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i have a great recipe for egg salad : 1 hard boiled egg, 1 wedge of swiss laughing cow cheese, a squirt or two of Mustard and a small dill pcickle sliced up, Mix all together and it is delish! Super easy too!

yes - it is happening to me too. I was banded in sept 2011 and it seemed mine started about the 4-5 month mark...it seemed to get better, but then I had to have a revision surgery in march and now I'm back to losing it again. it is frustrating becuase I've always had a ton of hair and now not so much! i've lost 57lbs, so I'm hoping when the wl settles down a bit the hair will come back.

point taken, but considering what a big mac or any other kind of junk food does to your body long term I see this as the lesser of two evils. if I could have done it based on nutrition alone, obviously i would'nt be on this site looking for support. I have taken this to my doctor and nutritionist who both say it is a healthy alternative. I think we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this.

the only one I found that I could drink consistently and really enjoyed was Visalus protien drink. I have heard a couple people say Click is also good (both have to be ordred online) but I haven't tried it yet. I blend my visalus with ice to make it like a frappacino consisentcy and it seems to taste much better!

WOW- Frank166 bitter much?! I understand that they are not your cup of tea, fine, that is your opinion. In my honest opinion, they are wonderful. I drink them everyday, sometimes twice a day. Since my band surgery, they got me thru the liquid only phase and now I drink them for the extra protien. they are the only drink I've foudn that I can do continually on a daily basis. The product does not contain fillers, as most other protien drinks do. Like I said before, I'm not here to sell the product, i was just sharing something that I found to be VERY helpful in my weight loss journey!

I am a bandster - banded on Sept 14 and I use the Body by Vi shakes. I happen to think they taste amazing. I am not trying to sell anyone anything. But just becuase someone wants to share something they happen to think works for them I don't think they should be "shamed". They are full of protien and taste really good...something i have not found with other protien shakes. I was banded the same time as 3 other people in my support group and I have lost the most weight...i attribute those to the body by vi shakes becuase they are something tastes really good that I can see myself doing the rest of my life.

i use Body by vi too. I love them - I don't know if I would have had as much success as I have had if it hadn't been for them. They were life savers during the liquid diet and the last month that I was in the red zone.

I got my second fill about 3 weeks ago - i had a total of 1 1/2cc in. I have been pretty much in the red zone the entire time. Anything solid food i ate I threw up. I had never puked before then. I had terrible acid reflux too. I've been living on strained soup, visalus protien drinks and cherry berry yogurt. I went yesterday for an unfill and they took the entire amount of fluid out and wanted to give my stomach a "rest". Has anyone else had this happen? I really just wanted the 1/2cc from my last fill taken out. I'm kinda panicked that I have no fluid at all.

I was banded in Sept and have only been stuck twice. It was on fried rice and popcorn. the popcorn had cranrasins in it, so I'm not 100% sure if it was teh popcorn or the dried cran-raisins....either way I'm staying away from both of them completly! I can eat breat in a few small bites, other than that nothing has really been hard for me to eat. I just eat about 1/8th of what I used to! What are foods that you have to stay away from?

I woke up today with a huge bruise near my port. it doens't hurt but i was wondering if anyone else had this happen? I had the surgery about 3 months ago.

Nope - no straws. It seems better tonight though.

I got my first fill this morning and he gave me a full 1cc. I was able to drink water fine. Now I've been burping alot - hadn't had that happen since a couple days after my surgery (sept14). Is that pretty normal? Also I feel like I have a sore throat - just developed this afternoon. Is that related as well? All I've had to eat/drink since my fill is water and a 1/2 cup coffee.

another good one is on the back of Bush's northern White beans can.

Ok- I know you shouldn't partake in these tasty treats often, but I am going to a wedding and don't want to get stuck so I'm just curious if any of you have any problems with cake or cupcakes. i have been too scared to even try bread, but since they are along the same consistency I was wondering if any one had any problems. Thanks.

My favorite is Visalus Protien Drink. It is awesome. My favorite recipe is 8 oz vanilla soy milk, 2 scoops protien powder, 1 tsp decaf instant coffee and ice... blend it up in a bullet...and I swear it tastes just like a starbucks frappacino. Delish!

i'm 3 weeks post op today. today I tried to eat some chicken salad at lunch and about 30 minutes after I ate i had this really tight feeling in my chest. Sometimes I get a little of this feeling eating pudding. Anyone know what this is? Is it stuck, or just having a hard time going down? I ate about 1/2 sandwich (no bread) w/in a 30 minute time span. Maybe I should just stick with soups.

http://www.visalus.com i buy it from a friend of mine who sells it. The frappacino recipe is 8 oz soy milk (or almond milk or fat free milk) 2 scoops of visalius protien powder, 1 tsp decaf instant coffee and 4-5 pieces of ice and blend. It is yummmmmy!

i asked my rn today and she said i could take a few sips of limeaid. I did and now it feels like I have a huge airbubble in my chest. I'm guessing the carbonation was too much, even though I only took 3 or 4 sips. So oh well, i might try to find a homemade recipe for cherry limeaids that don't include carbonation.

does anyone know if sugar free diet slushes from sonic are ok to have? I am really craving a lime slush! or a cherry limeaid. Those are the only two things I've wanted for about 10 days now.

forever? or just until completely healed?

thanks. Thats good to know.

i've tried the butterfinger and it is really good. I havne't tried the snickerdoddle, but it is on my list this weekend. I am like you, it is the only one I found that I really like. And I've tried a bunch! lol

could be real heartburn I suppose. I jsut never usually get it so I didn't think that was it! lol I don't even like tomato soup, but ate it because it was the only thing liquid at our work lunchoen. I will hope that it is and it goes away on its own. I gues I'll chunk the rest of the soup ! My doc never said anything about no tomato soup, but since yours did I'm sure there is a reason for it. Thanks for your input everyone. i just don't know what I'm suppose to even be feeling yet so anything out of the ordinary if freakin me out alittle.

yes I meant drinking... i had tomato soup at lunch and only ate about 1 oz, but have drank water since then. Maybe I drank my water too fast. i'll be on liquids until wed and then puree for a week then soft foods for a week. - so sounds like my doc is right in line with yours