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Nothing covered by insurance. But it was good to find out approximate costs. $8000 for belly $6000 for breasts, they will call me back about thighs, arms and butt. Basically $20,000 to $24,000 for the whole thing. I thought it was pretty reasonable, people pay more for cars. I don't but I will just save the money while my…

It is so cool to not just identify every activity with the food as the main attraction.

If you love and accept yourself 100% exactly as you are you will make taking care of you a priority and it will cease to be work. it will just be something you do, like brushing your teeth.

I ate on average 800-900 calories a day 3months post op til 150 lbs. then i set my calories at 1350 per day

LOL, I wear my pajamas like that. My rule is they can't be worn to work or in the non- gym public. I have butter soft yoga pants that I adore wearing while I clean house.

I am 5'5" inches with medium to small bones. I wear women's size 4 pants, size 8-10 women's dresses and women's medium and small shirts- just depends on the designer. I will also point out that along with my boobs my *kitten* also up and left. I shouldn't be surprised, my mother and paternal grandmother were A cups with…

yes, yes, yes!!! it must come from a place of deep love. you must love yourself and see yourself as God sees you. Then you can forgive yourself small mistakes quickly and move on instead of spiraling down into a "it's too late i might as well give up" food binge. I used to be vicious with myself. Now I try to be my own…

I was at confession with my priest, a former physician. I spoke to him about my lifelong struggle with gluttony. He helped me to see that I was medicating with food like every addict. He reminded me that a rich full life will be filled with stress, death, boredom, disease, destitution, divorce, uncertainty and no…

Fill large glass pitcher with water. Throw in 6 herbal tea bags like red zinger. Leave in fridge 1-2 hours. remove tea bags. Delicious cold herbal infusion, no calories. Celestial seasoning makes tons of flavors

When I was pregnant no one noticed because I was so fat I just looked fatter. 6 months of morning sickness and heaving in the bushes walking from the parking lot. I got no sympathy. I think people thought I was hung over. :s

Hormel precooked bacon at sams club 72 slices for $11. 4 slices 30 sec in micro on folded towel. 70 calories. Latte made with kroger carbmaster vanilla milk. 60 cal and 11 G protein. For lunch Canned tuna/chicken/salmon mixed with skim ricotta, nonfat greek yogurt and tsp of Dijon. Hummus or any puréed bean mixed with…

All you can do is move forward with excellent nutrition to keep your daily hair growth strong. You are simply losing the hair from the initial starvation period post op. Very few people hit their nutrition goals perfectly in the 1 st 3 wks and even if you did we are going from a rich 4000 calorie a day lifestyle to a…

I still have to try on everything. I think something will be way too small and it will fit perfectly. I also had to learn about sizes because my world always had 2XX s. There are misses sizes and women's sizes. I am size 4/6 in womens pants and size 7/8 in misses. Regular small in womens shirts or petite medium. Regular…

I am the same with bananas! I adore them but there isn't enough Nexium on the planet to help me digest it

Did the same thing in May. Lost only a lb. Finally buckled down and committed to the food scale. 900 became the magic number for me

Sorry about the large photo size, I don't know why it didn't come out as a thumbnail. Wasn't trying to be gross. Very few photos of me obese as they all "magically" disappeared if you managed to get a photo of me in the first place.

254 to 150

The week after surgery and 3 wks ago

Forget the low calories, just focus on the protein. Hitting protein goals and water goals make you lose wt faster. Keep tasting all sorts of proteins to see what is going to work for you. You are looking for functional, not fabulous. I don't eat fabulously delicious food anymore. Day in day out I choose to eat meals that I…

Oh yes, once you lose the first 30 often wt loss is much less linear with a bounce up of a lb in water shift before a net loss 5 days later. those first 30 lbs are the Honeymoon. from here on out you will fight to lose each lb (mentally mostly) cause it takes much longer to lose each lb. recalculate your BMR set at…

This is why I weigh every day. I had fried chicken livers and onion rings this wkend and didn't quite get in as much exercise. I knew my wt would be up when I got home and weighed, yep, up 2 lbs. restaurant food blows me right up with salt and I didn't cook any food this wkend. But Monday is back to regular scheduled…

For me coffee is a real appetite killer. When head hunger strikes hard I just make a latte with the carbmaster high protein milk. That way i hydrate and fortify my protein. I was off coffee for only a little while after surg. Didn't want it. I also don't drink coffee when I am sick, I want herbal tea then.

I have dropped 95% + of wheat from my diet anyway/major trigger food for me. There are tons of wheat free options now. I occasionally make bobs red mill gluten free bread machine bread for my family. They love it. There are lots of crepe /wrap recipes for other flours. Lots of cereal and crisp options as well. Corn, potato…

It will get easier after 6 wks. I used kroger carbmaster vanilla skim in decaf coffee. You can also drink the plain carbmaster skim as your liquid intake. Each cup has 11 g of protein. Purée some kidney beans, make some egg beaters, purée some salmon. Heat up some ricotta with some shredded swiiss for a fondu. Have some…

Steak and kidney pie. I have prided myself on my willingness to eat anything. Turns out that the smell of urine will cause my jaws to lock shut. Still a bit embarrased by throwing it out uneaten. If I eat anything really salty or sweet my tongue is just ruined for an hour or two. Like when you burn your tongue your meal is…

You are medicating with food. Can you work with the therapist in your bariatric group? They specialize in addiction behavior.

American meat is already soaked in water. You could add a 1/4 cup if you are worried but honestly that just dilutes the flavor.

It is so nice not to be the biggest person in the room anymore at the ymca group classes...and I can usually keep up now.

Tender incisions 7 days, only took Tylenol after leaving hospital. Back to a sedentary job in 3 days. Weak as a kitten for 6 wks though every day I would feel lighter and lighter. I never get out of breath unless I am exercising and these days I feel like superwoman dashing up and down stairs. I actually used to resent the…

Crap, so sorry that should say 3500 cals per lb of fat. Which would take 8 days for me to lose 1 lb