Creekimp13

Nothing like watching a teenager eat...to make you question the order of the universe. LOL:)

Get used to them They suck, but they're part of the process...and completely normal. Work your program. Get your protein and water in. Walk. All is well!

Woot! Nice work!

I love Quorn products. Who knew fungus was so high in protein?

Look around for a nutritionist who does vegetarian patients after sleeve. They're out there and will have more flexibility:) Best wishes and congrats on your progress!

What's really wild? My great grandparents (Slovakian immigrants) planted a poppy field JUST to make this old world bread (and of course planted it by the road to share the pretty flowers with their neighbors)...and got visited by the feds because their dozen children were out there barefoot working the fields and neighbors driving by got concerned. LOL No, officer, our children are not opium slaves, we are making tasty sweet bread. That said....this is some addictive freaking bread.

Fun fact: It's the same test. The dude who invented electrocardiography was Dutch and used the Greek spelling... Kardio for Cardio.

Have you contacted your bariatric surgeon about your recent ER visits and problems with eating? What does your bariatric surgeon think?

It's a time consuming pain in the arse....but you do it anyway...because your health is worth it.

Bite the bullet and see your therapist. Lot of red flags here. Best to be safe and have a professional weigh in.

Do you have a history of anxiety issues? When do you see the cardiologist?

I just dump Splenda in everything and call it good. LOL:)

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/publications/psychiatry_newsletter/hopkins_brainwise___winter_2015/bariatric_surgery_and_eating_disorders

Some people will free their time to maintain their relationship with you. Some people only maintain their relationship with you in their free time. These are two different relationships. Learn to tell the difference. Best wishes!

I prefer Thai instead. Keep the spice level mild, though...wowsers. I'd order Chicken Satay and a Thai Cucumber salad. (in fact, I have a couple times..lol) Have your peanut sauce served on the side as a dip for your chicken and use sparingly. Sauce is so good, but high in calories..so watch your portion control! Thai Pad Ped is also a good choice. I like tofu or chicken Pad Ped.

Phone your clinic and get their advice on this one. It's what they're there for:)

I gain and lose almost 3 pounds with my period every month:) Also, if I eat a lot of salty stuff, the scale ticks up for a few days. It's all water. No worries!

My nutritionist and doctor are 100% on board with my diet. I'm not on my own...everything is monitored and approved. When I was selecting a bariatric surgery team, one of my criteria was to find a team that did not stress keto-only and had more flexability with people who prefer vegetarian diets. My research university serves an international population that has a lot of culturally vegan and vegetarian people.....so my dietitians are more experienced with adapting a healthy bariatric diet to different diets. Both my doc and nutritionist are enthusiastic about my choice of Mayo Clinic Diet, (they also like Mediterranean, DASH and Japanese...which are similar)...so we have a lot of options:) I think it's important to get professional input, support and help through the process.

I should mention that a big part of the Mayo Clinic Diet, is a commitment to being active. See how the center of the food triangle is physical activity? My group and my diet...both stress daily physical activity. I get 12,000 steps a day and "work out" for an hour three times a week. My work out might be mowing lawns, sweating to the oldies dance videos, water aerobics in a heated therapy pool, or trampoline exercise class at Sky Zone, and lately I've been riding horses again:) I like to mix it up and keep it enjoyable. But yeah, I walk about six miles a day and get at least three hours of cardio a week. Being active...is so freaking important for building that hot burning furnace metabolism:) Sorry to ramble. I know my diet is extremely different than most of what you read here. But if you check out the vegetarian board here, you'll see I'm not as unique as all that:) Lotta ways to get there. Mine isn't the fastest, but it works for me, and I've been really pleased:)

I get 60+ grams of protein a day, but try to get at least half from plant based healthy carbs (beans, nuts, whole grain breads, peas, lentils, seeds, protein pasta, potatoes, oatmeal) Am definately NOT a keto person and I don't count carbs. I DO, however avoid high glycemic carbs that cause rebound hunger. I eat every little sugar or processed carbs. (if I eat them...they're part of my 75 calories of "sweets"...and I don't always eat them. Nice to know they're there, though!) I keep my meats incredibly low fat. Use olive oil or avocado for almost all fat. I eat mostly fish, chicken breast and extremely lean steak if I eat meat. I LOVE a veggie burger, mycoprotein meat substitutes, etc. I'm a fruit bat. Love fruit and eat a LOT of fruit. Am particularly fond of dried figs for sweeteners in stuff lately. Natural sugar+high quality fiber is a win for me. I eat watermelon and strawberries a lot. I do fermented foods and foods with fiber like split peas...cause my microbiologist kid keeps telling me I need to build good gut microbiota. I love culinary zing. Ginger, garlic, five spice, red and green curry paste, garlic, balsamic, seseame seed oil, fresh herbs, miso, flavor! I do drink coffee, I use Splenda a lot, and sometimes I bank my 75 naughty calories for a few days and splurge on something really naughty like my mom's poppy seed bread, or something decadent when I'm out to eat with hubby. I eat my junk food out of the house, with a witness...which I know is weird, but helps me stay accountable. An almost daily staple in my diet is homemade veggie soup:

Oh man...I have many times. Essentially, I follow the Mayo Clinic Diet at 1200 calories. I lean vegetarian, but do eat meat on occasion. You can read a ton about it online. Here's the general feel for it, though:

Body fat percentage. Use an underwater scale. https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/top-5-ways-calculate-body-fat/

I would try not to worry so much about BMI because it's extremely flawed. Arnold Schwarzenegger had an obese BMI when he won Mr. Universe. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439

Best thing to do is to phone and ask about your specific rider.

Cannot share the family secret recipe....but this is similar: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/220763/old-world-poppy-seed-roll/ Only Mom will snip the edges of the roll with sissors so it kinda "blooms" as it cooks and get all carmelized and gooey. Avoid. Run Away! Do not bake this! You were warned.