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Well I didn't actually buy it, my mama did. She's been dead 15 years so it doesn't hurt to rat her out. Back in the late 50s-60s there was an item called Ayds. It was a caramel type diet candy. You chewed 1 up, after 20 minutes you drank a cup of warmish, almost hot water, no tea, no coffee, just warm bland water.After 30 more minutes you could eat a meal. The theory was the candy expanded in your stomach and you wouldn't eat as much. She spent,$10 of Daddy's hard earned money on this, a box about the size of a candy covered cherry box. Made the manufacturers pockets full and a lot of people's wallets thinner.😭

Talked to my girls this morning. They told me they are old and tired like me, as long as I am gentle and don't cram them too hard they don't care what brand I put them in. Don't know for sure why they are so grouchy, they are 12 years younger than the rest of me. Of course there isn't as much gap between 60 and 72 as there used to be 😟

The Tyson grilled chicken, I don't get the strips nut the smaller chunks, put leftovers in small sandwich bags,make great snack for later. 😜

is there anyone out there that was depressed😙,before surgery and now afterwards it is now under control? Everybody knows how badly i want surgery but is surgery going to make me THAT much worse?😖

Did you happen to find out,what Secret Victoria has been hiding? Been wondering myself for years. And how come its called AMAZON when its right here in the US of A? And lastly, why isn't it called Eternal Revenue when you have to,pay them forever and forever?

@46w4kds, don't worry, your gyno may say you're now an older woman but you'll be a permanently young cute👧 chick to me. After all, I'm old as dirt, me and Methuselah double-dated with Moses and his sister. I was the one who gave Daniel a cold Premier Protein when he got sprung from the Lion's Den and helped St Paul with eye drops after he went blind on that road trip. Yeah, I've been around a👵 long time! If I say you're still young and cute-- you can rely on it!😜

@Tmocha has anything changed in the last month with you?

Hey @ Seahawks Fan, have you gotten in touch with anny of these ladies? Maybe they could use your expert advice.😜

Good Tuesday morning @proudgrammy! Quick,poem for,you- made it up meself! Sure you're more bouncy when you have less pounds***** You no longer have a boulder of weight to drag around***** Remember any time you don't like my poetry, you'll never find anyone who works cheaper! 😜👍

Be optimistic my Bird-type individual, when the team,wins again this year you'll get a Championship shirt in a much smaller size. It could and may just happen! Glide on to victory😜🏈

@angjade2 think of it as honoring him on his birthday, your uncle would be proud of you, he would want you to regain health, and this birthday gift to him will do it. Now put a happier smile on, you're always prettier with a sile😜

Sprinkles sprinkle a little love on us as you travel across the chrystal bridge to that bench of Victorym Goons miss you so,please hang around c a c while longer!😜

Did he/she appear,to be aloof or approachable. Do they welcome questions? Will they be accessible or will you be palmed off on ED doctors who are not familiar with Bariatrics? Do they practice in a partnership or are they lome doctor for this speciality.? Are their admitting privileges at a Center of Excellence hospital(in US) or with a teaching hospital.? Does his hospital routinely book in private or semi-private rooms? How long his patients remain in hospital or does surgeon do only surgery on an outpatient basis? Is surgeon board certified or merely board eligible? When are visits booked presurgical and postsurgical? How many surgery done yearly, how,many daily? Do they have a favorite surgery or they willing to discuss it with the patient? Are all surgeries laprascopicaly or are there occasional open procedures done?

Did you check over on The April postings to see if your missing poster is there_ Being as they're on the end of the,month, they could,be on either one.😜

Sprinkles and Relle-- it's evening now, hopefully surgery is over, how are you both doing?😜

For one week-looking pretty good but will be waiting to see the next chapter and picture of your journey😜

Happy Birthday @Luckis32, May this ye a r bring you only good things!😜

@Saundra89 good luck and smooth healing from your surgery. Please check back in with us when your surgery is complete, we would love to hear from you.

