KristyLynn

hey guys for those of you who have or haven't done this yet...what do you or have you or will you add to your shakes to give them better flavor? if you have preferences. :eek: i picked up 2 weeks worth today and the woman said that some ppl add .. uhh? mint? lol. and something else to the vanilla. any tips would be awesome, i start on monday. eeeeeek. :cool2:

uh oh. :cursing: my insurance ends on my bday. so now, after all this, i don't know if i can get banded. :huh2: :crying: :crying:

oh, i know. i had 2 sips of vanilla for Breakfast and i am going to be sick lol. i am putting it in the freezer...hoping that if it freezes, i can eat it with a spoon and pretend its ice cream. but when i tried that with another flavor, it never froze. lol.

lol, i have news also... *EEK* .. i got a call back from my dietitian and she said "maybe i can approve for you to put a banana in it, or something" ........LOL.......so...i cheated? i had 2 sips of the shake with banana and strawberry haha. i guess my dr.'s system is more strict than i thought. :w00t: lol. anyways, i threw that one away lol. *yuck*

i left a msg with the dietitian, so i am wondering about it. if it comes down to it, i have decided to take all of your lovely advices and sub out the meals i can't stand, for the suggestions here. lol. call it "cheating" by their book, i don't care LOL. i will still be on liquids, just as long as they taste better than what i have, so i can ingest them. :thumbup: so thank you, for all the advice and now i wait and see if the dietitian is mad at me? :thumbup: lol.

the sad fact is that this is what they "prescribed" but...i am going to call and "verify" that it's ok that i skip meals once in a while because i'd rather be "hungry" than sick. (hopefully she will have a better solution though) yeah, i wish they would have tested them, after reading that they sounded good, they would have noticed that was the only good part lol.

ok, i am sorry, it must be me. i think i have a taste retardation or something because.... adding 5 strawberries and half a banana with the ice and packet of meal stuff...put the blender stuff @ two serving sizes...which means it cut my meal in half in CONTENT..right? half potent? this time, the sips bring tears to my eyes lol. :thumbup: i liiiiike strawberries and bananas. but i don't like this. lol. and it smells better than it tastes TODAY. LOL. yesterday it smelled as bad as it tasted. haha

ok, thank you guys verrrrrrrry much. now that i know what one tastes the worst... (i am hoping) lol... it is PINEAPPLE-APRICOT and it makes me want to throw up after every sip and it takes me around 20 mins to get down because i am so scared of it. what can i do to hide the taste? LOL. i have strawberries...should i dump all of them in? :thumbup: lol.. ayeyayeyae. me scared. u know? i don't want to make it worse. lol. but..holy wow. this is baad. again, thank you guys. <333 and this is the label..

hey guys, thank you so much for the responses. =/ well, i cried myself to sleep LOL. i usually only cry when frustrated so i don't know if it was pain or frustration over pain. >:thumbup: BUT, here is the story... i am going to St. Joseph's hospital and the cooridnators, dietitian, etc...they chose this one brand because of the ingredients, i guess? they said it would be the best for their program, and we had to buy it. $150 for 2 weeks. so that will eventually become $300 for the liquid diet. it's 600 calories a day. (200 per...meal.) no...food. i've had slimfast and some other stuff before.........i thought that was bad...but it was just a lack of my attention you know? ...like...why have that crap when i can have food? lol. i was young. so i just blew it off. BUT THIS.........HOLY WOW. we had to buy it. not knowing what anything tasted like...annnnnnnd i picked a box of what the lady said "everyone loves this one" ..pineapple-apricot? and after every sip... no joke...i said "oh God." because...i couln't take it lol. anyways, here is the label. the front of the box says "must be under physician supervision if using under 800 calories per day" lol. i'm at the point where i am fearing my next meal...right now. i'd rather post on the forum. LOL. it's been ONE DAY. this will be my breakfast...my 4th meal. how many more to go? lol. *scream*

i hear you guys. :crying: i wish the surgery would come already, this pre-op liquid is making me sick. :wink2: lol.

WOW! :tt1: i appreciate that very much, i am so happy that u like it. AND PLEASE!! don't give me excuses!! :tt1: send me your perdy face and i will make you one and u can choose which to use! :wink2: i think i still have the file on my comp, otherwise i will take mine and replace parts of it. :wub: no prob! <3333 my email is kristysmiles2much@hotmail.com send it! :tt1:

such awesome news for you guys i can't wait!!!!

and lenore, u are very color coded also! so u did things on the creative level too! i see your tickers! lol

yeah lol. i found the samurai on google then painted my face in photoshop lol! thank u. and wow, so many ppl on the same days, this is so cool. !!! <3

LoL! thank you! i have a feeling that i over-did it, but what the heck. hahaha. <3

very awesome and cute words, tally! :thumbup:

me too, for the 8th :biggrin: :thumbup: .. how did people come up with sept. samurai? and all the other months? thats really cute <3

i know what you mean lol. my surgery is on my bday. my friends made me a cake last week LOL.

can u guys tell me the reason for chest x-ray before this procedure? are they checking my lungs because i have asthma? lol. or my heart? thanks in advance. :biggrin: so, on the 5th, i will be doing stress-echo, ekg, chest x-ray. wew. big day, huh? lol. (i think.)

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hey guys, i just got this idea for a means of "careful intake"... and i was wondering if anyone had any idea of the psychology behind it. remember back in school when you teacher had you learn to spell words by writing them over and over? and when you write, you are programming yourself...when you read, you are programming yourself. kinda like the "daily journals" - food and the gratitude journal...reinforcing, right? well, what if someone had a problem with .. a sweet tooth, or eating too much, and you want to have your mind over matter, just so that you are ok from the "root" of your desires.. what if you wrote "i have no desire for Cookies... cake.. diet coke.. lol" ? would that help? :cool2:

that is sooo funny, i had this soup on sunday and i told my bf "wow, i hope i can have this later because it's awesomeee" lol! :cool2: thanks! <3

what kinda liquids you talking about harleynana!?! lol!!

I finally got my call back and I was excited to hear that I am approved! The only weird thing is that they have some kinda controversy over whether I will be in-patient or out-patient. I am kinda clueless, all I care is that I was approved! LOL. The last I heard is that I have to stay overnight but they... want me out before 23 hours? lol.. ok. whatever. LOL. SO, I went in to pick up some paperwork and she gave me the date of September 8th ! Which is also my birthday. I will be 24. So, I am calling it my "re-birth day" lol. Whatcha think? :thumbdown:

pretty exciting, thank you guys! :wink2: <33