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It is very good, to die for!! I am such a slave to good Thai or Indian food.

My wife and i had a wonderful light fresh spring roll meal this evening for dinner at home. Very tasty and healthy. This is more for post ops that are further along because carbs are approximately 9 carb / 35 cal per rice wrap. If you want to eliminate carbs completely as low carb post op, use a lettuce wrap instead of a rice wrap. Wrap filling Ingredients: poblano pepper Thinly sliced cucumber Shredded carrot 3 prawns, large shrimp or chicken Thai basil leaf Cilantro For post ops, Wrap 1/4 cup of ingredients into a Thai rice wrap, fresh Thai spring roll o lettuce wrap ( if you want to cut carbs). Add 2 tbsp Peanut Butter sauce for dipping wrap into. Peanut butter wrap ingredients: light coconut milk, lime juice, Fish sauce, brown sugar, Thai chili paste The following is my wife's portion for dinner. I had 2 wraps with 2 tbsp peanut butter sauce. It has a little kick. Yummy!! Enjoy! Let us know if you like it.

What kind do you want get? I do like Precor and have always been a Precor fanboy. However, after spending a week with the latest commercial life fitness treadmill (built in hd tv, heart rate bars, smooth belt, complex sport 5k and 10k programs, etc), I now want one of them: http://www.lifefitness.com/commercial/cardio/treadmills/elevation-series/discover-se-treadmill It was such a smooth run. Sigh...one can dream. I need to win he lottery to finance my new fitness hobbies. Have fun looking for a treadmill!!

I have a collection of Bob Harper DVDs! Aren't we the pair. Lol. I have all the biggest loser DVD (very helpful 5-7 years go), a cardio DVD, a weight lifting DVD (never really got into this one), a yoga DVD (need to spend more time on this) and a strength training DVD (my current focus with Bob - loving it mixed in with my other workouts). Love his style of training. I am sure it is very complimentary to Jillian. The cool part is a lot of these are cheap from TJ Max, Ross and other discount stores.

After you lose a substantial amount of weight, bones start appearing here and there, some you have never seen before. what is the most interesting bone surprise for you as a post op? For me, it is probably the sternum. I cannot get over the weird dome shaped bone in the middle of my chest. Lol.

I do not think there is any "real deal" answer except minimize use during the healing phase of first 6 weeks. Some doctors say no caffeine ever where others do not have any hard limitations on caffeine (my doctor). I waited until week 6 to have coffee and started out on expresso shots. I advanced onto cappucinos, then cups of coffee and now have no issue or concerns drinking grande or 16 oz latte. I have even had the occasional iced vente during hot 80 degree weather. My max is usually 2 cups of coffee a day just because I do not feel I need more. I have a caffeine stimulant in my daily Vitamin pak and also have the occasional 5 hour energy. I mostly drink coffee because of the taste rather than the stimulation, but the pick me up is also nice. Hope this helps. I know it is not quite the real deal answer you are looking for. You will find a lot of post ops like to drink coffee.

I like to eat red peppers, Costco steak strips and babybel cheese when I have an urge to eat a small snack in between planned meals. Also sliced turkey meat from costco is good, 1-2 ounces only. I do not think they will be "easier" to eat except for the baby bel or the sliced turkey meat. Sometimes protein bars like pure protein become a goto snack, but I try and limit myself to only eating those when planning to, not because I am hungry. They are not the best choice because of higher calories versus "full" feeling.

That's great! Before you know it, you will have 200 in your rear view mirror. Onederland is right around the corner and it will be such a wonderful feeling to be there, even better then what you are experiencing now!

Great job Nicole. Thanks for posting. It is nice to hear about your success.

Cake batter is good for me. I will try out banana cream light next.

Nectar desserts like cookies and creme, vanilla bean and chocolate truffle. Cake batter muscle milk light. Mmmmmm.

Good attitude on the ripped! Better then me. Bob Harpers "Inside out" is an hour and I am current only 30 minutes through before running out of steam. It is hard!! My goal is to be able to get through an hour of it with 15 lb weights. Currently I am using 10 lb weights. Whew!

Excellent!!

I tried the light muscle milk version today and it is pretty good! It has 25 g protein, 210 calories 6 g fat, 13 g carb (2 g sugar) per serving. Sits up there next to my cookies and cream shake staple in terms of taste. I am a dessert flavor protein shake junkie.

Are there any medical reasons not to get it done before 18? There are a lot of products and services out there that require 18 years or older. Some freshmen in college are 16, 17 18, etc.

Consider intense level as that which raises your heart rate to 80% of max target heart rate for 20-30 minutes or longer. For example, It could be intense workout programs like Insanity, PX90, Jillian ripped, Bob Harpers Inside Out or any other high intensity organized program. It could be any HIIT workout that you do such as cross fit, running, biking, rowing, anything really as long as you alternate between 60 seconds of intense activity (out of breath) and 60 seconds of moderate exercise (catch breath). It could also be running a 5 k, 10 k or longer distance where you are challenged and your heart rate again is 80% of target heart rate. Intense exercise will drain you where recovery is required afterwards. Performing an exercise where you are not challenged is what the average person does. For example, walking / jogging at a low intensity or uninspiring strength training where the motions are followed, but no challenge. There must be a high level of focused energy in order to be actively engaged in intense exercise. You ever see those girls in the gym that are reading vogue while slowly biking for an hour while popping heir bubblicious? that would be classified as below average. Just my two cents on intense versus average exercise and everyone is welcome to their own opinion on it.

Any of the strength trainers / body builders / lifters here have additional comments about the adjustable dumbbell products?