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What's a "makeup course? LOL. Almost afraid to ask! Does he kiss gooooood?

Welcome home dear @sillykitty!!!!! Congrats on a successful trip (roller food binge included) and on developing "trust" that things are working! We missed you. Now post a lot! So ok, it took me a while, but here's my "maiden virgin voyage" with @GreenTealael golden milk. Holy crap! Who knew sesame turmeric coconut-cashew vanilla toffee stevia decaf coffee would taste amazing? LOL. Fork me it's good!!!!! Now I gotta run and input into MFP so I can see the totals. I'm reasonably sure I will count this as a "safe" fasting liquid. LOL. Why? Cuz 1cup has about 1.5g carbs and <0.5g protein and the rest is fat and lol "crap". I know...but in my defense, I did use the silk cashew milk and So Delicious Coconut Milk (both unsweetened) cuz that's what I had on hand. Will try almond milk laterski. Thanks again Tea! I'm gonna have a 1/4 cup of it again in my cup of Matcha later! So excited to try this new thing. I'm hoping the turmeric (and freshly ground black pepper aka piperin) will help with the inflammation in my esophagus! I'll be back to share the totals. Here's TheYouTube on it again:

Good gawd. Yesterday I had a hungry hungry hippo day. I ate ALL. THE. FOOD! ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! Holy crap! I'm glad those days don't come around very often. I won't spit out everything I ate. *sigh* But here are the amazing totals: 1383 cals; 98g protein (FU*K); 136g fat (BIGGER FU*K); 77g carbs 🖕; 16g fiber; 61g net carbs 🖕 Dang!!! When I decide to let it out and eat...holy jehosaphat! The good news is I'm only up 0.4lbs and I'm betting that is from a big ass poopy! LOLOLOLOOL! Will IF all day until 5pm. Have a dinner meeting with a friend tonight. So back in the saddle today--no shenanigans and come on y'all, pray me a gigantor poopy!!!!

Feel better soon!!!!

Ugh right?! To me, it looks like he's either wired on some kind of drugs, or is a little drunk, or in a manic cycle or something, but it honestly sounded like a psychotic break kinda video. That's distressing and it feels like we're watching a guy just on the precipice of jumping.

ColonBlow 2000!!!! Worked like a charm! Congrats on a big job Matt! Don't forget to get some potassium in today. You probably are down a little in electrolytes! We love new lows--especially when they are poopie driven. Nothing makes me more amused or happy than to get on the scale post poopy and register a 1/2-1 lb loss. It seriously makes my entire day! You're so close to your goal!!!

Oh see? This is a relief! Good info TY! I also make them super low cal/low glycemic index and load. Love them!!!!

Oh no! That's what you have? I don't know I have it, she just said that word and wants to do some more tests. The pill they had me swallow yesterday got hung up in it. I swear it always turns out to be nothing!! So I'm not gonna get wigged or think it's anything. I still think it's inflamed from scratching it with a pill.

Yes. I can eat close to 2 cups of it maybe including protein? Maybe a little more.

KaBoom!

Yay!!! WTG!!!! 125 in 6 months--amazing!

@JessLess, black tongue=iron supplement (I use chewable iron from Celebrate. My tongue turns black cuz I dissolve it rather than chew. LOL. )

No worries this is gonna be nothing and she's just very good and thorough!

Ok just out of doc. She said we just watch it til you have an big issue. So that's a big ass YAYBABY!!! But she wants 3 more tests to see about why my esophagus has low motility. And a HIDA of my gb. Whatever that is. EGD again. I'm sure there is nothin wrong other than scratching it with a pill a couple of weeks ago. 😦😄

I just want to spend my days in bed with Mr F 😁😝and some Ferrerrrrrrrerrr Rerrererssssss! A jug of wine, and a binge series on Netflix (and a can of Pringles...ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

Aw man!!! But I am so glad you're getting the dumping stuff figured out so you can jump back into bed with Brazil!! In a way I'd like it to be an easy elegant fix for you! GB is so easy to make right! 💋

Sending positive intentions!

Ok, so hit it with MOM. Most of us need extra magnesium anyway and it will bust the clog free. I will tell you, when the trains back up for me, I get SO uncomfy eating it's very apparent that something isn't "right." You know? Like some Spidey-sense or something. I think it's my super power. Just see if that is it? If it is, you'll know in 6-12 hours. If not, then no harm, no foul--you'll get a little whimpy activity and boom, clean as a whistle! Or you can go nuclear on it with a glycerin supposity, cuz you know, come on, doesn't "everyone love a good glycerin suppository light show?" Forty-Five Minutes of rock ya mama fun. Hahahaha

