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So sensible. Thank you. In my brain I know this but late at night I'm lying in bed and some silent voice in my head says "You're a mutant now!" Lol. I will just tell myself "hey look! Your heart is beating! You're alive!"

I felt pretty good. Groggy from anesthesia, slow and very low energy, but not too much pain really. The norco makes me kind of happy-tired-insomniac so I was sleeping very lightly in 2-3 hour chunks and then enlisting a medical assistant to walk the halls with me through the night. That would wear me out quickly and I'd…

That seems legit. You might be ok at 4 weeks but you just don't know. Better to be prepared!

November isn't really that far away in the grand scheme of things. If you wanted to try and see how far you can get before then, it isn't a terrible idea, especially if you are having cold feet. But also, I think missing 6 weeks of work is probably overkill unless you have a job that is very physically strenuous.

I wear high-waisted compression underwear I got at Target. It's pretty $$$ for underwear but works good. The higher the waist the better - like the ones that come right up under my bra are best. Then I wear a good, thick legging over that. I prefer the cotton ones unless they are a decently thick spandex. I also get these…

My first thought is that you aren't *that* far off from calorie goals and you are above protein needs. If you feel like you can do more, I'd do it. Your body will give you some good clues if you are overdoing it. Watch out for dizziness, lethargy, muscle soreness that doesn't go away after a few days and not seeing…

Finally got my Musclegen Pro sample and I was not disappointed! This will totally work for me. It does do a thing where it separates if it sits in the drink for more than 10 mins or so - and it somehow causes the crystal light to separate as well which is weird. But I have it in a clear water bottle and I can just shake it…

You still have your gallbladder? But generally that is under your right ribcage. Could be a pinched nerve or something? Though Bentyl wouldn't do much for that. Bentyl didn't do much for my gallbladder pain either though. Any chance you are preggo? Those are my only thoughts. Hope it was just random and doesn't come back!

Ketchup is my weakness. And I'm ok with the sugar because it helps me get protein I wouldn't otherwise get. But yeah, I'm only eating an ounce or so of it so it might not be best.

I know I can use the isopure and the unjury in baked items and it doesn't really go bad very fast. If this stuff works I will be so happy. I'd even be ok with 1/2 scoop and if the scoops are only 1 tbsp - sounds promising! Even if I can taste it I might be able to just put it in a shot of juice and down it as opposed to…

Awesome.. going to order a sample now!

I tried it in yogurt but had the same response as with the milk. I'm eating plain yogurt and unflavored powder though, so I can see how that is different. The isopure tastes bad. The unjury isn't bad but it is different and I find myself not finishing things I've put it in, which defeats the purpose really. I don't like…

lol. Good to know. I wonder if it would work in sugar free pudding? I'm looking to use the Unjury or isopure rather than pb2. I might be able to work it into a shake on a heavy workout day when I had some extra time but looking for something that fits into my normal day routine better than a shake. I think my biggest…

Chicken is the hardest meat for me. I can tolerate dark meat and ground chicken ok now at 10 months. If I have some chicken breast and shred it and mix it with avocado kind of like a chicken salad, that works ok too. It does get better and you figure out some tricks. I assume at some point it will improve more for me but I…

You should also try the dried seaweed sheets. It takes a long time to eat them and they are lightly salted so it's a good munching snack. A whole pack of them (which is technically 5 servings, but I eat all 5) is like 100 cals and 5g protein. A bit of good fats and no carbs. I find them really tasty. You can get a bunch at…

I eat between 150-200g of carbs per day. Mostly in dairy, fortified cereal, legumes, bananas and grains like rice or quinoa.

I am weight training to swap fat for muscle and getting about 1200-1500/day. I work on boosting it with fats like avocado and sunflower seeds that are high cal but good fat (and protein in the case of the seeds), but I also eat carbs on purpose - mostly fortified cereal. I drink a lot of skim milk. I eat Smart Start these…

YEah, after the initial 'easy' losses I stopped keeping track of how long it took me to get to a certain weight and just promised myself I'd be getting there at some point. My goals switched almost entirely to fitness goals - generally about increasing intensity of workouts. For a while it was about distance. How far could…

I've been gone a while so I have a few to catch up on. - I wore an off the rack 14 dress to a Christmas party and it fit perfect. - I borrowed one of my son's shirts. He's 8 (but it was a big shirt on him). - My soccer team got moved up a division because we won too many games. - I did the "Turkey Trot" on Thanksgiving…

Thanks! Yeah, the holidays made me so busy i kind of fell off the social/food tracking wagon. Though not the actual health wagon so that's good at least. Nice to be back and see all these great pics!

oops - better pic...

Progression over the last 10 months. From 310 to 240 to 175 to 175 but after turning some of the leftover fat to muscle. I'm really working on strength training and am hoping to stay right around 165-175 but keep trading fat for muscle.

It's been a while... a lot has happened! I went to disney world and absolutely killed it with energy and stamina. I rode Space Mountain 3 times - that was my bucket list item. But I rode EVERYTHING 3 times. Amazing. My kids had to keep up with me. Had a family/friend gathering for the first time in several moths and this…

Join a gym and get some kind of routine in place. Hopefully 2x/week but at least 1x Start doing my sprint work again Drop 5 lbs Be really serious about vitamins every day, even weekends Finally get rid of this box of clothes that doesn't fit

Short hair is the way to go. Just got a cut that is kind of 20's/flapper like and it is cute and hides the loss. And I lose less also. I've avoided short hair for a while now because I didn't think it suited my face/body, but it suits me better after the loss.

This was a question I specifically asked about before having the surgery. MY doc said as long as I was 12-18 months out or more it would be totally fine.

I have a Sunbeam egg-cetera from the 70's that will make me one (or two) soft boiled eggs. Or hard, or poached, but I can only do the soft right now. I like my target brand water bottles - I have an 18 a 24 and a 32 for different occasions. MFP and runkeeper on my phone. A cloth measuring tape I keep in a desk drawer as…

These are great! Building a wish list and hearing some new stuff :-)

A start... Eminem - lose yourself Jimmy eat world - the middle Missy Elliot - work it Big Frieda - bounce Bikini kill - Rebel girl Ramones - anything by them really Some buddy holly or Ritchie valens

About a month after surgery I started drinking some of the caffeinated crystal light. It never really grew on me and would be very occasional. 4 months out I found this stuff called Morning Spark and it's the same premise only it tastes way better and has added vitamin c. I usually drink one packet per day. It says to mix…