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PostOp week 2…craving coffee
AmberFL replied to DinoMama3's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
yes!! I drink my profee every single morning after my workout. Café latte over ice, squirt of Jordan's skinny salted caramel sauce, cold brew with my collagen. I drink it in a big 32oz mason jar. Its soooo delish!!! Then my little sweet treat. I actually made skinny peppermint mocha too! -
PostOp week 2…craving coffee
AmberFL replied to DinoMama3's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
So I have a work around! You will need: 1. vanilla protein shake 2. sugar free pumpkin spice syrup (Jordans skinny syrup as a yummy one) 3. sugar free pumpkin spice sauce (Jordans skinny syrup as a yummy one) 4. pumpkins pie spice Recipe: 1 vanilla pre-made protein shake (such as premier or fairlife) 10 pumps of sugar free pumpkin spice syrup mix them in a jar together and you can use it as a creamer. Then I take a pre-made protein shake (about 1-2 oz) and use my frothier to make the foam THEN I assemble. 2oz on the bottom of the glass jar, ice to top it off, sugar free pumpin spice sauce, add decaf cold brew, then add your foam and sprinkle some of your pumpkin pie spice. ITS DELICIOUS! I drink one almost every day and its 36cal! -
8 year comparison - before and after.
AmberFL replied to Lilia_90's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
gimme your workout routine! you look fantastic! -
I have a tubal litigation so no more babies for me! LOL I have short periods like 2-3days not too heavy, but the sweets cravings is unreal. They never were pre- WLS so I am guessing since I don't indulge its just my body. It does all even out for sure. I allow myself one day and then i'm back at it. I used the Mirena for years as a contraceptive and it worked great, both times I tried for children I was preggo within 3months so it didn't effect me negatively lol
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Saturday was crazyyyyyy for me. I went off my rocker, I snacked and grazed all day. I started my period Friday even and Saturday I was bitchy and wanted all the food. Sunday I felt like crap almost like a hang over. I didn't track my food, I didn't worry about my protein, I did work out that morning though, but still No bueno, but I am back on track and just let that day be. However these last two or three periods have been me fighting back eating the whole house but this last one I lost the battle LOL
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Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
I am so so so so so happy for you! I have been following your posts and they make me so happy!!! I have noticed that my energy and mood is so much better. I get along with my coworkers better, I'm more of a positive person in my families lives. My kids are happier to see me, my husband is happier because I am not so bitchy when I come home. LOL!! I am up at 430 I do a workout, get all the kids ready for school and myself, lunches packed blah blah blah, go to work, come home and still have energy to make dinner, clean up and hang out with my kiddos. I really wish I would've done this so much earlier and i cant believe how many years I wasted on just eating and slowly killing myself. I cant wait to keep reading about your journey! -
Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
Girl you are fine as hell! Keep it up!!! That is amazing! 5miles is a great achievement! staying active and eating heathy 90% of the time is what will get us to goal and keep us there! -
Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
100% I had to shift my mindset that instead of loosing weight, how do I want to feel? Okay I am at a "healthy BMI" but am I really healthy? Am I really putting things in my body that is healthy? Am I working out my body in a way that it will make it stronger? Its NOT easy at all to change our mindsets! I have moments that I am unhappy with myself think that I can do better or more. Its my head playing tricks on me! I think you have a great approach! -
Early mornings are my preferred time too! When I can't I take a longer lunch break and do it then. That way I am staying at work only 30min later and I have my evening to my family. I tried to work out after work and it just did not work at all! LOL
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Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
I agree we fluctuate all the time! I know for myself I need to, when I was heavier I wouldn't because the number wasn't true if I did not know it. Now I check to see the good, bad and ugly. Right now I am up 3lbs but I didn't poop all weekend! LOL So I am guessing tomorrow will be a bit less. I am trying to get in that mindset that a fluctuation of 5lbs is not terrible since I have surpassed goal weight. Its REALLYYYYYY hard to wrap my mind around it, but something my mom told me, if your eating healthy 90% of the time and staying active then that is really good and that is the life long goal. Shes right...I am so terrified to undo all of this! -
YOU LOOK AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍
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Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
hahha!!! yes!! I had a great workout. I like to do incline walking I ended up doing 14.5 incline at 3.6 speed LOL! All I could think was it mustve been the carbs! hahah I weigh myself everyday and I have been within 2lbs up and down. Which I am totally fine with! -
Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
I ate too much yesterday and I could feel it, like I had half a sandwich (DELICIOUS BTW!) with a few chips, then dinner I had some beef sausage with mustard. Thennnn my sweet tooth kicked in. I ate way too much ice cream (part of it was a protein ice cream I made in my ninja creami) then some of hubbys ben and Jerry’s. I did not feel great. But my win is I woke up, drank my profee and hit the gym 40min HIIT work out and 30min on the treadmill on an incline (my normal Saturday workout). Pre-WLS I would’ve just been like whatever I’ll just let myself have a cheat weekend start again on Monday. Instead my mindset has changed and I told myself this is NOT going to be habit and it was OKAY to have nights like that once in awhile just not all the time!. So I kicked my ass in gear and got ‘er done! Happy Saturday!! -
What does a typical day of eating and acitivity look like to you?
