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Yum!!!

If you eat meats/seafood then that will def fit the bill. Grilled/baked/air-fried....

Whoa. That is probably the least expensive American pricing I have read to date. Nice!!!

I was/am in my late 40’s when I had it done. As @catwoman7 alluded to, you are never too (chronologically) old to want to look and feel awesome. Check out Vera Wang (the famed bridal designer). She’s 70. Seventy!!

What the?!?! Well, duh. And I already bought the monster steaks for gilling tomorrow. Guess Mr. is getting 2 Father's Days this year. 🙄

Speaking of baking, I was having an insomniac night last night AND was having wicked peanut butter cravings, so I baked up a batch of peanut butter chocolate chip cookies at like 3am. By the time it was done and cooled, the craving passed, and I got sleepy, so I figured I'd just leave them for fam to eat some for breakfast. By the time I went downstairs this AM, they were gone. They must have been good! (They sure smelled delicious)

OK, we had all these egg whites sitting doing nothing in the fridge after Mr. made his pasta the other day. So I figured I'd make meringue with it and use it for some yet-to-be-determined dessert(s). Tomorrow is Father's Day after all, may as well do some guerrilla baking! Based on what I've got in the fridge/freezer and pantry, it's going to be something peach-y OR blueberry-y OR lemon-y (or maybe one of each?). Also got a box of phyllo sheets I found in the recesses of my freezer drawer. I'm excited now to go google some ideas.... Check out the meringue. I could putty bricks with this stuff, lol.

Yeah, from what I’ve read on the boards, it does seem to lean on the less expensive side...maybe because it’s Canada? Or maybe because my city just isn’t a plastics hot-spot like others? I’m just guessing...who knows... Interestingly enough, my surgeon wasn’t even the cheapest one I met with...but he was the one I liked the most, demeanour-wise. I just had a TT. I had asked about the LBL at my initial consult, but my guy said he doesn’t like to do them, he said he preferred to do one side of the body at a time for various reasons. But more importantly, doing an LBL with my other planned surgeries would have me “under” longer than he would like. Which was fine with me at the time. Though now I look at my flat, saggy butt and dream of fabulously luscious a$$es you wanna take a bite of, like @GreenTealael’s, lol. Plastics are addictive!!

Wow!! 7 years strong maintaining a 10lb spread? Thats’s amazing! I hope to be just like you in 7 years ❤️ !! Good luck w/ your consults, and yeah, make sure you get a surgeon that you mesh well with...it makes things smoother (and one less thing to deal with!) P.S. at the time of my consult (June 2019), my surgeon’s first open slot was 9 months out (so like March 2020...and this was PRE-covid!). But since my combined surgeries were going to take 5-6 hours, he opened up a day specifically for me (I was his only patient that day) 3 months earlier, in Dec 2019. Sooooo...I guess what Im saying is everything is negotiable, lol

I paid roughly $15K total all-in for a Tummy Tuck (with muscle tightening and flank lipo), Breast Lift & Arm Lift (the panniculectomy portion of the TT was covered by insurance...if it wasn’t, I would’ve had to pay an extra $5-6K). I was in hospital for 2 nights (also covered by insurance). P.S. the $15K was in Canadian dollars, so that’s like Monopoly money for you U.S.-ers, lol. P.P.S. Despite the sometimes rough recovery, it was some of the best money I ever spent. @janc75 : Are you looking to get stuff done soon?? Am excited for you...! Edited to add: FYI: I had the surgeries in Dec 2019, and the pricing was based on the current prices as at June 2019, when I had my first consult)

“Reunited, and if feels so good...” I feel like my salad intake has decreased dramatically lately... Anyhoo, today’s lunch: SALAD! Romaine, carrots, cucumber, cheddar, corn kernels, pumpkin seeds, snack size can of spicy Thai tuna & my fave vinaigrette...399 cals for the entire thing (i think i made this with tad bit too much optimism, will likely not finish this in one sitting...)

Safe travels tomorrow, @Darktowerdream...and will be sending you good vibes Monday! ❤️

Be kind to yourself ❤️, you just had major surgery. Yeah you lost your sh*t, but you had the ability to get it together eventually and had an honest and constructive conversation with your husband, AND come up with a mutually acceptable plan. That's a win in my book. P.S. It does get better, if you let it. Go Girl! ❤️

