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Maintaining your weight loss I had the opportunity to meet and have some tea on Thursday with the most delightful lady. She felt very lucky that she had me living close to her and that I could answer all her question. I always love being able to do that. She has done an excellent job educating herself and she is going to be very successful after she has her “sleeve” surgery in November. I know for many new people on these boards, they sometimes question if we are “real people” and if we are being paid for this. I am a real person and I am not being paid to say the things I say and answer the questions I answer. I do it because it is my way of paying it forward. This lady is having surgery through her insurance in our city—she was denied and first, and then she appealed it and won—YEAH for her. I just want to cheer her on and let her know that she is going to do grand. I wasn’t that lucky to have my insurance pay for mine and I am a self-pay patient. I was so blessed as to have Dr. Aceves do my sleeve surgery and I feel very fortunate to have had him. I have never regretted having it done or my choice of a Doctor. I want to talk about maintaining your weight loss. One of the things this delightful lady said was some of her family seems to think that with diet and exercise she should be able to lose the weight and KEEP it OFF and NOT have to have WLS. I just heard a static and they said 4 in 5 people who lose the weight put it right back on along with more weight—so that means that ONLY 1 person is successful. So for me those odds do NOT appeal to me. I had sleeve surgery 3 years ago and I have maintained my 105 pound weight loss. I never consider myself being on a diet and I only consider my lifestyle changes I have made. It is something that is easy and I can and will do for the rest of my life. I never feel deprived when it comes to food and what I am eating. Yes, I have a desert now and then but only a tiny amount not the entire things. I try not to eat a lot of carbs. Sometimes you will find that just the taste of it, is all you really do need and want. I have to admit I have NOT opened the bag of Halloween candy. Those tiny candy bars just call me and when I pass the candy bowl and force my hand in the bowl to get a candy bar and they make me eat it. So the candy is staying in the bag unopened until Halloween. So that is how I manage that issue. You will find your own way of managing things that temp you. It is possible to maintain your weight loss. If diet and exercise worked for everyone then the diet industry would NOT be making billions of dollars every year. Ask yourself how many diets have you tried and failed at? For me too many to count. You may have lost the weight, but I bet you put it back on just like I did. For those of us who have had WLS, we know this was our answers. I wish you nothing but happiness, success with your weight loss and great health. Hugs, Suzanne Sleeved 10/28/2008

Hi, I am so glad it helped. I have been where you are right now. I went for 9 days and the scale didn't move. I waant you to know that is is very normal to have what we call "Stalls." Our bodies do that. Just keep doing what you are doing and the weight loss will start up again. Never doubt what has worked for you in the past. Just drink your Water, get your Protein, and exercise some and eat healthy. You will start to lose again Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, I am happy that they work for you. I will continue to keep posting. You are going to love your sleeve. And it is the ONE thing that is going to change your entire life FOREVER. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi there, Half way is just fabulous. I do hear what you are saying about how much the quality of your life and how much better you are feel. You go and never look back. This is ALL about YOU and NO one else. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi Everyone, I have thought a lot about WLS and how it has changed my entire life. Someone once told me that you cannot do much about the length of your life, but you can do a whole lot about the width and depth. So, think about improving your Life Spaces. I promise it will make a world of difference. Consider having Weight Loss Surgery and changing your life. If you are on this board you are thinking about it or have a date already set. I had my sleeve 3 years ago and it has changed my entire life--you can do the same thing with your life. You are going to feel sooooooooo much better and become healthy. Life is short don't give one more day away of your life being unhappy and unhealthy and being overweight. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi I had sleeve surgery 3 years ago. Honestly, I am thrilled to NOT have the stomach. I have maintained my weight loss of 105 pounds now for 2 years after losing it. I know it allowed me to over eat and I never want to be able to do that. I guess I never thought of it as losing something--it was the reason I was fat and I didn't feel healthy and had such problems with exercise. Now that is all gone. I promise you, that you will never miss it. Would you feel the same if they got rid of your appendix are something else that needed to be removed to save your life? I don't think you would at all. Hugs and take care, Suzanne

