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Wow all of you are so artistic! I live it! Globe the self portrait is beautiful and Sheila beautiful colors, I really like the "fiber arts" piece My daughter is quite and artist. She is working on a self portrait right now. Eveytime I see her work it shocks me because she draws so perfect to me looks like tracing!! Fudge candy cookies oh my!! Thank god I have no life Because it hasnt been an issue yet But I have two "Christmas" days one this Friday and one of course on Christmas, so we will see.. Fast did ok yesterday I'm holding at 148 and even saw 147 one day! Hope everyone is doing well today

The protein shakes for some people are hard to get down after surgery. I would experiment with flavorings like the torani syrups added to your shakes.. They are very important to healing. So need to be consumed In The first weeks I got lucky and actually liked the premier shakes.

So not all of us do.. I did at one point go to the grocery store and bought a pint of ice cream to eat before the pre op.. And as I've said here before after I ate it, there was nothing... It didn't make me feel special, happy or content. It was just gone. I guess because thinking about it, it was that kind of behavior that got me to the point of being morbidly obese and needing to do something so radical like cutting 85% of my stomach out.. I think to if you do this (eat everything) it will just add to the total that needs to be lost.

I'm not sure why some doctors ok this stuff.. Really it is like junk food in a glass! I'd look into getting something like premier protein shakes (SAMs club, Costco and various other stores) they are ready made have thirty grams of protein and will keep you full longer.

Yeah it makes wonder is a man that actually put a profile up on one of those dating websites might be looking for something more permanent... I mean it's been long time since I dated but seems to me if a man wanted causal, he'd go to the local bar.. OMG I've been shopping all day and now that I've eaten I CANT keep my eyes open! I seriously think I need a nap!!

Jane I like Fraser! It's funny in the photos he looks like he might be short... But he's 6 foot!!

Fasting today just had my first meal of yogurt and blueberries at 2pm I'm down to 147 it would be nice if it stuck through the week.

Susie, Have you spoken to your doctor about fasting? On the 5:2 website it says that certain people should not follow this method. Including type 1 diabetics... I worry about something going wrong.

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I know coops we've gone crazy.. Tis the time if year The thread http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/265117-52-evangelist/page-2#entry3282646 Yes that scar is every reason to be careful I think of who you choose.. I wonder to if it was because there was so much to take?

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Wow I just wrote a thread about the invisible non person thing a couple of days ago.. That's a tough one. I'm a year out and I've actually have gotten some kickback lately from my husband and kids wanting the old non person me back.. Not that I'm out doing anything I'm still a stay at home mom. But I'm caring for myself a bit more by taking time and care for myself. So yes it will help you become visible again to not only them but you. And as you can see they may not like all aspects of it. My husband loved me anyway he could get me before. So I can't say he's more attracted to me. But in intimacy he's more attracted to my confidence.

I'm telling your husband...

To late I already ate it....

I think part of it may just be the natural progression of the way a lot of marriages go.. Even after losing the weight it there is not time or want from one partner it falls to the wayside. It doesn't mean lack of love or attractiveness though. I feel that after losing the weight though I'm more open to some romance and don't shun the idea of going away for the weekend. Oh I can delete the thread if it really is making you uncomfortable

Good stuff! You know my first purée was chicken too.. It didn't look the greatest but it was good savory and satisfying. When I first got the surgery I said there was no way I'd purée meat but by the time came I changed my tune. I was ready for something more substantial that didn't go against doctors orders

It's funny how on fast days I can get "hungrier" sometimes on normal days like today I haven't even thought about breakfast yet... Oh but take away my food? It's a whole different story. Maybe in that past life I was your little Asian lady's twin sister

Jesus flipping eggs!! I just saw those pic! And had to click off! OMG that doesn't look right

I for one, am very happy about everyone that's in this group. No one needs to thank anyone! To me it was very organic and was meant to be..

Lol I noticed that we did post at the same time We started this group because of the hassles we encountered on the main forum. Not only people joining an then realizing it's not the next miracle after the first three weeks. But the people that came on to start trouble talking about what we were doing was ridiculous.. As for limiting.. I know it hard because there are some others that may fit well into this group that's why we should take it on an individual basis. A good example of things getting to big and then imploding. Is the fitness challenge butter started. The first month was great.. Then by the third month it had grown so big we lost contact with not only people but what the whole thread was about! It's now a mish mash of anything goes and is massive, to much to even keep up with. Lol this group, if you miss a day is a lot to keep up with!!

I'm feeling like we are putting to much stock in one person that had a snide comment.. As for splintering the group and making this personal stuff. We don't fast everyday so it stands to reason not every post here would be about fasting. But it's still about a fasting lifestyle. So a name change? It looks now that we are posting our fasting days on the veterans board (even Susan who joined here but has not come back) so I will concede To the evolving life of this group.

For those of you that don't know me, My name is Laura and I have a food addiction. My addiction it is being managed through the sleeve and hard work, at the moment... I have/had a food addiction yes, but I also have an addictive obsessive personality.. For the last year plus my life has been about the sleeve. It is my focus from the moment I wake until the moment I sleep.. My "social time" is spent here with others that live the same life now as me. They "get it", well most of them anyway.... There is commonality here and that is huge to me. After all, my food is taken away how else will "I fill the hole"? Along with my time here, I spend time working on the mechanics of my sleeve life. I plan my liquids, I take great care to get them in. Time meals to come 1/2 hour after finishing a round of liquids. Try and start my liquids up an hour, if I can, after my meals. My meals are thought out to the extent that they are Protein and veg. These are the "rules" I live by. In the beginning I have referred to the Water schedule as a full time job. And in a way after all this time my eating drinking schedule is still like a full time job. Or at the least a very choreographed dance I do.... If my day includes activities out of the "norm" it can disrupt my dance.... This past weekend life, and I should say one the more challenging parts of it "got in the way" of my sleeved life. It made me realize the road to hell truly can be paved with the best intentions.. My real life and my sleeved life collided with a force strong enough to knock my sleeved life off its axis a bit. I simply could not spend my time dealing with the all important dance of food and liquids and the support of friends.. Did I eat this past four days? Yes. Did I eat enough? To much? Protein? Trigger foods? Timed just right? I honestly don't know and didn't much care. Did I drink my fluids? No, that I can guarantee not. Unless you count take away coffees and chi tea. In fact several days I'd notice that it was afternoon already and not a drop of water had past my lips. All or nothing... The life of an addict. But this does not work, it is not realistic if you want to succeed in the sleeved life and life combined. You need balance. I'm not good at balance I realized that this weekend. I am a one trick pony, a one hit wonder.. I will spend my next year trying to find balance.

Lol not Susan but what the heck I'm here that counts right Yes you really want to get that 16 hour or so window of fasting in. So for me on Monday (a regular day) I eat my last food at 7pm and the by 7am the next morning you've already gone 12 hours add 4 more hours and it brings you to 11 am. Then you want to consume your fast day calories in an eight hour window.. I go longer than 16 hours and push my first meal out until 12 pm or so because I like to eat dinner or my last snack a bit later

The good news? You will be getting healthy and small! And in no time (6 months at the most for some surgeons) you will be able to enjoy a drink.

You just fry them up. They are frozen just like the turkey burgers they sell at costco. My son makes a regular burger with them (Bun and the fixings) I eat just the patty and dip it in mustard (I'm weird) They are tasty and moist.