I am the same...

No weight loss or gain to report this week.  I am all better from my terrible cold/flu bug.  YAY! 

I hope you have a fabulous Easter weekend.

One more pound gone!

Hi All,

I'm still pretty sick with this cold/flu bug, but I lost one more pound this week.  I have a deep nasty cough and I relapsed with a fever again last night.  My body is still fighting this thing off.  I feel like crap, but happy to still be on track.

Sick as a dog.

I'M SHRINKING! ~ 65 pounds & 44 1/2 inches lost so far!

I lost one more pound this week!  IT'S SLOW BUT STEADY.  : )

I also caught the "Cold of the Century".  I had to come home from work yesterday because I was so friggin sick.  I flopped down on the bed and slept from 1pm to 7pm, got up ate a hot bowl of soup and then went back to bed and slept another 9 hours.  I am feeling better today, but may need to lay low this weekend.

I'm sure my immune system is low due to stress.  My new job is great, but very busy.  My living situation changed.  The landlord sold the house he has just rented to me and 5 other people.  He also keeps changing his story. We have not been asked to leave, and he said he is not sure what the new owners will want to do, but we will find out in a month or so.  

He has been acting extra weird lately.  He keeps creeping around the house, coming in whenever he wants uninvited and unannounced.  I think he has a crush on one of the women upstairs.  He is getting creepy and I don't feel safe here anymore.  I sat him down and read him the law and we discussed our lease and how it explains he needs to give us 24 hours notice if he is coming to the house.  EVEN THE LEASE HE GAVE US SAYS 24 HRS NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN.  He finally agreed.  Most all of us are looking for new places to live asap.  STRESSFUL STUFF.   The good news is I lost another pound this week!  I keep focused on what IS working in my life. : )

40 weeks VSG Post Op

65 pounds & 44 1/2  inches lost so far!

It really feels like it too.  I put on the new suit this morning that I bought for my interview a month ago.  IT LOOKS HUGE ON ME NOW.  It's way too big.  I am starting to see the real change coming in my shape.  I think the Leangains 16/8 intermittent fasting and doing my workout at at the end of my fast at 11:30am daily and eating an almost Keto lifestyle, is burning more fat off me than ever before.  I am getting leaner.  The scale is not moving that fast, but the inches are!  It's REALLY making a difference in blowing through weight loss stalls.

I saw some friends last weekend that I hadn't seen in almost two years.  They were blown away at my change.  It felt extra great, because one of them said some mean shit about me regarding my size and my weight back then.  I'm on my way to feeling better on many levels, but right now, I GOT TO GO BLOW MY NOSE.  I am on track to getting to my goal of 145 pounds this year.

I need one of these.

 

My ass is still parked at the same weight this week.

Yo All,

So I started my new fun job supporting computational Scientists in Discovery Biology at my NEW AWESOME START-Up JOB this week. Weee!  I work in the Dog Patch of San Francisco everyday from here on out.

I just spent $8.00 for 2 scrambled eggs and 1 sausage patty for breakfast.  I then spent $17.95 for a small bowl of soup and a thin sandwich for lunch. This was my first day on the job. WTF? Yea, I'm in THE BIG CITY.  :  )

How can a tiny tummy girl eat KETO in a fancy pants city on a small budget?  I will soon hopefully show you how.

I got on the scale this morning and nothing changed, thank Bob.   I did drink some serious Tre's Friday Night Indulgences (Low Brow Champagne & TJ Cherry Cider) after I found out our Landlord brought several unannounced rounds of "Investors" throughout the house without notice and the sold our house to them and didn't explain WHF was happening.  He is extra special that way.

When I called him on speaker with everyone renting the house present, he said nothing will change. Sounds shady, but like he somehow worked out his debt issue in a creative way.  We all haven't an ounce of faith in this guy, but we hope he is telling us the truth and that after just moving into this place, that we will not have to all to move again.  WE WILL SOON SEE.  At least one thing is stable in my life, my  income.

I looked around my place of work for cool lofts apartments, rooms for rent, studios etc. and they want $1899 for a walk in closet "Efficiency Studio" with a hot plate. HELL NO.  The Girls & I, live is a house that just sold for $999,000. and we all share the place happily.  United Airlines Attendants, Me & another diva in Biotech, an adorable Barista & a History Teacher/Nanny.

It has been a weird STRESSFUL week.  Amazingly, I did not dive face first into Bi-Rite Creamery.  That actually would be a good way to go.

