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And a big ditto.

Ditto to that!

You are my new favorite poster! In English, what is a pulse? ;o)))) If you EVER come to the US I swear, I will cook for you. I do not cook for anyone but me but I will cook for you and your family and you will love it! Thank you~

BTW.... You might want to do a search for Antiquarian cook books and antique cook books on ebay. Then find the title you want and check out: AddALL book search and price comparison And see if they have the same title cheaper. You can find true treasures there. If I still had the old cookbook I'd be happy to send it to you but I'm pretty sure I gave it to my friend who loves cookbooks.

Ahhhh, we all do it every now and again. It's part of the "process" we go through. Nonono... it wasn't rationing, it was what they grew and caught for themselves. Blech..... I have a hunch if we had to catch and "clean" our own food today we would have a LOT more vegetarians today. ;o)

Oh yeah, I'd be checking that mailbox on a daily basis. ~~munch munch~~

Speak for yourself. ;o)

I have one!! Or I did, I'm not into cookbooks so I gave it to a friend who is. One was ... I forget what it is called. It was a Southern US delight.. I think it started with an "S" and ended in "Goo". Absolutely disgusting! You get a big HUGE MEGA pot, something that holds 50 gallons, put it over a fire. Add every vegetable under the sun, ham, chickens, squirrels, various rodents, spices, and let it simmer for a day. Gahhhhhh! This cookbook is sooooo not PC, OMG it is so not PC but it was funny to read. ETA... I think I just thought of the name.. bergoo? (sp?)

No surgery type fixes head hunger. Hang in there, you have no choice. You have to do this. Call your doc and ask for more suggestions. If you get a leak you won't be eating or drinking anything for months. You'll have a feeding tube stuck in your gut for nutrition or an IV. Stick it out, you can do this. IOW, yes, I do think it would hurt a great deal to eat food at this point.

But the discussion was not what *do* people eat, it was can one eat inexpensively and healthy. That was the topic. I am the one that brought up the cheap white carbs. My point is that you can eat very healthy maybe even cheaper than white carb-canned-no nutrition Pasta and sauce. I flat out gave you alternative examples of cheap healthy foods. Just today I saw chicken thighs/legs for $0.29 a pound. A big chunk of dead bird/cow/pig does not have to be the main portion of the entree. It's not even very healthy to do that anyway. Mom isn't Mrs. Ingalls. ;o) In this case I beg to differ, this is Ladies Home Journal. That is what it was in print for, for ladies to exchange ideas. OMG I love these mags! They are priceless. A version of "Dear Abby" is in there, beautiful dress patterns, just beautiful. Not that I would want to wear that stuff today (itchy, tight, hot, uncomfortable) but absoluletely beautiful dresses. Ads for tape worms (their diet technique of the time), ads in general. Recipes for everything made from scratch... I adore these mags. Yes, just ordered some today. It's a capsule so the capsule will dissolve in your pouch and the Ca Citrate will drain to your stomach. Take three daily: NSI Nutraceutical Sciences Institute - Vitamins, supplements, Herbs and Nutritional Formulas Or they have nasty chewables.

Ever hear the phrase... Nurses eat their young? ;o))))

I almost always agree with you but this time I do not. I agree with Veronda. I know soooo many people that are obese and well to do and if insurance won't pay for WLS they won't self pay. It's not as though they have no choice, they can well afford it. Do you honestly think a person with that mindset is going to do as well as someone who wants it soooo badly they they sell off wedding rings and such to get WLS? I've seen every type of person there is posting on these boards over the last three years and I've seen people write things such as... I really don't think the band is going to work for me, I probably need a bypass but if it doesn't then insurance will pay for revision surgery to bypass. Do you think a self pay person is as likely to say that? And btw, we self pays work *really* hard busting our butts for our benefits, too. ;o)

Based on your opinions I just ordered the book. If anyone is interested, they are pretty inexpensive and you can get it new (hardcover) for under $10 here: AddALL Rare Used and Out of Print Book Search I LOVE this site for used and new books. You can usually find just about any book you are looking for, in or... out of print.

