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Sorry, can't help, I haven't been afraid to tell anyone.. They either support my decision or don't.. Either way it's not my problem But I'm glad telling her went well for you Munky

YES PLEASE! Munky

I use fitbit and shealth(was already on my Samsung note) Munky

Ha! Mines extensive, I'll wait till I'm sitting in front of my laptop instead of on my phone LoLbs Munky

hehe I was just going to ask the opposite. Is she naturally skinny? Only reason I was going to ask is all the naturally skinny people I know eat everything and anything, just in moderation. My sister in law is super thin, and she lives on candy (literally). I don't think I've ever seen her eat anything that doesn't have sugar in it. Sugar high all the time lol. So if she is, perhaps, she is truly clueless. I'm just struggling giving her that benefit of doubt of being clueless.. Yet she's a boss.. I just feel like it was a very snarky thing to do.. I use to watch "My 600# Life" and seen a few husband's or family members act like that.. Munky

Although I don't know anything about your boss, that was a shitty thing to do anyway you look at it (save the and give them back to her with a thank you card) is she possibly a little heavy and maybe feeling a little.. Jealous? Munky

Dilaudid? Munky

Try not to stress it till there I a reason too.. Look at it as him being thorough.. My cardiologist said I have a leaky valve that may need repaired in the future but he cleared me.. My upper GI was irregular.. The had to have an EGD that shows I have Barrett esophagus & had H Pylori infection.. My doc wasn't sure he'd still be able to do the surgery.. But now yep still a go.. Think positive! I'm sending positive thoughts n energy Munky

I would think your surgeons office would be able to tell you what they want you to do.. Munky

I know when I track it helps me stick to what I should be doing better.. I'm not scared 1 tiny bit.. But then I'm doing this because thanks to Lyme I've gained more weight and am unable to be very active.. And I want my life to feel back, I want to be able to do things with both my sons and my new dil.. I may have to have surgery on my hips in the future and sure can't at this weight.. Also found out (from pre surgery testing) I may have to have a heart valve repaired in the future Munky

Ask him is he gonna stick around and take care of you when you get a little older and can't get around cuz your body hurts or feed you all your medicine you need to be on.. You need to do what's best for you.. Try to explain clearly your reasons.. Is he maybe insecure that you'll love weight and not want to be with him anymore? Some people get insecure and concerned that their s/o might leave them Munky

I was cooking up loin chops to freeze up for my son because I had bought them the day before I found out I was starting a 4 wk preop diet.. So I had pork loin and roasted cauliflower Munky

I'm still waiting for approval and my date too.. I'm not "freaking out" exactly but the thoughts have been in the back of my mind.. But Monday I started a 2 wk preop diet the doc wants me to do for 4 weeks and it's not going so bad.. I have a very small selection I can chose 6 serv a day from.. But no meat.. Drinking all my Protein.. I figure I quit cigz cold turkey because I want this that bad.. I got this! And I feel like reading these forums have helped me wrap my head more around it already.. WE got this! Munky

So I actually ordered some of the vitamin Patches. I asked my surgeon about them before I did and he said there isn't any reason why they shouldn't work and if that's what I wanted to do he didn't care, as long as I am getting vitamins is what is important to him. I got them because I don't want to add that to one more thing to stress getting in. I'm having surgery on 10/25. Has anyone tried them and gotten blood work back on them and had blood work done on them? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I'm super curious about them too.. I didn't even know they existed my surgeon and dietician have never mentioned them I just seen them advertised on here!

I don't use any of those either.. only Stevia .. and I believe the Syntax nectar is made with Stevia .. its not bad at all .. I have several flavors, right now I'm drinking an Orange Cream one I hope you manage to find ones that you can use .. OK I just looked it up and the Premier Protein & the Nectar powders use sucralose(splenda) which were also ones my Lyme doc said were ok for me to have .. Splenda and Stevia were the only ones

mr1121 - can they decline you if you smoke?? My program will decline you if you smoke. They even do a test before surgery to determine if there is nicotine in your system. They made sure they stressed this fact at the seminar I attended. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Same here, he wouldn't even let me start doing the other testing untill I was off cigz for 2 months and did a nicotine test .. I left his office January 28th, woke up February 4th and began .. NOT SMOKING .. .. OH .. and will be doing another nicotine test before the surgery!!

See, I feel totally the other way. I'm glad my doctor has been thorough because we found out some issues we wouldn't have otherwise. My sister had a doctor 15yrs ago that just moved people through and she ended up in icu for a month.. Thankfully today she's good.. But that's partly why it's taken me so long to get to this point of surgery Munky

Oooh silly me LoL Kaiser question means your insurance.. Excuse me.. Sorry.. And Holy sh!t that's crazy for a "co-pay" ???? Munky

Theirs is co-pay.. They have insurance.. Do you have insurance @@Avarine or are you paying for the surgery totally out of pocket? Munky

I agree with @alisa5150 call your surgeons office.. Regurgitating isn't right.. And sounds like you're filling your belly too full Munky

Do you have any hobbies that can keep your head n hands occupied? I love my adult coloring books.. Freeze your Protein drink till it's sorta mushy and use a spoon to "eat" it? Munky

These are YummY Munky

I'm not real good at looking away if you haven't noticed. Why? Because there are SO MANY LURKERS in this forum who are reading, reading, reading and if no one speaks up, they are absorbing bad advice and patronizing warm fuzzy validations. Am I wasting my time? Absolutely. Am I ever going to win any popularity contests for having strong opinions and a big mouth? Probably not. (And I really don't care. I have real life friends who live outside my computer.) Did I get my fair share of finger shakes', eye rolls and kicks in the pants as I went through this process? YUP. Did I learn from those "meanies"? Without a doubt (and DANG I miss them!!) Was I always happy about it? NO FREAKING WAY. But I listened and ultimately, I earned back my health and a MUCH smaller number on the scale. Giving myself permission to eat what I wanted against the advice of WWs and Jenny Craig and Atkins and South Beach and my doctor got me to 264 pounds. Clearly I **didn't** know my body best and caving to the head hunger and cravings did some permanent damage to my body that can never be undone. So if even one person can be reached and jolted back into their new reality of WLS, FABULOUS. That's why I waste my time. No, they are not absorbing bad advice even if lurking they are reading it all.. I do.. And perhaps some of the snide impatient comments I'll make them not want to pose their question?.. Just a thought.. Not everyone is.. Hmmmm what word.. Self confident n secure as you are? So although it seems like a stupid question to you.. Thy need assurance 1 way or another.. Some people need hand held.. Some of us don't.. If you see a post by 1 of those people you have no patience for.. Then move past it Munky

I haven't tried them yet, I've used gluten free(quinoa/brown rice) ones and spaghetti squash ones but I wanna try the zoodles yet Munky LoL @@Lema that's what they all zucchini noodles Munky

I also use a multitude of nectar brand flavors.. chocolate Truffle, strawberry Mousse, Grape, Orange Cream Munky