Oregondaisy

I usually just minimize the chat window, leaving it down at the bottom of my screen. I go to my browser and open a new window with the forums. I click back and forth between the two. I'll check in the chat room tonight and see if anyone is in there!

Judy, during the clear stage I used GNC unflavored Protein powder and mixed it with crystal light, K20 protein Water, and SF Hawaiin punch. There are the nectar drinks that are also allowable for the clear stage. You should check out the thread in the food section that shows where to order samples. If you can stand the taste, (the taste never bothered me) You should try to get protein in even during the clear stage. My favorite for the full liquid stage is the PVL brand Whey Gourmet Peanut Butter and chocolate that you order from Netrition.com

I haven't been opening the window because nobody seems to want to chat. It would be nice to get a regular night and time set.

I don't mind any cardio machine at the gym as long as I have my earphones on and I am into whatever I am watching on tv. I do this one machine that's an elliptical and a stair master depending on how you move your feet.

It does get better. I can pretty much eat anything I want. I had a piece of pizza last night with no trouble. The best part was that it filled me up so I had no desire to eat more while I watched my son and DIL polish off the rest of the large pizza. I never have pain or discomfort of any kind. I pretty much forget that I ever had sleeve surgery unless I eat too fast or don't chew my food. Then, it's uncomfortable.

Mac, you rock!

Judy I am so glad you're home! You will feel better every day, and you'll love watching the scale go down!

I am so glad to have that band out of me. I love the sleeve. Maintaining my weight is effortless.

Look at the U tube demonstration on the beginning of this thread. It looks like so much fun!

People started noticing when I started wearing clothes that fit me. I wore clothes that were too big and baggy for quite awhile because I just didn't want to invest in a lot of clothes that weren't going to fit for very long. As soon as I started wearing form fitted clothes I got comments every day.

I love adding dried cranberries too. It really jazzes up the taste of salad.

I am willing to bet that over half of us on this board have had surgery with Dr. Aceves. There is not one of us who was unhappy with the care we received, and I am positive that every single one of us would highly recommend him, his hospitial, and all of his staff!

I drank some no sugar added pure apple juice and added unflavored protein powder to it when I was on the post op clear stage. I wasn't worried about the carbs because everything else I drank was carb free. I could only have 4 oz at at time, so I didn't think that that few amount of carbs would matter much.

Welcome home Judy. So glad you're home and on the losing side now. Feel free to complain to us often as needed about being on the horrible liquid diet for the next 20 days! So glad you're back!

Oh I have done it that way too. I do it that way if I don't have that person's messages in my inbox. If I have already pmed with somebody, I just go in my inbox and hit reply. It is way easier actually to just click on their name in a thread.

Salad really doesn't do it for me. There really isn't much fiber in lettuce. I can actually eat quite a bit of salad, if it's just mixed greens. They chew down to water. I am like Vegas though. I add chicken breast to my salad and chop it up into really little pieces, and then I can't eat much of the salad.

I had a fitting at Macy's. thank goodness I don't need to shop at Lame Bryant anymore.

My gym is going to be starting classes. I am not sure when, but they have been playing the DVDs in the reception area and I can hardly wait for the classes to start.

My doctor recommends Miralax. He says it's okay to use it every day. It is not a stimulant laxative . I don't use it every day. I had one painful BM and decided that was never going to happen again. I drink a ton of Water and have ever since surgery. I know I get all the water I am supposed to have every day. I thought at first it was because I don't eat as much to make much waste, but that theory went out the window after one painful bm. Now I take half a dose of Miralax every other day and all is well.

Maybe each brand fits differently? That's all I can think of. What I want to know is where you found a 48 B. When I was wearing a 40B, I could never find that size. They think if you're a B you should be smaller around. I am having trouble finding bras to fit me again. My boobs have shrunk so much, I can't fill the cups out!

I don't like their software but I have been going there more often because there are so many people there who have had surgery more than a year ago.

Most surgeons are happy when we share this information. Nothing like free advertisement from a happy patient.

I guess that's what I was trying to say too. In the beginning I was still getting my required amount of protein from my protein drinks. Then in between I tried bites of chicken salad, tuna salad, egg salad, the ricotta bake, etc. I remember very well only being able to eat very few bites of anything, and being surprised at how easy it was to keep up my protein intake because I had several protein drinks that I really liked.

Thank you! I hope this thread keeps going as people either rent or go to the movies.