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Not to poo-poo on this party, but you need to avoid sugars so your liver can shrink. No more icing!! :yell: :biggrin1:

Indeed Just wanted you to realize you don't have to forbid all the desserts. Tell your sis not to worry, you'll be just fine! When visiting my gparents this weekend out of town, there was a lot of fuss about her chow mein (which I absolutely hate.. one of the nastiest foods IMO). Everyone was all antsy about it.. I brought a can of Chicken & Stars soup to heat up while they ate that. My G'ma went on and on about poor me, do I miss food, etc. I probably could have eaten some chow mein if I wanted, but I absolutely didn't want to and the band was my 'excuse' not to eat it hehe. She kept asking me 'how do you do it?'.. and I realized the band is harder on family than it is on me. They are always stressing about what I can't eat and how that makes me feel. I don't care, I can find something everywhere we go. If all I get is an order of mashed potatos at a restaurant, I am not upset about it.. but everyone else seems to be.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

Enjoy it, I was ecstatic about not being hungry, and 'forcing' myself to get nutrition in... mine lasted about 2 weeks.

OMG THAT IS SO COOL!!! That looks like the stuff I pay exhuberant amounts for in the stores. How did you do that?

My doc actually did require low sodium for the pre-op. Sodium swells up the liver he said. To be safe I would get the low-sodium versions (they are next to the normal in the store).

Fooodddd poorrrrrnn!!!! The White Chocolate "White Tiger Paws" they made this year.. are yummy. I dunno how they made em.. I have no access to them anymore THANK GOODNESS!!!! They're the pecans & caramel, covered in white chocolate (instead of normal) and then they used ketchup bottles filled with dark chocolate to make THICK AND BIG stripes on each one. Num num num.. glad I just had some eggs for lunch, so stuffed I am not longing for anything right now lol.

Oh.. for Thanksgiving, my whole family was doing the 'what can you eat?' game. Everyone kept saying "Well I make xxx, but if you can't eat it..." and I told them all the same answer.. Don't worry about what I can eat. I will find something to eat out of all that food. They'd get a sympathetic look on their face, but on T'day they saw.. I got a small spoon of all kinds of different stuff, and even though I only ate about 1c of food, I was as stuffed and satisfied as they all were!

Well.. Sorry your family isn't being supportive, but.. The band isn't about dieting persay.. I still have the pumpkin pie :guess and hot chocolate (at least once a week) :hungry: and if I liked lemon meringue, I'd have told her sure! :whoo: If I were you on mushies, I'd most definitely eat the inside of a piece of pumpkin pie.. num num. You don't have to give everything up.. moderation. Don't eat a huge piece, or take home half the pie.. just have a small piece and eat the filling. Enjoy it! It's the holidays.

Ohh and make sure to take the muscle relaxers. If it's anything like mine was, from the hurt it was inflamed really bad, inflammation keeps the back from healing, it keeps everything out of line and making you never get better. Now, take all your meds and relax

Ohhh your back, not your neck. I can totally relate, when I herniated my disks, I was bawling my eyes out and trying to kill myself from the pain for months. At least your doc gave you meds. TAKE IT EASY!!! NO SHOPPING!!!! Gah lady, rest rest!!

Oh dear.. poor kids

What's wrong with your neck??

My responses are in red!

I just got a box of Godiva chocolate from a customer.. :faint: 4 pieces= 190 calories I took 1 piece of the white chocolate 47.5 calories.. and I put the rest out for other people to eat. :guess

The name of the book is I Am Legend [ame=http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/031286504X]Amazon.com: I Am Legend: Books: Richard Matheson[/ame] DH read it (it's from the 50's or something he said, so it's a little rough to read), he said it gives you a lot more info on the situation. I forget what they're called in hollywood terms, where something isn't continuous in the movie.. for example, he knocked out the girl with the butt of his rifle when he caught her in the net.. and then at the end the guy can bash open the plexiglass over and over with his face and he's fine? That bugged me. But I wanted to see how the virus evolved, and was disappointed that they just kinda left a lot to assume. DH said book is a lot different from the movie. I'm going to buy it and see! Anywho. DH's speeding ticket was annoying. Our city has sooo many cops, you can't speed without a ticket. We live on county line, which is 50mph. They're building a Publix, so for like 1 mile the speedlimit is 35mph. DH is going 55 on cruise. We get to 35, he goes down to 45.. then it's 45mph posted (that's new..hope they don't change the whole road).. I am watching his cruise control now at 55, and I think, he sees the 45, so he'll go down now.. but no.. 56..and before it hit 57 I said "You need to slow down", and his speedometer goes to 57.. I look in oncoming traffic.. "And there's a cop." Sure enough, he's slowing down to U-Turn, so DH goes ahead and pulls into the next neighborhood to wait.. And there's the cop. So he said we were goin 57 in a 35! Yikes. Luckily he didn't say anything about wreckless driving for going so fast, I guess since it's not SUPPOSE to be 35.. but we have to call & find out the cost of the ticket.. which is different.. I haven't gotten tickets since I was 16, but the cost was always on the ticket. I hope it's not much. Merry Christmas to us! On our way to work, we passed 3 more people pulled over. They're really trying to meet that quota this month.

No fruit sounds like an extreme diet.. and I'm not dieting!!!

Woops, meant to add.. he looks like that every second of every minute I see him. He always has the biggest smile on his face.

That's my doc ;D

My doctor actually prescribes liquid headache medicines (without being prompted) when you go for the pre-op. He said to take it during the pre-op liquid diet or post-op as needed for hunger headaches. I ended up having headaches before that when I gave up cokes.. I imagine from the caffein, maybe the sugar? Call & ask your doc if he can prescribe something.

I recorded every episode on Tivo.. I watched the first 4 or 5 episodes, and it's ok.. but I kept getting bored. It wasn't exciting enough for a whole hour. ADD kicked in, and I'd start reading a book. I actually deleted the other 8-10 episodes off of my TiVo last night. I decided it's not one I'm ever going to get around to, because it doesn't draw me in.

I don't like mexican food or spicy, but since banding I do crave hot every once in a while. It's still probably considered mild to most, since I am not a spicy type.. but when I eat sushi, I crave a lot of wasabi on it now. That's different for me! Maybe our stomachs are getting bored with the band and want some excitement

Hehe that website is interesting, I'm bookmarking it for later reference.. But I had to say... <TABLE style="MARGIN: 0em 2em 4em -2em" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4><TBODY><TR><TD class=lt>Tobacco</TD><TD class=lt>Silicon</TD><TD class=trl>Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches</TD></TR><TR><TD class=c1merge_b></TD><TD class=lt_b>Tyrosine</TD><TD class=trl_b>Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables I'm pretty sure when I crave tobacco, my body wants NICOTINE! </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

*licking the monitor*

Wow Terry, time for some time for you!! Denise- Congrats!! I can understand the concern, but I am hoping for the best for your family We saw I Am Legend last night.. movie left a lot to want, now DH says I gotta read the book to get more info. And the end was bad. They could have done a lot more with it, but overall I liked the story.. just wish they explained it

OMG YOU GUYS! I just had it happen.. My long post just disappeared. GRRR. TIme for the short version. DH got a speeding ticket. I'm going to make chicken & dumplings. Talk to ya'll later!