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It's a "bread" made mostly from egg whites... Google and see! Or @@Smye posted a version on here

I'm pretty picky and I like it. I'm not a premier protein fan so if you like that your tastes are different than mine. I like Synthrax Matrix and it's similar to that in taste.

Yum! I sprinkle caraway seeds on my oopsie bread for a rye type flavor but I think I will buy this and try it on there!

I hate the idea of calling this a "cheat." It's the plan that works for your body. Embrace it!

Eat more. Don't stop the running. That is all ???????? Seriously though, I dropped below where I anticipated ending up. You are still at a healthy weight for your height. Maybe your body hasn't hit its new set point yet, mine was lower than I imagined pre op. I did have to up the calories more to maintain. The health benefits of the running were not something I wanted to give up. Good suggestions on upping calories above.

Honestly my back pain was the worst for me too. And I don't have a bad back! I think the combo of sitting in less than ideal positions in the hospital bed for extended periods of time plus using back muscles to compensate for the stomach muscles that were out of commission did me in. A heating pad helped. And time. Hang in there!!!

OMG! Just tried this exact recipe and it was AWESOME! I don't use non dairy creamer so I used fairlife milk and a splash of half and half. With the mint cookie Syntrax. Wow!!! I'm totally abandoning my other mug cake recipe for this bc it's so simple. I did it in a little glass ramekin I have. Now I want a splash of SF whip cream to go with it next time Thanks!

I finished it about 18 months ago and can't recommend it enough! I was never ever a runner before and have now run countless 5-10k races and relays a dozen or so half marathons and am now training for my second full marathon! Even if you never want to run further than a 5k it's an awesome challenge and a great way to get moving!

If your getting full off so little after 1.5 years, how on earth are you getting enough calories?? I'm in the same boat. I couldn't eat a whole slider with the bun, let alone any fries at 2+ years out. Other things I can eat more of, but dense Protein plus bread? No way. I do have to eat 5-6 small meals and a Protein shake or two to get everything in.

You certainly could. That's why we have the Family and Medical Leave Act in the first place. Is that paid or unpaid leave?

The best place I've found for the torani syrups is Smart and Final but I believe it's a chain only in CA. A bottle is $5.99 but if you buy six or more at a time it's $3.99! They carry at least a dozen sugar free varieties

Matrix is my favorite! It can be gritty as a shake but that's what makes it work well for these (my recepie is slightly different and includes an egg but I'm gonna try this one!) It's low carb, but not as low as Isopure. Its 2-6g per school depending on the flavor and I get mine at Vitamin Shoppe or off Amazon!

Walking from his kids? Is that a valid red flag? Duh!!!

@@bellabloom I am concerned about you. I understand eating is a chore for you and unappealing and difficult to fit in. But you CAN do it. You have experience that shows you can in the example above. The days you didn't get "too busy" you did it. You HAVE to make it a priority. It's risking your health. You haven't replied to the myriad of suggestions above. You dismissed the first few as undo able and then just continue to tell us how you're not getting in enough. What about finding your sliders? What about the higher calorie shakes? What about setting timers on your watch and making sure you have the time? Running late and a date? Not reasons not to eat. It must be a priority! For the sake of your kids if not yourself. The disordered eating in your background only makes me worry more. This thread feels almost more like a brag than a complaint and certainly excuses. You CAN get enough calories in if you make it a priority.

I watched. She was happy while losing too. I hope it lasts for her this time!

Yay!!! Glad you're enjoying getting back into it, and congrats on the house!!! I don't know how you all do those winter runs in cold states! I'm in CA and complain when it gets in the low 40's!

It's pretty good stuff! I especially like the salted caramel one with some Starbucks via!

And I understand that's not why you started this discussion, but the beauty and pain of the Internet is we all get to weigh in and sometimes discussions go unexpected ways. I think it's all valuable as long as we aren't flaming each other.

Like I said above, I'm of the mind that part of it may be due to an anxiety disorder on her part (she mentioned taking anxiety meds). But as someone trained in the mental health field, her level of body hatred/anxiety strikes me as dysfunctional--it interferes with her daily life to a very large degree. She kept saying she was a freak, deformed, etc. She really didn't look that bad to me, especially with clothes on! She looked beautiful! I don't mean to belittle, judge or label (I think I was very careful not to label actually). I was really trying to give her the benefit of the doubt in saying her level of distress about her body might be related to her anxiety. I could have said she came across as whiny, shallow, self-obsessed and mean to her loved ones because that was my initial reaction ????. I was very careful NOT to say that. And perhaps those judgmental, labeling, belittling thoughts say more about ME than they do about HER, which is usually the case. Why did I feel the need to weigh in at all? I guess I come from the place the person above whose husband was concerned someone might not lose weight after watching this woman. I wanted to point out how her perception of herself as a "freak" and disgusting is SO FAR from reality. She is beautiful by almost any standards! And has accomplished so much and is a whole new person who can do so much and will live so much longer! She has a husband who loves and supports her and a step daughter who appears to do the same. I wish she could see it that way! I wish anyone in her position could see it that way!

Like I said above, I'm of the mind that part of it may be due to an anxiety disorder on her part (she mentioned taking anxiety meds). But as someone trained in the mental health field, her level of body hatred/anxiety strikes me as dysfunctional--it interferes with her daily life to a very large degree. She kept saying she was a freak, deformed, etc. She really didn't look that bad to me, especially with clothes on! She looked beautiful!

Yes! This makes total sense to me! I didn't hate my body before plastics. Sure there were issues that annoyed me, but I was pretty darn happy with all I had achieved and all I could do! Plastics was the icing on the cake. I'm still not perfect. Plastics can't undo everything and do leave some scars, had I wanted perfection I would still be unhappy.

Ok so I had to watch this after hearing you all. I expected to be touched and emotional. I had my skin removal surgeries 7 months ago. I wasn't. I am trying to give this woman the benefit of the doubt--she mentioned taking anxiety meds. But oh my! Not letting her husband hug her or touch her (like TOUCH her not even sexually), not talking to people because she thought they wouldn't be her friend bc she's a "freak," being afraid people are staring at her and hiding behind things (saying this while wearing a tank top), being miserable 24/7 because of her looks. I'm sorry. How about your improved health? All the things you can DO now? Sorry. I understand being dismayed by the skin, but she was truly so focused on her appearance and what OTHERS may have bought about it, that she was missing everything good about her life and being unnecessarily cruel to people close to her. The other guy, loved him.

I got mine yesterday! Five of them! Because I knew the whole family would attack ????

I'm two years out and it still makes a ton of noise!

Mine was super fast as well, Anthem Blue Cross PPO.