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I had no idea that Swanson even made a 'sipping' broth. It sounds wonderful! I will have to scour the net to see if I can find any! I hope so! I am really trying to prepare myself as best as I can. Fairlife is the only pre-mixed I have somewhat liked so far...it is still a little too much. I have tried so many of the premier protein flavors, and I just can not do it... I even mixed them with black coffee to use as a 'creamer' over ice to dilute them and I just can't do it. I wish I could! Things would be a little bit easier! Thank you! I think I will take all the luck I can gather right now!

YES! Agreed! They all taste so overly artificially sweet and thick! I am definitely going to order up the Unjury sample kits and try your recipe! Thank you so much!

Oh my goodness!!! You are not kidding! I feel like I have been on slo-mo since July... now it is so close I feel like someone hit the fast forward button! Good luck tomorrow, I am sure everything will go well!

Yes, that is what I am afraid of... there are just SOOO many options to choose from. I am hoping to find several sample packets of different brands to try out. It would be lovely to find something I really like, but again, I have read many posts that indicate that taste changes after surgery as well. So...I think if I can find several different kinds, hopefully one of the brands I purchase will work either before and/or after surgery! Thank you so much for the help!

Oh, we are in the same boat! My surgery is at the end of February... trying to get prepared and it is becoming a daunting task! Keep me posted on how your prep is going... I am wishing both of us the best of luck!

Wonderful, thank you. I will check Amazon as well. Is this the brand you prefer to use?

OH Perfect!! Thank you! I will order that up today. Have you happened to try the BariatricPal 15g Protein Soup?

Perfect, thank you again. I will look into Genepro as well. Yowza, what a learning curve!

@BigSue AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING. Thank you! I will take a look at all the links you listed above! Do you like any of the unflavored powders?

@GradyCat Hmmm... I am not seeing anything on the website. Do they offer the samples in store? What type do you prefer?

Oh. My. Goodness! I am sighing a sigh of relief. I thought that I may have been the only person on the site who is going in for surgery in February! Perhaps I just received my date further in advance than most! Thank you for responding - I think the nerves are really playing with my head too! Ha! I will be crossing my fingers for you! I am planning just a week, but I work from home at an office job...so hoping that will be enough time. What about you? Have you bought any items in preparation for after the surgery?

It is official! Yowza! My surgery has been scheduled for February 22, 2021! After months and months of checking off all the boxes in what felt like slow motion, it now seems like someone finally pressed the fast forward button! I am jumping for joy while pushing the panic button at the same time! ACK! I am in search of book recommendations, items you found invaluable after surgery and any other advice you are willing to share!

Thank you all for the advice! I will look into each of the suggestions. I am sure it is just nerves - I just feel like no matter how much time I spend reading/watching online about the surgery and what to expect after - that I am still going to be severely underprepared... hence the search for books. It is absolute craziness, I know. Deep breaths. . . . . .

Okay, so I have a strange request... and I completely understand if this is too weird. So here goes... I have enormous legs, always have, hence the user name. I am starting to freak out about saggy skin and envisioning my current extra leg skin looking like a shar pei around my ankles once I get to goal. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take shar pei ankles over being in my current obese body... I am just wondering what other large leg ladies look like after WLS.😊

Thank you all for replying! New&Improved - I hope this is the case for me!! I wear an 11 right now! Ugh! Lynda486 - I will take normal looking calfs/ankles any day! Congrats. So hoping this will be the case for me as well! S@ssen@ch - We might be long lost sisters... I am also 5'7"...so there might be hope. Although, the genetic gift of our tree trunk legs I could have passed on! I am so looking forward to THIS (ha ha ha): Just curious - are you an Outlander fan?? LaLaDee - YES! Thank you...this is my hope TOO!!! ms.sss - What can I say that doesn't sound like I am a creaper... YOU LOOK LIKE A SUPERMODEL! Holy Hannah - you should be on billboards announcing your amazing results. I took a look at all the pics you posted and I am in absolute love with the navy polk-a-dot dress. This is def. a goal dress now!! As for the following... I am not young and I have won the lottery on the bad gene inheritance...so... only time will tell! Thank you all again. I so happy I found this site!

I will definitely not miss being treated like I am ignorant and that my ideas have no value. I will not miss the crude comments or the farm yard animal sounds made when I walk by. I will not miss the absolute disgust on people’s faces when I speak to them I will not miss always hiding in the shadows I will not miss being the biggest in the room, yet the most invisible I will not miss the aches and pains that come with carrying so much extra weight Most of all, I will not miss my boys being embarrassed by having such a fat mom!

Thank you all for the insights! It gives me a little sigh of relief that the WLS will continue to work after the weight is lost as long as I continue with the new lifestyle. I think Heather13 said it best... I realize it will not be an easy road, but remaining prisoner in my current fat body is no longer an option! I will try my best to not continually psych myself out! Again thank you everyone. This is an amazing site!