Hi, This may help you. It is a little long, so print it out and read it. I have been asked so many times on this board about what Protein drinks are good and some sample meals that I used during the first month and things I did after the 1st month. These are very valid questions and I know when I first started out I had all the same questions. Again this is long so please print this out if you would like. Protein Drinks. My all-time favorite is: Premier Protein Drink. It comes in 11 oz. drink boxes already mixed. There are 30 grams of protein in each box, 160 calories per box, 1 gram of sugar and 5 grams of carbs. The flavor I buy is Chocolate—that is all I can find at costco. I get mine at Costco and I understand that you can get them at Sam’s Club too. You can order these on line at Costco and Sam’s club. They are also available at this Web Site. http://www.premiernutrition.com/product.html I pay about $25.00 for a carton of 18 drink boxes at Costco in the city where I live. I drink one of these every morning for my Breakfast and nothing else and it has been almost 3 years since my “sleeve surgery.” The next Protein Drink that I have tried is called: Matrix 2.0 Mint Cookies made by Syntrax. You can check this out on this Web Site. http://www26.netrition.com/syntrax_matrix_page.html The cost for 2.16 lbs. is $22.99 plus postage. Item # 39-0963 My next Protein Drink that I have tried and like is: nectar, variety pack, you get 13 single servings in a variety pack. The cost is $22.95. This is the Web Site and they are made by Syntrax also. http://www6.netrition.com/syntrax_nectar_page.html There is one other Protein Drink that I found on Obesity Help.com that was rated really high by 188 people. I have never had it, but you might want to check it out. The name of the protein drink is: Carb Solution High Protein Power—it comes in more than one flavor. They also have cans of it already mixed. The Protein Powers cost $12.99. It has 110 calories, 1 gram of sugar, 4 carbs, and 20 grams of protein. This is the Web Site for Carb Solution at Wal-Mart. http://www.buycheapr.com/us/result.jsp?q=Carb+Solution&qs=ti&ga=us7&ts=go On www.ObesityHelp.com they have a lot of different information about Protein Drinks and they list so many different brands and people have rated the ones they really like check this site out. It has a lot of information about almost all the protein drinks that we find out there. http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/nutrition/a,prodsearch/searchtype,1/criteria,11/ I hate Isopure. It does NOT taste good to me—I know that some people like it. I call it Isopuke, and it reminds me of pond scum. I have been told if you buy it at a GNC and don’t like it and still have your receipt they will refund your money if it hasn’t been more than 30 days since you purchased it from them. I guess they will do that with protein powers too—ask before you buy what their policy is about returning something if you don’t like it. So if you want to try it remember this. There always seems to be a GNC in most Malls. This 1st month after weight loss surgery is going to be the hardest one to do. You just get tired of what they want you to do. It is for a reason—the doctors know what they are doing. You need to let your new stomach heal from a major surgery, so that is why you have to do these things the 1st month. You should try to keep your calories at 800 per day and no more than 20 carbs a day if you want to lose weight. The 1st month you really don’t eat a lot. So in the following months keep track of everything you are putting in your mouth. You can track what you eat on this site. I found it to be very helpful to write down EVERYTHING I was putting into my body. If I didn’t write it down I was going over 800 calories per day and would not know I was. It does take time to keep track of it—you are worth the effort, but once you get the hang of it you will know what 800 calories really are. When you exercise this site helps you figure out the number of calories you have burned and that allows you to eat more than 800 calories. It is an easy site to use and it if FREE. http://www.livestrong.com/ The 1st 10 days for me had to be clear liquids—you had to be able to see through them. 1. broth. I used and love “Better Than Bouillon.” It comes in a jar and it is like a paste. I like it because it tastes great and you can make single servings. It is located with bouillon cubes and soups in the grocery store. I had chicken and beef. I also made some home chicken soup and strained everything out of it and just had the chicken broth. I would try to have ¼ of a cup of it for part of my meal, but sometimes it was just too much for me. Remember you have a new smaller stomach and it is swollen and can only hold about as much as the size of your thumb. 