Fair enough! The recommendations for water are just that. Recommendations! But I think my personal goal in this challenge was not so much about the goal itself but to always be mindful of water intake. I certainly was not very mindful about it so I think doing this challenge just helps me remember water intake is a part of a healthy lifestyle and…[Read more]

What you said “as important as my steps…” YES!

My feelings exactly. It’s one measurement of many, one piece of a bigger picture.

86 ounces in, currently having my snack before bed and I was unplugged most of the day. I actually ran errands and it wasn’t until I got home that I realized I had left my phone at home! All food was made, portioned and eaten at home.

I don’t know what’s going on with me. I wake up with plenty of energy, but by lunch time, I’m barely dragging myself through the rest of the day.

Steps and liquids are in. Shake for breakfast, I don’t think that I ever ate lunch and some homemade shrimp scampi for dinner.

No worries! I took your comment in the spirit it was given. But let me try to answer you.

My kids are Bariatric Foodie kids. What you see on the blog is what they grew up eating. They were 9 and 6 when I had surgery! So they know label reading (and do it better than some dietitians I know). They know portion sizes. They know complex vs. simple…[Read more]

The caveat is that you should also recognize that hunger may not present the way you are used to seeing it. Do you know what your body’s hunger cues feel like now?

It took me waiting a long time to eat and just observing to see what mine are. (By the way, when I am hungry I feel a vacant feeling in my pouch, and it’s sort of a nagging feeling. If…[Read more]

Glad to see you!

Since you know I’m all about accountability, I’m going to challenge you to be accountable!

What have been your hurdles in doing the habits in this challenge?

I am doing horribly with the challenge!  The only one I seem able to keep up with is the liquids.  But, I’m still here, just quiet and trying to get myself back on track and keep up with my munchkins, family and online transcription work which is so much harder than I thought it would be!!!

I think it’s a great idea! I’m sorry I have been so absent lately.  By the time I get off the computer from transcription I just don’t even want to look at it again!!

Yay! So proud of you for the 72 oz!

Mid-week sweep!

It was so good to get to speak with you last night on the demo! Thanks for coming.

How’s your plan this week shaking out?

Mid-week sweep!

Is everything going smoothly with your plan this week? Looks to me like you’ve been rocking it. But do check in when you get a chance!

Mid-week sweep!

How’s your shoulder doing? You’ve spoken about “post party recovery” in the daily check-ins so I feel like I have a good idea about how that is but I don’t recall hearing much about your shoulder. I hope it’s better!

Get crackin’ sister! That letter’s not gonna write itself!

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Can’t wait for you to post that this one is checked off the list!

Sort of in the same vein as what I asked Sarah above, do you think this is a habit you won’t continue because you don’t NEED to continue it OR is it a habit you won’t continue because you find it difficult and/or unenjoyable? (And, fair warning, it could be either or both and that’s ok!)

Again, me doing my job!

Do you think that drinking the recommended amount of water is not a habit you’d like to work toward, or was it that you felt like it was too much too soon?

(NOTE: I don’t have an opinion either way but that question popped into my mind as I read your response. So that is to say don’t take that as any kind of suggestive…[Read more]

Feel free to think out loud here! I have a few meals planned out. The big exception to next week will be date night. We usually do dinner and some sort of activity and that is IMPORTANT time! But other than that, I’m packing 🙂