jess9395

The first thing to do is actually TRACK so you can see for real what you are eating. There’s no getting back on track without tracking, so you know for sure if you are eating too much or to little or just not the right things. Start there!

It’s about fixing your posture! When we are obese we sit to accommodate the fat and our posture suffers... we need to reclaim the curvature of the lumbar spine. Sit on the bones on the backs of your legs not your tailbone. See the pic for illustration... My physical therapist and yoga instructors helped me immensely with this! In yoga they call it your “sitz” bones! Dunno if that’s a real thing or not lol

Thanks. Please post again if things change!

Oh I got it, if you make it “secret” people can’t find it at that link? That’s a shame. You should send feedback to Facebook that they need to make both those thing possible together. I won’t be joining if people can see membership without being a member. I am sure there are others in the same situation.

I am a member of groups that have members hidden. What’s the part of this private group setting that makes that difficult?

It’s rarely a problem. Usually the fact that as you shrink you need fewer calories just to be alive takes care of it. If not, low volume dense calorie foods can be added... a few more nuts, nut butter, full fat dairy, avocados, olive oil on your veggies, etc. It doesn’t take much.

Can you change the settings to make it so people outside the group can’t see who is a member? As of now I can see the list members even though I am not a member. I know there’s a setting to fix that.

Link won’t work for me? Anyone else

But how much are you still down???? We are so fast to beat ourselves up over our “failings” but don’t typically recognize our successes.

That totally makes sense to me!

I think I understand your question and concern. From my personal experience at 4.5 years out, if I eat the way I know I should and exercise the way I know I should... that is if I keep on keeping on, I do not inevitably gain weight. If life happens and holiday cookies or a torn achillies get the better of me, I gain. Is that what you’re Asking?

My sister is a paramedic on an ambulance. She couldn’t think of any procedure she would do in the field that would be impacted. People often refer to a blind NG tube as one to avoid but she says they almost never do one of those on an emergency call. That said, she said they are all trained to look at the medical info on the health app of your smart phone so that’s a great place to store that info confidentially! She says it’s even better than most engraved bracelets

Ok I can’t leave it alone. Ok, this is a more detailed explanation of why exercise doesn’t have any impact on stretched skin— https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/blog/how-to-tighten-loose-skin-after-losing-weight It can help fill it out with muscle (as I said upthread) but can’t make it shrink. It just doesn’t have any impact on collagen. I typically prefer to only reference peer reviewed scientific studies, but scientists don’t do studies that go against anatomical fact. I don’t have access to an online anatomy textbook to post a link to. If you’d like to post an article that assigns people randomly to either an exercise or a non exercise condition and then measures the difference in excess skin at the end of their weight loss, please do. Otherwise any scientist or statistician will tell you, you can’t say it was the exercise that caused the skin “rebound.” It could be any number of other factors.

nope not a liar, just not familiar with the science. Correlation, as they say, is not causation. Just because you saw a reduction of the loose skin at the same time you started working out doesn’t mean the one caused the other. We often lose faster than our skin can “rebound” and it catches up down the road. That it happened when you stated working out is coincidental. Science is more than anecdote (ie the story of one person, or even the story of “countless posts”). If you want to believe that, go right ahead, no skin off my nose. But the science doesn’t support it. How old do you think I am, BTW? Pretty sure my age isn’t anywhere in my profile.

Word!

Me! Not an Ultra yet but full marathons and ragnar relays. It’s totallly do able!

Exercise builds muscle by breaking down muscle fibers and rebuilding them. Anatomy 101. Skin elasticity is not impacted by that process in the slightest. If you want more than that you can use google or a basic anatomy textbook. Or search my post history I’ve posted links before. I’m not going to do your homework for you. Show me Science that says the opposite. I’ll wait. No actually my college anatomy class told me I would be waiting for that forever. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

I was gonna get one but ran it by my sister who is a paramedic on an ambulance and she couldn’t see a need. They don’t do NG tubes in the field and rarely in any emergency situation. But she said if you do get one make sure it looks like a medic alert bracelet. The ones that look like bracelets they miss. It has to have the BIG Red Cross and be very obvious. She said a better idea is to program it into the health part of your smart phone. She says they all are trained to look there these days.

Brussels Sprout “latkes” I made (shredded sprouts, onions, potatoes, eggs, flour) with roasted tri tip. Leftover for breakfast this morning—with light laughing cow cheese cuz everyone ate all the trip Tip

I asked my team and they said why would we have you take nail polish off? When I explained the capillary thing I had read on here they laughed and said we have plenty of instruments to keep tabs on that. So yeah definitely ask.

I want X to eat is typically head huger. I’m hungry and something on my plan will satisfy me is actual hunger. Usually.

I would love to see some peer reviewed scientific studies that show Splenda is dangerous. I haven’t found any, but there could certainly be ones I’ve missed. Definitely check with your surgeon for their recommendation, but mine allows Splenda. I try to avoid all sweeteners when I can, but I definitely use protein shakes that are sweetened with Splenda. I also use products sweetened with sugar alcohols, stevia and monk fruit.

I liked her, so.... thought she was a no nonsense realist. I like tough love. So, like I said maybe it’s cuz I haven’t been posting =P

1. Did your team discuss your post surgical diet with you in detail before your surgery? In detail? No. Two appointments with dietician. First was about six weeks prior and we talked about small changes I could make immediately to ease into things (slowly wean myself off Diet Pepsi, less fast food, etc). Second one was two weeks before and we discussed the basics—no straws, drinking rules, what my long term diet would look like—and I got the big binder. 2. Did your nurses go over your immediate diet with you in your hospital room? No. And I was at a center of excellence too! 3. Were all stages of your diet given to you in written form? Did you understand when to start each stage? Yes. All in my binder, but I had to seek it out and read and ask questions if i needed to. I’m a researcher so I already knew most of t and was the type to read the binder. I imagine many aren’t, there was a lot in there and quite overwhelming 4. Did anyone ever tell you not to eat or drink more than a certain number of ounces per hour? No. That does not have a role in my surgeons plan. He doesn’t set limits that way. 5. Did anyone ever tell you what could happen to you if you ate foods that you weren't approved for yet? No. 6. Were you allowed to order a meal in the hospital, and if so, what did it consist of? Order one? No, but they brought me meals of Protein Shakes, Clear Liquids, coffee (yup), yogurt, Jello, juice, fruit icees... didn’t eat ANY of it. All I got down in the hospital was a few ounces of water. Yes, a few ounces over two days. They sent me home and I immediately got dehydrated. Came back from it on my own, but it was pretty bad. 7. Did you have a clear understanding that the surgery was permanent? Yes.

Actually probably more permanent than marriage!