2. Jello-- sugar free. I might have 2 tablespoons of Jello. That was something I had fixed and ready when I got home from the hospital. 3. I tried to drink 64 oz. of Water and sometimes I could get it in and sometimes I couldn’t. Do the best you can, and just sip it all day long. I would add Crystal Light to the water—it made water taste a whole lot better. 4. Apple juice, white grape juice, sugar free sports drinks, decaf hot tea, also decaf ice tea. 5. Veggie broth or the broth from French Onion soup. 6. Sugar Free Popsicles if my stomach was upset this really seemed to help. The 2nd 10 days. This was much easier to do. If I didn’t mention it, it was difficult for me to swallow my medication so I would crush the medication up and mix it with about 1 tablespoon of applesauce and some Equal and mix my meds in the applesauce and take my medication that way. You will have creamy foods the next 10 days 1. I loved so many of the creamy soups. I used regular Campbell’s creamy soups that they had. I was only having about ¼ cup or maybe a few tablespoons of soup. 2. Jello was still good for me. 3. Sugar Free pudding, maybe 2 tablespoons full. 4. Yogurt a few tablespoons of it. 5. Frozen yogurt. 6. Applesauce a couple tablespoons. 7. A little cream cheese. 8. Sugar Free Fudge Cycles. 9. Premier Protein chocolate Drink mixed in blender with about 4 ice cubes and 1 cap full of Miralax. When you have a lot of protein you get constipated and Miralax works for that. It is tasteless and blends really great in the blender with the protein drink. I use the Miralx daily and it is NOT habit forming. 10. Soft boiled eggs or soft scrambled eggs—eggs didn’t work that well for me. 11. Low fat Chocolate milk. 12. Cottage Cheese. 13. Sugar Free Popsicles 14. Creamy Peanut Butter. The 3rd 10 days and final part of the first month. Yeah the 1st month is almost over. I could eat mushy food. This was more of a challenge than I thought it would be. 1. Mashed sweet potato or mashed yams with a small amount of butter on it. 2. Mashed up chicken noodle soup. 3. Mashed up homemade veggie soup. 4. Eggs that were soft boiled or soft scrambled. 5. Applesauce. 6. Cottage cheese. 7. Premier Protein Drink with miralax blended in the blender with 4 ice cubes. 8. Mashed up steamed carrots 9. Mashed up and blended a little tuna with a small amount of mayo. 10. Blended chicken breast with no skin on it. 11. Ham blended with a small amount of mayo. 12. Water with Crystal Light 13. Jello with fat free cool whip. 14. Yogurt and frozen yogurt. 15. Sugar free pudding. 16. Protein Bars chewed up really well—I could never eat a whole one—just a few bites. 17. Mashed potatoes and cream cheese mixed in with them. 18. Mashed black Beans they have a lot of protein in them. I would have about 1/4 the a cup and that is about 9 grams of protein 19. Sugar Free Popsicles 20. Hard Boiled eggs made into egg salad. If I went out to eat I found that a cup of soup was about the best thing I found that I could eat. I also felt like I was on display sometimes because family and friends would watch me eat. It used to bother me, but not anymore. I watched them eat and I thought to myself. “Oh my gosh they inhale their food and they hardly chew it.” I was always the last one to finish eating. That is OK too. At first I actually mourned the loss of food. Later on I was thrilled that I had the restriction of a sleeve because I was losing weight. I found that chicken and fish were easier to chew and I liked them a lot more than red meat. I said that chicken was one of the main sources of protein for me. I found Kirkland (Costco brand) grilled Chicken breast strips. It is already cooked and I would put one bag (1 pound) in the freezer and use the other (1 pound bag later.) It is really handy to have around and a quick meal to fix if the chicken is already cooked. We also ate more fish. I would buy Halibut or Sole—a mild fish. I would marinate it in OJ or crushed strawberries or blueberries all day. I would also marinate it in law calories Italian Salad Dressing all day. I would cook it in a pan with Pam spray and put garlic or rosemary in the pan when I was cooking it. I don’t eat a lot of red meat and I used to be a real red meat lover. For me it took too much chewing and it just didn’t taste as good as it used to. I will now have a small hamburger and only eat 1/3 to ½ because it just is too much food for me. Ham was something that worked well for me too. I found I could get a large think slice of from the grocery story deli and I