witcherkar Member

I actually am not allowed to take potassium supplements. I am supposed to stay away from high potassium foods as well like bananas and broccli. The spirnolactone, is a potassium sparing diruretic. Release water and sodium but keeps in potassium. Anything else to help??

I mean im not exactly faking anyone. I am just an open book as everyone wants to.know why I have a hole in my neck and lying is too difficult. I just don't care anymore. But to the helpful people, thank you for the advise.

Try taking the extended release version so you only have to take it once a day. The shakes will help, but you'll get more calories and nutrition with homemade onces. Use all kinds of fruit, protein powder and yogurt and milk.

I quick add caloriea in to make it reach 1000 ao I can still see the projected weight loss (it motivates me becauSe since my calories are actually lower than that, i should lose more.) and have it post on my feed.

I walk for about ten minutes going about 4-5 mph. I'm drenched in sweat after and can't breathe. Can barely say one word.

Please no judgement...okay I'll explain a little better. I have a tracheostemy due to tracheal stenosis. Basically january of 2015, I tried to kill myself by overdosing on pills. Before i am judged on that, i was at a point in my life that I hated myself. I cut myself. I cried everyday. I stopped caring. I was abused and…

Yes thank you... plus I have a skin condition that I have to keep clean or it could get infected..

What do you mean?

Time. I'll exercise in the morning. Then every few hours until about 8. And sometimes I have to go places in between...

Haha no I speed walk for about 10 minutes and get super sweaty.

I exercise that much a day because I can only walk for maybe 10 minutes at a time on good days then I feel exhausted so i spread it out multiple times a day. Problem is I still sweat like a pig.

Why didn't I think of that! Thank you you are awesome!

I'll look into that app! So also, I can't stand for more than 5 minutes because my lower back k starts to hurt. I know it's because of my weight. Any tips on getting past the pain??

So if I was able to get my walking up to say 30 minutes at a time, would walking up stairs be easier or would it be totally different and I need to slowly increase my stairs as well?

I am going to experiment with this. I am going to write the number down every day. See what the difference is. Then at the end of 5 weeks, see how far off it was.

I use a water pitcher with a filter and keep it in the fridge. I use a reusable to go cup. I measured out exactly how much water it holds and how many ice cubs I put in. I do exactly the same each time. My ice cubs are 15 ccs each and my water bottle holds 16 oz. So 15 x 7 icecubes plus 16 oz. That's just what I do. I only…

Thanks guys! I will be doing that tomorrow! :)

I got my lapband in august of 2014. Well I did good up until last summer. I learned to eat around my band... but now I am back on it!

It helps by decreasing apetite. By that I mean when I am hungry, I still don't want to eat because he doesn't sound good. You have to.force yourself to eat sometimes.

Yes. I mean I wake up, have a cup of coffee. Drink water all day long. Have 2-4 protein shakes. Have a diet dr pepper. Green tea and sleepy time tea. That's it. No solids. Not only am I trying to Jumpstart weightless, I'm giving my band a rest.

I got the lap band a year and half ago almost. It just started today. And yes it's only water. Warm water is worse than cold. And I have to sip my water due to the lap band. I take tiny sips. But I've been on a liquid diet for 3 days now to jump start my weight loss again. The past two days I didn't drink water at all. I…

Please?

I just heard half my weight in water would cause water poinsoning...

I am sorry I can't help. I had surgery and was at work the very next day. :/

How do I calculate maintenance?

And everyone says eat a caloric deficit. I'm still confused on what that is!

Will I gain weight if I stop? Should I just taper them down so I don't gain weight?

I just meant that I woke up and emptied my bladder before weighing myself. Well that would be disappointing. Thanks

Atkins is basically what they put on everyone who has had weight loss surgery too boost their weight loss. So it's great.

I weigh 285. My starting weight was 315. My mini goal is 200. That's the weight I have to be at to get my tracheostomy out and have tracheal reconstruction surgery done to repair my damaged trachea. After that, I want to be between 125 and 150. I'm starting over again. Looking for support and friends for my journey!