ACCOUNTABILITY MISSION: NO MERCY AND NO EXCUSES 

Hey my BAF People !  TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND BE ACCOUNTABLE: 

Are you meeting expectations?   Consider your own, those of your medical practitioner, and expectations of others whose opinions you value.   Disregard the expectations of people you cannot count on to be firmly committed to you success. 

Answer the question.  Yes or  No?  Why or why not?  Where ever you may be in weight loss and maintenance, examine what works and what does not.  There is a lot of group think on these and other forums followed by the "revelation" that every body is different.  Without insight into what works for your body this has little value.  We have to do our own evaluations.  We need to take our own objective measures.  Resist the temptation to fit oneself into a mold that does not work for you personally. 

Most people will fall right in step with their physicians plan.  Even if the practice is not dedicated to after care, we will loose weight surgically or non surgically as long a s we stay on plan.   This will not be the same for us all.  Many of us will work diligently for disappointing results.  We will be critiqued for cheating and accused of lying when the plan does not work.  We may need to kick the nutritionist to the curb and recreate our wl plan to better suit our body's needs for success.  It will take research, trial and error, common sense, and the will to resist the old diet "snake oils".  We do what we must do. 

If eating one banana causes a 3 lb weight gain over night then don't eat it.  Who gives a rat's ass if the flamers on some board say this is impossible.  You know what happens whenever you eat that banana filled with "good" carbs.  The flamers repeat what they believe they know.  Some are well meaning but all are clueless to your reality.  If it hurts when you do that then don't do it.  Try and determine why it hurts when you do that.  Foums add value through shared experience; however, there will be times when other posters have nothing to offer in your situation.  Another approach is required. 

Track your food, beverage and exercise in detail.  Weigh and measure yourself regularly.  Document changes positive, negative, and benign.  Patterns will emerge.  Best practices for you will reveal themselves.  You may find some surprises.  Remain objective and make needed adjustments until you find your personal path to success. 

  ...All are welcome, jump in at anytime.

For reference:

5 Day Pouch Test (5DPT) website 
http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html
5 Day Pouch Test Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3995048/Hold-my-feet-to-the-fire-please-Accountability-Mision/

 
Protein Train Instructions 
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3993571/Protein-Train-Educate-me-please/#32309205

 
Wagon Plan Instructions 
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3650242/The-Wagon-Plan-Get-back-on-the-wagon

 
The Recovery Group aka TRG, Twelve Step Program and Other Links
Online Meetings Around the Clock * Information on changing eating behavior 

Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF) - an updated link to the less severe no op version from the web site holisticmd.org  Basically the same type of protein intense diet given to potential wls patients in some practices before starting on the pre op program. 

http://www.holisticmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ProteinSparingModifiedFast.pdf

Daily calorie needs calculator
A more advanced calculator that's still easy to use.   
Advanced option lets you choose from  3 different calculation methods.  Enter data once for calorie needs at maintenance;  plus calorie needs for 2 different levels of weight loss; and, results include a week long calorie cycling plan.  Calculator  takes into account age and gender as well as activity level.  Links to other calculators are on the same page.  
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Podrunner
Not just for runners.  Site has a variety of workout music and music timed to progressive running programs for 5k, 8k, 10k, and speed.  In place indoors, treadmill, or at the track run to the beat and you'll complete the stated distance.  There is also a variety of interval training music from about 130 bpm up to to 180 bpm; and, fixed bpm workout music as well.  Lengths of tracts vary but there is a speed/ length to suit most workout needs.  
http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html

A WORKOUT site to get you started or keep you going
http://www.exrx.net/index.html

No special equipment is required for this group of progressive workout programs designed for those new to it all and for those wanting to step it up a notch.  Perhaps you can only do one or even none today.  Perhaps you do quite a few already.  Either extreme or somewhere in the middle, this self challenge is still for you. 
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/
http://www.hundredpushups.com/
http://www.onefiftydips.com/
http://www.twohundredsquats.com/
http://www.twentyfivepullups.com/

USDA - database, nutrition facts
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

Exercise when you "cant" exercise : http://www.sitandbefit.org/products_store

Sit and Be Fit is committed to improving the quality of life of older adults and physically limited individuals through safe, effective exercises that are available through television, videos, personal appearances, classes, seminars, books, and the Internet. Sit and Be Fit actively promotes functional fitness, healing, and independence, and is an effective resource for professionals in aging and fitness  

great work. i will definitely follow you. 

Damn sorry it's still rough. My oh acct acts funky too & yesterday was bad. Our last pm & other old friend requests kept showing as new so that probably screwed up the pm I sent you. I'll take it as a reminder that I should be posting on BAF. We need to share experiences.

