MacMadame

If you are going to watch reality TV, you need to get up on the Lingo, babee. Some people do call TAR, the AR but I hate that!

I suspect that the move to more drama was deliberate on the part of the producers. It seems to be a trend with reality tv. I know my two favorite shows seem to have gone that way in their casting... DWTS had many more controversial figures on them this season than last and the producers had been quoted as saying last season the contestants were "too nice". TAR did that as well and I no longer watch it for that reason.

Have you looked for a South Beach cookbook? Here are some websites with WLS-friendly recipes, too. theworldaccordingtoeggface Recipe Exchange - wlsfacts.com

I think "stupid insurance reps" is redundant. :wink2: I had one tell me WLS was included in my policy when it was excluded. In fact, that happened with two different reps at two of the insurance companies my company uses. Morons.

But because they posted their link, you can now accurately judge their source. If they don't post it, they can say something like "according to a noted nutritional expert" and you'd have no idea.

That picture reinforces my impression that McCain is obsessed with Obama.

I have been declared the Queen of Cosmos on another board. I just want to mention that in case we start handing out alcohol titles here. :wink2:

So you would rather people just made declarations without backing them up at all? I'm sorry, but that's silly.

I did some thing interesting things after my surgery too. Just ask Wasa.

I agree about The Daily Plate. You can join Groups and that helps you be accountable.

Good luck!

And she's not the least bit smart. She constantly says dumb things.

It's made from the fundus. That's the blob on top. (Well, it looks like a blob to me.)

The reason to wait a bit, btw, is because of hernias. Any exercise to the abdominal muscles too soon could strain them and cause an incisional hernia.

I was told 2 weeks... same as any other exercise.

So you are on the borderline. You might want to do something to push yourself up to 40. Like have a big breakfast and drink a lot on the way to the appointment. :regular_smile:

Welcome to LBT! Waiting sucks, doesn't it. :biggrin:

It may be normal but it freaking HURTS sometimes!! Though today I measured right and when I was done with my soup with cottage cheese, I didn't hurt and my nose felt runny. I was in HEAVEN! :biggrin:

Did you mean to post this in the Thirties thread instead of the PA thread? :biggrin:

Personally I don't think you can get "too much" Protein. Did you know that you can safely eat 2g per kg of body weight? It works out to something like 280g of protein for an averaged size guy. OTOH, if you weren't limiting your carbs or fats and were also eating a lot of protein, then your calorie intake might have been too high. But I'd blame the carbs for that! My surgeon's practice has found that people who don't limit carbs and don't exercise are the ones with the most trouble losing. I'm supposed to keep protein to 70% of my calories during the losing phase. It works out to 70-90 g of protein for my calorie level (which is probably a lot lower than yours since I don't have a band). Oh and a cup is the size of a fist. Give or take.

When I look back over my life, I wish when I got married that I got WLS instead of joining Nutri/system. But 20 years go, bariatric surgery was a lot more dangerous so I guess it worked out. What's your BMI?

You make a really good point. Some doctors are so quick to blow us off, but we know our own bodies better than they do!

When you PB, do you go on liquids for the rest of the day? If you don't, you risk getting irritated and then nothing stays down.

Congrats on getting a date! My advice is to expect to freak out at least once between now and then.

For me it works better to start small. Otherwise I get all gung ho and go overboard and burn out. So I started with going to the gym one day a week and now I'm going twice. Then next month I'm joining a hip hop class.