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White russian: milk, vodka chocolate sauce Milk is basic allons-y

They make ebooks for ur smartphone. I read the first 50 shades on there before I got a nook. I recommend going down to the used book store or library & get yourself something saucy that appeals to you. Maybe 50' isn't your thing? Maybe you like something softer? Also I got an audible.com account & get audiobooks bc I can't read on elliptical ( makes me carsick) it really helped me free up the time to go to gym & still have my " book time" allons-y

I am fearful of the similar things so I bought 500 3oz bpa free microwavable souffle cups with lids. Cost me $50 but i know I can pack up meals into them & freeze, take to work & nuke. 4-6 oz is what most people seem to report being able to eat after the initial healing phase. I have 2oz containers I got at walmart for the beginning. I figure I can mix & match to have a little of this & a little of that. allons-y

Is that orange dress a jessica howard? Its awesome. Anyways, you look awesome! allons-y

I tried the Isopure and it was yucky. I had to doctor it up(with crystal light drops) to choke it down. Still have the other 1/2 a bottle in the fridge glaring at me. It had a really off taste, like a funky tang. I hated it. Won't buy again.

I've figured it out, The Syntrax Nectars taste like Jello mix before the jello is cooled and set. Like if you make jello and add the hot Water and mix it up and lick the spoon. I had the cherry and the lemonade flavors and I was struggling to find that flavor connection and that's it.

The Syntrax comes as a powder. The ones I got - the sample sized ones are listed as 4 servings to a bag. One serving is mixed with 2-4oz of Water. So for a 16oz serving you use the whole package. Its 100 cal for a whole package & 24 grams of Protein. I know some of the sweeter desert like flavors - vanilla torte, chocolate , mint cookie etc would be acceptably mixed with milk or milk substitute ( soy, almond , coconut) to increase the flavor/ consistency and boost the nutrition content. But, I can tell you that the lemonade for me wouldn't of been good with milk. Maybe if I liked lemon custard or lemon curd I could of done it with milk but i don't so I didn't. allons-y

My hubby is getting a new job at Potbelly. Hired just not yet recieved benefit package. The new job offers blue cross blue shield ppo - 90% plan. My googling tells me they do offer morbid obesity services & the vsg. What is their approval process like? Has anyone used them? Kaiser has a 6 month " visit" plan then offers 70% coverage on my plan. Interested to hear if bcbs needs a pre-op diet etc? allons-y

I am wondering how long the wait is? Do u have to do their pre-op diet or is weight watchers enough? Wondering if I can short cut by going with them instead of going with kaiser. In virginia i believe its anthem bcbs. allons-y

So far I tried the Syntrax nectar roadside lemonade. Made with lots of ice in Blender Bottle ( shake the bottle with a metal ball in it) the flavor was nice. Not odd tasting, no off flavors tasted like crystal light lemonade. I liked it. Only problem was the foam on top. It was like a starbucks coffee -2" of foamy bubbles. Made it hard to drink. allons-y

Syntrax is offering a monthly promo for 10 packets of sample flavors of assorted choices for 14.00 including shipping. Thats a pretty good deal. Unjury offers a sampler with tge famous chocolate splendor & chicken soup flavors as well as vanilla & strawberry for 19.99+ shipping. Bjs bariatrics offers the ability to pick the flavors of your samples of nectars. And is in the $15 range+ shipping. My bartatric pantry offers syntrax samples pick your flavors & matrix samples assorted flavors. I have a blender bottle which helps mix things well but I still get tons of foam So far I've tried only the isopure ready to drink bottled from gnc - it was yucky & had a odd flavor. Had to choke it down. I tried the roadside lemonade from syntrax nectars & it was good, no odd flavors, just a gentle lemonade flavor quite nice. allons-y

I wonder if you are standing/ holding yourself differently due to your rapidly changing center of mass. I would suggest that next time they measure your height put both feet together & flatten your back to the wall. It'll make you taller. If you stand with feet apart ( maybe pushed apart bc thighs in the way?) it'll make you shorter. If you don't pull your toros flat on the wall the curvature of your spine will make you shorter. I allons-y

Where on that website do we go for the sample packets? I only saw whole bottles/cases. allons-y