You know the drill girl friend. A few days of protein only. Shakes, old fashioned baked egg custard traditional English style or flan style with added protein powder & even unsweetened cocoa powder or Bob's Red Mill unsweetened coconut flakes for variety; proton ice cream or protein enhanced sf pudding or jello...

Soft protein... Daily needs in grams = weight in lbs divided by 2.2 so you can exercise & maintain muscle. We are poor losers & tough maintainers yet also exercise freaks who don't benefit from the burn.  It will always be harder for some of us & pouch issues only further complicate things.  One thing fo sure is limited nutrition worsens weight loss. 
 

You revised to be successful again and you will be. Basics! We will both be back where we belong.

I had a ****ty day today, my tummy decided that it didn't want any food in it today and that if I tried to put any in it it got mad and spit it back out.   So pretty much jus****er and vitamins today.  

Right now it is 11:00pm and I am happy that I am feeling better. 

Marcia for some dam reason my messages on here will not work, I can see your message but I can't reply. 

My weight loss is at a What The Hell Did You Do to Me stall right now.  So I am still at a 31 pound loss and just waiting for it to start moving again.

A Happy Sunday to my BAF peeps.  Here are 5-FIVE-5 jokes for fun.  Enjoy! 

Double Pregnancy

A woman comes running up to her best friend and begins jumping up and down in excitement. Not knowing what else to do, her friend starts jumping up and down with her.
"Why are you so excited?" the friend asks.
"I just found out I'm pregnant!"
Knowing that she had been trying for a long time, the friend congratulates her.
"And it's not only one baby, it's twins!" the woman exclaims.
"Twins? That's great!" her friend says. "But how do you know so soon that it's going to be twins?"
"I bought a pregnancy test twin-pack at the drug store, and they both came back positive!"

The Alligator

A man walks into a bar with a six foot alligator in his arms. He places it onto a table and proceeds to drop his pants and underwear.
"Who wants to see a trick?" he asks the people in the bar.
Everyone cheers and the man pries the gator's jaws open, revealing its long, sharp teeth.
"I'm going to place my 'gentleman's equipment' into this gator's mouth. He'll chomp down with his jaws and open them again without hurting me!"
The man proceeds to place his genitals into the gator's mouth. The gator chomps down and everyone gasps. After a moment the man takes a small billy club from his pocket and whacks the alligator hard on the head. The animal opens it mouth and the man shows off his unharmed junk.
"Anybody else want to try it?" he asks the amazed crowd.
A woman in the back of the bar comes forward and says, "I'll do it, but only if you promise not to hit me so hard on the head."

Prostitution

A prostitute walks up to a man in a bar and tells him, in her sexiest voice, "For $300 I'll do anything you want."
"Really?" the man responds. "Anything I want for $300?"
"Oh, yeah, baby. Anything!"
The man pulls three $100 bills from his wallet and slams them onto the bar.
"Deal! Here's $300 - go paint my house."

French Toast

Three boys, aged 12, 8, and 5, sit down at the kitchen table for breakfast. Their mom asks the oldest son, "What would you like for breakfast. honey?"
"Not that f*cking French toast," the boy answers.
The mother reaches across the table and slaps his face.
"You go straight upstairs and wash your mouth out with soap, young man!"
As the oldest son leaves, the middle son exclaims, "Great, that's more f*ckin' French toast for me!"
The mother reaches over and slaps him in the face, even harder than the first boy.
"Go upstairs and join your brother!" she screams at him, then plops down into her chair, exasperated.
She looks to her youngest son and asks, "What would you like for breakfast, little guy?"
"Definitely not the f*cking French toast."

What a *****…

A man walks into a bar and sullenly takes a seat on one of the stools. He tiredly asks the bartender for a pint.
The bartender places a cold pint of beer in front of the man. Before he can reach for the glass, a little foot-tall man jumps up onto the bar, grabs the man's beer and downs it in one gulp, then jumps back off the bar.
The man dejectedly asks for another pint, and the bartender brings it to him. Just as the man's hand is about to grasp the glass, the little guy jumps back up on the bar and chugs that beer, too.
"Okay, what's the deal?" the bartender asks them man as he brings him another beer.
As the little guy drinks that beer, too, the man answers.
"I was walking through the woods the other day and a leprechaun appeared. He told me he would grant me one wish. I wished for a twelve inch *****"
He points to the little guy finishing up the beer and says, "And this is what I got."
 

I hope you got a laugh from these!

Source(with minor edits): http://edweirdo.hubpages.com/hub/5-Hilarious-Jokes-Just-For-Fun-Best-Funny-Jokes