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Hi all, If you are in the SF South Bay Area today, I'd love to meet up tonight at the WLS Support Group in Saratoga. I will arrive at 6:30 so we have time to chat before the meeting. Here's the details: Dr. Debra Safer, Psychiatrist/Professor/Researcher at Stanford University and Clinics will share some critical information with us on "Strategies for dealing with emotion eating and weight regain." Wednesday, August 7, 2013, Saratoga Community Center. We meet from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Guests are welcome! Joan Pisani Community Center (We meet in the Adult Day Care Room) 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 We request a $5 fee to pay for the room. Dana Schroeder PHN, RN, CBN Bariatric Program Coordinator-Bariatric Support Group Facilitator Danajschroeder@gmail.com Cell: (408) 307-2890

Hi all, For those of you two years out or further, do you have more heartburn? I have recently noticed an uptick, and I'm not sure if its time related or because I've become a little more adventurous in my post-op eating. Today I had a small serving of spaghetti sauce, noodles (not whole grain), and a bite of garlic bread. I am paying the price! Not sure if it's the Pasta, which I rarely eat, the spaghetti sauce (ditto), or if I am just more prone to heartburn as time goes by. I don't think it's the bite of garlic bread, because I have had that without problems many times. Lynda

Congrats and welcome to the Goalies Bench! Lynda

I prefer Chobani Fat Free Plan or Fage 0. I sweeten with splenda and sometimes add a little fruit, such as blueberries or strawberries. In the winter, I also sometimes mix with canned, unsweeetened pumpkin, a little vanilla,and some pumpkin pie spice. Lynda

The description of the Vets Forum and the qualifications for posting are in the comments at the top of the Forum when viewed from the full website. I don't think this info shows in the app versions many people use to access the site. (our sigs and blogs are also not accessible from the mobile site). Here's the text: This forum is dedicated to veteran Sleevers who are six or more months post-op, to discuss issues specific to those who are further along in their journey. You must have 100 posts in order to post here. Lynda

Wow NY Lou! Glad you are finally on the post op losers bench. Looking forward to reading your goal post! Lynds

And you don't feel worse, which I almost always do if I eat much crap food. So even though you may feel Ike crap, you haven't made yourself feel worse, and that counts for a lot. Someone here (forgive me but I've already forgotten who) said self soothing doesn't have to be self sabatoge. So true! Lynda

I don't think it was there when we were younger. At least not poking out as much. I was always thin when I was young and I had lots of bones poking out but not my sternum. After this long at goal, I don't feel my bones as much as I did. I do still tap my hip bones once in awhile to make sure I can still feel them. Lynda

Sorry! Sometimes the only good thing to be said for a day is that it is over. Lynda

Try the unjury or the GNC gold Standard Whey. They are primarily whey isolate, which is better absorbed and less likely to cause issues because there is very little lactose. Lynda

Congrats and happy Sleeveversary! You look fabulous! Goal is a very personal number for each of us. Lynda

I drink the more acidic things I enjoyed thinned with Water, usually about 50%. That's how I drink diet minute maid lemon aide now. And try Lipton diet green tea with citrus. It was one of the first flavored drinks I tolerated well. Lynda

Maintenance mode. Weight 134.3 this morning. Last night I ate an additional snack of 1 oz. mixed pretzels and cheese its and 2 small squares of dark chocolate. B: 2 oz. 98% FF ham and 3 fresh prunes, then about an hour later 3/4 C. Fage 0 with 1/2 cup Kashi Crunch Cereal L: Italian stir fry (2.5 oz. lean ground beef, handful of spinach, 1/4 c. red peppers, 1/4 c. green beans, 2 cherry tomatoes, 1/2 c. whole grain pasta, 1 tsp. olive oil, basil), one See's orange hard candy S: 2 oz. low fat salami and 1 oz. Special K crackers D: Left-over Turkey Pot Pie (1/8 of a pie crust, 2 oz. turkey, 1/3 c. corn, carrots, peas, and onions, 1/6 can cream of chicken soup, 2 T. milk S: ? Not sure yet. Trying to go easy on calories because I'm making cupcakes Tuesday and eating lunch in SF on Thursday.

No. No one could pooch their lips out that far without help. Lynda

OK, you two are bad (Laura-Ven and zenandnow) and now I'm gonna jump in. I saw a woman this morning whose lips looked like she kissed a blowfish. Went great with that elfin eye look you get from pulling the skin too tight behind the ears. Butter: We also have great farmers markets. There is one almost every day somewhere in the valley during the summer. The one in Mt. View is the best I've been to. Lynda

Congrats and Welcome to Onderland! Lynda

Walk, walk, walk and gas X strips. Lynda

We're all rooting for you! Lynda

No. It's not common. Are you taking an acid reducer, such as Prilosec? Call you Dr. And discuss. Have a food log ready since they probably will ask what you've bee eating. Lynda

Yes, sorry about that! Your post said "and a few hours going home" so I thought you lived a few hours away. I get it now. You will go home a few hours after the surgery. 20 minutes is good. Lynda

Agree with Fiddleman. I had to skip stone fruit season the first year I was sleeved. But by the next time the season rolled around, I could indulge without getting sick. Lynda

Be sure to check about the few hours going home. Lynda

I have to admit - tortillas are one thing I still don't eat much of at over two years out. I can eat tortilla chips, but the flour tortilla - I swear I can feel it swelling as soon as a take a couple of bites. I can eat 1 small corn tortilla. Lynda

Maintenance mode. Weight: 133.6 (think that was a fluke; it was 136.5 yesterday) B: 2 oz. 98% FF ham, then about an hour later 1/4 c. oats with 1/2 peach and 1/2 c. soy milk, drank another 1/2 c. soy milk before eating oats. L: 3 oz. lean ground beef, 2 hawaiian rolls, 1.5 T. mayonnaise (I cut the rolls into thirds and make three sliders), salad of 1/3 c. lettuce, 1/4 avocado, 5 cherry tomatoes, 1/4 c. cucumber, green onion, and 2 T. light ranch dressing D: Turkey pot pie (1/8 of a pie crust, 2 oz. turkey, 1/3 c. corn, carrots, peas, and onions, 1/6 can cream of chicken soup, 2 T. milk S: 1/4 mango, 30 grams Special K chocolate cereal