still 100 to go since I was a heavy weight. I stalled at 280 and then the weight crept on. I put on about 14lbs. When I saw 294 on the scale over the holidays I FREAKED. I've taken off 5lbs so far, down to 288 but still a ways to go. But this thead was really helpful to me and I thank everyone for their helpful advice in here. I'm back to tracking my food again daily (If anyone wants to add me on MFP my name is Fallenangel2904) could use new support on there! And I'm going to join the V day challange too! I know things are going to be a little harder because I've lost a lot of the restriction I felt early on. I just am truly to figure out portion control again since for so long I let my sleeve do it for me. I have to be on top of it. We got this! I am truly motivated after reading this and think we can do it!

Some days I honestly feel like a failure. I'm a little over a year out and am no where near where I need to be and even managed to regain a few pounds, Took a few off, working on the last 5-8 but I'm still mad at myself. I was a heavy weight, 379lbs staring. At first I dropped weight like crazy, losing most of my weight in the first 3 months. Then I hit about 280 and my body stopped losing weight. I mean it was the stall from HELL. Months I was stuck at that weight. The lowest I got was 278 for a brieft day when I had a stomach bug then right back to 280. I guess I got discouraged, old habits set back in and then slowly I crept on a few pounds then a few more. Over the holidays I had gotten to 294 YIKES. I'm down to 288 now, hoping with in the next few weeks of strict eating and working out I can get back down to 280. But I don't want to stop at 280. I would ideally like to get out of the 200's some day...I know I have to work extra hard now because I've lost some restriction and I can eat larger portions (SCARY!) I've managed to pull myself back THANK GOD, because I refused to see 300 on the scale again!

I'm a little over a year out and I'm having that issue also. I really had to pull it back in because over the holidays it was far too easy for me to slip up. I'm retraining myself to eat less again, just under that 'full' feeling that I used to get with a lot less food. Once you get further out it does get tougher, but its still doable. Its going to be a life long commitment, not just depending on the restriction from our stomachs but at this point our own will power. Hang in there, I'm right there with you!

Today is officially my 6 month surgiversay. I'm down 98lbs (wanted so badly to make it an even 100 but didn't quite get there lol) I'm happy with my progress thus far though I know now is the time I need to step up the exercise since I admit I haven't excersied much at all. But now that I'm down quite a bit and moving around is easier I can actually do it without feeling like I'm going to die. Surgery has changed my life honestly. I have had some emotional issues the last few months and I don't think I expected those things. Surgery is such an emotional process, more then I ever imagined. I won't lie to you pre ops, before surgery I kinda thought I would hgave surgery and all my issues would go away and my life would magically be amazing. Not quite the case. I still had my emotional baggage and even more so after surgery, but I am working on them. All in all though, I am SO happy and proud of my progress. I has changed my life for the better. Before surgery my health was going down hill very fast at only 23 years old. At my heaviest I was nearing 400lbs. I do not know my exact high weight but it was darn close to the 400 pound mark. I couldn't really walk more then a block with out feeling like I was going to passout. I was in SO much physical pain, more then I ever admited to. My knees hurt so badly (I have had several knee injuries over the years) I couldn't LIVE life anymore. I live in NYC and as you can imagine mobility is your life line and I had outgrown this city. I didn't have this surgery for vanity, though of course wearing smaller clothes and being able to shop anywhere you want is a huge plus, but I did it for health. I never, and still don't really strive to be a size 6. I want to be a size healthy. I was 379 at my recored heaviest and in a size 26/28. Today I am sitting at 281 and am in a size 18/20. I am still big by most peoples standards but where I am now is day and night. I have never been less then 270 in my adult life and that is only 11 pounds from now. Excited to get there. I am a work in progress and am going to keep going and see where I wind up. This was way longer then I meant it to be lol. Now for pictures- the real reason you all are here haha.

Sometimes it's a fact of a child being brutally honest and even so it still hurts. Has happened to me many time. I used to babysit twin boys as a teen (I was a fat kid, teen and adult) And one of my earliest memories of being called fat was one of the little boys I baby sat for. I was 13 or so and I remember the little boy pointing at my belly and saying 'your so fat' but but in a nonchalant way. He was only 4 but it still hurt a lot. Kids can be cruel both intentionally and unintentionally. His mother overheard him use the word fat a few days later and she pulled his aside and explained that you shouldn't call someone that, that it can hurt their feelings and isn't a nice word. He just didn't know, but good parenting helped correct it and I alway remember how I applauded his mother for that Then there are the intentional insults by children that make me want to not only yell at the child but yes the parent. Fat hate is one of the few forms of prejudice that is still looked on as 'okay' or 'Socially acceptable'. We need to teach children from a young age that its NOT okay. It should be preached right along side gender, race and sexual orientation discrimination.

Well you can't wear them in surgery obviously lol but in the hospital it's just easier to not wear them, for me anyway. I don't know about you guys but putting on panties after surgery was the very last thing on my mind lol. I would bring a loose pair just incase but pretty sure you won't use them

They told me 6 weeks but I admit I went swimming at 2 weeks. I was out of town visiting a friend and I don't get to swim in a pool very often (it was winter and they had an in door pool in their building) so I did it and I was fine. I think as long as your incisions are not open you'll be okay.