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I'm trying to do the same thing. Cutting down on eating out, no junk food, and dessert no more than 2x a week - and make it worth it. E.g. tomorrow is our anniversary, so we're going out to a nice steakhouse and I'll definitely have some dessert there, because I know it'll be good. But the Cadbury mini eggs hidden in my dishwasher are off limits indefinitely! It's not really a weight thing for me, although I wouldn't mind if my butt leaned out a bit, but I just decided I was not eating well, even though I was not gaining weight. Now, if only my fiance was in the same boat. Yesterday, I asked him to have a chicken stromboli for lunch instead of pizza because it would've saved like 200 calories, and then for dinner, I let him have whatever he wanted - meat ravioli in creamy cheese sauce AND bread - but given how much he bitched and moaned, you would've thought I had him eating lettuce and vinegar all day! I told him he can eat whatever he wants, just make sure to take out a good life insurance policy so I get a nice chunk of change when he has a heart attack at 45!

I would've just gone there with her and sat watching her eat - while getting nothing myself. Might as well feed her weird issues by putting her bad eating habits on the spot.

What kind of exercises do you do with the weights and how much weight are you using?

To add to this: Will you feel deprived and hungry with Jenny Craig - almost definitely Will you feel deprived and hungry post-surgery - almost definitely NOT

Re: losing and losing, all you have to do is add in some fat. Peanut Butter in your Protein shake, avocado in your salad or on a sandwich, full-fat milk instead of lowfat/skim, snacking on some cheese, juice instead of Water, etc. Nothing wrong about having dessert once in a while, either. Re: loose skin - if you lose more weight, you might find that some of it was actually fat. I remember thinking if I got down to 155 lbs, I'd be ripped to shreds. Well, I'm at 140 now and I still have some flab on my butt and inner thighs. I'm sure if I got down to 135, I'd realize I still had some extra fat somewhere.

Why stop now? Keep going. There's no way you're too thin at 189. Your body will stop when it's ready.

How much were you running before? Re: shoulder - I've got a bum shoulder and while it bothers me a bit if I run over half an hour, it's manageable. After all, everything else is hurting, anyway, lol.

I think I'll be doing that run either tomorrow or Thursday. We did some intervals at Crossfit today (400 m x 6 times), so I have not entirely been taking a break from running in the meantime.

No rush. I'll PM you my address, just let me know how much it ends up costing when you ship it out and I'll pay you by Paypal.

Yeah, you should have some carbs post-workout. I usually have a Protein shake - either Muscle Milk or a homemade one with 1% milk as the base.

During the first 3 months, there's a lot of trial and error. You'll have a bite of something that should be "safe" e.g. cooked salmon for me, and then you are in pain, sliming, and sweating. Then next week it goes down just fine.

Colonics in general are a terrible idea.

Wow! My boyfriend's packed on like 10 lbs since we started dating 2 years ago.

It's perfectly normal to crave things while you are on the post-op liquid/mushy diet, because you are limited to a very small number of foods - and in the liquid phase, they don't really fill you up, either. The important thing is to remember that you only have to endure it for a finite amount of days and that if you cave in, you'll feel very sick - or worse, damage your sleeve. You'll be able to try anything you want soon enough.

Good for you! And I bet you feel a million times better NOT binging - if you had binged, you would've just felt even worse. Make this the first time you've adhered to your new habit of NOT stress eating. Next time you are challenged, you can just say, "I've already done this once before, I can do it again." I hope your son gets better soon!

Sounds awful. If it makes you feel better, back where I'm from, these procedures are done without sedation.

I'll take it, if you can shove them into a Priority International Small flat rate box, it looks like it'll be about $13 for shipping. Do you take Paypal?

I'm a pretty lazy person, and I find that I'm bouncing off the walls quite often. You have a ton of energy once you lose the extra weight. It's not uncommon for me to actually have to talk myself out of going for a run on what's supposed to be my day off from exercise.

Not related to protein at all - although, of course, it's important to consume lots of protein if you exercise regularly, but it's more to help rebuild the muscle faster. I think you are just pushing yourself a little too hard. I'm jealous of people like you, while I've certainly experienced the "can't-walk-down-the-stairs-ahhhhh" soreness before, it's only if I have someone breathing down my neck at the gym. If I'm working out alone, I just stop if it's too much.

I totally want to have some chickens one day! I also want to live in the city, though, so we'll see what the bylaws are like once we buy our permanent house (currently living in a condo).

DAMN! It's so random, yesterday a friend of mine messaged me about this race and asked if I wanted to do it. I don't have the best endurance and was worried that with the sleeve, a 2-3 hour race might be too much. But I guess I can't use the sleeve as an excuse then! Still on the fence about it, it would mean adding a LOT of running to my workout program.

Can you specify the weight for the 2 bags and what's your zip code?