Creekimp13

This is worth reading:) https://www.webmd.com/diet/sleep-and-weight-loss#1

Pretty regularly I run across a post on here where someone is talking about eating 600 calories a day....and suffering "head hunger". "I ate my two tablespoons of protien three times today, I'm lightheaded and exhausted. Worst of all, I have terrible head hunger!" No...you have ACTUAL hunger. Or worse...someone telling someone eating 600 calories a day...."it's just head hunger." Folks, when you are eating 600 calories a day it's REAL FREAKING HUNGER. Like...every cell in your body is saying...I don't want to die...please nourish me because depending on fat stores is stressful and inefficient. They're also finite. You're giving me 600 calories a day and it takes over 300 calories just to make the sugar to run the brain. Please eat something...anything...something healthy would be great! That's REAL hunger. Head hunger....from my understanding of this weird phrase...means that you are not physically in need of food...you just want it. You just had salad and a chicken breast...so you're well nourished,...but you really WANT a cheeseburger and fries, too. That's "head hunger". A craving for something you don't really need, but crave the taste of. When we're recovering from major surgery and eating really low calories...we aren't being pansies and we' aren't having weak cravings.....we physiologically NEED fuel that we are NOT GETTING....so we're HUNGRY. That's not "head hunger". That's REAL hunger. Probably the realest hunger many of us have ever known. Stepping off soap box. Sorry for the rant.

With hummus for sure!

I don't dream about food. But when I was pregnant I kept having a dreams where I gave birth to a puppy instead of a human baby....and I was very happy, would put the puppy in a dog crate....then my mother would come in and put clothes on it and feed it a bottle...and it was still a puppy. Dreams are weird. LOL

Isn't that the coolest? Hubby and I did some canoeing and hiking this summer as I was getting started on my diet. Been a few years since we did that...particularly, since we've done it without kids. My daughter and the cousins are all in college now (except one little who we see once a year). Doing stuff...just us...with no one to take care of or whose needs need to be put first....has been really nice:) Feels like the old days when were were dating.

Well, poop! (Bahahaha!)

Smart strategy:)

Part of the sex drive thing has to be losing some weight and being a little more comfortable in my skin, feeling the fitness benefits of my exercise routine on my energy and stamina...but yeah, I think hormones have played in, too:) Easy cardio. Bahahaha!

I know I shouldn't be....but I was really surprised about the hormonal diet sabotages your body generates when you're low on Zzzz's. I figured cortisol...and God knows cortisol is a pain...but putting together all the little behavior things that add up to a bad diet day....was kinda eye opening. Pays to get a good night's rest!

Lookin good, Handsome! Great work:)

Brilliant!

Thanks so much!

I've seen those! Will make a point of trying them soon:) Love my instant pot!

Anyone else take pix of their meals for their nutritionist visits? My nutritionist seems to really enjoy this.

Yepper. Had insomnia from hell for two weeks. Got my period a week late after sleeve, then early the next month. Have had an acne flare up. And this is WAY TMI....but have had a sex drive that won't quit. Hubby is thrilled about this side effect. LOL.

I love chili of all flavors. Turkey, beef and tofu. Today's chili was 95% extra lean ground sirloin, heavy on the tomatoes, peppers and onions:) Here's my favorite Tofu Chili with a whole wheat wasa:)

I have no interest in losing most of my weight in the first six months. I want a nice slow steady weight loss over 18 months eating a forever diet. I didn't put it all on in a few months...this is gonna take time. Will give my skin a chance to reduce. I'm not expecting miracles..lol...but I do want to give my skin its best chance.

I never took the chewables. As long as it's the correct dose of Calcium Citrate...you're golden. Honestly? I just pop them in a glass with a little hot water or coffee and wait for them to soften a little...then I munch them up and swallow them. I get the big chalky monsters that are the size of a June bug. They have the taste and consistency of plaster of Paris going down...but meh...i'm cheap. It saves a buck and it's not so bad. I used to use a pill crusher and put the powder in sugar free Kool whip or yogurt.

Woke up with a nagging pain in my shoulder like a pinched nerve. (deferred pain from haital hernia surgery I later learned I had) Incision pain wasn't bad. No nausea or tummy pain. Felt pretty good, actually. My best girlfriend came out a couple hours after I got a room and we walked all over together. Laughing hurt a little. I had a root canal that was way worse.

This was a gift for my mom's little dog. LOL. My puppy had to try it. Curiosity like a cat, this one.

It absolutely stinks that they don't live as long as we do.

Talk to your team or your primary about the possibility of adjusting your dose.

Try pouring four little one ounce medicine cups of fluids (clears or protein drink) every hour. Challenge yourself to drink one tiny cup every 15 minutes. If you do this every hour, it will add up and drinking will start to get easier.

My daughter coming home from college for the first time:)

I wasn't going to tell this story...but my husband's folks were both veterinarians and he often did kennel work for them as a kid. He said one of the dumbest dogs he'd ever met was a greyhound named "Celeste". Apparently, any time he opened a kennel door for her...she beat herself senseless trying to go through the crack with the hinges! LOL. Was not a rocket scientist among dogs. That said, I also know a very clever greyhound who does search and rescue:) I guess like everyone else they are individuals.