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I was making my son dinner tonight, and he asked for ranch dressing. I got him some, and accidentally spilled some on my finger. I stuck my finger in my mouth, without thinking... Ptuey, I spit it out about a second after I realized what I had done.

Suck on a piece of hard candy, see if that helps. Non-sugar free, like a mint.

Lost 20 pounds since I started the pre-op diet!

I have one of the old school hospital scales at work where you slide the two bars over... How accurate are they?

I have been on a liquid diet for ten days now.where are the solids in my stool coming from? There isn't a lot, but it does happen...

We were at my mother's house tonight, and I had beef broth from the soup/stew she made. How would I track something like that on myfitness pal?

From a guy's perspective, if my wife had lost XX amount of pounds, and I hadn't made any similar, significant changes in my own life, I'd be grumpy. And probably pretty passive aggressive about it, meaning I would be giving the silence treatment...

Syntax nectar or isopure make fruity drinks.

Probably a gallon bag with sea salt with a quart bag inside it with your ingredients, and smoosh, smoosh, smoosh. http://spoonful.com/recipes/homemade-ice-cream-bag

I've really liked the chicken soup flavor, I just stir it well with a fork... If it is getting clumpy, your water may be too hot. I used 2 cups of water per packet, too, which also may have something to do with it.

I placed an order on Thursday, it will be here on Monday.

Any thoughts? Shaken, stirred, food processed? Just hot water, chicken broth?

The strawberry was foul.

It is ok pre-post op per my nut/surgeon. No pulp, though.

I hate protein shakes, though the Atkins are tolerable... Unjury chicken soup is probably the only 'shake' I actually enjoy.

Any suggestions?

Is there such an animal? New whey is more collagen than whey

Stole this and posted it on facebook.

So, I went to the Surgeon today for my pre-surgery teaching, a meeting with my surgeon, and that's basically it... Well, my in-laws, wife, and kids came with for the ride (I live about 20 min from the hospital I'm having the surgery done). Well, my wife agreed to let them come, but said we wouldn't go out to eat because I'm on a clear liquid diet. Well, they started discussing logistics, because she wanted to eat out too, but then I just said that's fine, eat out, I'll come with, I need to get used to it anyway... (In other words, it was my idea). We went to Panda Express, and their website said they had hot and sour Soup, and I was going to get some broth... Well, it turns out they didn't, so I just downed a Protein shot, and drank Water. Then they got cupcakes from a cupcake bakery in town... (I gave my wife the coupon, so also my idea). I survived. I was a 'bit hungry before my protein shot, but I didn't drool on anyone's food I didn't grump, I engaged in conversation... It was hard, though, but I did it. I've been on Clear liquids since Saturday, and all I have to do is make it to August 6th.

Thanks for the support, but I did make a snarky comment about looking up the calories of their meals online On the other hand, it was in response to my father-in-law making a comment about me going into the cupcake place just to smell it We were having fun, though.