would have it for a protein—I would slice off about 2 oz. of the ham. I also enjoy a Taco Salad and I make mine with chicken instead of beef. I love Shrimp and lobster too, so those are my treats that I reward myself with. A typical meal I ate starting the 2nd month after WLS. Breakfast: Premier Protein Drink with Miralax and 4 ice cubes in the blender. Lunch: 2 oz. of chicken or ham with a small amount of cheese melted over it. I would have a bean salad—it has 4 different beans in it. Snack: I would have about 10 dry roasted almonds and maybe 10 dried cherries Dinner: 2 oz. of Chicken or Fish, steamed veggies of some kind. Sometimes my husband and I would split a small baked potato I put a teaspoon of butter and sour cream on it. Snack: Some type of fresh fruit or a Protein Bar. Carbs and what to eat and what NOT to eat About the 3rd month after WLS I would add a little bread in my diet—I could only eat about ½ a slice of bread or ½ of a hamburger bun and they are the “thin” buns that they have out now. They also make a thin bagel. You just have to look when you are shopping in your local grocery store for these things. Try to find Whole Grain carb products and if you can’t the do the whole wheat. Try to stay away from WHITE carbs. They are white refined carbs and that is how we got fat eating a lot of them. Rice should be brown rice and only a small amount—NO white rice. Pasta comes is Spinach or Whole Wheat and you can have only small amounts of it. banana – Medium size has 27 Grams of carbs—I stay away from the banana, and I love them, but I just don’t want to spend all my carbs for the day on a banana. I use a Mexican soft flour shell made of spinach or sun dried tomatoes for making a small sandwich too—you know they call them wraps. Beverage: They do not want you to drink something when you eat—you need the room for the food so that you can get your protein in firsts. During the day I would have water or decaf tea for my liquid after I ate or all during the day. As I said the Crystal Light Individual packs and different flavors worked well in a bottle of water. It seems like it took me forever to eat and drink all the things I was supposed to be eating and drinking. I was always sipping on the protein drink and water. supplements you should take. It is important that you take a multi-Vitamin. I had a difficult time trying to swallowing large pills. Look for an Adult Chewable multi-vitamin. I also have the Chocolate Chewable Calcium that I buy at Costco. As time goes on it will get easier to swallow larger pills. Do NOT take the multi-vitamin on an empty stomach, it may make you sick. My Primary Care doctor was very helpful and after I had been home 2 weeks from WLS, she had me come into for an office visit. She ran a full blood panel and made sure all my levels were ok. I knew my potassium was low when I left Dr. Aceves in Mexicali—they ran my blood test before I left and gave me a very detailed report about my surgery to give to my doctor here in the US. Dr. Aceves told me to have it watched when I got home. I now take a potassium tablet prescribed by my doctor and work on eating food high in potassium. Starting the 3rd month I started to eat more salads about here. I had a favorite and still eat it. It is Fresh Spinach, with slices of almonds, feta cheese, dried cherries, or fresh strawberries, a tablespoon of bacon and Paul Newman’s Light Raspberry & Walnut dressing on it. I sometimes add some of my Kirkland (Costco) Grilled Chicken breast strips to it and then it is an entire meal in one bowl. Chef’s Salad is a great one meal in a bowl thing to have and I just use any kind of dressing I want on it. This salad has lettuce, tomatoes, olives, sliced hard boiled eggs, turkey or chicken, and some ham sliced on it with some cheese. REMEMBER make this in a much smaller bowl than the normal Chef’s salad comes in. Sometimes I will add a small amount of Whole Grain dinner roll or some bread with it. Stir Fry is a great way to get meat and veggies all in one meal too. I have a pan that works great on the BBQ grill and I do a stir fry on the BBQ in the summer time. Have a sense of adventure and take some of your old recipes and see if you can convert them into a healthier recipe. Use veggies that you have never tried. Try some “rubs” on you meat located in the spice section or the grocery store and try to marinate some of your meats all day before cooking them—it really changes the taste of them. Desert I don’t want you to feel deprived. I learned that sometime just a bite or two of a desert really satisfied my need for it. Instead of the WHOLE piece of cake or pie, just a sliver of it worked for me to satisfy my need for it. When you want a cookie have just one small cookie and not the entire bag OK. Sugar free pudding with a small amount of Fat Free Cool Whip is good too. Use Splendia to make a desert that you like. So everything