FluffyChix

You guys should come join us over here on the IF thread! Some of us are low carb, some lower carb still, some do well eating carbs, but most of us posting do IF! We Dr. Fung and others!

Bragging rights! Agreed!

Yay! Piccys please! We heart piccys!

Wooohooo on IFing with us. So weird about notifications! Love this piccy! Ha!

Yes. But seriously, I don't eat salads like that cuz too much fat and they end up making me nauseated. Don't laugh at me, but I use Walden Farms Vinaigrette dressings: Italian (fave), Asian (2nd fave), Sesame Ginger (3rd fave), Balsamic + extra balsamic vinegar (4th fave). Wets the salad slightly and zero cals/carbs/fat. I use avocado, red fat feta/rf blue cheese, or nuts/seeds, or the meat in the salad to get enough fat in it to absorb the vits/mins from the veggies.

Wooohoooo! Welcome to the dark side of the moon! You got this!!! Before long you'll be 16:8 without even trying! Just make sure you can still get all your protein in while keeping your food volume to no more than what your doc wants from you at your stage of healing!!!

Congrats girl!!!! Thanks for the inspiration and giggles! (And screw transparency. Haha! Once that ticker goes down it doesn't go up and is a constant reminder and nagging thorn in my side until I reclaim the original low weight!) *snort*

Back at work in 4 days. Recommendations: 1. Read this forum. Use the search bar. So much info and so many tips. 2. Drink your liquids. 3. Walk.

Welcome and congrats. 1. Read this forum. Use the search bar. So much info and so many tips. 2. Drink your liquids. 3. Walk.

Ok, no IF this weekend, and today is 19th anniversary! Woot! So today I'm gonna hit IF hard! I'm trying not to eat anything until about 4pm which will be about 20 hours! Hopefully I can make it! Then going to our little Italian place for dinner where I will eat ALL the calories! Don't know if this weight will hold but I'm at a new low today after 1 week of being "mostly" a good girl. I'm at 145.8lbs this morning and I'm about 2lbs shy of being in "normal weight range" which was one of my big targets when I began this journey. I was NOT gonna stop until I was in at minimum--normal weight range. And about half way to my Goal #2 of 140lbs. I'm feeling more positive that I can do this thing than I did right after Thanksgiving Fatsgiving when I bloated up to 158lbs! Gah! How are y'all doing? Anyone IFing the crap outta Monday?

Yep! Ketosis BO, but it will get better. It's something like acetoacetoacetate (sharp pungent smell)--a byproduct of fat breakdown that causes it.

Congrats! Are you trying to lose the 40lbs prior to getting pregnant?

My doc had me up walking same day as surgery. She told me she wanted me to walk as much and as often as I could and that my goal should be walking a minimum of 1 hour per day (ideally all at one time). I started with only being able to make it about 5 minutes. Today I can walk 60+ minutes at one time on some days. I would love to be able to jog/run. It's one of my goals for 2019.

January 7, 2019 My goal...get back to the gym (ie Walking in my house. ) I didn't do so well at that last week. But the day of atonement begins!

Ask your doc and nutritionist. Sorry we're all different and they are all different.

Congrats @RussT! What a huge inspiration!!!

WTG!

Good luck. It's gonna be hard. At 10.5months a hard boiled egg is still one of the most dense and filling food choices for me. And I can eat anything that stands still long enough. A soft boiled egg is a kinder, more gentle approach that you might have better luck with. 6.5 minute soft boiled egg with a tiny touch of butter or avocado.

Cross posting from the B/A Food thread. No IF for me today--just straight up Atkins Induction. I woke up like a hungry heifer and wanted Sunday breakfast. I grabbed leftovers from dinner last night. I wasn't "hatin". #embracetheleftovers No afters on account of the clean plate club.

Brekky this morning. (No IF in this Fin' place today!) Leftovers from last night: mesquite smoked salmon and garlic green beans. Yum! 1 cup by volume. By weight: 3.25oz salmon (densely packed 1/2c) and 2oz green beans (densely packed 1/2c). As usual...no leftovers, but I am imminently satisfied with no thought of being able or needing "to feed" any time soon.

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It's def a big poopie!!!! Here's to a nice steaming cuppa and a

Have I mentioned I've been crowned Tomball Condiment Queen for 5 years running? #5 Inside Fridge...(sorry I hate cleaning out the door bins...so dirty! Just so you know, we fear the zombie apocalypse like nobody's biz here, so we're always stocked up with sour cream (cuz you can never have too much), 2% cottage cheese and yogurt...and there are more containers of the last two outside in the garage fridge. Just sayin'... #6 Week 1 Update (even though I am a day behind and only have 6 days under my belt, I'll go ahead and update. I won't take a new pic until next week. Hopefully you will see a difference better then. No one sees a diff with just 3-4lbs... WEEK 1 UPDATE SW: 287.4lbs Challenge Start Wt: 150.4lbs Week 1 Wt: 147.2lbs (-3.2lbs loss this week) GW #2: 140lbs GW #3: 130lbs 10.5 months post op RNY I'm at #1 goal weight, but I want to lose more!!! I want to see if I can destroy my thunder thighs once and for all! Goals Consume 60-74g or more Protein per day Take all my Vitamins Get in 100+ oz Fluid a day Start logging faithfully Start exercising again today! Walk 1hour 6 days per week, and add in strength training and core building exercises 3 days per week. Challenges this weekend: We celebrated our last family Christmas this weekend, and even though I stayed pretty great with Atkins Induction #s, I did include things that weren't on induction (oh I'm tawkin' bout you Mr. Peanut and you Gallo brothers)! I still lost, so keeping my quantities down has helped! Tomorrow is our anniversary. We are going out to our little Italian restaurant. I know I will tangle with a glass of wine, but feel confident being able to corral it to 1 only. And will be able to make good choices there. So no fears! Then once that's over, it's back to the straight and abstemious narrow path for this chicky!

You=Lucky Dawg! So glad they found it and hopefully you will mend now!

I too vacuum seal! The trick with the turkey meatballs is to go ahead and cook them in sauce. Then bag/tag em. They have less of a leftover taste if the sauce is cooked into them. I make homemade meatballs 1x per year. And we just ate the last package last weekend (1 year later). LOL!