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Yup. All mine said was my bone density. It was in the 90-100 percentile, which is awesome. getitng a baseline is a great idea though bc we can’t depend on that extra weight helping us keep our bones healthy.

Okay so I PROMISE soon I’ll have time to properly respond to everyone. y’all look FABULOUS. simply. Fabulous I’ve got a couple more OOTD, coz I haven’t posted in 2-3 days and now I’m at work with a slooooooow internet. first pic is from Christmas Eve and next is from this afternoon as I was getting dressed for work. I posted myself in this dress 3 months ago and it’s MUCH looser now. yes, I’m at GW, but will weigh again after Jan 1st to see what adjusting I need to do.

Heading out for date night on Christmas Eve eve

Yup. I think the reason I gained weight is that I eat bari-keto about 95% of the time so when I do have alcohol and other carbs, it causes a ton of fluid retention. Also, I’m prone to gain weight very easily and sadly bariatric surgery won’t fix it. Oh I’ll have a new set point, but I’m thinking I’ll always have to be extremely cautious or else I’ll get metabolically screwed again. So here’s something weird: I’m was able to take every one of those pounds off by the time I’d been back 4 days (which proves it was mostly fluid retention because it’s impossible to lose 4 pounds of actual fat in 4 days) Since then I’m up,down,up,down and I’m at 144., which is 6 pounds under GW. anyway, I took my measurements yesterday and my waist is down 0.5 inches more and my lower abs are down another 0.5 inches and my hips are down almost 0.75 more inches and I’m only 2 pounds lighter than I was at this time last month. Even if every single bit of that 2 pounds was pure fat, I don’t think it could take that much inches off of my body so things are still shifting. My size 8 pants (that I really just got into in early November) are stating to bag on me. Here is an example of that.

Lol, not gonna take the time to log all of this, but in the 7 days leading up to Christmas, I’m having BAS (big-ass salads) for dinner every night

Look at you rocking the workout gear! And I’m jelly coz your booty looks GREAT! Lol, mine is pancake-flat. 😭😭😭😭😭

I’m so insanely coveting that thigh gap. Oh and the shoes. Definitely coveting those shoes!

Okay so plain water was always easy for me to get down. I could gulp down 4-6 ounces all at once just a few weeks post-op as long as I hadn’t had any food within 2 hours. Now at 10 months out, I can gulp down about 10-12 ounces all in one go ( there is some slight pain a few seconds after), but the food restriction is still very much present

My OOTD. nothing special, just hitting the local theater for a matinee showing of A Christmas Carol. also.... I think my booty has completely disappeared.

So sorry you’re going through the “blahs” right now. Im willing to bet it’s a combo of reduced activity and not getting any sun/outdoor time. Be patient and kind to yourself and I bet you’re back to normally functioning SillyKitty by the end or the month.

Also, does anybody else notice that “whoosh” that hits about day 3-4 of severe carb restriction? Even though I’ve experienced it more than once on this journey, it still kind of surprises me when it happens.

Playing devil's advocate here. You are under goal weight and according to your nut, have lost 100% of your excess weight. Why are you depriving yourself of celebrating the holidays with friends? Isn't the goal of WLS is to be able to fully enjoy our lives? You have already established that you can go off plan, have some small gain, and then come back, knuckle down and lose again. For me, this is exactly where I wanted to be in life. To just live and eat like a normal weight person. I just put guardrails up on a high weight and with logging. But otherwise I just want to enjoy my life, including dinner and drinks during the holidays with friends. I think it's easy to get hyperfocused on losing weight, and we can lose sight of what the end game is, to be happy, healthy and relaxed in our own skin. All very good points. For me, it’s about that scary, slippery slope. I let myself lose it for a couple of weeks and WHAM.... here comes 4 pounds. Gaining that much in such a short time scared me a bit, TBH. In the past, those 4 pounds would turn into 2, then 3, then another 4 for the sheer heck of it and I’d find myself in a self-hate cycle where I’d “failed” yet once again to live life like “normal” people. This time I decided that I was gonna own up to every single one of those 4 pounds and drop them before going back into a maintenance mindset. So that being said, I’ve got great news! I got on the scale this morning and they’re gone. Plus an extra 0.2 went away with it. I truly want to defend 145-150 (for now) and it makes me feel sooooo much better knowing I’m just under mid-point. So guess who gets to eat,drink, and be merry tomorrow? This girl! Because I worked my butt off this week ditching the “celebrations”

Omg girl, you’re ROCKING that outfit!!! I’m with you in the no spanx club. I’ve found that a good pair of tights really does all I need it to do for me. Please keep posting more pics as you feel like. I love seeing everyone’s looks.

