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Happy Hump Day Menuers!!! We are all halfway through the week and I can't believe July is almost over. I swear the older I get the faster the years go by. Even though I ended up working until 4:30 I was still able to get done the couple of things at home I needed to do.
I want to reiterate what Teenie said on her post yesterday. Everyone regardless of what type of WLS you had or even if you haven't had surgery, you are all more than welcome to join in on the menu thread. No need to lurk, we are here to help each other out whether it is with food ideas, exercise, vitamins, etc. If anyone out there has recently had WLS or is getting ready to have it, I highly recommend checking out this blog theworldaccordingtoeggface. Shelly put together years' worth of recipes and ideas just for WLS patients.
QOTD: Is there anything you would have done differently after having weight loss surgery? The one thing I would have done differently is join the Y a lot sooner than I did. Even though it didn't open until 2019 I still should have looked into it and joined then. Exercise is the one thing that I really didn't focus enough on.
B: coffee and squash and eggs
L: chili and pork shoulder
D: chicken salad stuffed hot peppers
Hitting the Y tonight.
Have a great day everyone!!
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
If you like eggs there are so many different ways to make them. I always have a bowl of either hard or soft boiled eggs in the fridge to grab.
Take a look at this blog. Shelly had weight loss surgery years ago and started this blog which has so many different recipes for people who have had WLS. I used a lot of them when I first had my revision in 2015. theworldaccordingtoeggface
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
The last three weeks the scale has only inched downwards a little and I know not to be frustrated because my body has just lost 31 pounds in three months and it probably thinks it's in a famine. Knowing it and not being frustrated is a different thing.
The best plateau buster I know really can't be done right now: hard exercise. That used to work for me every time but I'm still on PT to try to strengthen my legs and am not up to the hard stuff. Last week I was making many trips up and down the stairs carrying hefty loads and did something to my upper back that it is still screaming about.
Seems like all I can do is change up my diet but...I've also landed in Food Fatigue Land. The foods I eat still do the job and I'm not tempted to cheat but I dread trying to come up with a meal idea for dinner every. single. day. We're a 2 meal household because Hubs is a T2 diabetic and also hates anything vegetable or healthy, haha.
Could you throw some plateau-buster ideas my way please? Dr. has me aiming for 100 grams of protein and less than 20-30 carbs. Net carbs which she neglected to say in the beginning. Considering that I'm probably under 20 g a day already.
Thanks!
Molly
Thank you for the link on the chicken wings, that sounds delicious and so simple for a busy day. Hope you are able to find a chiropractor you like and get some relief before you can make the ortho appt.
Congratulations on the great milestone...why isn't there something cute for getting into the 200's like the 100's has? I'm sitting on a bench near you re: regain weight. It took me awhile to post a ticker with numbers that anybody could figure out along with my old goal numbers here. You have the Mounjaro and I have the generic Contrave but it's still us making use of our rny's and doing the hard work. I'll toot a horn for you any time!
Thanks for a good reminder on the peppers, I love the Hatch chili roasting events here and may have to can more chili's.
Sorry to hear your humidity has come back, how awful but you have the right attitude that it is better than snow and ice.
If I still ate popcorn I'd be scheduling to get some ready for when that person has to come back to work and face up to the new policies and the people who saw her cheating the system with the time off.
QOTD-yes and it was awful because they were both nice but manipulative and tried to take advantage of my wimpy-ness. I am SO not cut out for management.
I've hit not only a plateau but also stuck in Food Fatigue. Lunch isn't needed and when dinner rolls around I'm not even hungry so it is a scramble to find the highest protein foods and extra fiber (besides the Metamucil and a stool softener) and keep my carbs low. It's almost 6 now and i could care less to eat.
B: The chocolate/coffee/collagen shake is still yummy.
D: 1/2 cup quinoa, 1/2 cup black beans and salsa?
LS: A Korean cucumber?
I made it clear that I wanted to work with computers and numbers. People made me crazy. Most of the time I have been able to get people to shape up when they were slacking and I was assigned to do something about it. But working with people is so much harder than numbers.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Good Morning Jennifer and Menuers,
We have so many reading the tread but very few posting. STOP LURKING!!!! We want to hear your 2¢. If you are new to the surgery or if you're a vet, I'd love to see what is working or not working for you. Please chime in!!! I see last week a post got over 2000 views!!!! Don't be shy we won't bite.
OK so I have been struggling with hip pain in my right hip. I know I need to see an orthopedic, however I am already booked out of PTO. I have 2 trips planned before I reup. I don't get more time till October 21. I know some may be thinking I am crazy. I need the vacations for my mental health. I can handle physical pain way more than mental and I have no refundable reservations. I am going to try to do a few appointments so when I do up my PTO I will be ready if I need surgery. I may even do some chiropractor appointments to see if that will give me relief.
Last night I picked up 7 chickens from a local farm. $5lbs. I love that they are farm raised and no antibiotics or fillers. My only issue was she did not give me the gizzards, and I love chicken livers!!! She said she'll make sure I get them next time.
QOTD: I work straight commission sales. Shipping can affect me if they screw up orders, but it is not my place to correct them.
Accountability: Too many sweet treats.
TSS: 7 years 7-months 18-days 169.2 Lowest (129.4)
B: Coffee with SF Coffee-Mate Chocolate Caramel creamer
MS: Premier Protein Chocolate peanut butter
CB: Coffee with SF Coffee-Mate Chocolate Caramel creamer
L: eggbites
Exercise: dog walking
Water and Vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric Advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and 500mg of Magnesium. I also use MiraLAX and fiber in my first coffee of the day.
Have a great day my friends.
Brightest Blessings
Chrissy
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Good morning, everyone!
I slept about 10 hours last night, so I'm feeling a lot better today. Our weather is about to turn, but I can't remember whether today is the last hot day or the first cooler day.
I have to call the dentist and schedule a time for him to see me this week. I'm not in fear of dentists, but I can't say it is something that I look forward to either. I will stick to soft foods today. Other than that, CrossFit and swimming, plus some calls for work.
I am our work department's lead for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk. As part of that I went to a program that highly recommended getting a Heart Scan. Marilyn and I are signed up for that on Friday morning. It's not covered by insurance, but not super expensive. There was a lot of attempted upselling when I called to make the appointment.
QOTD: Yes, I am doing that currently. I wish the person would just quit. But they won't.
Breakfast: bagel
lunch: salad
dinner: pasta
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 59 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I have an appointment with my new dentist next month, after the fiasco with the last one this pass Fall I am hoping this one goes much smoother. I hope you are able to get yours taken care of easily.
RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150
