sillykitty

I love scallops. They feel completely decadent when they are actually lean and protein packed.

My money is on acid + a healing tummy. It's more likely than hunger at that stage.

Because the FDA regulates the patches you mentioned. Manufactures need to demonstrate their effectiveness. Supplements like vitamin patches are unregulated. So any claims can be made, without needing to be proven. Some food for thought: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/can-vitamin-patches-help-you-gain-focus-lose-weight-or-sleep-experts-are-skeptical/2018/09/03/250cdc7c-aa36-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d33ecbea9101 https://www.atlantabariatrics.com/2018/04/vitamin-mineral-patches-effective-bariatric-surgery/ https://www.unjury.com/blog/serious-questions-patchmd-vitamin-supplement-claims

The horror!

Hello ... Nothing new in Sillykitty's world. I'm not traveling this week, but am at my home office, all bundled up because it's 52 degrees, which is the equivalent to below zero for SoCal people. I'm only doing some minor IF right now, really just not eating breakfast, and not doing any late night eating. Haven't jumped on the scale this morning. That requires being naked, and it's too cold for that right now! I was up 1 lb from my low on my profile as of yesterday. Not worried about that unless it creeps up further All is well in the dating/cardio world with not sure if I can call him my bf yet. We will have a long period of not seeing each other starting the weekend before Xmas, through the weekend after New Years, due to him traveling to see family and me potentially going out of town for New Years. His mom is coming to town for a few days before they leave together to see family. Should I be bothered I won't be meeting her? For some context he's an only child, they're close and she lives on the east coast. Sorry @FluffyChix, I won't be joining you with AMAW/CAMAW, because, I love me some carbs. @Sosewsue61 that pie is gorgeous! I'm queen of the crumble, cause I don't have your kind of skills! I admire you and @FluffyChix for the baking extravaganza this month, and trying to stay on plan while doing it. I haven't had the time or energy to do a lot of baking in years! @Sosewsue61, your weekend away sounds fab, but what's junking?

You make breakfast sound dangerous With a 1/2 tsp of psyllum though, that much of a gut bomb?

While the A/G ratio test does technically test for blood Protein, it is not a measure of adequate protein intake. High or low protein levels are signs of a disease or disorder. https://labtestsonline.org/tests/total-protein-and-albuminglobulin-ag-ratio Will a high protein diet raise my total protein level? No, increasing your intake of protein will not increase your total protein test result.

You may have just saved me $10K on a boob job, and $100's on stadium beverages

Who needs a boob job when they make wine bras?!?!

Maybe? Or maybe there has been a metabolic change? Or maybe this is still just my honeymoon period, and eventually I'll need to be more diligent to keep the weight off? Not sure, but I'm just enjoying it while it lasts

It totally could be me! Except I rarely go to Houston, and don't fly United, so never connect though there. If you lived in Atlanta you's be sick of meeting me at the airport You wouldn't have to sneak anything in, I'd buy you one and expense it Did you mention Austin?? I LOVE Austin, even despite the fact it's in Texas, I forgive it!

I'm guessing it's nearly all bloat. I would get that when I went from eating fairly cleanly, to vacation shenanigans. Not enough cals to account for the major gains, and they'd drop off once I was back on plan. For ME, I think it was the wild swings in cals that caused my body to gain. Like it was trying to hold on to every cal! So I was super afraid of maintenance. But now my cals are wayyy higher than they were during the losing phase, and I'm still losing, although slowly. So maybe my body just likes consistency? Even if it is consistently high-ish?

Now this we agree on

Not my account, thankfully cause Costco don't play!

Double post

Hmmm ... let me do some googling. I know they did it in the past .....

Here you go @FluffyChix

Hmmm ... I think you're underestimating yourself and Mr. F. I mean who doesn't want to know they are being thought of and are wanted?

Going to have to disagree with you on this ...

Speaking only for myself ... I love a good dp of a d I have a strong attachment to. Solicited or unsolicited is all good. It's a visual alternative to getting a "Thinking of you" or "Miss you" text. A dp of a d I've expressed no interest in or fondness for, h*ll no. That's a way to guarantee I'll never be interacting with that person or their d ever.

Absolutely!

I'm not very old fashioned at all. So I definitely use my Costco shopping passes, fill up the cart a few times before I buy the membership . And sometimes I have no intention of ever even joining. It totally is semantics. Things are going great. It just feels like an awkward stage between, he's the guy I'm dating and he's my boyfriend.

@Matt Z You look seriously, no joke, FANTASTIC! I've seen a few naked torso's in my day, and I would never guess you've had had massive weight loss. I've seen way more sagging on average non WLS guys!

I agree, a week out your tummy is going to sensitive no matter what. I was however intolerant of whey protein isolate post surgery. I seem to be past it now, but it's all just a matter of trial and error.

Huge ceviche fan myself! Funny carpaccio is my go to when I go to steakhouses for work. I don't feel left out of the beef binge, but the portion is manageable. There is a 8 oz flat iron calling my name on one of the menus (filet's are booooring ), but that is still a lot of food if neither me nor the boo will eat the leftovers. Same boo ... the one of the pass code dilemma, lol BTW ... at what point do you start calling someone bf/gf? We've been dating exclusively since our 4th date, which was September. I'm meeting him at his work place tonight, and he's showing me around (showing me off?). Did the first family meet (light) last weekend, everyone seemed to like each other. He would have come to my family's Thanksgiving if he didn't have his own commitments. We took our first pics together this weekend and he said "So, we finally get pics together!" All good, but I don't want to push. He said the issue he had with the last two women he dated is they wanted to move too fast, so that makes me hesitant.