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It may be all the toxins coming out since we are not eating those greasy chocolaty foods....LOL yes I have had a few not many just 3 but they hurt and are annoyingly ugly

You can try Jello too...and sugar free popcycles are grear just crack them in a bowl and eat the pieces....seems to go down without the sleeve even noticing...gotta trick her sometimes.. I am way bad about Water, I didn't like it before surgery and I still hardly can gag it down...Vita water has calories but will slide down pretty easy and keep your energy up and keep you hydrated...I tried a few and the only one I can pallet is the power-c dragonfruit

Vance- you are truely an inspriation....Congratulations keep up being such a great Loser!....I am on the Loser Bench rooting for you!

I have 2 boxes...I thought they were the nastiest things I'd ever spent $87 on....I would buy sample packs before buying an entire case. I have not tried but hear nectar whey drinks are fairly tollerable. Good Luck Sleeve Sister good Luck!

I worry about the pills getting caught or lodged ....my doc told me to cut them up in small easy to swall pieces less than 3 cm round...

OMG these recipies are single, easy....just for us...how cool is that! Thank you for sharing this site. I'm on it when I get home tonight...

The stuff to drink for the leak test tastes like apple ink....it is nasty, but it is tolerable...It took me about 45 minutes to get it alll down but it went down and stayed down....

you are truly luck to have Inrs. to cover 100% take advantage of that.... I had mine done in Mexico Self Pay $9000 and would do it over again and again and again!

My husband and son have been my biggest irritant when it comes to food...they go buy cakes cookies brownies and crap and come home and sit and make mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm sounds....feels almost deliberate sometimes... I'm getting good at ignoring bad behavior

I totally agree I am 6 weeks out and I am afraid to put any chip or cracker in my mouth...I couldn't imagine a pretzel...Yikes...But may I say I'm a weeney when it comes to this whole surgery thing, I have minded the policy and rules like it were the written scriptures....I was just afraid something would go wrong and my docs are in Mexico.... bread, tortillas, chips,....all those are clumpy.....nervous foods for me...Maybe some day, but not in the near future

I got mine the morning of surgery....the docs were so kind and thoughtful, they made no big deal just told me to leave my unders and bottoms on...they removed them after I was out, so not so humiliating for me...And allowed me a shower as soon as I woke from recovery to take care of things...

Good for you! Keep it up...the more active you are the better you will feel. I drove myself home after surgery 130 miles after traveling on a plane all night, as soon as I pulled into town I went to the office and have been here since.

and usually only 140-200 calories I split the bar up part in the day and then part for my desert...

Bethany...I do believe it is truely a lifestyle change, not a quick fix...and if he is having second thoughts prior to surgery...this is huge, it might be he's not ready just quite yet...but in another post he certainly sounds like he is willing to give it a go to be a healthier man for his family...children deserve to have their parents around a long time, and so do grand children deserve to have their Nanna's and Pappa's around.... WLS= Life style change and it is important that everyone in the family is on board to support you... Good Luck esheldon76 with your surgery and your new Journey, Welcome to the Loser's Bench

Fear is what keeps me on board...I've yet to hurl...but if you cheat or eat to quickly or the put the wrong things past your lips....whatch out, you could get to taste it twice... I have lost 47 lbs and am about 6 wks out!

I shop at Safeway and they have some that are safeway brand and have 20 g protein and taste good.

Please do share your recipe for the Lemon Protein Cake...would love to experiment

By now you are probably 1/2 way thru surgery, coming out soon...My advice as a newbie is to walk walk walk as soon as you are able, keep walking you will heal and feel so much better... Prayers going us to keep his hand on your surgeon!

My daughter had galstones, they were so painful for her and she was pregnant. She at 12 weeks pregnant could not live with the pain any longer and risked the surgery. Everything went well, she is less one galbladder and I was blessed with my 4th grand babie girl at just 5 lbs...4 oz. She is 23 and says it has changed her life for the better having the darn thing removed! No more pain.

Yes he is listening...I have been battleing the husband with/for support but I have found in the Lord a new way to cope.... I am reading "The Power of A Praying Wife"...It is fabulous...book by Stormie Omartian....and the preacher preaches on 1 Cor 7....wow..He not only listens but he speaks and loud sometimes....

If you would have told them the water was for medical purpose they would have tested it and allowed you to board with it. It is something the airlines do not broadcast but if for medical they cannot deny you. I had some great help and advice from the TSA security in Yuma AZ when I was headed home. We were talking about the wheel chair help and visiting with woman about the surgery and she asked me in a certain way..."is that vitawater you have for medical purpose...keying me to answer "yes"...I of course said "OH YES IT IS" then she told me under TSA guidelines they allow passengers to board with liquid over the 3 oz if for medical purpose.

try water arobics if ya can...Low friction on your muscles while it builds those muscles in your body, as your body is boyant in the water. I do 3 X a week and pay $20 a month to use the hotel pool.

Alaskan Cod Fish is about the only fish I have found that is palettable and I bought 25 lbs on Friday and have begun to introduce it to my family...Husband and boy are loving it we eat it once a week now. The daughter she prefers to eat the sides during that evenings dinner, as we do not allow making of 2 dinners to accomodate one person who does not "like" what we are having.

My butt yet to start shrinking either, but my feet have melted down to a normal foot size, my pants went down 2 waist sizes, and my face has melted away so it is a glowing 1 chin face....my heart and liver and kidneys i'm sure are rejoycing due to their loss of fats around them.... Always check out the positives....fat is lost around your heart, liver , and kidneys first because they are the ones who are taxed the most from our weight issues, this allows us to get more energy and be healthier so our bodies can exercise with less trouble. Your/my butts will come soon enough give it time, give it time...we didn't make these butts over night!

I seem to also get...you are just glowing...(the only other time people told me that was when I was pregnant) . One guy said "did you do something to your hair? then after telling him nope hairs the same he puts his hands apart and brings them together a bit and he says "I think your face used to be this big now it looks this big...your face is shrinking....Lol