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Do you also track what you eat? I find recording my daily weight (regardless if it's higher or lower than the previous recording) is useful to cross-reference with what I ate, how much water I drank, how much I exercised, time-of-month or whatever if i feel the need to de-mystify weight changes and/or recognize trends. ...but that's just the anal nerd in me. I know this is not for everyone. LOL.

Adrobs, as usual. P.S. Bobby looks like he's walking on air in that last pic, LOL.

Lookin' smokin' hot in the brown fitted top and the leggings. Your waist!

you guys. now you BOTH saw scale drops despite xmas shenanigans! #winning

Short answer: BREAST LIFT. Long answer: I had a breast reduction in 2005. I went from a 38 DDD/DDDD to a 36 DD. 3 lbs of breast tissue removed from both breasts combined. Like you, I had the lollipop procedure where he cut out my nipple and sewed it back up higher. I also had a wonky right nipple. One side of it healed in a permanent crease and I basically had 1/2 and inverted nipple, if you can visualize that. Fast forward to last year at my highest weight, and my bra size was 40DDD or 42DD. Because of the higher nipple placement, the weight gain did not make me look so very droopy. After the weight loss, I now wear a 30B, (or the mythical 28C, which in theory I was supposed to fit, so says my fitter). I also had pregnant doggy boobs when I bent over (they still looked OK standing straight up, just much smaller). Had my breast lift last week and am loving them so far. They are high and perky and round, like teenage boobs (am hoping this is not due primarily to swelling!) I don't know what size bra I will be wearing now, since they are higher up (and my back is wider higher up), but I am definitely not flat-chested, and both Mr. and I think the boobs actually look a little bigger cuz they are higher up. And I'm not even wearing a push up bra. Oh, and surgeon ended up cutting out both my nipples and sewing them back on. The wonky one to fix the funny crease, and the the other one cuz he felt they would be mismatched if didn't make it smaller. Edited to add: I originally got the breast lift primarily to address my side boob (with the lift just as an added bonus), but am now doubly glad I got it seeing the results so far.

My forearms, wrists and hands were pretty swollen and moderately sore immediately after surgery...am 9 days post op today and they have almost gone back to normal size, and no longer hurt. I can see my knuckles and tendons on the back of my hand again. Were they they same way when you were using the garment? Or have they gotten worse? (This may mean your ace bandages are wrapped to tight). ...also elevation helps: keep your forearms/hands higher than your heart. I found this was easiest achieved in a reclining position with your hands on a long pillow across my body.

@Snapcase- : The beard is off! Looking good, mister. You remind me of Matthew Lewis (the actor who played Neville Longbottom on the Harry Potter franchise)

Nope, no cramping or nausea. So that's a win (so far). Lots of liquids, lots of peeing. Fluffy, please, please, point out how great you are doing. I firmly believe in self-back-patting as a good excellent thing. (Plus I personally get my own little thrill from other's successes, so yeah, don't deprive ME!!!) ❤️

Yesterday, Wednesday, Dec. 25 Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / ??? lbs (last weight in 115.0 lbs on Dec 18th) ---------------------------------------- Lots of cookie and custard tart eating yesterday (which made up the vast majority of my total cals for the day, lol). It was spread out throughout the day, so I didn't get to the level of death. My current bowel situation kept me from eating more than I really wanted to overall, but I probably still ate too much, considering. Also for the first time in forever, I did not have a single drop of alcohol at a party/gathering where I was not designated driver. I'm still on prescription meds and on a regular schedule of Benedryl at the moment, so I figure I should lay off the booze.) ---------------------------------------- 12:00pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + 1/2 fl oz pumpkin seeds + 1.5 oz white cheddar + 2 oz grilled chicken + 1/3 chocolate chip cookie + 1/3 double fudge cookie + 1/3 white chocolate macadamia cookie 3:00pm - 2 oz honey glazed ham + 1/2 Portuguese custard tart 6:00pm to 2:00am - salad w/ vinaigrette + 1 oz grilled chicken + 1 oz honey glazed ham + 1 oz white cheddar + 1 tbsp tzatziki + 1 tbsp sliced almonds 1 short bread cookie 1/2 Portuguese custard tart 1/4 chocolate chip cookie 1/2 white chocolate macadamia cookie 3 oz roast pork w/ 2 tbsp gravy ---------------------------------------- Totals: 1717 cals - 96g Protein - 110g NET carbs - 96g fat