in moderation works. Exercise I was never a fan of exercise until I started to walk and I found out how much I benefited from it. Now I try to exercise 5 days a week. Find some form of exercise that works for you and do it. Start slow and then add more until you are comfortable with it. I am sure I have missed a few things, and I will write those down as I think of them and make a Vol. 2 if I needed too. These are just my suggestions, spice them up and make your food interesting and don’t get in a rut. This is not a diet, you will learn to adapt it and find things that work for you and that you like eating. This is a LIFESTYLE change. Make it work for you. You have the tool of restriction now use your new tool to your advantage. The fat doesn’t just melt off of you. It does require work and effort on your part. Stalls—No weight loss for a period of days. Be prepared you may have periods where you lose NO weight. We call those “Stalls.” You will panic and think for sure that you are the “one person this is NOT going to work on.” I know I was sure that was me. NOT true at all. Our bodies just do this. Mine lasted for 9 days—no weight loss at all. Just keep doing what you are doing and the weight will start coming off again I promise you. I can tell you not to panic but most of you will anyway—that is pretty normal too. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, You have asked the questions about going to Mexico, and I have read through so many of these posts. I noticed that a great many of them have been or are going to Dr. Aceves. I also went to Dr. Aceves. I am older than most of you so I really took a lot of time to research Dr. Aceves and his hospital. I have to tell you he is top rated and his entire staff are the very best you could find any place. They treat you so much better than any US Hospital. Here is a little information that I have learned along the way. The difference in where you have your surgery I have been doing a little information gathering in the past few days. I live in the state of Oregon and in the city of Eugene. I have discovered that they do NOT have anyone in my city to do WLS. I spoke with someone who was going to have to drive to a smaller city than we live in to have her sleeve WLS. Then I was shocked when she said they are doing it as DAY SURGERY and the doctor wants her to go stay in a hotel close to the hospital once they release her from Day Surgery—just in case something goes wrong she can return to the hospital quickly. The doctors have only asked her to say in a hotel for one (1) night then she can come back home—about 60 miles away from where she had the surgery. I was SHOCKED to hear that she is going to receive so little care from the doctor or hospital. This just reaffirms why I went to Dr. Aceves in Mexicali, Mexico. I was cared for so differently. I spent part of one day getting all my tests done—which I am sure in the US they do the same thing. I had the opportunity to see the hospital and I also saw how often and how much they cleaned just being there for 3 hours for the tests. I was given paper work to fill out the night before surgery (which they must have you do in Oregon). I met with a doctor the night before (he comes to the Hotel you are staying in) the doctor who explained the surgery and how it is done went into great detail and asked if I had any questions and then spent more time answering my questions. In the morning, I was assigned my very own nurse who was taking care of me—she got me ready for the surgery. That morning I saw the two surgeons, and the anesthesiologist, who again answered ALL my questions that I forgot to ask the night before. They explain exactly what they were going to do and what I would feel like when I woke up. They would have NEVER sent me to a hotel to recover. I spent 4 days and nights in the complete fully equipped hospital seeing two doctors 3 times a day. I was given a battery of test before they would consider sending me home. On the 5th day, I was driven to the San Diego Airport and I flew home. This is the kind of care you should EXPECT AND DEMAND if you are having this kind of surgery. You need to be doing your recovery in a HOSPITAL. So the next time someone makes the comment to me about why would I go outside of the US for this kind of surgery this is EXACTLY WHY. When you want the best you do your research and find the best. That is just what I did. No I can’t speak for other doctors in the US or other hospitals, only what I learned while doing a bit of research here in Eugene, OR If you are having WLS PLEASE ask the doctors, the hospital and those involved what their care is like, and what they will be providing you during your WLS. YOU have the right to have the best care possible. You NEED to be your own advocate when it comes to your Health Care. NEVER SETTLE for anything less than the best when it comes to your health.

