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Kale, nuts, chocolate (cacao) and most surprisingly cottage cheese

I bought a medium dress because it was on sale for $6 , at that time I was still in a 2x but I figured I would fit it eventually. I now comfortably fit it.

Hi you may just need to hit a version of a pre surgery diet HARD from now for ultimate success. Good luck!

Constant sips of warm liquids especially broths teas decaf coffee sugar free hot chocolate should help for a bit when water just does not cut it

Baby drink some hot tea and watch the trash TV where some elses life is in pieces lol, you'll be in a completely different place six months from now

Focus only on you!

Fit and flare, empire waist, Maxi, have fun!

It's normal on a lot of plans to give up popcorn, some don't but you'd be amazed what you can live without

Wow wow wow It's your party Cry if you want to I'll attend

FML now I have to consider cheat days lol joking , I have just been staying in calorie limits and macro goals and still I stall, I don't know if there is a science to it. I think people and weightloss just varies Congrats on being able to be flexible and still smash your goals 

Absolutely, body dysmorphia is crazy, sometimes I have no clue who I'm looking at prior or post surgery. It's jolting and disorienting. The thing is no one really teaches you how to prepare for that part of the journey. There is no way to train for it or anticipate it until you a experience it.

I STILL love the same style of clothing and I'm not having a great time finding it in smaller sizes (long modest maxi dresses, not skin tight fit and flair styles) it's like the assumption is the thinner you are the more skin you want to show... I kind of would like a brand that would make the EXACT same items from size 0-26

IDC I ❤️ Kale with everything

Amazing

The difficulty was lack of hunger and capacity at that stage. I have no real problems now. If you can find a protein powder you can use, pure plain and unflavored like Cabot whey protein you can add it to everything. I believe that one is mostly used for cooking so you can add it to soups etc. Eventually you will be asked to try to get all if your protein requirements from food. I only have trouble with this because I still cant handle meat because I really am better off a vegetarian or some flexible version of it. So I add premade shakes to coffee to easily meet my needs.

I don't have food allergies but I have a kosher diet which is super restricted so I became a vegetarian/vegan. Then just back to kosher after surgery. So I started with several unflavored proteins but couldn't tolerate it, I found I could only tolerate one brand so far and it's not vegetarian lol, premier protein, so I leave that as all the artificial ingredients I have in my diet, otherwise everything else is scratch made, well except for cheese. I can't make that... Yet lol

Welcome!

Congrats and safe journey!

I definitely think that there's a pressure to be a poster child of positive attitude. Always have positive affirmations and outlooks, reminding each other of all of the great things that will come from the change but sometimes it's a little tiring and real life has changing tides... So I was looking for people who maybe understood how I felt and I could lean on their collective knowledge (not compare) until I could see my forest past the trees

Same! After surgery I found myself compromising too much because of the plan so I talked with my NUT and cut it all out again except the protein shakes, everything else is super clean again! So happy even working my way back to vegeterian/vegan! Safe journey!

Deficiency in iron and b vitamins especially b1 or b12, get labs done to confirm as some can cause great damage.

I love kale, I firmly belong in civilization. Otherwise great post

I'm glad everyone has been willing to be honest about how they feel, sometimes I struggle with the pressure to always be positive

I spoke with my Dermatologist about my scars and was informed that the silicone scar patches work well and time will make a big difference

Extremely so far