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Unfortunately I don’t think it matters whether you classify them as “drugs” or not. Only matters what your insurance classifies them. Would it help if you submitted a prescription issued for the medical marijuana by your PCP? I would assume that the rules would only apply to recreational use...which yours is not. But as the other poster said above, I’m just a stranger in the internet... Good Luck!

Was gifted an instant pot about a year and a half ago, and we use it at least once a week, sometimes more. Use it for meats (especially good for pre-cooking bbq ribs and ANY chicken application...even if i have to finish in oven/grill...super moist and tender!) stews/chili, mac&cheese, soups, even made a cheesecake a couple times. It IS huge though (way too big to stay on the counter, IMO), so I keep it in the island cupboards, along with a whole host of other kitchen appliances. Unlike @Cheeseburgh, im a bit of a small appliance hoarder in my old age 🤦🏼‍♀️ P.S. my one complaint, though, about the instant pot is that it is so tall that I need to stand on a stool/chair if i have to sauté stuff, or even just have to look into it... P.P.S. Just though of another complaint...the rubber sealing ring in the lid tends to absorb food smells quite a bit so I need to soak the ring in baking soda overnight to de-smell it.

Speedy recovery vibes sent your way...❤️

Not in any particular order: Ice water Hot water (with or without lemon) Black coffee, black tea, carbonated water (i.e, Perrier) w/ or w/o zero-cal "water enhancers" (i.e., liquid, stevia-sweetened citrus flavourings), lemon/lime wedges, cucumber slices broth alcohol: mostly vodka or gin with low-sugar (if any) mixers, or dry red wine. **Note** I am 2+ years post op and very rarely drank alcohol during weight loss phase...now however, is a different story... I don't drink pop/soda, beer, milk nor juice if I can help it.

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2+ yrs post op, in maintenance. BMI 21.5 this morning. Currently trying (albeit, not very hard) to lose the remaining 2.5 lbs from my pandemic weight gain. Here are the deets from yesterday; 1788 calories (I did go swimming for over an hour yesterday so this was likely reduced) 56g protein 120g NET carbs (currently addicted to these mushroom "chips" that are padding this number. Sigh) 67g fat edited to add: 50g sugars

Woot woot!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Don’t normally eat dinner this late (started eating this a 9:15), but Mr. made another carb-heavy meal so I passed. But then i got hungry so...yeah. Scrounged these up from the fridge: Chicken, spicy sauce, Kimchi & cucumbers: 165 calories. Moral of the story: don’t skip dinner, nor go too long without eating.

YES. I cut it to my jaw at 3 months, then to pixie-boy-short a month later. soooo much less hair on the bathroom floor, and it looked less sparse on my head!

Yep, 2 years out and I still get it sometimes...though I always called them cravings (which I suppose is the same thing?) Am pretty sure everyone feels this at some point (some more than others) wls or not, big or small. Main diff is how I deal with them now vs pre-wls.

Well, duh. I was under the impression Nevada was all deserts and stuff. Obviously my knowledge of U.S. climates leaves much to be desired (apologies to Mr. Tanner, my 10th grade Geography teacher!) And yeah, u need that jacket more than I do, it was 15C / 59F here yesterday! Penis Cap. Lololololzzz

So i was all excited to find out if being wet made any difference on the scale. Womp-womp, it does not. Was a very anticlimactic moment.

Ok, you got my attention. Crispy? or Chewy?

get in line, lady! Although, I would be willing to give you my spot in line to borrow/take the other black top @Arabesque got at the Witching (Witchcraft? Witchery? I KNOW I'm getting the name wrong, but close enough, i think) store. Is it bad that I have mentally catalogued her closet???

Yay Size Tens!!! (you could probably go smaller, though ) I am loving your jacket (the colour!), but is it cold enough to need it in Nevada? Because its plenty cold here and I could use a nice-wine coloured jacket to add my wardrobe. P.S. If that is your definition of chaos, I'd hate to show you my office!

K, so both me and my surgeon calculated excess weight using the BMI 25 baseline. He (and online literature) told me statistically sleeve patients on average lose 60-70% of their excess weight, and this would be considered a successful result. I'm 5'2", and 60-70% excess weight for me calculates at a 65lb loss. 100% excess weight would have been 99 lbs. I lost a total of 120 (i did lose more if you count my lowest weight about a year ago, but that didn't last long) So to answer your original question about how much excess weight folks have lost in stages, here are my stats, percentages displayed as cumulative: Note that everyone's results will differ greatly, as we are all so different! during 2 week pre-op: 12% 1 month: 34% 3 months: 64% 6 months: 98% 7 months (stopped trying to lose): 107% today (2+ years post op): 119% As mentioned, there was a point almost a year ago that I was at 128% excess weight lost, but that didn't last long and it was just after I had plastics and wasn't eating, so....yeah. I've basically maintained 119% excess weight lost (give or take a couple percentage points) for about 18 months. So far so good...but we'll see what the next couple years will be like...

So today was another don’t-feel-like-eating day until tonight when Mr made pasta for dinner that I had no interest in and so pulled these out if the pantry to eat at the table. I ended up eating a ridiculous amount (1.75 cups!) over about 2 hours of these unbelievably delicious mushroom “chips”. I think these may just be my kryptonite and the eventual death of me. 420 calories for 1.75 cups...but oh, sooooo good. I need to figure out how to make these in a lower-cal version... I realize my diet hasn’t been the greatest/healthiest the past several weeks. I blame the lettuce shortage.

I think you may be right. I suppose I was more often than not a bottomless less pit pre-wls. This lettuce wrap look DELICIOUS (so does ur steak stir fry, but freshness look of the wrap is calling me tonight...yum)

I have the Withings Body+ scale (in white, matches my bathroom, lol): https://www.withings.com/ca/en/body-plus Its a little on the pricey side, though. But there are lots other smart scales out there with wifi/Bluetooth connectivity for alot less...

+1 😂😂😂😂 edited to add: clarification: @JAKE H all in good fun...but please let us know if you start to feel sexually harassed. 😂

Hi! Congrats on your weight loss this far! ”Excess weight” may be calculated differently from person to person. Some use normal BMI of 25 as a baseline, others may use a personal goal weight. How do YOU calculate excess weight?

Yep. A crazy (and loud!) amount the first few months post-op, but now (after 2 yrs) it’s quieted down some. Before it felt like all day long every day, but now maybe once or twice a day. I haven’t bothered to form/notice any correlation with the frequency/decibel level of the noise with my eating/drinking habits though...maybe i should... p.s. it just gurgled as i typed this. 😂

LOVE. IT. 🤣 I'm going to find out how much my wet hair weighs today!

Hi! I'm on team weigh-every-day. Every morning when I get up, I pee, take off all my clothes and get on the scale. I'm a numbers and data kind of gal and I like (love, really) keeping track of progress over time...my scale is hooked up to an app on my phone, so all the graphing, etc. is done for me. This allows me to see any trends in weight loss/gain and make adjustments if necessary. I've been doing this for over 2 years now. (I did go through about a 60 day period when I DIDN'T do it daily, AND stopped tracking my food regularly, around Febuary-March of this year, and lo and behold, I gained 6 lbs) I understand though, that this is not for everybody. Its probably best to use the scale as often as you can stand without inducing anxiety. This will be different for everybody.

K, curiosity got the best of me, so I measured my elbow: 2 inches. Yep, still a small frame! P.S. im one of those people who dropped shoe size (went from roughly a 7.5 to a 6). I also dropped almost 1 inch in height!! Weird.