BetsyH

I am SO glad you had the courage to post this. I have had the same struggle - I'm at day 49 and my NET loss is about 10 pounds. My husband and I recently went to a conference in New Orleans and well, I found out that there's nothing about a lap band that keeps you from eating bread pudding...you get the point. The trip cost me five hard won pounds (which I'm hoping is at least partly water-weight). The bread pudding was FREE, you see - my husband found a bug crawling on the wall (which didn't really bother either of us - there a LOT of bugs in New Orleans...) but the restaurant manager just had to make it right by bringing out two ENORMOUS portions of authentic Louisiana bread pudding so it would have been highly impolite NOT to eat it...And you can't really justify a "doggie bag" when you're staying in a hotel. (I've had a LOT of years experience rationalizing stuff like this) - but of course it wasn't just the bread pudding. Since surgery I've been through all the iterations of clear liquids, full liquids, protein shakes, soft food (tough to do when you're trying to limit carbs) - and most recently have concluded that the nutritionist I see every couple weeks is a Nazi who doesn't have a CLUE what it means to have been on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off-off-off diets for several decades and how I react at a seriously GUT level when she says "I'd just love to see you adding in some fat free cottage cheese every day!" I have to say, though, that I'm still NOT interested in the roux-en-Y. I have just enough medical background to squirm when I think about what it does to your anatomy and physiology (not to mention a year's worth of listening to the woman in the next office who was about 5 years post RNY retching two or three times a day and having to use glucose tabs for her "dumping syndrome". SO ANYWAY - it's nice to meet you, K Hunt. I feel your pain. The reality is that we are going to have to change our little LIFE STYLE if we're going to lose weight. (I am mentally strangling my nutritionist-Nazi while I type this) My husband (who is a BAD enabler) and I ordered Nutrisystems on line as penance when we were in New Orleans and started it today. I've had fairly good luck with this in the past even though it's like eating MRE'S. (Meals-Ready-to-Eat for those who have never served in the Army or experienced a major natural disaster) SMALL MRE'S. I'll be rooting for you - don't get too bummed out. I figure we're all going to have to find our own way to do this. I'm going to try to keep my eye on the ball. I've also got my 22/24's still in my closet - they are looser but sounds like we're on the same trajectory. Wanna try to beat me to size 18???

I ordered liquid Vitamins from Biotics Research, that include Multivits which are ok, not too bad tasting, a Vit D supplement that is one drop per day, oral disintegrating B12 AND - this is my problem - "Essential EFA'S" that isthe most NASTY ROTTEN FISHY TASTING thing I've ever run across. I've gotten so averse to it that I get nauseous now just thinking about it!! :thumbup: Any suggestions? I used to take the horse pill size Fish Oil caps but, of course, that's out of the question now. I've tried disguising it with Peanut Butter and that just makes the PNB taste like, well, taste bad. Thanks, all! Betsy