Just got on the scale. Lost 9 pounds in two weeks.

[LuckyCharms]

Here's what I've been eating since I left the hospital:

Oatmeal with fruit

Bananas

Apples

An occasional slice of cheese

Spanish rice made with brown rice

Fermented pickles

I had 1/2 of 1/2 of a steak and cheese sub sandwich yesterday on a whole wheat roll

At least 12 ounces of yogurt per day

Toast with butter made with hearty whole grain bread.

I'm supposed to stay away from white flour as much as possible.

At least 64 ounces of water per day, plus several mugs of black De-caf coffee.

[Bayard]

1. Excellent!

You were trying to do this, right?

[LuckyCharms]

3. Not specifically, but I'm just eating what they told me to eat, and the weight is falling off.

I did have 3 cookies in these two weeks, but that's about it for the junk food.

I want a pizza so bad.

I also bought some whole grain pasta that I'll cook up with just some butter on it, but I haven't done that yet.

[Bayard]

24. Make your own healthy pizza?

[riversedge]

2. Cheers to you.

[LuckyCharms]

4. And to you as well. Thank you.

[debm55]

5. That's great Luckcharms.

[mitch96]

6. Sounds like you are a testament to eating close to a whole food plant based diet. I lost weight doing this

type of eating and cutting out the beer (I love Guinness )
I don't recommend this other method loosing about 5-7 pounds in the last two weeks...
Covid! Uff I could not eat!! I never get sick so this was a real shocker.
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[LuckyCharms]

7. I hope you are on the mend now?

[mitch96]

8. Yup, Things are getting back to "normal" I felt like I was hit with a rubber hose for about a week and a half

NO energy and just aches and pains traveling from one spot to another. I've gotten most of my stamina back so Yes I'm 95% mended, Tnx for asking..
BTW I would not wish this version of covid on anyone. I't was horrible. I found out later Paxlovid would have been a real help as it stops the virus from multiplying and causing less of an impact

On another note if you can keep up eating more plants you will get healthy. The science is out there proving that a whole food plant based way of eating will keep you healthy for a long time.
You want your "health span" to equal your "Life Span". ... Ease into it and yes I cheat. I had a slice of Detroit Pizza the other day and It was glorious! I look forward to to my cheat/eat days. Gives me something to look forward to.
The one way I do it is this
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“Eat REAL food. Not too much. Mostly plants” is a famous quote by journalist and author Michael Pollan, who suggests it as a simple guide for healthy eating:
Eat food: Pollan defines "food" as
real food, not processed foods or imitations. Real food doesn't have a long list of ingredients, isn't advertised on TV, and is something your great-grandmother would recognize.
Not too much: Pollan suggests eating less and paying more.
Mostly plants: Pollan's advice is to shift the ratio of animal to plant foods in your diet. This approach is also known as a flexitarian diet.

[Darwins_Retriever]

9. 35lbs in 3 weeks

It helps to be sick. I stopped eating, no apatite, everything (except chocolate Boot and Ensure) tasted horrible. Doctors just shrugged their shoulders and said to keep consuming the Boost/Ensure until you can eat again.

[Marthe48]

10. You forgot the yogurt!

Are you allowed to have Ensure? The Ensure + has more protein, less sugar.

[Niagara]

11. Congratulations, Lucky!

That is wonderful.

[True Dough]

12. Are you feeling better?

And at nine pounds lost every two weeks, what will you weigh by next summer?

[LuckyCharms]

13. Symptoms are stll hanging on, but I'm functional. 4.5 days left on the antibiotics. Have infectious disease doc

visit coming up on Monday.

If I continue losing weight at this rate, by next summer, I'll weigh about tree-fiddy. If the weight loss slows down, by next summer, I'll weight about a buck three-eighty.

Jokes aside, I'm still not up to par, and I'm worried it's something worse than an infection. But that's probably just anxiety talking.

[True Dough]

14. Yes, we have this propensity to convince ourselves that the worst is happening

Just keep up with the recommended regimen (with a few odd cookies) and hopefully you'll be back on track before too long. Sounds like you're making progress. That's something! We'll take it!

[LuckyCharms]

15. Thanks, True Dough.

I guess I cheated tonight. I was so damn hungry that I ate everything in the kitchen that wasn't moving. Even some stuff that was moving!

Nothing unhealthy, but I ate a lot, so I guess it's good I have an appetite.

Those fermented pickles are great! the label says zero calories. How can a pickle have zero calories? Or are all pickles like that?

[True Dough]

16. You're interested in my pickle?

We better move this conversation to private messaging, Lucky!

[LuckyCharms]

17. Maybe. How many calories does it have?

[True Dough]

18. My god!

Maybe you're pregnant!?! Ever think of that?

[LuckyCharms]

19. Most of the docs around here are so incompetent that

I'm surprised they haven't given me a pregnancy test yet.

Well, one of them actually did ask me if there was the possibility I could be pregnant.

And I said PREGNANT? I haven't had sex since the Truman administration!

[True Dough]

21. The Truman administration?

Things were a bit more Harry back then!

[LuckyCharms]

23. Well, you know what they say...

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Also...

Get two birds stoned at once.

[kozar]

20. LC ,

Im a fan of yours, if I lost 9 in a week,, I would be I'm ER. As I had gastric bypass surgery.
I can't eat , your menu , for, a day, maybe 3 days for me.
I snack on protein bars. I went from 450
To 208 now..
Lose enough of your body weight,, it becomes, a medical thing.
You have that many calories, as you stated, daily, you shouldn't be losing weight.
Un less you are jumping off walls..
You may need to check yourself in
Im reading, a psyche issue,

Koz

[LuckyCharms]

22. Thanks, Koz, but it's ok.

A week of that two weeks was spent in the hospital where I couldn't eat much. I'm now recovering from that stay, and I can only eat certain foods that are not very calorie dense.

I was inpatient for a GI infection. And except for this evening, where I ate a lot of food, I've been limiting my calories severely out of necessity. I'm following doctor's orders until this thing finally goes away.