Cleopatra_Nik
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Question for newer folks or those with a good amou - This question has no connotation on your process, I am just curious. For the record this is something I never quite figured out when my restriction was really bad:
Do you determin...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Do you drink protein coffee? - I see so many folks and their concoctions on here that I know some of you do.
Check out Bariatric Foodie today for a review of a coffee protein product and a chance to win some ...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Calling all my Frappe lovers! Calling all my " - I see you all on the "What are you eating today?" thread. You are making yourselves some Frappes! You been tinkering around with your shakes. You got some yummy stuff going on!
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Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
What's for dinner - Friday! - Today started off strange. I felt melancholy and like my life was a complete and total disaster.
Not sure what changed but I feel better now. So there's that.
Tonight I'm goi...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a comment 12 years, 2 months ago
Wow!
Cleopatra_Nik posted a comment 12 years, 2 months ago
You were a beautiful bride.
Cleopatra_Nik posted a comment 12 years, 2 months ago
Look at you with your arm band! Is that a Body Media Fit or a Body...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a comment 12 years, 2 months ago
See? I was getting ready to say...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Don't be single-minded when fighting your own obes - This isn’t to anybody in particular nor is it in response to anything anybody posted. Just a thought.
Obesity is a dynamic thing. It draws on many different factors. It i...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
What's for dinner - Wednesday! - This time next week the old ladies will get their hands on me again. I am going to work on just eating REALLY protein heavy the rest of the day to accommodate. But today not so!
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Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
A few exercise tips - Since we’re on the subject of fitness this morning…
(“Huh? We were on the subject of fitness???”)
I thought I’d share a few of the “mind games” I p...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
One-derland revisited - So after last week’s scale meltdown my first inclination was to never set foot on a scale again. It doesn’t motivate me, doesn’t make me feel good and it ultimate...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
What's for dinner - Tuesday! - Two days in and I'm already down one diva. She went to grandma's house. Sigh...
But the elder and I enjoy each other's company so it will be just the two of us. I just ate a min...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
If new-Nik could talk to NEWBIE Nik, here's how th - There are stages to this process and I understand that. Looking back on my own process I think a lot about what I wish I could tell new post-op Nikki from where I sit right now. An...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
OT (sorta): Call me, maybe? (or Nik's semi-annual - Yep, folks it's that time again. For those who have been on this board a while you know I do it ever so often. I pimp myself out for friend requests.
I want to be YOUR friend! W...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
What's for dinner - Monday! - Today I WILL "show up" at the gym. But first I have to go home and make dinner for my babies!!!!
Yes, I know it is head-shake-worthy that I am so maniacally excited that they ar...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Poll: Symptoms of a healthy lifestyle - So we are all familiar with the concept of symptoms vs. causes. Usually the cause of something creates symptoms which are clues to discerning the causes.
For me, sometimes I don&...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Apparently even a Fig Newton can be made WLS-frien - As my pal Melissa Y. shows us in today's blog post, featuring these babies:
These are her Fig Newton ramekins. She cut out the sugar, made the carbs more beneficial and eve...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Warning: Your food label could be lying to you! - I am so devastated.
So, so devastated!!!!
The Today Show tested a bunch of supposed low cal ice creams to see if the nutrition information is accurate for them. I've raved a...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Sorta OT - I'm thinking of holding a funeral... - Well not really. But some rite of passage that signifies that I am no longer Ye Olde Nikki (330 lb. Nikki). This has been on my mind a lot lately.
I’ll always be a part of ...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Posts from the future (and other OH wonkyness) - So some folks posts times are reading "5 hours from now."
And OH won't let me accept friend requests. Nor can I see the accompanying messages.
What else is going on? Anybody...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Since I am on a roll...the secret to maintaining a - Show up.
Honestly it's that simple. Just show up. The rest tends to work itself out.
If you do the gym thing, just get your ass to the gym. If you workout on the Wii, get you...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
What's for dinner - Thursday!!!!!!!!! - Three. More. DAYS!!!!
I am so excited. I get my babiesbackbabiesbackbabiesback!!!!
Trying to contain myself.
Ok. Tonight is the gym. Then home to...???
I probably need...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Two (of many) laws of maintaining sanity on a WLS - #1: Think of snowflakes. Why? Cuz no two post-ops are ever exactly the same!
Some will have more appetite than you, some less. Some will lose faster than you, some slower. Some ...
Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 2 months ago
Making smart choices when we have to eat fast food - That's today's topic at Bariatric Foodie.
Now some would argue you never *have* to eat fast food. I would beg to differ. I once tried to ride it out on my way back from a long t...
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Baltimore, MD
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26.2
BMI
Surgery
01/08/2008
Surgery Date
Jan 21, 2008
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