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@@skinnyjeansatlast Early on there is basically nothing you can do to make it faster if you are following the rules. If you are eating carbs, stop. That is about the only thing you can do.

I really hate Halloween, but I am going dress up. I dress slutty bodycon every day now anyway, so no reason to miss out on being slutty fun on Halloween. Going to try and hit up some singles parties.

What do you eat? Do you track it? Do you measure?

@@xoxococojay I only told a few friends, no family. My friends that I told are all normal size and supportive. I don't tell people because like @@LipstickLady, I really don't care to know their opinions. I still have a clean criminal record and I would hate to ruin that at this age by punching someone in the face for running their mouth.

After 6 months, Keto Krate if you eat Keto, but honestly. I think it is a waste. Like my tastes are so varied yet specific, there is no way I can roll the dice on people sending me random stuff. What I want to eat changes from day to day. It would take me months to get through one box.

@@tanya0974 Nope, it is a waste of money. All the stuff is loaded with carbs and you are going to end up wasting money.

@@smg I'm not going to argue about it, but being in Ketosis has a diuretic effect so people need more sodium and potassium. Research it. If people are really on a low carb diet, which admittedly most people that post here are not, they need to watch their salt intake and make sure it is high enough. If I am preparing food for myself at home, and not eating prepare and packaged foods, I have to be very careful to get enough sodium in.

When you low carb and do it for a long time you find you need more salt, so the sodium in them isn't an issue for me. I think cold cuts are good early on, I like boars head. The only thing is long term, they won't trigger restriction because they are processed. I could probably eat a lot of deli ham, there is nothing to it. I don't even want to try but I know it won't trigger restriction at 1 year so I don't even bother.

The only one I know that will really tone you is Aqualogix, because it uses real resistance, not those foam things. https://www.aqualogixfitness.com/

Most of them have simple scientific claims that do not defy physics as we know it. If someone claims that 30 grams has 30 grams of protein, there is little reason to doubt them. Claiming 15 grams has 30 grams of protein does not seem possible or logical. I don't understand why this is still a debate here. I seriously think the site has been infiltrated by some shills for the company. This wouldn't be the first time they have pulled that on a forum to sell their "scientific" break through.

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@@Sexybell1234 Please go to the ER if your Dr won't see you today. Actually just go to the ER on at least convenient care.

Purchased size 10M pumps, down from a 12W. I have been wearing 11M for about 10 months, but I have been a 10.5 for about 5 months but they are rare, so I never really purchased any. Now 10M are a perfect fit. I never thought my foot would be smaller than a 10.5. I am really amazed. And the last 10 pounds I lost in the past week have made the difference between 10.5 and 10.

I was sitting in the car yesterday and looked down. All I saw was boobs and legs, no belly. Before my belly use to sit in my lap and rub the steering wheel. No stomach in sight. I can look right over my boobs and see my crotch. I sat there for a long time really amazed.

I usually get black cold brew, I add my own cream, if I want cream which is rare, because I just want a dash and they go nuts. When I am running low on calories, my treat drink at Starbucks is a tall flat white.

Does not work. Period.

@@krystalrose219 I really think it is awesome you are doing this at a young age. I wish I was able to, my entire life would have been very different. I didn't tell people except my really close friends about my surgery, because I didn't want other peoples opinions because honestly I don't care about their opinions. I think at your age though, I would have told everyone and my family. I would have suffered through all their comments. And it would have beat me down. You can't do what is done, but you are just going to have to learn not to care, or it is going to make you crazy. Tell them this is the only option for you and unless they are going to carry around the extra 200 pounds for you, they can pound sand.

why not have protein shakes and work your way back up to food?

@@MTWilliams Dump her. Primary doctors are a dime a dozen. Get a new one.

I'm drinking soup and eating yogurt. Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App You are never going to feel full on that, those are liquids. When you eat some meat, you will learn what full feels like

Your goal with the sleeve should never to be full. Being full hurts, and it really hurts early out. Once you get full, it won't be something you strive for. Everyone heals differently. Some people have their nerves take longer to reconnect. You didn't say what you are eating so it is hard to judge if anything you are eating will actually trigger restriction. Even with restriction, you should never rely on feeling full to judge when to stop eating. Measure your portions and only eat those portions.

@@ginabee38 I was terrible at tracking before, and like you, if I ate bad I just wouldn't log it. Like that made it not happen. Post op I HAD to track so I could make sure I was getting my nutrients, I didn't want to be sick or end up in the hosptial. Then after tracking for months, it really became a habit. Then I could see the benefits because you can definitely see patterns in your eating and weight loss that help you fine tune your eating. I started tracking with Fitbit, then when I gave up using my fitbit because if #$^@%^# sucks I started using LoseIt! Premium. The app doesn't really matter though, just that you track. If I get busy for a day and I don't track all day as I eat, I really freak out. It is easiest to track as you are eating so you don't forget things.

@@Kathy812 No, I meant were you tested by a RMR machine or was this just an estimate by some calculator? If you height and weight here is correct, your RMR should be higher unless something has severely compromised it.

I am religious about tracking my food in apps. Mainly because I have no appetite and without tracking I would never eat enough. I have found that recording everything, even when I go off plan, helps a lot. First it stopped me from having cheat days or cheat weeks. I can see that having one thing, is one thing, and I can still recover the rest of the day. It lets me see that things aren't as bad as I think or they are worse than I think. Like Protein bars for example. I'm not blowing a day worth of carbs on a Protein Bar, when I can stretch those carbs out over the whole day. Recording everything makes it easier to understand your macros in the long term. Like for example I know I can have something out if I eat well the rest of the day. It makes it easier to live this as a lifestyle and not a diet.

Still not hungry at almost 15 months. The honeymoon period however is over. Not being hungry is cool, but I can eat a lot more relatively compared to first after surgery and eating had very little chance of causing pain anymore so I have lost some of my food aversion. I have to be mindful of my portions especially when I am eating out and haven't weighed my food, because I have more capacity.