Oregondaisy

http://www.verticals...-drinkspowders/ this link worked for me. I don't know why it's not working for someone else. If it doesn't work, it's right at the top of the food forum under Protein powders- places to get liquid Protein samples

I paid $11 for 11 samples including shipping. The phone number is on that "places to get samples" thread in the food forum under protein powders. http://www.verticals...rotein-samples/ Nectar Syntrax You can get a box of all 11 nectar protein flavors directly from Syntrax for $4.99 plus $5.99 for shipping. Contact Rick Davis Medical Sales Manager nectar@si03.com1-866-333-7403 ext. 803

I agree with globetrotter. The way it is now, it's just about unusable. It's very frustrating. i have figured out how to navigate around here, but I don't like it. It seems to take forever for the post to come while you wait for all the ads to load

I eat a few almonds or walnuts in between meals. There are some 100 calorie packs of cocoa dusted almonds that are really good. They are not very filling. they make a great snack. To stop losing , you need to add back healthy fats such as avocados, and nuts . I also just love muscle milk light and it does not fill me up . It's just extra protein and Calcium, for about 150 calories. Another thing I do is add a little bit of Fiber One Cereal in my yogurt. I need the fiber.

For me, when I am full, the food feels like it's coming up from my stomach into my esophagus. Just try not to eat more food than the palm of your hand, is you're not measuring your food.

The Protein shots that have collagen are not good forms of protein. Of course they are better than no protein at all. Collagen is made from boiled cow hide. I would try the Sytrex nectar if you don't like milky tasting Protein drinks. You can get samples quite cheaply if you look in the food forum under places to get samples. http://www.verticals...rotein-samples/ Nectar Syntrax You can get a box of all 11 nectar protein flavors directly from Syntrax for $4.99 plus $5.99 for shipping. Contact Rick Davis Medical Sales Manager nectar@si03.com1-866-333-7403 ext. 803

I am really getting frustrated. The pages take a really long time to load. All the ads have to load first and you sit and wait for the posts to come up. I have learned my way around this new site , and I still don't like it. I sure haven't been spending the time I used to spend here before the changes. It's just too frustrating and the posts are so tiny, they are too hard to read.

Alex, the default font size that we are stuck using now if we don' t edit each post is very tiny! I am sure most of use liked being able to pick a color and stick with it for every post, which we had set from the user cp. I don't care as much about the color as I do this tiny font that I can barely see.

If you really want to eat bread, there is some new really thin bread in the grocery stores these days. They are shaped like hamburger buns but they are very thin. One slice or half of this bun like shape, is 50 calories. I doubt if you'd be able to eat the whole thing. Have you tried the ricotta bake that's in the recipe section? It's good and full of protein. Bread has no protein in it but you could try the deli meat with it if you're cleared for solids.

Everyone is different though. I was a band to sleeve revision and had no nausea or pain . I had left shoulder pain the first 24 hours from the gas they use during surgery. The next day, I was fine and drank anything they brought me with no trouble what so ever. I could not even tell I had surgery. I was walking around outside the hospital all day long because I was so bored in my room. When I got home, I was able to drink my Protein and move to the full liquid and mushy stage with no trouble. When I got to solids, that was another story. I was not in pain or nauseous, I just got really full on only a few bites, so I was still supplementing with Protein drinks.

For me there is no difference between mushy and soft. Different doctors use different terminology. I had yogurt, sf fudgsicles, listed as a full liquid. Soft or mushy are things like egg salad, and I was also allowed ground meat. I often made ground turkey seasoned it with taco seasoning put cheese on top and mushed in a bunch of sour cream. It was yummy even though I could only eat a few bites. For clear liquid, I used unflavored whey protein and put it in anything that was clear, such as sf gatoraide.

Thanks Susan. It's a real PITA the way it is now. Also, do we have to change our font for each post every time we post? In the old system, I had it set so that every post I made had the font and color I want. I don't see a way to do this, except for doing it every time I make a new post.

Thank you Alex. I know you work very hard to make VST the best site around and we really do appreciate it. Getting a sleeve is pretty scary to most people and being able to come here learn and share is so valuable. People learn more here than they do sometimes from their own doctors and they say so all the time. That is thanks to you for all your hard work that you provide VST for us.

Thanks for the tutorial. That did help. I went and read about the pms and it said there would be a box to check to delete the ones you want deleted. I can't find any box next to any of my pms. My box is getting full but it's hard to delete them one by one. I need that box to check.

Okay, Alex , you know I trust you! The problems we don't like in the chat room are we liked being able to chat in different colors. It makes it easier to see each person's last addition to the conversation. We also liked being able to choose our own font for that same reason. The chat screen is just too small. Sometimes it gets very full in there. I also liked being able to stop the scrolling when the screen is moving really fast. Alex, I think the chat room is really important. It's where new people come when they are scared and they can't eat right after surgery, or they are dehydrated and don't know it . They are nauseous so they stop drinking and that makes things worse. They come to the chat room because they are afraid they made changes to their bodies that are permanent . They want reassurance that everything is going to be okay, from people who have been sleeved awhile. Are these things that you'll be able to change?

Protein shots are not the best form of protein . You need whey protein. Read on them and see if they are collagen protein which comes from boiled cow hide. Every doctor and nutritionist I have ever talked to said it's important to get your protein from Whey.

Please tell us we are not stuck with this chat room. Everyone hates it. We can't change the color or the size of our fonts . and the chat screen is way too small. the only good thing about it is the band people can't hop in and out. I am finding it much more difficult this new way to post. how do we permanently change our font size and color for all of our posts without doing it individually for each post? How do you delete old pms? I have to bring up each pm and then delete, rather than check a box and delete a whole page of them? Alex please explain why we had to have these changes? Everything is much more difficult, even if you can do what you want to do-why make it harder to do it?