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I have noticed an extreme decrease in blow back from the public in the last 6 months. I think finally people have realized that is not a get out of jail free card. You will either eat like a healthy normal wt person or you will gain every bit back. I don't shy away if it comes up but I don't bring it up in the normal…

about a year and a half. But you have to understand that maintenance is forever and you always have to be aware of your intake and not medicating with food. I used to foolishly think that it was all over once you were normal wt for ht. I am now skinny fat because exercise waxes and wains with me and I have lots of loose…

I made my own broth soups. like coconut curry chicken. After the first week I threw canned soups in the blender and passed them thru a sieve into a little more broth. I loved whizzed up gumbo.

also had a long psychiatric written test to take.

Oh yes, with several more. At Vanderbilt you are processed in a group format, and then they split you off for private appts

Do you have a Kroger? Kroger Carbmaster vanilla milk is great in coffee to make a latte. 11g of protein a cup and only about60 cals. I drink 4 cups a day every day-counts as water.

Belk's clearance racks!!!! Designer clothes that fit under $10. I still have a wide foot tho- but 25% of the time I can find shoes as opposed to 0%

Mine just says BMR calculator, but I think it is thru Fitness magazine. You might try 3 or 4 and choose the lowest. Weigh your food, any halt greater than 7-10 days is an intake problem , especially if you are exercising. I had to buckle and weigh and measure my food-eyeballing it was way off. I never ever ate back any…

i am happy at size 4. if i want to be size 2 i would have to stick to 1200 cal permanently to allow for some blow over and i don't want to.

it will slow the closer you are to the caloric intake for that wt at that ht and activity level. unfortunately that is the cruel truth. I am 5'5" 45 and sedentary. I aim for my BMR of 1360 per day because that allows about 300-400 of blow over cals to maintain my 146-150 wt. if I eat 2000 cals a day I will gain wt.

I am normal wt for ht now and I stick to 3-5 oz. That meal would be too many calories for me. At 800-900 cals a day during wt loss phase that would have been more than half my cals for the day. Most of my meals are 6-8 bites. breakfast for me is 4 strips of bacon or 2 strip 1 egg. I just eat kids meals or apps at…

The reality of maintenance is you only get about 300-400 more calories than your active loss phase. Staying normal wt for ht means you basically get one more snack a day. Sure you could morph into a daily exerciser and eat more but that is not reality for most of us. I just focus on getting 10,000 steps In every day and a…

since I am now normal wt for ht I aim for 1360. it is my BMR and I am sedentary so that allows for a little blow over without gain. I have been at maintenance about 7 month. To lose I had to stay under 900

Just remember to maintain your protein and vitamins to stay healthy. A few people in our WLS support group developed severe osteoporosis and other probs 8 yrs out after neglecting their vitamins.

I have to constantly tell my kid " Sad people are mean people-they are hurting and they want you to hurt as well" I am most likely to be a jacka$$ if I am upset. I also concur -You can't fix stupid.

exercise waxes and wanes with me so I just set my goal intake at 1360 which is my BMR. this allows a little blowover. I have to stick to calorie restriction

4-5oz. I have to stay vigilant to only eat a handful of food slowly and stop immediately after I feel the fullness which is HONESTLY about the 6-8th BITE!! But then I have usually hit about 300 cals by then anyway. So I put away the food and watch a real estate show on my iPhone. I have to remind myself that the only…

So at normal wt for ht here is what usually happens at half my meals...1/2 cup soup and 3 bites of chicken salad and my meal is over..... mentally I will still have that little tug that says "What?! That is it?!" where I have to remind myself that food is not an activity, reward, support, savior, medication, etc. I am full…

age is such a sucker punch. In order for me to stay between 146 and 150lbs I can only allow myself 1360 which gives me a few hundred cal blow over. I am 45 and 5'5'. Still stunning to see how little food is my new normal. Drove me nuts watching 20 yr olds losing mass quantities of wt fast. learned not to compare-just…

This!! I give myself 1360 cals a day and a 5 lb range. I am still stunned at how little food a normal wt for ht person gets. Sure, you can eat more if you exercise more but I cannot rely that I won't get stuck at the office or have my schedule rearranged-and , honestly, aside from clogging I have limited interest in…

And, sadly I knew better :s

THIS!! at 146 I am skinny fat and slowly rebuilding muscle. I should have done 20 min of wt training every day-especially abs and butt

yes, down 2 sizes but sadly my foot is still wide :D

I set my calories at my BMR(this allows for 400cal blowover) and just focus on dealing with my life. when I am sad I cry, when I am angry I am angry, when I am stressed I pray, when I am bored I screw around on facebook... what I don't do is medicate with food. When I think of food-I ask myself "are you thirsty?" "Is it…

don't know if it was this exact recipe-but it was pointless and awful. better to learn how to make crepes or farinata for wraps

keep up the good work!

Total grain avoidance always kickstarts me.

1 scoop of ice cream is a normal serving for all humans and not bad on calories...I find the low carb revolting.

Prob at least 5 wks.....After protein!! raw veg extremely filling!

Had to get the Sharper Image seat cushion from Sams club, gonna have to get a Tempurpedic mattress cause I am just a bag of bones now!