Okay so we really do love long posts. I’m the queen of them TBH. it really sucks to get stuck in an emergency situation and not know exactly what’s in something, but I feel like you made a fine choice. Besides, it’s not like you planned to go off course and you’ve been planning and staying the course so it’s all good. One day back when I was still in the first 4 months post-op, I had a similar situation. Left my cottage cheese out in my car and it was a few hours before I realized and it was prolly at least 90 degrees outside. So I ordered lunch off of my Panera app (we don’t get breaks at my job and I’m prohibited by law to leave the premises) and got a turkey avocado sandwich. Even though I ate only the insides, I got a piece of bread in a bite and it tasted God-awful and made me feel horrible that I had left my planned lunch in the car. After that, I brought emergency food to work like packets of bari-oatmeal and the bariatric hot cocoa that I keep in my cubby. Oh well, we live and learn.

Update: Third day back from hedonistic holiday/vacay episode and I’m down 2.6 of the 3.4 that I gained. And........ no BM since the day I got back, so the last 0.8 pounds should come in the next 2-3 days. For the first time ever in my life I was able to regather myself after letting loose for a couple of weeks and it’s so empowering. No more spending the next few days/weeks telling myself “I’ll start Monday on a healthy eating plan. Started it with a 23 hr fast and within 2 days I’m back to pre-holiday/vacay eating. I also got right back into Pilates and treadmill. In the meantime, I’m not allowing myself any holiday beverages or food until the last of the regain is off. Fingers crossed that by Sunday morning I get there, because we’ve got tickets to a Christmas Carol and drink/dinner plans with friends. I’m bound and determined though that this is one bright line in the sand I WILL NOT CROSS. either all of the regain comes off, or I eat a big-ass salad with iced tea for our night out. 😭😭😭

Okay, so I’ve learned something from the last few pages here. 1. Hospital food always has and always will suck out loud. 2. Wait til honeymoon period is well and truly over to have plastics so when my sleeve becomes more stretchy I can use the surgery as a reset. 🤣🤣🤣

Ahhh. Yes that’s what it was. Thanks for helping my brain recollect the word.

Okay so I need you to come shopping with me for my husband! 🤣🤣🤣

This is an amazing look on you!

I’ve only had rice a couple of times and both times it flat out didn’t even taste good anymore. Same for potatoes with the exception of these amazing loaded tots I had last week. I was only able to eat about 6-7 of them, but they were pretty dang awesome. Impaired them with part of a breakfast Sammie (sans bread) so that probably slowed down the slider-ish aspect of them

I think it was mince? It tasted amazing and went well on the cracker with some of the hard cheese. Funny story.... we ate the crackers, but none of the toast points. Even my husband is used to not eating bread anymore

Wow I wish I could pull off hats. Looks amazing

Okay so awesome that you’ve identified the culprit, but I’m sad to know that’s why. I also have these syrups (I got the peppermint to add to my bariatric hot chocolate and the English toffee to add to coffee). I’ll have to start using these really sparingly, but it’s good info to have. I am pleased with myself, but I’m also aware that I don’t want to start patting myself too hard on the back cause then I might start to take it all for granted and that’s the top of a slippery slope. Still trying to keep on top of all the head stuff. I started a wonderful soup in the quick pot. Defrosted some frozen turkey, then added in carrots,celery,onion,garlic, collard greens and okra. The smell of this stuff cooking is driving me half crazy so it’s time to have some meat and cheese ASAP. I’m usually fine until I smell food. Then it doesn’t matter how full/hungry I am. Wish my brain wasn’t so reactive to the smell.

Sweet! Ordered both

Still re-living vicariously from my vacay last week: Had THE BEST late lunch at the art museum last Thursday: This cheese board and meat platter were TO DIE FOR. Shared this with hubs and we still left about half of the food. Sadly the plates were cleared when I made a quick restroom break so didn’t get an after pic.