You are so correct. I have learned to ask myself. Do I want to eat or do I really NEED to eat???? It is the old thing of "head hunger." Most of the time it was that I wanted to eat something. So I would wait a little while and find out that I didn't eat it. I also try to have healthy Snacks around so if I am in the mode of "grazing" it is healthy things that I am eating. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, It truly is a lifestyle change. I NEVER consider myself on a diet. I had the sleeve 3 years ago and for the very first time in my life I have maintained my weight loss. You will find it a lot easier to deal with all of this after you have had the surgery. Stop over thinking everything--you remind me of myself. I went back and forth with these very same kind of thought. You are just going to have to trust a complete stranger on this. Take care and if you have any questions ask away. Suzanne

Thanks so much. I will always be out here posting things and answering questions. I had some great people who helped me so much when I first started this process. I promised to pay it foward and I plan on doing just that. Thanks for your kind words. Hugs, Suzanne

Thanks so much one day you can write something just like I did. I know that you will be successful too. It just will all come together. If you have any questions or just want to talk, I am always out here. Hugs, Suzanne

Thanks for the sweet words. I guess I never think of myself as an inspiration. I am just a regular person, just like all of you. I have had me struggles with weight loss for many years. And this has been my GREAT success. I know in my mind that I will always be able to do this and I NEVER feel deprived. I learned that just tasting something is all I really need sometimes. I do NOT have to eat the entire thing. It is like my head is finally working with my stomach. I want ALL of you to know that you too can have this kind of success. Keep doing what you are doing. I am always out here if you have any questions or just want to talk. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, Thanks I will never disapear from these boards. It is my way of giving back. I had some amazing mentors when I was about to do this. I had a million questions and they were always right there for me with an answer. I enjoy being able to tell my story and to help people get past their fears. Thanks for you nice words, they mean so much to me. Hugs, Suzanne[/font]

Hi Everyone, Awhhhhh! thanks for all your kind, and wonderful words. I just want people to see and know that they too can become successful. I spent too many years failing at trying to lose the weight and never could keep it off if I lost it. This was my answer. My healthy has improved 100%, my energy level is extremely high. I love life and so many good and wonderful things have happened to me in my life. It just keeps getting better. NEVER give up on your dreams OK!!! Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, thanks this truly has been a life changing event for me. All my dreams and wishes have come true.