That is not true, it is absolutely wrong. MidwesternGirl's Profile I disagree, Mrs. Ingalls was known for her apple pie and chocolate cake. ;o) I collect antiquarian books and mags. I have a couple of years worth of Ladies Home Journals from the late 1800s and they list menus and recipes and every single main meal has a recipe for a dessert. It talks about having a variety for main dishes as well as desserts and I have to tell you, the recipes do sound kinda gross. See above link. What do you think? ;o)))))

Oh Judy, I am so sorry! That must be so hard, you had your date and everything! Nobody is going to tell you to shut up, we are the ones that understand how you must feel! Hang in there, we are all there for you!

Life is sooooo much easier as a thinner person. I want the whole world to get WLS, even skinny people just so they never get fat! ;o) Congrats on your date! You won't be sorry you did this for yourself!

Thanks, Suzanne, you are always so sweet. I know of a lot of people that wish I was more like you. HA!

Fantastic story! Welcome to the forum. You are a huge inspiration to all of us, please keep posting!

How far are you post op? What is your diet like? What is your exercise routine?

You know, I've been trying to decide if I wanted to respond to your post point by point because you have a great deal of misinformation here. Such as claims that Almanza is not Allergan certified or uses Inamed bands. That was not the issue, the issue was that a very poor quality band is/was (?) also offered. The worst band on the market. Nobody claimed Almanza has a lot of complications, that was not the discussion. The discussion was that another coordinator (just as of a couple of weeks ago) claims Almanza has NEVER had a complication and that's total bull so we really don't have the slightest idea what his stats are because our posters are not getting the truth when they call the "clinic". I even suggested that complications are part of surgery and no surgeon can have a complication free career, I was defending Almanza. So you are seriously manipulating discussions here to push your doctor. I can provide links to those complications and discussion of the complications if need be to show your actual motives here. Your clinic is not a hospital, it is a CLINIC! By US standards you know darn well it is a clinic. Isn't it a small, older home that was converted into a clinic? Does it have a heart center? Blood bank? RPh on staff? ICU? CCU? Radiology dept w/CT equipment, etc? Emergency Department? To run around letting everyone think it is a hospital is misleading. I could refute your entire post point by point but you know the truth is, it doesn't matter. You are bringing your dirty laundry over here and posing as a victim. It isn't going to work. If you have problems with posts written on LBT, keep it on LBT. We do not want to play these games over here. I am going to close this thread, it has nothing to do with VST, it has nothing to do with sleeve topics, and we just aren't going to play these games. If you have a problem with posts on LBT, keep it on LBT. It does not pertain to this forum.

Vitamin deficiencies are very common in obese people, most of us didn't have a great diet before surgery. Vit D deficiency ... that is very common in WLS patients as a whole.

OMG I could have written most of that! I soooo relate to knowing the inside of every toilet in every restaurant. I was on liquids for 4 months before I finally couldn't take it anymore and revised to a sleeve. I have to say, even with great follow up care (I had very good follow up care) I don't think the band is going to last anywhere near a lifetime in anyone. (

Get your hiatal hernia repaired (should have been done during your band removal) and the reflux will probably go away. The band sucks in the US, too. What does Mexico have to do with it? I'm a nurse too, and going to MX was the best thing I ever did. Getting a band was not one of my brighter moments but that has nothing to do with Mexico. Getting sleeved, that absolutely was one of my brightest moments. ;o)

I get typos, I'm the queen of typos. But I'm seeing posts where people cannot spell 3 and 4 letter words. They aren't typos, they spell the same words repeatedly throughout their posts. There is a person that her spelling and grammar are so bad I have no idea what she is trying to convey and she's a college student. How the heck did she get out of high school?

Who is suggesting cutting out a food group? Since when is flour and sugar a food group?