paul87920 Member

Can I make an off the wall suggestion? I'm at my absolute best when I feel like my spirit is full. I think you can take your time getting the 7 lbs off without hyper obsessing if you channel your focus elsewhere. I've recently gotten back on the wagon with tracking, and I don't find it the chore that I used to because…

Solid advice Thaeda! And we all love you too!

We can cheer each other on!

A post exercise meal is important for muscle building. You should have a lean protein after working out. It's a good time to have some meat. I don't mess around with dairy or protein bars/shakes after a workout. I eat something that's really going to take some time to digest. It's hard too. It's food that I don't like…

That's wonderful!!!

Thank you everyone. There's a lot of insight here to give thought to.

Thank you. I needed to hear this.

Allergies do come and go throughout your life. Cats used to put me in the hospital. I can tolerate them now. My Grandmother ate chocolate all her life until she had a bad reaction. If you don't find the cause, I'd take turns eliminating certain food from your diet to see if any of them are the culprit. It could also be…

I can absolutely relate to this right now. I made a clean break with carbs. I feel fuller longer now. I feel like I eat less, and I'm losing again. I know I'm consuming less calories. I'm quite curious about this stretchy pouch thing though. I had never heard of it. I'm going to have to ask my surgeon how mine was done. I…

I'm doing very low carbs myself at the moment. I do have a couple of suggestions to add some variety. For snacks I go straight to pork rinds. I know they aren't everyone's thing, but when I need a potato chip they satisfy that craving. The best part, you can usually get them in a few flavors so they don't burn you out.…

Everybody covered things very well. However, I do have a few things to add. Before VGS, I had never had surgery before in my entire life, not even a tonsillectomy. Every odd pain or sensation I felt made me terrified that I had torn my stitches. I was alright, just anxious. Just follow your surgeon's orders and you'll be…

Part of it could be water weight. I can fluctuate throughout the day. This might be TMI, but one of the issues I have is that I don't end up using the bathroom as often as I did before. You said, you're experimenting with foods, and chances are that it's sitting in your colon or just isn't digesting as easily as it did…

More endurance, comfortable flights, sitting in my bathtub instead of taking a shower, and oh my freaking God the clothing options! The clothing options my friend. I spend about as much on clothes these days as I did on food beforehand. It's getting out of hand.

Congratulations on all of that progress in six months. Are you feeling any negative side effects from your nutritionist's recommendations?

I didn't get that vibe from your post. You're being proactive in your treatment by seeking out help before it becomes a problem. Some of my best teachers told me that if I had a question or a problem to voice it because chances are that I'm not the only person in the room having this problem. Quick question, is there…

Are there any opportunities at the school that would allow you to get some exercise? I'm thinking like team sports that maybe would need an assistant coach. I've been out of school so long I've forgotten which ones are the fall sports. Or maybe there are some other teachers looking to exercise too. Your family might need…

Thank you all.

I'm a bit of a ways out from you. Portage/Gary, IN. Here. I am curious as to how many Chicagoland VSGers are in this group.

Keep it up! Awesome progress!!!

Thaeda, I'm going to try to address each part of your post because I think you bring up some important things here. Our minds are truly dastardly at times. But everyone in this group is right here going through this with you in one way or another. I know the icy feeling, the fear. I've told a few people off for being so…

Lettuce was the hardest for me. But I'm 7 months out can get it in now.

You are doing way better than I was at your stage. I was an absolute basket case for about 3 solid weeks.

Look at you!!! Keep up the good work!

I'm going to chalk this up as my most recent NSV. <3 (*) <3

Thank you so much! I'm answering from my phone right now. :D

Thank you. I feel so much less weird now. I had convinced myself that this was all in my head.

I've been crying a lot today. I'm 7 months in, half way to my doctor's weight loss goal me, and I can fold some of my side skin up under my rib cage. Despite all of that, I look in the mirror and still see me. Still obese, still without all the confidence I was promised. But you know what? You're not alone, and neither am…

I got through knowing that there was a light at the end of the tunnel this time. How many times have you tried to diet in the past and failed. In all of my past diet failures the defining thing that ruined me over and over again was impatience combined with a shoddy return on investment. The other posters on this thread…

How about instead of a kick in the butt I offer you a suggestion to help with the protein. Pick yourself up some PB2. I am a peanut butter addict, and I can attest that this stuff is manna from heaven. Let me give you the stats on this amazing product. 45 calories, 1.5g Fat, 1g Sugar, 5g Protein. The serving size... 2…

I'd also like to add that there is a group of us both pre & post op that can answer questions and concerns you might have. community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1052-vsgers