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I've been making scrambled egg cups for my kids. 1 scrambled egg in each cup of a muffin tin then add cheese, ham, onion, whatever and bake at 350 for 10-15 mins. You can freeze them and then heat up 1 or 2 in the micro and your good to go. Take some sour cream and salsa to dip in. Yum. And portion controlled.

Sweet things get old,ie Protein Shakes. Wish I would have done some research into Protein options that aren't sweet. But I bought my shakes so I'm gonna drink em and like em.

Miralax Protein shakes! Yummy!

Also a nurse (did ER for 10 yrs). Another reason for us to ask about your procedure is to assess your understanding of it. There are many people who just do "what the doctor tells them" and there are those people to who actually participate in their own health (hence all of us on this forum soaking up information). It us much easier to gear your treatment and education when you know where the patient is coming from. Granted there is a time and a place for extensive questioning. But in triage you do have to make quick decisions regarding who is the most acutely ill in comparison to who else is in the waiting room all the while answering a billion phone calls and the never ending questions of the patients and families in the waiting room.

And I'm out the door. Ready to start this journey to a new life.

Holy cow people, I have 2teenage daughters. And somehow so called adults seem to stir up more drama than both of them combined.
"CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?" Rodney King

I just want to wear a single digit. Lol. Never have.

I just want to wear a single digit. Lol. Never have.

I just want to wear a single digit. Lol. Never have.

I just want to wear a single digit. Lol. Never have.

You should try...About Time Protein powder, you can get it a GNC. It has 25g of Protein, 103 calories - no artificial sugars, no artificial flavors, no grow hormones, gluten free, zero carbs, zero fat. It is 100% whey protein isolate, which I hear is supposed to be good for us.
Did I mention it taste great?!?! I use it in my smoothies, that include kale/collard greens and pineapples with the "About Time" Protein Powder added, it's like a pina colada. You can also mix it with Water in a Blender Bottle. I paid $30 for a 2lb container. I hope this helps.

My sleeve was 12/28, I had a surgeon who does a single incision approach and my BMI and body type allowed it.
A weird complication I did not expect was Migraine triggers . Which for me is lying around too much, post stress headache, low sugar, low fluids. Soooo perfect storm, I got imitrex injection in hospital, but it returned and I suffered through one night until I could get melt in your mouth med called in. Just something I had not planned on.
The other thing is severe aversion to sweetness, so here the clear Liquid Protein supplement has been impossible. Isopure, and a couple others all resulted in terrible nausea, and after vomiting day 2 I said forget it.
My weight was 265 when I decided to proceed with surgical option . BMI 42, morbid obesity, which surprised people I know, guess being tall helped to hide some of it. The funny thing is that on a day when I felt good , thought I looked good, I would see a photo and say " wow, awful" . Course that's when I allowed a picture to be taken.
After a liver diet for 2-3 weeks, minus Christmas dinner ( mostly meat), I lost 17lb.
I weighed to day and I am 242 on Clear liquids.
Today is the first day I don't feel like a sick person. No pain meds, drinking more liquids, learning about my stomach. I am looking forward to full liquids, and today I actually felt some hunger. I will enjoy scrambled eggs and cottage cheese in 2 weeks, that's what I thought today.
I have read some blogs where people have had no nausea, are getting in all,the fluids , and Proteins in that first week. I am happy for them for sure, but oddly these minor issues I am having is teaching me more about me new stomach, and i appreciate that it's not all roses.
As an NP I counsel pt on lifestyle changes all the time, I eat whole foods, am active, and have some advanced knowledge of nutrition. What I can't control well is the metabolic dysfunction associated with my obesity, and the losing battle over my 45 yrs. I am excited now to put into practice my knowledge and have this tool as leverage to beat obesity metabolic dysfunction .

How did you make such a dramatic lifestyle change with the surgery? Did you work out like that before surgery? I haven't been sleeved yet and I'm trying to figure out how to make that change. BTW you look great!

For once in my life, I am speechless. But I approve of this thread wholeheartedly.