I wish I had a my own personal rolling pinner....😂

@Suzi_the_Q : so all this corset talk sent me down the corset-research rabbit hole yesterday, LOL. While I am not really in the market for a corset for its waist-cinching abilities, I started looking into them because I AM in the market for a lower abdominal cinching/compression/squishing device. As I mentioned earlier, I had a tummy tuck almost 6 months ago have have been wearing an abdominal binder to address the swelling (doc says it can persist for up to a year. a YEAR!!). The binder is just a basic elasticized "belt" with a velcro closure that I wrap around my lower abdomen/hips. My problem(s) are that (1) my waist is relatively smaller than my lower abdomen/hips (there's about a 9-10 inch difference) so the top part of the binder gapes alot and is forever riding up to move OFF of where I want it to stay. Angling the velcro closure to make it it fits smaller up top, has the same effect. (2) My hip bones seem to stick out further out than the dreaded swell bump, so I can't seem to get a snug enough fit/compression level across my lower abdomen for my liking, AND I end up with sore hip bones from the friction from trying to pull it tight enough. Sooooooo....I thought maybe a corset would do the trick, since there would be a real fit through the waist to the lower abs (to prevent ride up), and could possibly also address the hip bone protrusion situation because the added help of the steel busk down the front (to compress my lower abdomen without pressing down on my hip bones). Anyway, this is my long-winded lead up to ask: When you were corseting, did you also find that there was alot of compression to the lower abdomen? I'm thinking a body suit corset would do the trick, as the more traditional ones without the attached panty *look* like they are still pretty loose at the bottom hem...? I get there are no actual bones to move around in that area for any permanent squishing, I'm really just looking for some effective compression on my swell bulge for my current body shape. Or am I going down the wrong rabbit hole for my needs? Thoughts?

We've been on the same wavelength food-wise for a few days now, lol. Let's see if we come up with the same thing again tomorrow.... Also, I LOVE that you share our BP shenanigans with hubs and he responds in kind ❤️

I'm leaning towards @Deemar007's response. It will be more beneficial for you now and in the long run to take on the weight loss journey yourself, vs. relying on others to adjust their habits to accommodate your chosen lifestyle. If you can succeed without the need for others to change, your successes will be in YOUR control, and theoretically be longer lasting. I know this is easier said than done. Especially since you are only 3 days post op. The first week or so is the hardest. If you can, take the time and make the effort to sustain lasting change, you WILL NOT regret it. P.S. Though I do also agree with the other poster that it wouldn't hurt to ask him not to bring sandwiches to bed. He can chose to decline your request, but I would think it's a fair request...I mean, even just from a hygiene and bug potentiality perspective... Good Luck!

How tall are you? I'm 5'2", 115lbs and I maintain at min 1800 cals when I don't exercise (I can take in more when I do). Though in any case, I agree with the above poster. Log your food (if anything to determine how much you are really taking in), and adjust as needed. Good Luck!

One of the reasons that I chose sleeve over by-pass (based on my research) was for the ability to continue to use NSAIDS (Though the joke was on me - sort of -, because after about a month post-op I didn't need them anymore). In any case, I took them for that month immediately after surgery and had no issue, and didn't do anything different to take them. I did make sure to discuss with my doc first. Generally, sleevers are allowed to continue taking NSAIDS so long as the prescribing doc sees no health risks. So maybe check with your doc first (just so they are aware and know what to look for if anything should go awry), but I think it should be ok. Good Luck!

I got Mr. to make his world famous hand-made pasta and I made a bacon, roasted corn, garlic butter cream sauce with seared bay scallops to go with it. I don't know why I served myself this sized portion (about 3/4 cup in volume) when I really had no intention of eating it beyond a taste. I did eat most of the toppings though. Fam ate everything...there were no leftovers! (even my picked-at saucer was cleaned off, lol)

Lady, you look smoking hot. 🔥 As for “waist trainers”, I think I also agree that for any lasting change to one’s shape, longer term use of corsets with steel boning would be the route to go. I’m also not sure that wearing these contraptions while working out is the best idea, though. With that said, for some anecdotal evidence, I wore an abdominal binder post plastics (and still do actually - im about 5.5 months post tummy tuck) I wore/wear it pretty much 24/7. I do notice that there is TEMPORARY waist-cinching effect. I say “temporary” because if for a day or so, IF i happen to wear the binder a little higher or lower on my abdomen, my waist shape will change accordingly. Again, based on anecdotal evidence, I’d say the effect lasts about 12-24 hours. Soooo...for the OP, you can try the corset path, or some plastic surgery (which I believe @catwoman7 correctly pointed out will be limited based on your natural shape in the first place). Or...for a much more drastic alternative, the removal of your lower ribs. I think Cher did this?

Looks good, also looks like you hardly had any rice at all, lol. P.S. Im with you though, i still shy away from rice (surprisingly haven't had any since surgery - 1.5+ years! ...and i used to have it almost every day. I even went from a sushi and maki lover to a sashimi lover lol) P.P.S. I love all the food pics u post ❤️❤️❤️

I have the soup broth first, then the solids. If I have the liquids along with solids I’ll get full really quick, or barf. Interestingly, I never have/had an issue with liquids before “eating”...I can drink right up to the first bite of food no problem. But I def have to wait 30-45 mins afterwards (unless its pork, in which case I have to wait a little longer depending on how much pork I have). Weird.

Oh....duh. I thought they were some sort of low-carb alternative for some reason, lol

BBQ Season continues...Grilled veggies, grilled sweet potatoes & grilled salmon w/ some teriyaki glaze on the side... (I had about 3oz of salmon and about 3/4 cup of the veggies...passed on the sweet potatoes and the honey-heavy glaze...)