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Except I have lost about 40 likes, and still don’t seem to be gaining?? Is this true of everyone, our likes came off our total instead of adding? Thanks for your hard work - I am liking liking posts again!

Hi @Alex Brecher - 6 or 7 more likes since I posted - but my total has risen only by the one I gave myself!! But I, for one, seem to have stopped getting the “you can’t like this post’ notice. @FluffyChix likes total is on the rise - is it only me?? You trying to get rid of me?.😁

@FluffyChixI love you and want to have your babies! This is a GREAT post. Back to your original post (and tucking in mind that we each work to set a reasonable goal) I agree. I didn’t make myself look like a walking cadaver of scars across the surgeries so that I could be content with whatever outcome I get. Cos if I accept that, well that piece of chocolate caramel slice will NEVER stop yelling “close enough is good enough”. My surgeon says we should average loss of 75% of excess weight, by the way, not 60/65. He has a longitudinal study of 1700 of his patients going back up to 18 years. 75% is the average. So shoot for the moon fashizzle, shoot for the moon... I am over the 75% now (it is taken from highest weight - 260 for me). I aim to end up in the ‘normal’ bmi range. I look pretty normal now and have 14lbs to go - I am in normal off the rack clothes now. My goal is probably gonna be 2-3 lbs below that so I have ‘fluctuation room’. And if I keep eating like I do, and losing 2 lbs every week like I am, I am nearly there, and I am bloody well not stopping or moving to maintenance until I do.....

Hi fc Tell us a bit more? (Or fill in your profile) Without knowing your height it is tough to see whether this is in line with expectations... after all, 37 pounds is a couple of pounds a week, consistently - good on most diets! What is your goal? Your bmi? Your surgery type? And share with us a bit about your eating habits... Folks on here know a lot about weight loss predictions for people of various start/goal weights, etc. I reckon you’ll get good stuff from some here, if you share a little more with them.......

See two posts above @Alex Brecher, and since then with three MORE notifications of likes since this morning, I am down to 413!! They are coming OFF my total! Oh no!

Two more likes for this post above in the last 1/2 hour - but there I am on 416 still should be around 450 by now... I am in a stall week. This is all I have to count *rueful grin*

I can’t do protein bars - dumping! I had thought a baggie with chopped up protein bars in the glove box would be an ideal ‘on the run’ option! So, I have roasted chickpeas now instead. Do ‘em myself. Takes about 50 minutes to roast a couple of cans until they are dry and crunchy. Roll in a drizzle of olive oil, and coat with a seasoning. My current zip-lock bag has a chipotle and chilli salt coating - give the bag a shake and eat a handful. About a dozen to 20 fills me up. Good protein but not good if you are doing low carb. Does America have the subway-like chain called Pita Pit? They do GREAT salad, and the one with roast chicken is a delight - esp with the salad being just olives, jalapeños, pickles and lettuce... mmmm. Makes me want one for breakfast!

Hi Alex I had four hundred and twenty something likes last week. Have had at least 15-20 since then but my tally now is 416. Someone liked my post above - but my tally showing on the website is still 416 which it was an hour ago. So something isn’t recording!! It is declining!!

Fantastic to hear - and the best part starts now. I love this journey, and hope you do too!

This is great news - congrats! And now the fun really starts, as the new you emerges...

You look amazing...

Leto = low carb? @FluffyChixtakes this approach, and is a superb sharer....

Don’t be mistaken - I never COMMENT on the fitness and exercise threads!!!

I am really phobic about vomiting. I get big meds with surgery to make sure it doesn’t happen after the op - and (touch wood) I haven’t vomited since. There had been gentle ‘regurgitation’ a couple of times when I ate too much or too fast - very non-violent, as you say. Get the best anti nausea drugs during surgery, and get off the heavy pain meds asap after, to reduce the throwing up chances... Best of luck...

I wonder if you are reading in different places to me - overwhelmingly what I read here is positive. Tips, tricks, tools, successes and triumphs. A few things gone wrong - every time followed by encouragement on putting it right. I have got so much out of the great ideas on the recipes/food/nutrition forums. I love, at the moment, the fitness and exercise forum, as I try and step up my fitness. Hugely positive place! Nice to add your news of good progress to add to the positivity total!

Nope, @proudgrammy, I can’t like you either. I watch my ‘like’ totals and feel ... useful here - and we are missing out!!!

Actually - chickpeas are carby - I checked. Not sweet! When baked they halve in weight - this made me two flavours, 2 biggish movie-treat helpings of each. Each helping has 310 calories, 50g carbs - all complex, not sugar- and 15g protein. I have half or 1/3 a helping.

Stunning - you are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing this - I love these stories...

I looked - no Beanitos here 😥 Quick chickpea recipe? 2 400g cans chickpeas/garbanzo beans Drain, pull off the obviously loose shells. Lay on paper towels for 30mins to dry, swapping out the towels after 5 mins. Bake 400degrees, on a tray lined with foil. Check after 40 mins - may take up to an hour. Done when crunchy. Drizzle over 2 tbsp olive or coconut oil, and coat. Then tip into seasonings. Today, I have two seasonings - 1/2 each of: 1. Chipotle rub 2. Chilli con carne rub. Also nice - garlic salt, bbq salt - even honey/cinnamon if you aren’t aiming to be low carb (you pop those back in the oven for 5 mins to caremelize the sugars...)

I am off to look. Yet another food to put in my suitcase home on my next trip to the US, I think....

Me too - logged out and in but it didn’t help either. @Alex Brecherany ideas for us - I love liking or giving trophies to posts, but something glitchy is stopping us sometimes....

Fantastic news - and now the exciting part begins, as your life really does change for the better.....

You are doing AMAZING - congratulations! Tell me about the healthy snacks (I am always looking to add variety!) today I am making a couple of flavours of crinchy baked chick peas (garbonzo beans) which taste like heaven AND give me protein! Thanks, my friend. Any chance of a couple of photos too?!

Don’t pay. They have broken HUGE ethical rules - they are not allowed to lie to you. And even worse given they reported you are both bonkers and thick. Their job if they thought you were emotionally unstable would have been to see if you needed support (probably in words of one syllable because ‘support’ is a tough concept for a moron who is so stupid she can’t understand bariatric surgery). Struth, this makes my blood boil. (I have a PhD in Psychology - I no longer work in the field, but used to. They have behaved disgracefully.) By the way, given your low IQ, I was wondering who is the bright person you ask to write your quick witted, wise and warm posts for you?? 🤣😂

Fantastic post! 40lbs loss (the sidebar in your profile says) is significant. I posted somewhere else - four people told me Friday I look ‘healthy’ which is a lovely way to note the weight loss without being personal - “have you lost weight?” Is very intrusive! It is really hard to get a mental picture of my size now - seems you are the same @Miss Topaz - but our other halves seem to have a better idea of it than us! Keep up the good work, my friend