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is this normal?... i just talked with my doc yesterday about getting the sleeve... i imagined being able to get back to bodybuilding well before 8 months out... (i'm a female, i know my comment there makes it sound very masculine, but i assure you folks i'm a girl. lol) anyway.. wow.. :/ if and when i get sleeved, i want to return to exercising as soon as humanly possible. how long are you usually weak like this? i don't mean that as offensively as it came out... (i don't mean it to be offensive at all, honestly).. just shocking that you can't do crunches or situps and it's 2/3 of a year!

picking up new hobbies may help, too.. if you can get out & about & meet new people with similar interests or even do free things, like art galleries/museums, etc.. getting fresh air in your lungs & getting your mind focused on DOING something besides lounging around the house will help.. like chris powell says.. get comfortable being uncomfortable... do something outside of your comfort zone. actively seek new stuff to do.. doesn't have to cost money.. can be anything.. volunteer work, etc.. focus attention on someone else or something else besides yourself.

it's okay to be nervous. i'm sure everything will go well for you! my advice would be to pray! couldn't hurt! lol

hi.. she said in her post that she doesn't eat any seafood... lump crab meat is seafood. so no, she doesn't eat it. good try, though. it does help if you read the post content & not just the title.

not really enough to go on to form an opinion.. or to offer any suggestions... hope things work out for you.

congrats on losing 101 lbs! my doctor told me i should only eat 2 meals a day... so at least yours wants you to eat 3. i am sorry to sound rude or mean, i don't have that intent.. but i have to ask.. why did you bother having surgery and why does everyone suggest for everyone else that you follow what your doctor says to a t... then you go get a checkup & blow off what your doctor says, because you think you know better?... i mean... why did you go to him in the first place, if you don't want to listen to him? did you ask him why he wanted you to cut back on your food intake?.. personally, i don't let my doctor leave the room until he answers all my questions to my satisfaction. i do my own research about things online & i come to forums like this & then i ask him why he wants me to do or take certain things.. and i tell him right then if i'm willing to do it or not. lol i mean.. i want him to know what i'm doing to myself, so he can help me.. he saved my life once already.. but i let him know when i'm not comfortable with something or if i don't understand or whatever. if you go the medical route, then you have to believe that the doctors are supposed to be there to help you & there's a reason he wants you to eat the way he said.... take my opinion cum grano salis (with a grain of salt)..

mashed potatoes.. mashed sweet potatoes.. avocado.. the tofu's not a bad idea.. it picks up whatever flavor it's cooked with.. so.. great in Soup... like miso soup, doenjang chigae, soon dubu chigae, etc.

i'd be eating the heck out of some cream of wheat. i love it. lol they have organic farina cereal by bob's red mill on amazon for like $12/$13 dollars per CASE of it with FREE shipping if you subscribe! (you can cancel your subscription after you get the package!) also, if you're lactose intolerant.. you don't have to use lactaid stuff.. just try an alternative milk... i like the so delicious brand almond milk.. the plain is good, and has 5g of Protein in it.. the vanilla is awesome, too. there's also cashew milk, soy milk, hemp milk... all of which would have more protein & less carbs than regular milk and no chemical gunk, like lactaid. soy doesn't taste very good, in my opinion, but you may like it. rice milk is higher in carbs, but i like it, too. it's the most "neutral" flavor & has the consistency & color of milk. coconut milk would be another option, but it has a coconut flavor & anything you make with it will taste coconutty. you can have icecream and pudding pops and stuff like that if you want... but your two lists laid it out pretty good.. what you can have. i'd be making paletas, fudgecicles and cream pops and eating cream of wheat.. and maybe some pudding or something. but that's just me. lol

thank you! i appreciate it! i like my android just fine. my dad has an iphone & he also has a hellacious cell phone bill... i am all about efficiency & practicality.. i only pay $35 a month for unlimited talk, text & web (via boost mobile).. so i'm happy. lol saving money is more important than having gadgets.. and i get more with my plan that my dad does.. and saving money is cool. lol

yeah, that sucks. :/ i have an android, too. oh well. lol maybe eventually it'll get made for the android, too.

it was in the mid to high 60's with rain today where i live in oklahoma. pretty nice! glad you got something you enjoyed, chili! i know what you mean about kids.... i hate going out to eat, because of people's horrible children.. i joined a few facebook groups for people who think there should be restaurants where kids aren't allowed, or at least where there's a curfew or a "family" section & a "adult" section.. so that people without kids don't have to be annoyed & deal with all that craziness.. example of what i mean: http://www.dailymail...ost_read_module <<< some mom brought her kid's potty training chair to a restaurant, stripped the kid & let her use the bathroom right in front of everyone... and there was a business meeting going on & everything... totally inappropriate. i don't hate kids or anything like that, but i think people need to be better parents & stop letting them run around like chickens with their heads cut off & annoying everyone... :/

if you go that route, you'll have to take Vitamins and supplements the rest of your life. if you don't, you will die. you also have to have you blood tested constantly.. it's a pain in the rear. surgery may not be the answer.. you need to get your head right... like someone else said.. once you do that, what if it doesn't work?.. where would you go from there?

lmao.. xD lol i feel for you! <3 lol i know! i would have felt really bad for you! but lol that was funny. you will be successful! and everybody here is behind you 100% you won't lose our support! we'll be cheering you along the whole time! just keep on keeping on, cause you can do it! y'know that saying... slow & steady wins the race?.. well it's true! you are & will continue to lose your weight.

depends on your surgeon.. some have you do 2 weeks liquid only diet.. Protein shakes & Water.. some have you eat low carb & do Protein Shakes the last couple days.. some don't have a pre-op diet at all. most common (from what i've seen on the board) is the 2 week liquid diet.

are you from the future?.. cause it's only 9/14... lol