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little baggies of carrots, grapes, nuts, Protein Bars, bottled Water, apples and make your own trail mix.....lots of healthy options

I have a hard time eating it, it might just be too dry, but I usually have problems, then again, I'm doing the really low fat kind that has little fat to keep it moist

My biking kit was getting kind of baggy, so it was time for new clothes (The jersey was given to me by a vendor last year and I couldn't fit into it to save my life).

On road trips, I take a little cooler with Protein Shakes and fat free cheese. I'm not much of a snacker, so road trips are a challenge for me. I mostly do shakes to keep my energy up for driving. We often make a 10-hour drive to our home state, and my 21-year-old son is really good at watching over me and reminding me to eat when I need to. (Whose the parent?)

nuts, cut up veggies, snack size humus if you have a cooler

Deli meats travel well in a cooler. I too like Jerky and string cheese.< /p>

If you're keeping a cooler in the car, string cheese is good. And jerky....which is one of our favorite road trip Snacks.< /p>

Jerky

I have a hard time eating it, it might just be too dry, but I usually have problems, then again, I'm doing the really low fat kind that has little fat to keep it moist

The surgery can cause nausea, I'm assuming they did not give you a prescription, call them to get a prescription to get you through this. My doc automatically prescribed a pain and nausea medication for after surgery. As far as the hunger, sorry, but all you can really do is try to drink as much as you can and are allowed to.

The surgery can cause nausea, I'm assuming they did not give you a prescription, call them to get a prescription to get you through this. My doc automatically prescribed a pain and nausea medication for after surgery. As far as the hunger, sorry, but all you can really do is try to drink as much as you can and are allowed to.

You could try quitting by vaping down to 0% nicotine juice. I used to smoke camel turkish royals and tried 24mg nicotine juice when I first started vaping, which I found to be too much, so I went to 18, then to 12, did 12 for about a year and then 5, and now 0% and just trying to get away from having to have something in my hand habit now. And I've done cold turkey and prescription, which never stuck, but vaping worked for me.

Madvapes.com is a good site too for starter kits and supplies. There is a learning curve to e-cigs (aka vaping), take a look at the ECF forum, they were a huge help in getting me started on what I was doing and also youtube was a big help.

You could try quitting by vaping down to 0% nicotine juice. I used to smoke camel turkish royals and tried 24mg nicotine juice when I first started vaping, which I found to be too much, so I went to 18, then to 12, did 12 for about a year and then 5, and now 0% and just trying to get away from having to have something in my hand habit now. And I've done cold turkey and prescription, which never stuck, but vaping worked for me.

Woohoo, it's finally time! You'll need those SF popsicles because your throat will be a bit sore, but when you leave tomorrow, they should give you some SF hard candy for the trip back home. Are you having to go to Cincy to do it, or do they have a hospital they work with near you? Ricotta and pizza sauce is really good, tuna or chicken salad in the blender was pretty good. Refried Beans and chicken broth was good. That's all I can really remember for now. Good luck, you will do great and check in to report how you are doing!

Why can't you have milk?

I was going to say Questbar, but this is brand new so you may not be aware, but they have a cookie dough version, unfortunately vitaminshoppe does not have them, but I just ordered a box of them thru GNC's website today. They also have Peanut Butter cups, but I couldn't buy just a package of them (versus an entire box), so I did not get those yet. I was just looking at Protein bars yesterday at GNC and Kroger and trying to find lower cal, low fat, and low carb (even using net carbs) is just about impossible.

Here it is: http://drsimpson.net/fills/Lap-band-eating/lap-band-not-restriction/lap-band-and-restriction.html

E-cigs worked for me too.. I smoked for 31 years... I started at 11yrs old!!! I know GOOD LORD!!! but I quit July 11, 2012 and was banded on August 1, 2012... I figured out that it wasn't the nicotine that was my habit... its the HABIT.. that is my problem.. you eat, you smoke, you drink coffee, you smoke... you stress, you smoke.. so... I am ok with having the e-cig for the rest of my life if I must... as long as I never have to pick up another cigarette. I breathe better, I feel better, and I am OH so proud of my accomplishment. Try it.. You will be glad you did. Giving up the cigarettes, and the food is a huge stresser, don't do that to yourself. Even if you work yourself down to 0 nicotine cartridges like I did.. its the habit that will help you. Good luck!

I used v2 cigs and within 6 months I wasn't smoking at all. They have awesome starter kits (I bought the couples kit 12 mg ended up more than enough and I was smoking Marlboro red 100s)I still have it and plenty of the products for it but August will be two years since I quit everything.

I used E-cigs to quit 2 years ago. I'd tried everything before and failed but the e-cigs worked.

E cigs rock! Apollo usually has a good starter pack. Www.apolloecigs.com