Check in for this week. Eating slower, smaller bites and chewing are becoming habits for me now, so I will say goal had been achieved.

As far as eliminating dairy and wheat, I did fairly well, although I think on Friday I may have had something not realizing there was quite a bit of dairy in it. My tummy wasn’t very happy yesterday.

@Kspot42 thanks for all the info!! Another question (although it might be a silly one), are rest breaks allowed?

Also, I just want to say that it’s great seeing you posting again!! You were missed!!

Well… I had written that first post this morning and apparently forgot to hit save. (face palm)

I got about 1/2 of laundry done
Work is caught up

Hubby went to see his sister who is in town and so its 10:30 I have not eaten dinner yet, I’m not hungry, nothing sounds good, honestly I really want to go to bed.

Breakfast: Shake
Lunch: Leftover…[Read more]

@thinkhealthy malls and stores are great! I know around here sometimes even Churches will allow you to walk in their buildings. We do that frequently because the winter roads here are NOT safe for walking and sidewalks don’t exist. Even if they did the plows would bury them and no one wants to dig them out after that. (we have enough problems…[Read more]

awe! thanks!

That is TOTALLY an NSV!!! Im sure thats a great feeling knowing that you can get around with stability!

You are doing great at posting every day!! So proud of you!!

Wow where is everyone today? Fridays must be busy days for people. I know they are for me. I went to my councilor today and things went good there. Kiddos were a little trying today, My oldest is starting to get some anxiety about school and change is rough for him. but I think this year is gonna be a good year.

Food I did OK on.
Breakfast was…[Read more]

I don’t know, but I think it’s more about how we feel about ourselves and where we are that is more important.  Why try to be in the appropriate category should influence where you should be. Just my opinion.

I never associated whey as a problem until recently. I have thought about it and realized it having problems after consuming it. I have used this past week a plant based protein powder and I haven’t experienced any of the problems when drinking a whey isolate shake. Yes, cheese will be a challenge, but I may try introducing it again after a while.…[Read more]

Honestly I like the concept. We should be measuring body composition more that just BMI. However I don’t buy-in to “its all in what we eat” and the measuring your waist as a hard rule sounds iffy to me.

I think its a good piece to the puzzle but should not be a one stop shop.

Ok my life is too damned hectic!

So I woke up, went to work. During my lunch break I walked about a mile to go pick up stuff for my daughter for a retreat she’s attending for the weekend. Walked back. Immediately after work, I had to rush said kid to said retreat in Western Maryland, then get back to Baltimore in time to do Bariatric Foodie Live.…[Read more]

Oh man! Cheese is a hard thing to replace too.

Is it dairy in general or lactose that bothers you? I’m guessing it’s dairy in general but if it is lactose, I know any whey isolate doesn’t have lactose. I don’t know if they make lactose-free cheese (heading off to Google…)

Checking in a day late (I’m gonna figure out why i missed last night using my worksheet and I will update in another thread)

Today was FANTASTIC! My new “Subtitle” is gonna be a blast! I spent all day in several meetings. I figured that I was going to be coming in to the middle of the process beings how my team was formed the day before i left…[Read more]

Today is the first day since before conference that i have not hit the ground running. we do have counciling appointments today, and I need to finish school shopping but I got to sleep till i woke up (uh 7am? why is it that days that we can sleep in we don’t and days we have to get up we can’t?) I NEED to get a plan together for food, because…[Read more]