I bought some nice Microwaveable Re-Sealable Bento Boxes and an Microwave Egg Poacher for work meals.  I have some HFCL meals planned everyday until my first pay check on the 15th.   I hope to have my Leopard Lounge VW Glamper Bus home soon!

Sunday I will pre-make yummy lunches for the week and hopefully will totally  enjoy them. 

AMAZING ICE CREAM!

Bulletproof Coffee Review & Bio-whacking...

Finally the scale is moving down again.  I lost one more pound this week.  I think this intermittent fasting is making the difference.  I have been drinking Bulletproof Coffee in the mornings and I really like it.  I also have been reading Dave Asprey's book The Bulletproof Diet.  It has been very interesting.  

How to make Bulletproof Coffee:   

https://www.bulletproofexec.com/how-to-make-your-coffee-bulletproof-and-your-morning-too/

I'll say this:  His information and research are impressive.  The book is a wealth of knowledge and his writing style and personal story are inspirational and helpful.  I went and pulled up his Youtube Channel and began to watch him do a lecture and learned, PUBLIC SPEAKING AIN'T HIS BAG.  He thinks he is really smart and successful and wants to make sure you all know, over and over.

He sort of reminds me of a man who was a sickly kid who must had been allergic to everything and probably was beat up a lot.  He is handsome and self made, but his ego still needs some maturing.  It's as if he still trying too hard to be accepted.  Maybe he has not completely learned to love himself yet.  It really comes through when he expresses himself on camera.  If you can get passed that part, his videos have great information. 

He has kind of a sexy Scorpio edge to him, which is appealing, but he comes off as emotionally saying, "I'll never be good enough", so his message is incongruent.  It's like you want to get the guy stinking drunk, make him cum hard a few times, and just hold him and let him cry for a long time so he can get it all out of his system.  That's my version of Bio-hacking, technically that should be called, Bio-whacking. : o

I can't imagine how scary it would be to find out that literally parts of your brain were no longer working.  I love that he found ways to biologically get it functioning again.  We really can heal ourselves with our diet and other things. 

I read that he once used "Teaching Plants".  I was very impressed by this.  I hope he continues using them along his path.  I hope he finds healing from whatever must have happened to him in his past.  I find it is mandatory to at least once a year, "Hard Boot" your system at a sacred Ayahuasca ceremony.  It purges the shit and 'Bullshit beliefs' right out of you, gives you a fresh beginning and a cleaner soul to the Truth of who you are. 

His information however is priceless and the research and work he has put into his book is well worth the cover price.  I do have to say, his coffee kicks ass.

When drinking Bulletproof Coffee, I found immediately that my gut feels calm when drinking butter, MCT oil (Or his XCT Oil) & his special clean roasted coffee.  I don't get the crazy 'Colon Blow Effect', that other high end fresh ground coffee gives me.  I never knew about the mold in coffee production until reading his book.   

Butter Coffee does take any glimpse of hunger away for hours. A BRILLIANT IDEA AND PRODUCT!  It makes fasting easy and my brain and mind do feel clearer.  Trying to get enough fat in my diet has been a challenge for me, this coffee really helps for 16/8 intermittent fasting!  

Yea, leave it to me to recommend Ayahuasca and VSG surgery.  When you REALLY want and need to change, YOU TRY EVERYTHING.  I am crazy and bold enough to go try it all.  I am all about long term permanent change and healing.  My tiny tummy is happy, the High Fat Low Carb lifestyle feels good and and I am getting results.

I lost another pound and am well on my way to losing this belly fat I so proudly earned consuming mostly incredible home brew and outstanding micro-beers.  I do miss beer, but I am happy to give it up so I can live a better quality healthy happy life.   

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE BULLETPROOF DIET BOOK AND HIS COFFEE!

To get yours go here.

The scale is moving down again!

Broke the stall! 2 pounds lost this week!

That is 63 pounds total lost so far!  

I am trying something that I really think is working for blowing through a weight loss stall. I started tracking my food and that was very telling. I was eating more carbs and calories than I realized.

Even with a tiny tummy I still have to decide what I am going to eat and when.  Trying to figure out why I was in a stall was making me do tons of research.  This week I decided to start the 16/8 intermittent fast protocols and stick with a HFLC eating lifestyle. I think this has made all of the difference in breaking my weight-loss stall and get the fat burning off me and not losing muscle.

My doctors recommendations for VSG Post Op follow right along these lines diet wise as well.  No wheat, no sugar, full fat, and small amounts of full dairy.  Basically no processed foods at all.  Even hot dogs are out, but real made sausage is okay. It's basically meat, salads and lots of eggs.  I keep my net carbs between 20 - 30 per day.  It has been around 1100 calories per day average.

