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Omg...you look fab! I think I need to buy me a pink motorcycle jacket...

Spur of the moment coffee date with BFF since its such a beautiful day this afternoon...

First meal today was a bit odd, even for me: 1/2 a Boston cream donut, 1 slice of bacon and some ketchup. Had the bacon and donut together (surprisingly delicious) as well as the bacon and ketchup together (classically delicious)...but not all three together. The kid dared me but I was all...um no thanks. 207 calories. *I accept full responsibility for the effects on my heart rate that the donut is already having. At least Im not sick. Semi-win. Whomp, whomp.

Yaaaaaaassssssss...sushi/sashimi take out for dinner last night! Just sashimi for me: ate 3 salmons, 2 tunas, 1 octopus, 1 scallop, with wasabi soy sauce and a bit of spicy seaweed salad: 253 cals.

Ahhahahhahaha! Perfect! I like how it looks like me and my giant head jumped in from the side to photobomb the shot! (Kinda what i am oft to do in real life 🤣🤣)

Another one from yesterday: Like I said, milking dress-wearing weather: changed into this for dinner with Mr. and friends. I got pretty cold though 🥶

Lunch with the gals. Want to milk dress-wearing weather for as long as I can, but at the same time am totally looking forward to boot-wearing weather. Got to do both: Win! P.S. I am not a fan of my knees. But whatevs.

@AmandaGail06: welcome! Cant wait too see more of you in fab outfits! @ChubRub: the Hamilton shoes are adorable. Where did u get them? @Nermada: those sparklers are aching to be paired with some slim fit pants...😍 More pics, please! @Arabesque: love the faux leather top. I am also very picky about the right shade of grey to wear, lol. You’ve chosen well, lol. Looking awesomely cool, as usual 😎

Heyyyyy! Can i be photoshopped into this too?!?!?!

A giant bowl of leaves with some apples and feta #yum #iKnow...BoooorinnnggButStillYum 175 calories (ate about 2/3)

I don’t know how accurate my at-home smart scale is (i have the Withings Body+ scale)... Last year (and for the first couple months of this year) at 113-115 lbs, my body fat percentage was in the 12-15% range. These days, i have been hovering around 116-118 lbs and body fat in the 18-22% range (which i assume because I have lost some muscle and gained fat due to my decline in exercise and increase in dessert/alcohol). I don’t notice any specific health/being effects between the two states, and neither has my PCP (i probably had my labs done 3 times in the past 12 months, all of which have been lovely). What I do notice is just aesthetic: i think I look “softer” and less fit/athletic, which I don’t particularly like, but i do like how my face and neck look less Skeletor-y. If I can figure out a way to keep my body looking toned AND my face filled out at the same time, I’d be a happy girl!

At 3 months my hair started falling out like crazy...my bathroom floor was like a carpet of hair, I couldn’t vacuum it up often enough. I cut it short around that time to minimize the amount of hair i left in trails around the house. At around 6-7 months (around the time I stopped weight loss phase), it slowed down considerably, now 2 years post op, i think I shed the normal amount. I have since noticed alot of re-growth and today i am proud to say I can no longer see my scalp through my hair. Below is a pic at 6-7 months vs today. In the before pic, i had zero hairline baby hairs (i had tonnes pre-wls) and though its hard to tell in the pic, one could see the white of my scalp. In the after pic my hair is way more full and one can see all the re-growth of chicken hairs sticking up (once they get longer they should lay flatter) Hair loss is pretty much a given during rapid weight loss (as well as after surgery, pregnancies, anything that is a shock to the system)...see the posts above referring to telogen effluvium....but it also grows back eventually. Hang in there, it’s only temporary!

OMG. Success!!! I actually liked this better than regular pizza!! Its crispy and everything! Fam even gave it the thumbs up, but they are barred from eating more cuz it’s all MINE (they can eat the regular pizzas I made for them). Now I’m thinking I could use this for other bread/crust applications 😎 oh, the possibilities! I ate an entire slice (1/8 of the pizza) but I probably should have eaten less (and slower, dammit), cuz I am stuffed at the moment (verging on TOO stuffed) 1 slice is 155 cals, 1.6g net carbs. Toopings include: mozzarella, pepperoni, salami, sundried tomatoes, Brussel sprouts and jalapeño.

Made this Keto chicken pizza crust this AM (making regular pizza for the fam later and I wanna join in on the fun). It smells DELICIOUS: 350g shredded chicken breast, 1/2 cup grated Parmesan, 2 eggs & seasonings. Baked at 400 for 20 mins. 85 calories & .05g NET carbs per serving (1 serving == 1/8 of the entire thing), plus whatever toppings you add... Will post pics of the final product later...sooo excited!

Love the mini bread spade, soooo cute! (Love the nails even more!)

First time dining at a restaurant INDOORS since March. Our friends knew the restaurant owner so they hooked us up with a private room, so it wasn’t as anxiety-inducing. Could only stay for 3 hours though as the room was booked for a bigger group. Ah well, beggars can’t be choosers, and a good time was still had. P.S. it was a Brazilian Steakhouse and I definitely did not eat my money’s worth. Good thing Mr. eats like a (very hungry) horse so he made up for it, 😎

Was in the area of my favourite Italian bakery, so of course I needed to load up on goodies and spend some quality time staring at all the goodness and smelling the place. Assorted amaretti cookies, pistachio cannoli and mini traditional ricotta cannoli: 67644566 gazillion calories, am not even going to bother trying to figure out the nutritional info. I haven’t any yet, but at dinner later, I figure I’ll have 1-2 of the teeny almond topped cookies (my absolute faves) and a bite of someone’s pistachio cannoli and mark it down as 500 cals...that seems fair, no? Bring on the sugar coma! (It’s Friday, so eff it).

Don’t worry ANY food posts are great food posts, lol. Welcome to the thread (aka the “food porn” thread 🤣🤣)!

More anecdotal two cents... I just naturally intermittent fasted, from Day 1, actually. Even pre-op, I rarely ate until at least after noon/1pm, (just not a breakfast person, never was, still not). But after surgery, I stopped eating by around 6-7pm because I had some early reflux issues and I wanted to make sure that my stomach was COMPLETELY and TOTALLY empty before I laid down for the night (or even to just lay down on the couch to watch tv). So this basically had me eating in a 5-7 hour window every day. All my labs came back swimmingly (still great, had my 2 yr follow up early last week) and I had energy for days (still do). P.S. I was sleeved P.P.S. Been in maintenance for well over a year, and I no longer suffer from nighttime relfux, so I do now often eat past 7pm...so i’m not naturally IF-ing anymore. Just my personal experience.

For sh*ts and giggles! Been cleaning out our closets the past couple days (there are SIX garbage bags of clothes to be donated from my closet alone!), and tried on the Kid’s old 6th grade Halloween costume 😂🤣. Rawr! (It fit her much looser back then than on me now...good thing u can’t see my face as I am suffering from a serious wedgie...lololololzzz)