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Pam (or anyone else) call me if you feel like chatting!! Happy birthday Jen? I don't know how you people find out, it must be an option somewhere I am missing. I only know when someone else posts first. Don't let BF mess it up, tell him to piss off and enjoy a night out with the girls!!!

Deep breath! Be yourself, and have fun! :thumbup:

I like to cook.. But here's some easy things I found.. Canned turkey (which is nummy, high Protein, low cal) mixed with a small spoon of cranberry sauce..stir. Refrigerates & reheats well even with the sauce in it. Canned chicken (same as above) mixed with little mayo & relish, s&p. Canned ham (same as above) mixed with a little bit of applesauce (this one does not reheat well). Canned tuna mixed with a little mayo, relish & S&P. Boil some eggs beginning of the week, keep them in the fridge. For lunch, moosh one up with mayo, relish, S&P.. and I top it with paprika. Cream cheese (they make flavored ones with herbs that would be great for this), room temp, spread it on a rectangle of ham (deli kind), roll it up with a green onion in the middle, or just use the herbed flavored cheese. Cut into bite size pieces.. I bring this for potlucks and everyone loves it. And if you like cottage cheese, they make these new fruit & cottage cheese packs. Comes with a little container of fruit to go in the cheese. And DH is dear husband!

I don't think it would be a problem, but ask your doc to see. My clear liquids consisted of broths of soups (like french onion soup from a restaurant), which did have pepper in it.. but I could see through the bowl!

Taco Bell refried beans.. wendy's chili.... In normal restaurants when you're on normal foods.. salad, soup, or appetizer.. or entree and take home a lot of it. When I was in mushies and eating out, I ordered a side of mashed potatos (with gravy) or a soup.. Just anything soft and mushy on the menu. Get creative. Things can be taken off of a bun, out of wraps, out of salads, etc. Today I had a salad from tropical smoothie.. lettuce wasn't flying with me today, so I just ate the meat & veggies out of it.

LOL both Tracy's, yeah yer a MONTH early! Still got a whole month to get to goal!!! Other Tracy post more! There's never too many!!

I gotta say.. that's how I feel. Except I'll cheat and bring weapons. And then the scissor leg throw thing that Sonya did. Right? :thumbup: OP.. Hang in there, it gets better!

You can DEFINITELY tell the difference! You look great!! I got married at the Wynn hehe.

My doc didn't require a strict one like I saw some people had. (This is what I did on my own-1 month pre-op..I tried to restrict sugar & salt intake) As per doctor..1 week pre-op I had to do SSS.. Soup sandwhich salads. 3 Days pre-op I had to do clear liquid only diet.

I found a cute tankini at Old Navy, I ordered it (I wore a tankini from them last year, I loved it.. now it's so big on me, you can see right up the shorts).. They only sent me the top. It was new. When I called to tell them I only got the top, he said THEY ARE SOLD OUT OF IT. You can imagine my disappointment. So he said to send it back with a note about them only sending me the top, and get a refund. Then he gave me a 10% discount code.. so I ordered another tankini from them in another pattern.

I've heard a lot of varying info on fills,costs, etc. My doctor included 6 'follow up visits' (not a time limit), that are free. For fills, unfills, etc. After my 6, they realized I needed another surgery to fix the port. Since I am self-pay, he did not charge me for his time, but I had to pay 2k to the hospital.. so I am on indefinite free fills/unfills for a while now. Aside from that, I found a more local (still 1.5 hour away) fill doctor that would take me.. he said they do fills for free, unless they have to do fluero, which case it would be $100. I would call around and see if any other area doctors are taking banded-elsewhere patients and what they charge.

Hah, I watch the food Network all the time.. post-band. Now I get ideas for cooking. Paula Dean, I have to avoid. I can't make anything she does with a good conscious.. I watch her arteries clogging in the 30 minutes she's on there, with her fingers in the bowls. Barefoot Contessa is my favorite, she makes some pretty gourmet-ish looking things with foods I like (onions almost every episode.. num).

Yes Terry!! CTCT.. tomorrow is CTCW for me, how bout you? Today I had yogurt, 1 oatmeal packet, lots of water.. dayquil, Halls cough drop, and Zicam.. yum yum hehe. I'm making something for dinner tonight, not sure what yet. I'm sick again, it hit me quick. Literally 5 minutes after walking into my house from work yesterday I had sneezing fits, nose was burning like I had an allergy to something. So I took benadryl, couple hours later, throat was burning. Today I wake up, throat is killing me (but not coughing) and nose is still burning and itching.

Ohh I saw those cottage cheese packs with Strawberries, peaches, etc. That's a good idea!

Stupid doctor, but CONGRATULATIONS!!! You're baking cookies for the enemy now. :tongue:

Pam - you copied the wrong code :tongue: Go back to photobucket, and (hold on, opening it so I can pick the right one) ok, under your picture, it will have 4 codes.. email/im.. direct link.. etc. You need to copy the IMG code. The last one. When you put it in your signature it will have blahblahblah. Tracy.. WOW!! YOU ARE SO BEAUTIMOUS!! I love it, I wish I was skinny on my wedding day waaah. I took down all wedding pics due to the fatness. That last picture is perfect. Yay :tt2: I'll make you a siggy with the goofy face now!

I don't know my doctor's plans for outside patients (if they take them, I mean), but he's in Anniston,AL which is south Alabama. It would be worth asking them, their office and the doc are wonderful and always available by phone for questions. And they don't charge ridiculous amounts for fills. Freeman & Company Bariatric Center is his website, contact is on there. Good luck :tongue:

40 BMI does qualify, even without any comorbities. Do it for you, don't explain it to her. If you want to be cordial, politely say you've weighed our options and you think this is what you need to do.

Happy Birthday Denise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tongue:

Quaker oats is just my best friend right now. The 90 calorie granola bites.. delish! But now.. the 90 calorie Mini Delights.. Cinnamon Streusel Multigrain rice cakes. Oh.. me..oh..my. It's like a bag of candy.. One 90c bag is a lot (even more than the granola bites!!). I can rarely finish one bag. 1 bag: 90 calories 3g saturated fat 0mg cholesterol 95mg sodium 14g carbs 6g sugar 1g Fiber 2g Protein Do yourself a favor and try it out!!! :blushing:

Hey.. WHY DOES THAT REMIND YOU OF ME?! YAY on no snacking, I'm glad you did it for me, cause we went to a deli for lunch with Cookies the size of my HEAD. And I was internally fighting.. and I finally said "NO.. I said no snacking and sugar today". I did it for ya'lls! I got an order of Soup, it was DISGUSTING. I'm not goin back to McAllister's Deli. I had soup and drink, DH had soup and sandwhich and drink and it was $20!? And soup was horrid, tasted freezer burned. So I am very very hungry, going to go decide what to make for dinner. KEEP ON NOT SNACKING, CTCM cause we all need it (Except TracyK?)

Yeah. I didn't worry about it.. but now I kinda do. Not enough to stop losing.. but I always had a 'cute button nose'. Now when I see pics of me, I don't recognize myself and I instantly think "what a bulbous nose". DH says it's in my head, but I see it in pics!

Do any of you use myspace or facebook? Or LinkedIN (facebook for companies). If so, share details so I can add you.

It's common to freak out. Just think about the positives right now. Losing weight, laproscopic procedure, etc. Or avoid thinking about the surgery all together (that's what I did). I didn't panic till I was in the hospital, then they gave me loopy drugs so I just rambled about cathetars.

Welcome back Tracy!! We need pictures!!! More than just 1! You were gone like.. forever!