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Tomorrow meaning Sunday!! or Tomorrow meaning you leave somewhere where it is already Sunday? Thats great either way....I really felt bad when I read your post that it had to be rescheduled. ---Then I got paranoid that mine would get cancelled for some reason. Good Luck! Keep us posted!

The lady at my walmart looked at me like I was crazy!! I looked with regular tylenol was and there wasn't even a spot for it....thats why I was thinking it might be childrens tylenol....I kept thinking I would need to drink the whole bottle to get the milligrams in to make a difference.--haha

awww!!!thats wonderful!! true love is hard to find. My husband an I were junior high sweetharts. Started dating at 14!! married at 18 and have been together ever since....that was 26 years ago!! He is my absolute best friend and my biggest supporter. Best of wishes to both of you!! its amazing to have someone you trust by your side through thick and thin, thick and thin, thick and thin, thick........thats where I'm at now.....but come monday (37 hours) I will be on the road to thin again!! haha

Thank you

Hi guys, I'm still stocking my pantry with all the great things you guys have suggested.....but I have a question. Which liquid Tylenol am I suppossed to buy? Is it the childrens tylenol? Because the only adult version seems to be tylenol cold. Is there a plain liquid tylenol for adults? And I'm still working on adding to the puree and mushy list of the Help Me Stock My Pantry. I NEVER thought the list would have become so popular.....I bet I have sent it to about 75 people!! So now I feel a since of responsiblity to make it as complete as possible. But since my surgery is still 38 hours away.....I haven't went through these stages and could use some help adding to the list. I'm not really looking for recipes (I'll do that next) but just things to purchase and have on hand. I hope to find a place to attach this on the site for futher member just to be able to print off, but that has proven to be a challenge thus far. I have tried to attach it as a document to the original thread and it won't accept the file (tells my I am not authorized). I have changed the file extension. but still no luck. So if you have successfully atttached a document to a post, please let me know how you did it. When I fiish the list this weekend, I will try using the advance uploader that is list at the bottom of the page when you are making a post....maybe that will work. Stage 2-Puree Baby food meats chicken (pureed) Fish (pureed) Favorite Soups (pureed) Cottage cheese Egg Substitute oatmeal (thinned) Grits (thinned) Cream of Wheat (thinned) Applesauce other Fruit sauces Canned Fruit- juice packed Fresh Fruit (pureed) Cooked Vegetables (pureed) Instant Mashed Potatoes Peanut Butter Stage 3-Mushy all of the above+ Boxed Cereals (high protein) eggs Saltine Crackers Meatloaf (moist) Baked Potato Mac & Cheese Refried Beans Chicken salad Tuna Salad Chicken Stew Cheese (hard low carb)

I did have a last supper last night!! But I didn't go hog wild. I still kept to the principles of the diet (lean protein/ low carb). I choose a small 6oz steak, a vegetable skew, and 1 roll. It was so good!! So i say yes....go ahead. but be smart. think small portions, lean protein, low carb.....and I think you will be fine.

Sorry yumiishyy-I re-read your post and saw you cant have the coffee. But the sf flavoring will still help jazz up the protein powders.

I have become a friend of sf flavored syrups. I played around and found a favorite that I can enjoy everyday. 4oz favorite coffee 2oz skim milk 1/2 oz vanilla syrup 1/2 oz caramel syrup 1 scoop vanilla protien powder 6-8 ice cubes Blenderize well. For lunch I use a product called New whey (walmart has some flavors), It comes in kool-aid flavors and has 42 grams of Protein in 1- 4 oz vial. I mix 1 single serving crystalight packet with half (aprx 2oz) of the new whey with 8oz of Water and lots of ice. blenderize well. It is like eating a slushy!! I would never think it only had 90cal/1carb/21proteins!!it is awesome!! I like mixing the accai berry new whey/ blackberry-grape great vaule water flavor. watermellon new whey/cherry water flavoring, and grape new whey/ grape water flavoring

I thought I was the only one doing the math!!haha T minus 2 days 10hours 35 mins or just 3215 minutes to keep it simple!! My family thinks I have gone crazy!! I love them, they love me......but they just have no idea what this means to me or how worried I am.

