deaddemmama

Just found an aqua zumba class! Going to start next week!

Liquid diet? You got this! I used eas advantage shakes, which gave me 7 shakes a day. I was lucky enough to be able to choose from several options, and these worked best for me. I was able to have a shake every 2 hours, so I was never hungry, and I lost over 20 lbs. and really shrunk my liver.

I have asl sleep maintainance disorder and have been sleeping about three hours a night. Trazadone has always worked pretty well but since surgery they are not being absorbed correctly. ( I have to take six of then! ). Any ideas about other meds that work well? Ambien makes me do things I don't remember but there's got to be something that will work Of course Ill follow drs orders but I need suggestions.

My lower belly is always the last to go. I do cardio to burn the fat and ab work, but it hangs. I already have rashes, so hopefully insurance will pay for pannus removal or a tuck. I was really fit for about 15 years after I had my twins, and did about 500 reverse crunches daily, but I still had a pouch. After carrying twins, things won't ever be the same. Ah well....it seems like we all have a problem area.

The green beans have 200 fewer calories, 13 fewer grams of fat. Maybe stick to white meat ( if you can tolerate it) and beans, or if you bring it home, make wilted spinach with garlic and a little parmesan . It takes about 5 minutes.

Zucchini lasagna tonight. My family wants garlic bread, but I must resist...sweets aren't a trigger for me, but bread ? Oh yeah!

You go! Great job!

My 70 year old father in law just got my mother in laws's face tattooed on his arm. Very sweet.

That's a good question for your nut. Each person is so different in terms of where they are in their weight loss, activity level,etc., that the nut. is the best source for this info. My nutritionist has a rule of thumb: if I'm eating a cup of food, I should eat 3/4 Protein, 7/8 veggies, 1/8 carbs. She's not really into weighing everything. I eat almost no carbs except quinoa, and then only 1/8- 1/4 c. at the most. Any other carb I get is from fresh fruit.

My mom made peace with my tattoos after my full grateful dead back piece...it covers the scar from my thoracotomy. Bad scar..beautiful tattoo. My first one in 1983...that one she was not happy about. She got over it... I agree, our bodies are temples, and we should do what we can to keep them healthy...like not being obese!

I was also a competitive swimmer for twelve years so I think my blood is 90% chlorine!

I have nerve damage throughout my chest wall so any exercise where I have to hold my trunk upright can be very painful. The water supports my trunk and makes everything easier. I also use flotation weights for resistance. Can tell the difference already.

Congratulations!

Bacon is one food that made me really sick...from two bites. The fat content is too high for me.

I use unflavored because I'm not a sweet fan. I can mix it in Vitamin Water, soup, yogurt, whatever. I don't like the artificial flavors of the powders, but sometimes I'll add vanilla, nutmeg, and cinnamon to an eas advantage vanilla shake for a snack.

Talked to my nut. about this. She said it definitely could be an Iron deficiency or folate/ B12 deficiency. They're going to do some labs.

So happy that all of you are finally getting relief!

You can have them..after breastfeeding twins, they were shot all to hell, and when my milk came in with my third boy, I was an H cup! Needless to say, they didn't bounce back. I just got used to saggy boobs.

So happy for you! My twins are twenty five today!

Congratulations!