I have been weighing my food to get the truth on what I am actually eating, that has been helpful too.  I like the reassurance and want the data on what is working and not.  I don't feel hungry or deprived at all and the scale has started to move down again.  I have also noticed it's my belly fat that is melting away faster than anyplace else right now.

 37 Week Post Op VSG 

218 lbs. ~ 43 inches lost so far!

It's the fasting that is the new thing that I think is making me leaner faster.  So my eating schedule looks like this:

7:30pm - 11:30am 16 hour fast.  (Sleep 7 - 8 hours, Water, coffee only)
11:30am ~ Meal 1: Drink 18 oz. water then eat LCHF ( around 350 calories each)
3:30pm ~ Meal 2: Drink 18 oz. water then eat LCHF ( around 350 calories each)
6:30pm ~ Meal 3:  Drink 18 oz. water then eat LCHF ( around 350 calories each)

Yea, I am hella serious! 

and yea, I just said hella.

I used to drink my coffee with cream in the mornings, but that won't work with fasting, so I just ordered some Bulletproof Coffee and Brain Octane Oil to try out BULLETPROOF COFFEE'S in the mornings. I'll let you know all about it's effects after I try it out. : )

I may allow myself one day a week to just eat whatever I want, like on a Saturday for instance.  What I have been finding is, when I don't eat sugar or flour, I feel much better.  I have no cravings and I am more alert and my brain and thinking feel clearer.  I also notice when I eat sugar or flour, I crash the next day.  I feel like I have a hangover and like total crap.  Friday nights are my party nights usually.  I plan for cocktails.  So lately it's been 5 days a week Mon. - Fri. my high fat, low carb lifestyle with 16/8 intermittent fasting.

Friday night, vodka, white wine or Champagne and Saturday partake of at least one high carb shumthin, shumthin, and Sunday recover.  It sort of resembles a Carb Cycling principle and I still get too party, try out to the newest sexiest restaurants in San Francisco on the weekends and not feel like I am missing out on my social life.  Remember, I have a tiny ass tummy, I can't eat much anyways.  I just don't want to freak myself out with a strict diet of any kind and suffer the psychological cycle of feeling deprived and obsess over food.  I will monitor how this goes.  I may have to stay stricter and go full on Ketosis to get to my goal weight faster and do that weekend plan as part of maintenance down the road.  We will see.

I am in the honeymoon phase of this VSG surgery still.  They say you lose most all of your weight the first two  years after surgery.  I am in month 9, and am half way to my goal.  Not having the hunger hormone in my body - Ghrelin being produced, was the very best part of the VSG surgery.  I do have hunger, but it is nothing like it was before surgery. 

I have 73 more pounds to lose to make my goal weight of 145 lbs.  I was a size 28 when I started, I wear a size 18 today and it's becoming loose on me.  I unpacked some boxes from storage recently and found my favorite "Little black dress", it's a size 8.  I have it hanging on my wall as my new goal of body measurement.  It's motivation for sure.  

I start my new job Feb 29th and with it will come new and better healthier daily routines from the start.  I will get to my goal, get leaner and stronger, one pound and day at a time.  Thanks for following along. 

If you are considering VSG weight-loss surgery, LCHF or trying intermittent fasting, - I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM!  

I think I made "My Fitness Pal" public, so if you want to join along on that too , join, IT'S FREE!

Still stuck at 220 lbs.

Hi Everyone,

So basically for two months now I have been in a weight loss stall again. From everything I have read, this is pretty normal.  In the last 2 months I have been under some stress with the huge changes in my life.

January 1, 2016: I relocated after 5 years to a new larger nicer home closer to work.

February, 22, 2016: I was offered a really great direct hire position in a hot Biotech start-up.  I start on Leap Year Feb 29th!

March 2016 starts me on a solid path and better grasp on shaping myself in my own future. 

I think it's time to really start tracking my calories, carbs and proteins closer.  I don't eat much, but I need to make sure I'm not going higher in calories than I should be, or not eating enough calories either so my body thinks I'm starving and holds onto the weight.  I walk 3 to 4 times per week, but I think I need to start upping my exercise too. I need to  figure out how to get the scale moving down again. I bought a food scale to weigh my food.  I am tracking everything to make sure I know how and what I am consuming. 

I am now using My Fitness Pal to track my food intake and exercise to keep better track of what I am doing.  I will get to 219 lbs. soon, I swear to fucking God I will.

The day you read I have made it to 199 lb. will be the 

next happy dance you will see me do big time!

I will be singing  Happy, Happy, Joy Joy"