hang in there. Im not banded yet i still have a whole 60 hours left--haha But I thought I could offer a little help with the coffee breastfast issue. I absolutely love my keurig coffee maker...my favorite flavor is the butter toffee. I absolutely HATE the protein powers!!! But...I found that if I mix them....I'm good to go. about 4oz coffee 1/2 oz sf vanilla syrup 1/2 oz sf caramel syrup 2oz skim milk 1 scoop vanilla protein powder 6-8 cubes of ice Bleand in bleander. absolutely amazing!! taste very much like starbucks iced caramel latte. 125cal/15 protein/5 carbs

hey I got your email about the v8 juice....I actually had asked my doctor about them as well. He said he would recommend the tomato base v8 for after post op it is very acidic ......but I could try them a few weeks later and see how my stomach reacts....he said some patients aren't able to drink them but if I tolerated them after week 4 I could have them.

I haven't done this yet, but i was going to mix the sf jello with unflavored protein mix by unjury (dissolves almost clear) in a ratio of 2:1 . as for the liquid I would just combine the amount of water it calls for in each and reduce it slightly by a couple tablespoons to make sure it sets up. You can also consider some of the diet juices as liquids. like if you were making grape sf jello use the diet grape juice as the liquid instead of water it will help add flavor that might have been lost by adding the protein powder.--Just a thought

Thanks Paul....It nice to read the update of those you have been following. Good Luck!

Its on its way! Hope it helps.

Yep you just need to stay here! You are just a Late blooming March Bandster.---Besides I heard the April crowd aren't nearly as fun as we are----jk-hahaha

i was tryig that, but when i try to attach it it says : Unaurthorize to upload this type document.....which it is just a dox file....so i changed it to a regular word doc file......but it still wouldn't work. someone copied it onto the site, which is good....but it would be better if people could print it off. I was planning on finishing it up and attaching it to the original thread. I hope to finish it up today and then I'll spend some time trying to get it on the site somewhere. I just didn't think it was going to become so popular- or I would have prepared better.-haha

I sent the list to you, but I'm not sure it will be a big help to you. I have focused more on the pre-op and stage 1 so far on the list.....I'm adding stuff to stage 2 now but since I haven't been banded yet, I can only rely on what my doctor has told me and the comments members have sent me. But I hope you can get something out of it.

Protein powders and drinks can be bought just about anywhere from the health food store to walmart. They are usually in the pharmacy area. Powders are just that a powder you can mix with liquids and drink......no one would ever say they are delicious...but most people can find one the can tolerate. unjury makes a unflavored mix that can be added to everything. But I think you can only get it be ordering on line.....I have used it and its pretty good. My favorite is the New Whey...I mix half a shot (2oz) with a crystal light and blend with lots of ice....just like an iceey!!! but with 90cals/21protein/1carb. There are alway premade Protein Drinks........I haven't found one I would spend money on yet. I would just rather mix my own.

Won't be long now....hang in there.

hmmmm.... You mean I had a choice!!! hahaha......I think for most of us the doctor decided for us. I'm on two protein shakes a day and a lean cusine for dinner. It was rough the first 3-4 day but now on day 9 not so bad. and it is nice to see the scale move almost daily. I'm done 18 pounds 8 are from starting the diet.

I will add it to the list-Thanks for the suggestions

Jenn1214 I just looked at your before and after picture, You look amazing!!! And I'm sure your insides do too!!haha congrats! For thise of us that are just being, it really helps to her from you guys that are on the down side of the hill!! I to was just thinking "I'm I sure I can't do it oon my own this time" I have been heavy the last 10 years, and during that time I have lost the same 60 pounds twice, but the minute I make the goal. I try to return to a normal life of 1300 calories and exercising 2-3 times a week....a start gaining..eventually I gave up..so if I need to only consume 900-1000 calories a day to stay at a healthy weight, then I need something to help me feel statisified at 1000 calories.

i am using the unjury unflavored and its pretty good....i cant taste it in my soup. i also used their chicken flavored at thought it was pretty good too. but the temp can;t be above 130degrees thats my only complaint

That's because I typed my email incorrectly.....these Protein drinks are killing my brain cells. yes I'll send it again...if you don't get it just try my email again I fixed it above.

I assuming we are talking about pre-op: I'm at about 600 calories too. 2 protein shakes at 150 calseach=300 + a lean cusine or equivalent about (300 cals)= total 600 cals