SpiceyMom

Would melatonin be on the approved list? I have some tablets and some chewables...

That's a scary thought after years of studiously avoiding them! I want to find a pretty one, seeing as she'll be my friend now!

Yep...sounds like a fun problem to have! I'm definitely looking forward to the shopping portion of this program, at least after I'm fairly stable in a weight range. Until then, I'm a little intimidated about how much to buy in each size! Sounds like you've had great success getting here! Glad you're enjoying it!!

I'm going to Mexico! Surgery is April 28th with Dr. Alvarez. I liked the idea of being able to drive from Dallas rather than fly to San Diego (and it would actually take less time). Not that it was a primary consideration, but a nice benefit. Now I need to get going on the Protein samples, finding out what to bring to hospital, what to have ready at home, etc. I think I may need to get some meals cooked for the fam before i go, too. Keeping a family of ten fed is a challenge on the best of days...may be Herculean for the first few days, weeks (months?) after surgery! Glad to have decided on a sleeve vs. RNY, though, and to have found this forum. Great info! Sooooo hoping for a decent weight loss in the first couple of months, as i am going to a high elevation in both late June and early August. Don't want to be huffing and puffing like last year. Soooooo happy to think those days may soon be behind me for good! Now to figure out how to tell my parents I'm going to Mexico for surgery....wish my dad would come with me and get it done, too...even at 68 I think he would be great! Grinding to a halt from all this rambling....Jill

Knee high boots!! I want some, too! I think by next winter I could have some, too! I have loved reading the lists and could identify with almost all of them. It's amazing how similar our experience of being overweight has been.