MrsMaddBroadway

I love the caramel chocolate crunch atkins bars! They are always my snacks on the go. I usually have half in the morning put in zip lock and half in the afternoon. They taste great and it's not too sweet! I haven't tried any others but I will soon.

I just got this 2 days ago and have done close to 6 songs for the past 2 nights (6 songs each night) I really like it. I also bought the broadway dancing one. (I'm a broadway Showtunes lover!) it was very fun and so far I feel great and really enjoyed it. The first night I danced with my younger brother and the second night I danced with my cousin and best friend. Very great game!

Omg! I so know what you mean. I was 339lbs before surgery now I'm at 271lbs today. All diet no excercise. I am really trying to crack down on this now. I'm 21 and want to change my habits an be healthier all around. So I told my husband ( who has never weighed more than 170 lbs in his life) we need to excercise now! I'll let you know if we stick to it. I hope we do, maybe I just need some motivation. ? Idk, what has worked for you?

Wow I felt the exact same way before my surgery!! I was a full on Coke addict. No diet and no variations just original! I didn't stop drinking it until the day before surgery. I had to have one day cler liquids before surgery and have not touched it since. And let me tell you, since surgery I have not wanted to touch it. I kinda see it like a poison now. Empty calories that will get me no where I would like to be. Thankfully I always felt the same way about alchole so I have no problems sipping my sweet tea and crystal light drinks!

Same here no gas pains. I was only sore in the one spot they held my liver up during surgery but after 2 days that was gone.

Heartburn help needed... I have never in my life had any heartburn issues with food. Now after getting my sleeve surgery I get heartburn after drinking too much water! What is a good medicine that I can take for this? Is this going to e a long term issue? If so, what is a good long term medicine that will work for my sleeve. I am currently on my mushie stage and start soft foods next Monday. Also, how long do I have to wait before lying down? At night I love getting up and having a sip of cold water. How long do I need to wait before lying down again?? I have been lying down fairly early but that is when I get the worst of the heartburn problem. Is this the reason behind the "no lying down after eating rule"?? That is my thoughts but if anyone knows another reason please let me know. I really hate taking big pills are there any other types of heartburn medicines that will work for me? I know this is a lot of questions but I am new to heartburn issues. Thanks

Well I just had my surgery November 29th so I don't consider myself an "experienced sleever" cause my surgery was only 2 weeks and 4 days ago. But I am back at work and started lightly using my excercise bike last night. I stayed on it for about 10 minutes lightly peddling and taking sips of water every so often. I don't think that is really what you meant about working out but it's a start! Lol

I am 2 weeks and 1 day post op. I am still in the purée stage and wondering when I can start to excercise. I think I might do some light excercise on my excercise bike tonight and have some tuna fish afterwards for protein. My mind wants to excercise because I want this to work for me but my body keeps saying chill out and heal. Idk??

Omg!! I remember that song!! Lol

Exactly! I swear.. My uncle is an ass. He is so judgemental and is like that with one of my cousins too. She is overweight now after her first child and he is always on her case about losing weight. It amazes me that he can be so rude about something so personal. He did have a heart attack in his 40s and he isn't overweight but just because he clogged up his insides with nothing but meat doesn't mean every obese person is a ticking bomb or something. People just need to think before they speak. I'm sure to all my clients I am known as the "big girl" but I wonder what they will call me when I'm small! Lol

I just realized how much peoples opnions have affected me thus far.... For bad and good. I am so aggravated about judgemental people in my life. So, today was my second day back at work. I'm only coming part time because my surgery was November 29, 2010 an it hasn't been 2 weeks yet! Well I'm back and I'm talking to the woman who took my place while I have been out and she said "Everyone has asked where you are!" (God I hope no one told my clients what surgery I had...) Anyways this afternoon one of my customers (a loud, obnoxious woman who is also obese) came in to the store and after saying how nice it is to see me and asking what surgery I had done says "I made your husband mad while you were gone." (my husband and I work for the same company) I asked why and she said " I can never remember your name so when I came in the other day I asked where the big lady was. I spoke to your husband and he told me he didn't appreciate me refferring to you like that and that he was your husband." Then she says, "I told him I was sorry and not to take anything personal because I'm big too!" and laughed. Well he hasn't told me anything about that. He never mentions any negitive things he hears about me if he doesn't agree with it. That is actually one of the reasons I married him! When we first started dating I brought my husband over to my uncles house. It was his first time meeting anyone aside from my mom and little brother. He was so nervous and I really wanted things to go well. Well while we are there my uncle asks my new boyfriend for some help throwing away some old glass peices he was using on an art project he'd been working on. So bf says yes and while they did that I walked around my uncles art studio. When they came in my new boyfriend (of only a few days btw) sat down and wouldn't look at my uncle while he talked. I asked what was wrong and my uncle says," Maddy I'm going to tell you what I told your new boyfriend. You need to lose weight! I told him that if he loves you he will not take you eat out anymore and he will start to excercise with you!" I was so pissed and embaressed at that point I couldn't say anything. Then uncle dearest says, " Yeah, he told me that he doesn't care about your weight . He thinks you are gorgeous and he can't believe how lucky he is that you are interested in him. But I care about your weight and if he loves you he won't hurt you by letting you destroy yourself." Well after that we quickly left and I was silent during the whole car ride. I was extremely embarresed about myself, my family, the retarted situation we just got out of and just stared at my lap. When I finally looked up and out at my window I realized that we were pulling into a Chillis parking lot and he was taking me eat. I asked him why he wanted to go there and he said, " I really don't like your uncle. I think you are perfect and I think after the meeting we just went through we deserve to pig out!" Gosh, I love that man!! Anyways I don't know if this is really a complaint or me just story telling but I guess what I want to say is People really shouldn't judge others they should worry about themselves! Also, I apologize if anything is mispelled. I am typing from my iPhone and these things love to correct any word and put what they think should go there. Thanks for reading.

OMG!! I am so happy that I read this! I started my full liquid diet today and never even thought of fudgesicles!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm sending my husband to the store now! LOL Yeah, I don't like jello. I bought some and my hubby has been eating them. I'm glad to be out of the clear liquid stage! Thank You Diva!

WOW! Okay I am totally sold on a slow cooker!! lol I am very excited about learning some recepies now! Thanks

I think it willl be! I am excited about learning. My husband and I hardly ever get a home cooked meal and this year we had a pot-luck Thanksgiving at my older sisters house and I had to bring the utensils! Even my little sister made a cheese/ ground meat chip dip! LOL I think this will be fun and the croc pot sounds like a dream. Thank you for the advice!