SleeveGirl-TX

My insurance covered all tests that I got my PCP to do as well

LOL! Yes, seconds... you can try minutes, but you might get egg powder.

I made puree egg salad with light mayo and sour pickle juice. Yummy. I also scrambled it in the microwave (spray glass bowl with pam, scramble egg with a little shredded cheese, nuke for 20-40 minutes). then pureed it with some salsa and greek yogurt.

Wow. I'm not being judgmental although I fear this might come off that way, but I think I must have the best husband in the world. He's not overweight. He's never made me feel anything less than loved and beautiful and desirable. He's either been faking it for 18 years or he really just loves me for who I am. I will admit that I worry about how things will change as I lose weight and if it's going to be weird. I've been overweight since I was in Kindergarten, so he's obviously only known me fat. We've talked about it and if things get wonky, I have no problem pulling his butt into my therapist's office to talk about it. Honestly, he's been amazing throughout this whole thing, he does all of the cooking and he's been very good about making sure I have food and when we go out, choosing somewhere I can find something, etc, etc. Having said THAT, I can see how things could change if we were both overweight and how your view on your body, their body, your health and their health changes. It has to be hard, for everyone involved. Virtual hugs to those that need them. I guess we all have to live our lives and do the best we can to be happy.

There's 8 oz in a cup.

Go look at The World According To Eggface (google it). Ricotta bake will help your Italian craving. This is great on mushy stage, but just really good overall. She also is big on pizza and uses low carb tortillas with leftovers and random stuff. I'm not sure when I will feel okay doing that, but I love pizza. Interesting, I tried to eat the toppings off of my fave one the other day and I didn't like it anymore. LOL. I think it's a mindset. If you have to want it bad enough to make it work. You also have to be creative. If that means no pizza for a while because it's a trigger food (and it might be for me, rolls are for sure for me), then avoid it until you can control it.

Not really, I figured I could have tried to do stuff, but I eat so little and exercise so much that I just kept trucking. I shall report tomorrow if that damn scale moved again.

I'm on Day 20 of a stall. The scale finally moved ONE pound this morning. I'm not celebrating yet. The son of a monkey's butt better keep moving. It happens. It sucks. We just have to keep on keepin' on.

Ah... weird. YMCA (not sure if this around you) is $27 per month http://www.dcymca.org/membership.html Looks like there's an Anytime near you too, those are usually $35, I think. If nothing else, Anytime and those folks usually offer a 7 day pass, you can at least try it out and see if it will be worth it to you. Of course, you could be way more disciplined than I am. LOL.

I have a few pieces of equipment in my home. I have weights too. I still go to the gym because it's a mental thing for me. I'm too distracted at home. Maybe when one of the kids moves out I'll make their room into a gym LOL 24 Hour Fitness is around $30. Cheap, considering the equipment that I would have to buy due to weight limits is around $500-$1000 each.

Thanks, I keep a pretty low profile and most of my FB friends don't know so I think I'd like to keep it that way for now. Thanks though!

I should be there next week. Look forward to meeting you!

Track everything you eat/drink (myfitnesspal.com is great). But what you are in (and I have been for 19 days now) is the 3 week stall. It starts around 3 weeks and lasts as long as it lasts. I'm told the weight will move again. Hopefully soon. LOL

You can also do an egg just in the microwave. Spray a little glass bowl, scramble an egg in it, add some cheese or whatever and nuke it for 30-60 seconds. It works in my microwave...

Do you have a plan from your doctor? You might want to ask the nutritionist... my plan calls for NO beef and NO shellfish until 5 months.

We use food.com a lot

I'm on day 18 of the "stall"... it's normal. It's annoying. Very annoying. But I just keep telling myself it's normal. There's physically no way I can NOT lose weight on 800 calories per day. LOL. Right? Right?? RIGHT???

Looks like Amazon has matched it, for the most part too...

Yeah, he's pretty awesome (and it's really good stuff!)

You should probably see your regular doctor about it. If you have swelling much more in one leg than the other, that could be a sign of a blood clot, I think. I am trying to remember... For me, my legs swell when I'm sitting in my chair for too long, esp if it's too hot out. What helps is making sure I'm laying down (in bed, recliners don't count) at least 8 hours per night. Then I don't have the problems. Also, drink lots of Water, it helps flushes everything out of your body (no idea if it helps with edema, but hey, always a good idea!)

Yes, it has to do with the type of policy your employer has.

You should probably see your regular doctor about it. For me, my legs swell when I'm sitting in my chair for too long. What helps is making sure I'm laying down (in bed, recliners don't count) at least 8 hours per night. Then I don't have the problems. Also, drink lots of Water, it helps flushes everything out of your body (no idea if it helps with edema, but hey, always a good idea!)

It's very mushy, so I had it two weeks ago when I went to full liquids and purees. It doesn't have any structure or anything, so it's a puree in my mind

You may have posted this before, but can you leave your husband with the kids and go by yourself? Lots of people do and seem to get along just fine...

I'm either allergic or slightly intolerant of all of them. Fun for me! Plus they make me want to ralph. I'm almost a month out and have had to push it a bit, but I've been getting all of my Protein in from food the past few days. It usually looks like this: B (20) - 7oz fage greek yogurt with strawberry sauce (Walden Farms) mixed in, this takes a while to get down some days! S (5) - Scrambled/pureed egg with salsa L (15) - 2-3 oz tuna salad S (6) - 1/4 cup cottage cheese D (25) - 3oz chicken breast with whatever to puree it with, I usually use mayo and pickle juice I also have some "Just The Cheese" Snacks (google it) that are pretty good and have 5 protein for a little bag. Laughing Cow cheeses have 2 in a little wedge and are mighty tasty! If I'm still short, I'll have a little tuna or something after dinner. ** Note: I'm still on purees