I told my surgeon at my followup appointment on Monday (4 days ago), and he said lay off the narcotics if I can (and I did), drink lots of water (doing), keep with the colace (yep), MOM (yep), suppositories (not yet...). Surprisingly, he said give my PCP a call if I start to experience pain or reach 14 poop-less days, whichever comes first. 14 effing days?!?!? That's just nuts to me.

@FluffyChix: I can feel the happiness/satisfaction/"I-am-awesome"-ness in your post ❤️ . Congrats on breaking another barrier! P.S. I also do the "pause-and-ask-myself-if-i-really-want-it" approach

* TMI ALERT: look away if you have a tendency to get barfy or cringe * I'm scared that all these measures I am taking are basically just making the "ready-to-come-out stuff" grow bigger and bigger but ultimately blocked by some immovable bit of plug out in front. Like what's gonna happen if there is a bunch of watery stuff in my intestines/bowels that insist on coming out but is physcally blocked by other matter?!?!? I visit the toilet often with hope in my heart, LOL. Though I am very windy*, (Ha, @Arabesque! I got to use the term!!) that's all that's coming out down there. I am not in pain nor am I so very uncomfortable, but I can feel my stomach bloating bigger and bigger with each passing day (though how much if this bloat is attributed to PS swelling, I don't know). Mr. is out getting some prunes and prune juice for me. He has also agreed to help me with a suppository tomorrow morning if I continue to shoot blanks in the washroom till then (he must really love me, LOL).

Short answer is no. You cannot target weight loss to a specific body part and have the rest remain the same.

Had dose of MOM this am (about 5 hours ago). I just asked Mr. to to pick me up some prunes and prune juice, thx! I'm contemplating downing a bowl of REAL ice cream...I haven't decided yet if feeling like death for a couple hours is worth it. Or if it will even work....

Good point. Does your surgeon know about your timelines? What did they say? I'm only a week out, and my waist measurement increased considerably. Maybe the PS vets can chime in (of course understanding that everyone's healing is different)... @catwoman7?

I would think for the a regular recipe, yes. But I'm thinking you are asking for Bariatric-specific recipes? In that case it if was SPECIFICALLY for those not far out maybe 2 would be better....cuz it takes them forever to eat, LOL.

I was at a work site earlier this year when the client did this to me. She insisted I take a peice of cake that was doled out at a going away party, and then would loudly comment to the room that I handn't touched any of it when she walked by my desk. I resorted to wrapping up bits of the cake in napkin and tossing in the garbage every once in a while to get her off my back. It's been over 6 months since this happened and I still get irked when I think of it.... I hate that she felt the need to comment to everyone in earshot on my eating habits. I hate even more that I succumbed to the "pressure". If I could do it all over again, I would have stood my ground and not have accepted the cake at all. I console myself by saying it was a client, but still...

I don't specifically look for specific sized serving recipes. Whatever looks good i'll give it a try, multiply or divide the ingredients depending on how much I want to make. If there is too much, there is always the freezer....

Not only is wifey the sweetest, but is also a BABE.

Day 10: Still waiting. 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓

Some people weigh every day, others once a week, once a month, etc. It all depends if you can handle seeing the inevitable fluctuations (it is a cause of stress and anxiety for some if the scale doesn't move, or if it goes up...) Weigh as often as you can and still stay sane P.S. I'm of the weigh-every-day-at-the-same-time camp.

Poop-watch DAY 9 : So far, so NOT so good... (Took MOM this morning...still waiting...) P.S. I need that shirt. P.P.S. Is that you in the pic holding up the shirt?!?