I don't think your sleeve is stretched out but it may be reaching "maturity." And if you're weight has slowed for 2-3 months, you really must consider that you are eating at or near your maintenance calories. If you want to lose more, your restriction is still alive and well, but you will have to go back to basic rules and observe them including portion limits and perhaps even massaging your macros depending on carb tolerance, metabolic issues, and any craving or food issues that the different macros illicit in you. As other's said, your sleeve will allow larger capacity as it matures. I averaged 835 calories; 71g Protein; 37g Fat; 42g Carbs; 9g Fiber; 33g Net Carbs (I was only losing about 3lbs/Month). I exercised at least 1 hour daily (walking mostly), 6-7 days/week. I only lost about 3lbs. So in Month 7, I added in IF (Intermittent Fasting) and green tea and averaged: 804 calories; 60g Protein; 43g Carbs; 7g Fiber; 36g Net Carbs. I still exercise the same, but am trying to add more strength training from movement exercises 2 days per week. I lost 11lbs that first month. Volume is all over the place depending on what it is. I most measure on the scale now so I have repeatable quantities. I weight and/or measure everything. Protein-2-4oz per meal (depending on which meal) Veggies-2-3oz per meal (depending on what veg and how it's cooked) Salads-fuhgettaboudit--I eat a crapton of this stuff Fats-1tsp equivalent per meal = 1oz avocado=1tsp fat/butter/olive oil=1/4oz nuts Fruits-some snacks/small meals-1-2oz total Yesterday after tests was a hungry hungry hippo day so I ate: L-Small Side Salad (BB jalapeno tuna pouch + romaine + spinach + grape tomatoes + cucumber + carrot/purple cabbage shreds + red onion + vinegar + 1tbsp Feta Cheese Vinaigrette) 1 small Murphy's Deli Tortilla Soup mixes with zucchini and yellow squash from their veggie soup--no tortilla strips *** S-1oz Almonds + 2oz baby carrots + 1oz grape tomatoes + 1oz celery *** D-1 Caprese stack (1oz mozz, 1 slice tom, 1 basil leaf, 1/2oz roasted rbp, capers) 2oz grilled chicken 2oz sauteed broccoli with olive oil, parmesan, roasted rbp, capers *** I now have more sensations of satiety than I did at any time before this. I had virtually no satiety cues at 6 months. But I tried hard to keep the limit of eating to 1cup total. I now eat about 1 to 1 1/4 or 1 1/3 cups of food per meal with the exception of salads. I can pound down about 2 to 2 1/2 cups of salads that include 2-3oz dense protein + leafy veg + crunchy veg (red onion, rbp, radish, cucumber, grape tomatoes, avocado)

I also get the feeling he's a failed surgeon. Don't know if it was fallout from his League City TX practice? Or if it was more. But on his healthgrades he got pisspoor ratings. So I wouldn't go to him and let him cut on me! I used to love his "head" work vids on YouTube, but dunno about now. Haven't seen too much to keep me coming back for more. Think he fell into the dark hole of "Tony Robbins" motivational speaker show ponies wannabees. I also don't see that he's practicing in Arizona anymore at the Lovelace Clinic?

The World According to Eggface has a famous Ricotta Bake. I made mine with cottage cheese cuz I prefer it to ricotta. But it's pretty tasty. Congrats on 8weeks!

LOL, my last cases were wayyyy thin. LOL.

Glad the date when great!!!!! Wooohoooooo! Look at you! You're a dater!!!!

Dang!!! Where to start? I'm sorry to miss all of yesterday! Mr. F. couldn't get back to pick me up from the doc's until 6:30pm last night. Then we made an evil plan to take over the world while navigating traffic--one where I didn't cook that night and we would go to our little neighborhood Italian place. And I had my usual. And I got the usual result. Flat in the recliner, eye cover over my eyes, upset tummy to the max. *sigh* Fell asleep by 8:30pm. Dayum! And here's all I eat! 1 stack Caprese (1oz mozz, 1 slice tomatoe, 1 basil leaf, 1/2oz rbp roasted, capers, drizzle balsamic glaze) 2oz grilled chicken 2oz sauteed broccoli with olive oil, parmesan, rbp roasted, capers Uggggggghhhh! Didn't even have my glass of red wine (despite my liver looking "highly photogenic" and gorgeous) nor my 3 small bites of their homemade rolls with dipping sauce. It is my gallbladder. There are stones and sludge in it. Doc appt this morning to discuss what she thinks we should do. Also they saw my pill getting stuck in my esophagus, so don't know what that's about or what she will want to do. I bet she will want to stick a scope down to find out. *big sigh*. My scale is broken at 152.fill-in-the-blank!!!! UGH!!! FU*KING scale! (am I yelling? cuz it feels like I am) This morning after MAJOR morning potty adventures (hell hath no fury like a woman deprived of her morning constitutional because she had to endure public potties all day yesterday...) the scale only whimpered at me at 152.4lbs. GAH!!!!! It eludes me from getting back to my previous low, and teases me with 1st Goal. The bi*ch. *** Ok, so now plastics. Hells. I would totes love having them just pull all excess skin up to the top of my head and then throw a rubber band around it to give my hair a bit of volume up top. And pull all the excess up! And since that's unlikely, and it is equally unlikely I will rob a bank to fund my plastics, I'm just gonna be one of the old peeps, with that creepy crepy loose skin folds puddling around my feet and everywhere else skin droops and puddles. In a perfect world I would like: more boob recon where they replace the damaged radiation skin again with new skin, a newly shaped rt boob, real nips lt arm lymph node transplant to get rid of lymphedema + bil brachioplasty tummy and FUPA tuck thigh lift brazilian butt lift (LOL, I've no idea what that is, but it sounds like I want need it.) *** I will cheer each of you on to victory during your PS!! But I'm afraid I will need lots and lots of piccys! @GreenTealael I think 5lbs will look great on you and totally understand needing fat graft material. @sillykitty Your schedule is nuts. @Matt Z You just need to drop a power train on the #2 track. @clsumrall Hope you get your salad veg soon and can also move on to al dente veg!!! And glad you're here playing with us!!!! @Orchids&Dragons Loved your food, now post like a ho. We know you want to! Welcome to all the newbies!!!! Wish all of you Silent Bob's out there would post more and get involved with the shenanigans here!!! Woooohoooooooo!

Feel better!!!