I guess I want to try & jumpstart my loss by starting now. Our Nut had us calculate 50-60% excess weight loss and that amount for me was 55-65# leaving me at 175... I remember being 175 in high school & still feeling really fat. Not as fat as I am now, but fat just the same. I really want my personal goal to be 115# which is a realistic healthy weight for my height. I just worry that when I get sleeved I'll only be able to lose x amount of weight in x amount of time before the effects of surgery wear off & I don't want to go through all this just to set myself up for disappointment. Thats why I wanted to get a jump on it. allons-y

So, my insurance requires we lose like 3% of your total body weight before they'll send out your paperwork for approval. For me that's 7 pounds. Not a whole lot but more than I've ever lost & kept off for any real time. In the 6 month wait I have nut visits and have to bring food/ Fluid & activity records. I guess I'm planning on waiting until the end & then doing an unofficial pre op liquid diet to ditch the 7 pounds because I'm terrified of losing it now & then re gaining. I really want to go for balls to the wall and try to lose as much as possible on my own before surgery but I'm scared that either I'll be too small to be approved or they'll say I don't need surgery bc I lost xx amount of pounds w/o it. Or maybe the surgeon will tell me I'm too small. Ugh. Yes. The Nut said i'm in the program & won't be penalized for losing on the 6 months of nut visits, but, I guess I don't believe her. I've had people tell me the wrong thing before. Thoughts, advice? allons-y

I am not currently doing this but I plan on doing it post op. 5 days at 1000 cal & 2 days at 500 cal. allons-y

I would just take a moment to locate the nearest hospital to the location you are staying at just in case you run into trouble. I'd ask your dr for anti nausea medicine to take with you just in case. Also, pack safe foods and carry your foods with you in a back pack so it doesn't get lost in the baggage. Maybe print up a small card with a description of VSG to show the dr's there in case they don't know about it. Keep in your wallet? allons-y

You can look up your plan online at kp.org under the my plan & coverage tab you can look at the things your plan covers & if you have a deductable , co - insurance or just a co-pay. I have 30% co-insurance for morbid obesity in patient surgery services and $40 co-pay if done outpatient. Depends on the pain but I may beg to go home so I can save myself $$$$$. I did have a surgery in the past & as I recall they calculated the amount I owed as a % of the " insurance negotiated allowable" rate. So my EOB listed $13,000 as price hospital billed & $3500 as the allowable. So my 10% co insurance was $350. 00 as I had met my deductible of $1000 for the year I did not owe any additional. allons-y

Have you thought about ideal Protein? Its similar to a sleever diet. Protein shakes, soups and bars with a lean & green meal per day. Low carb. May work out for you. allons-y

Hi- i bought the isopure ready to drink at GNC. So far tried the coconut. It was yuck so I watered it down & added the dasani pinapple coconut Water flavoring to it. Made it drinkable. I read about adding the torani sugar free syrups to tgem. I did some research $7.95 per 750 ml on the torani website. Much more on amazon once you add in the shipping. Ugh. Looking into world market and wegmans next. allons-y

Lol. Here we say I don't fart in bed ... I wisper between the sheets. I trumpet quite loudly every morning to herald the morning. Nothing I can do it the DH says I do it just before I wake up. allons-y

Get a lawyer, may be able to get a free 30 min session with a lawyer in your area who does healthcare law. Google it. Its part of keeping their license forced community service hours. allons-y

So, I bought a lot of samples of different flavors and some rtd shakes. I'll post my personal opinions of them here. First Protein drink I sampled. I am pre-op so maybe I'll have a different opinion later but as of this min. here's what I think. Isopure- Zero Carb Coconut flavor Ready To Drink. - It has a weird tangy taste to it. I could hardly choke down a few sips. Realized I'd need to jazz it up so as to not waste my money on it. So, I poured 1/2 of the bottle into a red solo cup and topped with an equal amount of plain cold Water. Then I added a good squeeze of the Dasani pineapple Coconut water flavoring. The pineapple flavor of the Dasani is doing a good cover of the odd flavors of the Isopure and making it paletable. Not great, not good, but okay. I will be able to finish it. I plan on finishing the other 1/2 the bottle in the same fashion later today. Overall verdict: will not buy again, lesson learned.

I feel the same way. It is almost disappointing to be in the room w/ others & you know soooooo much & they don't understand the concept of bariactric vitamins. allons-y

I am having the nothing fits but I'll be damnes if I'm gonna buy bigger bc I'm pre-op allons-y