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The way I would look at it is ..... if it will go through a straw, then it's liquid stage, otherwise, mushy. My doctor told me I could have anything while in liquid stage that would go through a straw, but don't use a straw. Good Luck

I never knew Vitamin C would do that, sounds easy enough to try. Thanks for the advice.

I'm same as Amber, no problems with meds here. I do take them in the AM though, so as not to go to bed with pills in tummy.

When I was on liquids, my doctor told me I could have anything that would go through a straw, (I didn't use a straw), but I read a lot of labels and chose soups high in protein, and liquified lots of food in my magic bullet, especially chili. Have you thought about sausage gravy, with egg added, well blended/liquified, some salt and pepper, yum.

Happy to hear they are surviors.

Well guess what, I didn't do it, and I'm still living, LOL. No way could I chug, sip, or swallow any of that Protein stuff, not that I don't wish I could have, because I would have preferred lots of protein. I still got protein, but not as much as ya get in those shakes. Oh no Lisa, I thought it said vodka after the frozen berries, that kind of shake I can handle, LOL, but not smelling that protein stuff, yuk.

I got mine at Kroger, you can eat the entire bag and it's only about 300 calories, AND they are good.

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Gee, I sure miss my "Exercise in a Bottle", LOL. It was so much fun throwing all that stuff in the trash, just look at the $$$$ we're saving.

I got to a stall like that after I started real food, needless to say was very upset, made an appt with diatician, she did the muscle vs fat test and I had gained 12 of muscles at that time and as we all know, muscle weighs more than fat. Those scales can be your worst nightmare if you use them too often. During my 6-7 months post op I was at a stand still again, went back and I had gained 3 more lbs of muscle, go figure, LOL. Don't weigh every day and most importantly..don't give up! Good Luck

When I was on the liquid stage, I was my garbage disposals best friend, chew and spit, chew and spit, especially those teensie tiny particles of food in the Campbells Hand Soup containers.

Try eating with a baby spoon and fork, I know it sounds crazy, but chances are you're taking larger bites, even though you're chewing well. Just a thought, hope it helps.

None of mine have been done or undone under flouro, although, I would much prefer it was. It's so obvious it's much safer and more thorough. Since I was self pay, I got a year of free followups, including fills, I guess he's gotta cut costs somewhere.

I don't have a full sign either, no burp, no hiccup, no knot in the throat or chest, just instant slime once I cross the line, ERRRR! I am working on knowing and remembering my stomach is not not the size it use to be.

A farm animal never prays. wibib My sentence: When I'm bad I'm bad!

I take thyroid med, but I don't eat for an hour after taking.

Isn't it fun to take some time in the middle of a week and "play". Last week it was over 100 here for 3 days, I had to add water to the pool to cool it down, LOL

Big Parties $100.00 bill or 100 lottery tickets

Congratulations, I wish you the best!

I still love my Magic Bullett, can't fix just one shake when the grandson is here, also the extra cups/mugs, keeps me from having to run the dishwasher everyday, LOL.

How neat is this to have a LapBand doctor among us! Welcome Dr. Pleatman, I look forward to your responses. Also, thanks for taking the time to chat/respond to us.

Linda, I've been taking a personal survey and it's amazing, most everyone who has trouble with their fills, with lots of pbing, especially after 1.75 fill, are 4cc banders. My mom, KarenB, myself, and someone else, (forgot her name), all have similar problems and we're all 4cc band. I so wish I had the larger band. Good Luck

Have you tried the Zone bars? They're pretty good, specially the milk chocolate and peanut butter one, 16 grms of protein, but take your time eating it, it seems to grow as you chew.

My 19 month old granson is not saying much yet, but yesterday he was over to get in the pool and walked up on his Pop's dip cup and started saying, yuk, yuk, yuk, which was nothing compared to the face he was making. Where's that camera when ya need it, LOL.