Hi Everyone, Well, today is my 3 year anniversary :D . Yes, 3 years ago today I had sleeve surgery with Dr. Aceves. I want to also share why I have been a little quiet on this board and have not been post much this last month. I have been gone for the last month. Bob and I and spent the last month in Europe. I was pretty busy. Bob and I saw 10 different countries while we were gone. I did have a computer with me and tried to stay caught up. We were on a tour to start with for 18 days and we saw 8 different countries. Then we went on a cruise and we saw 2 more countries. This was a test for me too. There were all kinds of food every place we went. So many of the restaurants serve 4 and 5 course meals for lunch and dinner. I knew that I could NEVER eat all that food. So, I took a few bits of each course and left food on my plate that I did NOT eat. I must admit I ate a lot of deserts and had some wonderful candy while I was on vacation. I thought this was a lifelong dream to have a vacation like this and I was going to make the most of it. Believe me I did. I said to myself, I know how to get the weight off that I will gain when I get home. Well, we arrived home yesterday and I bravely got on the scales this morning to see what my damage was. I got very excited when I looked down and saw that I had LOST 3 pounds while I was gone. We did a LOT of walking, so that is what saved me. The reason I am telling you this is that I want you to know that life really can be quite normal after losing 105 pounds. I have kept it off. I eat healthy, and I continue to exercise. I am 66 years old and I am living proof that you too can become successful. My life has never been better. I am healthy and that is what I am most thankful for. If you are sitting out there reading this and wondering “should I do this—have WLS or should I try another diet on my own?” My answer to you is that you will NEVER have one regret if you go ahead and have WLS. Please go for it, and Dr. Aceves is the very best surgeon that you could ever find to do your surgery. Dr. Aceves gave me the tool to lose the weight and it took me doing my part we are a very successful team together. It takes effort and work on your part after Dr. Aceves gives you your tool. Suzanne Beaty Oregon Sleeved 10/21/2008 Lost 105 pounds

Hi, I will also add that Dr. Aceves is by far the best doctor you can ever find to do your WLS. He cares far beyond any other doctor I have ever been to how you are doing, spends all the time you need answering your questions--this is rare anymore.. He and his staff are the VERY BEST group of professionals that you could ever have do your WLS. You will be given the best possible care you could have. I want you to know that I had this WLS almost 3 years ago and I have maintained my 105 pound weight loss. It does require work and effort on your part. The 1st month after surgery will be the hardest that you will ever have to do. We are always here to help and support you in your questions and help that you might need. Please listen to all these people, I think you will see that most of us know for a fact that Dr. Aceves is the BEST choice. You will be in a very clean and wonderful hospital. You will receive the best care you could ever ask for. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi everyone, I am always happy to pass on good "food finds." After 3 years of doing this I have found my share of "bad foods" too. So I expect all of you to pass on the "good food finds" that you find along your way. We are all in this together so enjoy the bread. Hugs, Suzanne

Wow that is good news for you. I always love it when people can find it close to where they live. I have to tell you this is really good bread and to have all the Protein and low carbs makes it out of this world. I had pretty much given up on most any kind of bread. I hope you like it. I will have to try the sourdough next. Hugs, Suzanne Keep me posted and let me know if you like it. Mine cost about $6.99 a loft and it was well wroth the cost of the bread to find something I liked and have it be healthy.

Hi, I always try to pass on the GOOD foods that I have found. I have found my share of the ones I didn't like. It took me awhile to track down the Protein drinks that I love and right now I have 3 of them that I drink. For Breakfast I always just have a Protein Drink, now I can have a piece of yummy toast with it too. When you get closer to WLS let me know if you have any questions. I am always glad to help. And since I had this done 3 years ago, I have a lot of answers to questions that you might have. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, just go to their home page, there is a place you can put your zip code in and it will tell you where stores are that are close to you that you can buy it. I purchased the Cinnamon Raisin and it is really good. It has 14 grams of Protein per slice and 2 net carbs per slice. It does cost $6.99 a loaf. But, it is worth the price to be able to have some bread and get all these benefits such as low carb, and protein. Hugs, Suzanne

Hi, I purchased the Cinnamon Raisin and I love it. It has 14 grams of Protein per slice. and 2 net carbs per slice. My cost of $6.99. It is worth it because it taste good and I deserve to have it. When it comes to certain food and they keep me healthy I will pay a higher price for them, because I never want to be fat again!!!! I got this one because it had high protein per slice. I comes frozen and they says to keep it in the refrigerator. It has NO preservative in it. It is really good and something that I was excited when I found it in a local store. Give it a try, Suzanne