I wish everyone has a great day tomorrow! Diane

Ruth, Where in Texas??? Any chance you will be in the Houston area. Diane

Hi I'm just at the point of thinking of having some kind of PS. I don't know what the difference between the 2 you have mentioned is? Hope your surgery goes well. Let us know how you get on and show us your pics after

Thats what I have heard, but.... we dont absorb like others so we need more protein.. I have said forever you need to get your protein up.. Now this is my opinion and what I understand... Our body eats a certain way. Our body is fueled by carbs than fat than protein. So if you eat carbs the body automatically takes them for fuel, thus leaving your fat alone. If you cut out carbs you body needs to create fuel so it goes to the next source which is fat. it converts it into carbs and uses it for fuel. Now that takes more energy so in a sense you loose more. Now when you have no more fat on your body it moves to protein which is the hardest part of the body to convert to energy and what you dont want it to convert as it is you muscles like your heart. With this said.. I truely believe this to be true. I lost every oz of my fat off my body because i was not putting any carbs in so it ate my fat off. I can honestly say that I have no fat, even my skin has no fat in it. Now if you exercise fat will also burn and muscle will build giving you that atheltic body. you will weigh more because of muscle mass but its not bad weight. When I stopped working out at the gym because of my legs I dropped 15 pounds. I went from 135 to 120 in a month because I lost the extra muscle I had built. Now that I have started working out again I expect my weight to go up not from fat but from muscle. Does any of this make sense. I lost all my weight by following this plan. Eat between 1000-1200 daily Keep carbs below 70 Keep fat below 50 usually lower. Keep protein over 100 shooting for 120. It worked for me. Yes I hear all the time to get above 80 but I think we need to keep it much higher and if you look at the grad board all the people on the accountability thread all try and get to 100 or more in protein. It just works better for us who have had wls. Carla

Wish I could tell you!! I never get sick either!!! My husband gets so mad...he still gets tired and has to lay down or feels really sick! I can eat anything! I hate that,too.I have to have the willpower to tell people no when I know I could eat it! They say...oh I forgot...you can't eat that! I'll say...oh yea I can....but I just CAN'T!!