try premier protein peaches and cream,I got them for my in-case shelf where all the pre surgery items are,kept. Still not giving up on late Spring-Early Summer for me. Anyhow last week I was running late for PCP appointment. Hadn't ate so,popped one open. Not bad at all, very faint evaporated milk aftertaste. I'm sure I will loathe such things before pre and post 😷 surgery diets are finished but I could stand this one. I'm allergic to chocolate and so many use that for a shake flavor, I like strawberry now, but every day? Maybe not, cross that bridge when my road opens back up.. Soon and very soon is my deepest hope. 😜

@GayGirlLivingForHer, no no that is not right, oh i hope place#2 is perfect and things go forward ! You and Andrea need to keep going forward towards the day, I'm sending a volley of good c wishes your way. Now chin up, smile on face and know things are working out soon😜

well the only one I have had recently,is bum wiping is getting better, not perfect but with another 15 pounds?

How about Here I Go Again or Beyond the Sunset or one of mine from childhood My Hope is Built On Nothing Less. Come on, BsriPals let's help Seahawk Fan out with some,more song titles appropriate. Oh I Thought,of another "Shoftly and Gently"😜

Hey come to think of it I always used 250, maybe I should make that a mini goal on my way down from 323 to 175? 😜👍

@Redmaxx so sorry,to hear all this. You frighten me a skoosh, I am the adult child of 2 diabetics, not whini,g as much as stating a fact. PCP and I when we were discussing me trying a second time for Bariatric surgery felt this would stop any chance for diabetes to develop. Now I hear "tain't necessarily so!" Ought oh, not what I was hoping to hear. And then another poster says the same thing happened to her, well" que sera sera", whatever will be will be. But the magic bullet just misfired, guess the bariatric world isn't perfect after all. Hope both of your cases level out, and I'll follow and still be your Bari-friend.😜

Good idea Fluffy Chix, an chain gang of dishwashers, gotta love it. I learned my way around the kitchen pretty early,but,mine went kinda bad. My Ant Grace was pies, my mother cakes and I was cookies. Started making Snickerdoodles at 7, and of course if there were any failures, any slightly miss' shapened they never went in the trash when they.could go down the rosy tube God put in my throat. Should have been making salads with you. Instead when I was picking up tricks of the trade we cooked enough for a threshing crew. And think,of the poor starving children in China, India etc. I now have Indian and Oriental friends, none of them expressed gratitude I ate my,portion and theirs too. So here I am, seeking surgery , for my youthful dietary indiscretions that went on and on. I am one generation ahead of , golly in the South I would be old enough to have a child your age. There's about 17 years between us,Weill my parents had just came out of the Depression where people, unless they were able to grow their own food, starved. So when I came along they wanted to make sure that their baby didn't have that problem! You had 5 siblings, I was a lonely only, and I was,loaded down with dietary excesses. Managed to keep it to slight pudgy-hood with plenty,of exercise, then puberty raised its ugly ugly year,i was told to settle down and start acting like a lady. And I bought into it and ballooned. Went from 110 to 175 in less than 6 months. Now I will try to work with my future RnY to diminish back down to that size. it is not going to be easy, well no more taking the easy eat-all-you-can way out. Junky food was an abusive boyfriend, beat me up with blobs of fat, waddle while you walk, keep you short of breath. I'm no longer going to be like those sorry broads on Jerry Springer saying "but he SAID he loved me!", Nope he did not care about my welfare or anything else associated with me. Painful as the divorce is and will be, it is happening. I have seen on Bariatric Pal there is life after bulging blubberhood, and I want and shall have it. I'm finding out vegetables taste good without buttery sauces,and a tiny helping of fruit satisfies me more than a whole Apple pie for me. And it is sometimes good to watch others with a Premier Protein shake. Oh my body is still trying to fight back, but day by day I'm going to gain a victory. I used to say if I only could be that person or that person, my lifer would be,perfect. Even wanted to be a CreekImp or Fluffy Chix, although your stories are impressive and inspiring I've got to sing my,own song,make my,own kind of music, be the best Frust8 I can be, so what if I don't end up with Fluffy Chix weight, a Creek Imp figure or one of the other pals body shapes, I can still be a good ME, love and be proud of MYSELF for what I have accomplished. And bottom line; I'll regain a healthiness I have not had for years,can't go back to being a teenager but I can be the best 72 year old possible.AND GUESS WHAT 🌏THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!😜