Food Scale. Timer (on your phone or watch) Food Tracker App (I use My Fitness Pal) Decaf coffee crystals (for flavouring protein shakes) ClearLax/Miralax, Benefiber, Milk of Magnesia, Glycerin Suppositories (hope you never need the last one!)

Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / ??? lbs (last weight in 115.0 lbs on Dec 18th) ---------------------------------------- Monday, Dec. 23 ---------------------------------------- 4:00pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + 1/2 oz cheddar + 1.5 oz roast beef 6:30pm - 1 oz chicharron + 2 Kinder Advent Calendar Mini Eggs 8:00pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + 1.5 tsp grated parm + 4.5 oz pan fried chicken breast Totals: 554 cals - 55g Protein - 18g NET carbs - 33g fat ---------------------------------------- Yesterday, Tuesday, Dec. 24 Kicking off xmas-party-palooza with Xmas Eve dinner at my my mom's place with her side of the family. Spent most of the time being made fun of for my old-lady shuffle w/ my borrowed cane. Family. 🙄 Let the indulgence begin! ---------------------------------------- 10:00am - coffee-cayenne w/ stevia 12:30pm - 1/4 cup greek yogurt + blueberries +1/2 fl oz pumpkin seeds 6:00pm - 2 oz turkey breast + 1/4 cup stuffing + 1/8 cup roasted butternut squash + 2 tbsp gravy + 3 shrimps + 5 baby carrots + 1 tbsp blue cheese dip + 4 cucumber slices + 1/2 tbsp artichoke dip + 1/2 slice pumpkin pie + 1 tbsp whipped cream 9:00pm - 5 regular potato chips + 1/4 chocolate chip cookie + 3 red pepper spears + 1 tbsp blue cheese dip + 1 Lindor Dark Chocolate Truffle 12:30am - 1/2 Portuguese Custard Tart Totals: 1160 cals - 46g Protein - 114g NET carbs - 55g fat

Ok. so I finally took a good look at my tummy this morning after another unsuccessful attempt at Number-Two-ing (Poop-watch: Day 8 and counting... ). So I know I'm bloated. I mean, I haven't pooped in 8 days, for eff's sakes. And I also know I'm swollen from the surgery. But my midsection is huge right now. My stomach was flatter when I walked into the operating room. Mind, you, it is now smoother and tighter, but man, it's also BIGGER. Naturally, I did what my surgeon told me not to do: I busted out my measuring tape. Now I normally take my measurements every Wednesday, but in the flurry of getting ready for surgery last Wed, I forgot to take them. So my comparison measurements are 2 weeks old. RESULTS: Calves remained the same: no change. I think I have those lovely leg massagers at the hospital to thank for this. Hip & Thigh measurements increased by about +1 inch. I'm still swollen. Fine. Boobs increased by +2.5 inches. Now granted they are also swollen, but they are also higher up now so my back is wider higher up. So i think this measurement can't really be compared to the old one. Fine. Arms remained the same: no change. Which is odd because they visibly look TINY to me. I know I am swollen there, and it was all just skin removed from that area so I sort of get it. Plus, I took the measurement with my garment on cuz its a pain to take off (unlike sports bra and ab binder). So judgement reserved for later. Fine, for now. BUT my Waist!!!! an increase of +4.5 inches!! WTF?!?!? I went from 25.5" two weeks ago to 31" !!!! And my drains were only producing less than 10mL those last 24 hours they were in !!! So there isn't THAT much fluid left in me!!! And yeah, I haven't pooped in 8 days, but I haven't eaten much either!!! I won't fit into my pants for for the next 3 days of xmas parties!!!! And I have really cute pants!!!! Ahem. OK. Freak-out over. BTW, my fellow Winter PS patients, do you find yourselves a little more emotional than usual....???? @rs @sillykitty @okayestmom @mousecat88 P.S. This is exactly why my surgeon told me not to measure yet.