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I find that addin I'm finding that not only do the Beans go down easier than something like chicken, but the slight addition of carbs actually gives me a lot more energy. I just started soft foods yesterday so we'll see how it goes, but cheese, eggs, beans, and lentils have been so much easier than chicken and fish, even though they were cooked soft. Not to mention no constipation issues that I see others complaining about!

You look great! Congratulations.

I totally do not see where you look older. To my eyes, you look younger. You do not look sickly. I think that when we first lose weight, our face changes suddenly, our skin hasn't contracted yet, and our loved ones might see those as scary changes. Everyone says your skin rebounds some and tightens, faces fill out again, etc. So maybe just give it time and let them catch up to the new you. It's hard for us to accept those comments as concern, a lot easier to think it's criticism, but I think with most of our families, they speak out of love and concern--and probably end up doing it badly! You do not look old. You do not look "too" skinny. You look great.

Do you think you are depressed? Your symptoms sound like a lot like that, and if so, you might want to discuss some temporary meds with your shrink. The Beck Depression Inventory is a good test to take. As others have mentioned, it's not unusual for us to get a bit depressed while losing weight and have some ups and downs so worth asking the shrink what s/he thinks. Good luck!

Ingredients 8 oz halibut steak 1 carrot, peeled & julienned 1/2 Leek (I know, what will you do with the rest?? I will come up with a diff recipe for it) peeled & julienned 1/2 Red pepper, peeled & julienned 2 sprigs fresh tarragon or 1 tsp dried tarragon 1.5 tsp butter 1 tbsp vermouth (option) Salt Pepper Method 1. Saute vegetables in 1 tsp of butter. Don't brown them, just soften 2. Place halibut on parchment paper 3. Place sauteed vegetables on top. 4. Cut up the remaining half tbsp of butter into little pats and place them over the fish and vegetables. 5. Sprinkle with vermouth if using, salt and pepper. 6. Seal parchment paper into a bundle as shown in the picture and curl up the edges 7. Put on a cookie sheet and bake in 400 degree for 15 minutes. 8. Let the fish rest for 5 minutes. Make a big deal of opening the packet on the table and inhale in the wonderful aromas. In my house, this feed two new sleevers and a 90-year old---with leftovers! Probably feeds 2 adult sleevers and a child is my guess.

I'd also suggest you measure out your food to 1/4 c or 1/2 c and stop eating when it's finished. As some have said, your stomach is likely numb and you may not feel the restriction, so measure out the food and restrict yourself. Good luck!

8 oz of halibut to feed 3 people....and we have leftovers!! Bahahahahaha! It took us an hour to make halibut with julienned vegetables in parchment, palak paneer, and stuff and we each had two bites, and we were done. Soooo ridiculous it was funny. Out eaten by a 90-year old with jetlag. Yeah baby. First day on soft foods. 1 egg in egg salad and 1 ounce of fish.

Thank you! But this one was my husband's doing. I posted the recipe in my blog here. I'm good for rough and ready, every day cooking. He's fantastic at fancy schmancy.

That is so cute! Your little grand daughter and you are going to hand a blast. I love how she's "helping" Glad you're doing well.

I agree with being patient, sipping all the time, and changing the temperature. My husband could do cold things easily. I on the other hand could drink hot soups super quick and struggled with the cold shakes so worth trying different tastes and temperatures.

Not to mention how difficult he made it for the "cool kids" to now wear his clothes without retaliation.

I don't know how many of you saw the really negative rants of the Abercrombie & Fitch CEO on how he didn't want fat, uncool people wearing his clothes. But this is the BEST response I have seen to it from a beautiful, and smart woman. I thought you might want to see the pictures she sent him. I tell you what, confidence and seeing beauty in yourself is half the battle. http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/abercrombie-fitch-ads-re-imagined-as-attractive-fat Her whole letter is here Happy Sunday to us all!

Yes it probably is. How much does a bowling ball weigh? We were told not to lift anything heavier than 5 lbs the first week. Each week, add an additional 5 lbs. You've just had abdominal surgery and you won't want to risk your stiches and your healing I suspect.

Hi my husband who is not on this forum wants to know how tall you were (so it's okay for me to post in the men's forum since I'm just parroting this words): ) His highest weight was 298, he lost down to 278 on DOS, and is now 248, and he's 6 feet tall. We're trying to figure out what his goal weight should be, and since your starting weight was close to his, he is very curious. YOU LOOK AMAZING by the way (That's me, not him).

I just posted a pic for you to see the final product.

My dad arrives from India today so I have to make something his 90-year body (and teeth) can enjoy, AND tomorrow is soft foods day for us! yay! We were told to eat meats that were out of a crockpot or pressure cooker so they were soft. So here goes. This is massively modified from Anupy Singla's Indian Crockpot book to a) not make enough to feed the entire state of Texas and not to blow the roof off your head with her version of spice. I'm Indian. Believe me when I tell you, this is the BEST chicken curry I have ever had and the EASIEST. Ingredients 1 onion peeled & quartered 5 garlic cloves peeled 2 inches ginger root sliced roughly 2 tomatoes, quartered I tsp salt 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 2 tsp turmeric 1 tsp garam masala, can buy ready mixed or use this recipe 1/2 cup greek yogurt 1.5 lbs of chicken, skinned 1 bag of baby spinach 1 2 inch piece cinnamon 4 green cardamom 2 whole cloves Method 1. In a food processor, grind together everything except the chicken and the spinach and whole spices. Make a nice, smooth paste. This may take a few minutes, be patient. 2. Put the chicken pieces in a crockpot, and pour over the yummy-smelling sauce you just made. Put in whole spices 3. Chop up the spinach and add during the last hour of cooking. 4. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 until chicken is tender. Us Sleevers may have to eat the chicken without the sauce and eat the sauce separately. Makes 6 servings of chicken (3 oz each, 21 gms of protein each.

Surprisingly it doesn't. It doesn't even separate. It all stays part of an ooey gooey mix that's delicious.

congratulations on your weight loss so far!

That may be possible. I am 47 and my husband is 60 and we both needed an EKG.

Of course! Feel free to PM me. If you are on the computer and can find my blog, I also posted about the first 8 days. The first three are in the hospital I think, so that will give you more details.

Here you go: http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/89982-our-experience-with-dr-guillermo-alvarez-in-piedras-negras/page__hl__%2Bpiedras+%2Bnegras