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I have heard of some people not being able to tolerate one or the other kinds of protein, whey or soy. Try the other and see if that helps. I also like the premier protein from costco. They are handy, premade, only a little over a dollar apiece, and taste good.

BBQ'd chicken thigh with spring mix salad with bolthouse ranch dressing(only 45 calories per 2 Tbsp.)

The costco shakes are wonderful! I like the vanilla with nutmeg on top. It tastes like custard. I also mix them with ice and fruit to make smoothies. They are a little more expensive than powder, but the convenience is worth it to me!

The Ocean Spray diet cranberry with lime has 5 calories per 8 ounces, but it is really good for a change. The calories are from real cranberry juice concentrate.

My pre-op was like Carolina Girls, and I got so sick of sweet flavors that chicken broth with protein was my favorite thing! I used plain protein powder in Knorr chicken broth cubes, or Unjury chicken protein powder. The trick is to mix cold and then microwave, or it is lumpy.

84 pounds!

I have the Leslie Sansone DVD , Walk at Home. It is 4 miles and you can do all or part. It is like having a treadmill, but I don't have to worry about falling off!

Buy a pedometer, or Fitbit. I try for 10,000 steps a day. It doesn't always happen, but it keeps me aware of how active, or NOT active, I actually am. I work at a school and found that I get over 5,000 steps just walking around at lunch and recess. I bought my daughter a fitbit for Christmas and she was getting less than 3,000 steps a day with 2 small children. It was a wake-up-call for her, and now she makes a conscious effort to move more. Fitbit tells how many calories you have burned and converts steps to miles. I am on my second one because my dog ate the first one! LOL

You can buy cup warmers. Set your cup or bowl on that and it should stay warm, I don't know if a plate would work though.

12 degrees here in "sunny" CA. More snow tomorrow!

We live within 5 miles of it, northern CA. I am too big a scaredy cat to hike more than a day trip. Sleeping in the wilderness is NOT my idea of fun!

And trying to wash it down with liquid doesn't work. Like a plugged drain, you don't want to pour in liquid.

I had total hip replacement 7 years ago. As said above, it gave me my life back!

The ultra tracks steps, stairs and sleep, the square one just tracks steps.

My daughter and I had our surgery May 2011 on the same day. It has really be nice to be able to encourage each other. We live 2 hours away from the Dr. so it is great to be able to go together (plus she drives and I don't have to).