AmberFL replied to AmberFL's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
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What does a typical day of eating and acitivity look like to you?
AmberFL posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
HI all! Me again I have gotten over my guilt of my "cheating" and took all you wonderful peoples advice and kept on truckin! What does a typical food day and activity day look like for you? Recipes are welcome! I am ready to venture out. -
What does a typical day of eating and acitivity look like to you?
AmberFL replied to AmberFL's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
WOW! 12-14MILES?! I am toast after 3miles a day LOL but I am trying to build up slowly, its great cardio and I feel great afterwards. The whole calorie macro deficit confuses me. I feel like I eat plenty and enough to sustain my workouts that I do a day, I am not hungry after my day but super duper hungry when I wake up. Do you eat seafood and vegetarian by choice or is it because your stomach can do poultry or red meat? I know pork sits really heavy and I have eliminated that my diet completely- its not work the pain lol -
The Holiday Shop
AmberFL replied to Bypass2Freedom's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
yassss the best NSV ever!! -
Are there any Athletic shorts that don’t ride up?
AmberFL replied to ShoppGirl's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
My only suggestion would be biker shorts, even now I have shorts that ride up! i think its a cruel joke from the clothing makers LOL -
Report Your WINS ..What is your today's win??🥇
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
yassss look at that peach poppin! haha amazing! -
clothes are glorious!! LOL And thank you!!!
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I use MyNetDiary and its been great!
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Let's Talk GRIEF! An ongoing thread about bariatric grief!
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
yummm!!!! The greek yogurt cheesecake IS NOT THE SAME! I have made two different kinds and no just no -
Let's Talk GRIEF! An ongoing thread about bariatric grief!
AmberFL replied to Mspretty86's topic in Rants & Raves
I am in a similar boat as @ms.sss and @Lilia_90 I still enjoy all the foods, desserts, Mexican food, Chinese, ice cream. Everything in moderation for sure, and I stay very active, I do track all my food and stay within my macros during the week for the most part. But I do eat ice cream every night LOL mostly my protein ice cream made with my ninja creami but sometimes I will eat off my hubbys Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. My relationship with food has changed and I worked/ am working really hard to not abuse food like I have before. In my mind this is a life long journey and my life long journey does not look like salads and chicken till I die LOL I am in the same bought with how food brought me and hubs together, getting fast food after the kids went to bed and stuffing ourselves while watching a movie, he is slightly jaded by that and make comments "well you cant eat that anyways, or your going to have bite and waste it" But we have our own thing going on since I have lost all this weight. Anywho! yea! it doesn't have to be so strict forever, but slider foods are a thing and making sure to stay active is important I think. -
Starting small really helps!!! walking on your lunch break no matter how fast or slow but not stopping for a 20-30min, you build up from there, I was the same until I started seeing results then I became obsessed with the results! Then I got really into it
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My skin is saggy too! pants help LOL!! but yes I have a booty with wrinkly skin on the bottom...doenst look great naked but until I win the lotto I wont be able to get all the work that I would love to get done for a while LOL