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It seems to mix well with dairy type stuff, too, if you don't mind whatever you mix it with turning green. I don't. I have been getting a lot of gassiness which I blame on the powder. Not a big deal for me, my body is adjusting. I am still sleeping well. I have a feeling that about week 2 I will notice a big difference in energy.

Y'all best not be a'thinkin' 'bout comin' ta Flo'da and eatin' my cats! They's purrtected!!!

My wife was talking about RNY surgery and I was her biggest opposition.I told her the operation was like putting a gun to her head. I told her that I would become tyrannical and abusive like the idiot from "Sleeping With The Enemy" and keep her from eating if that would help her lose weight without the surgery. Then I went to an informational meeting held by the surgeon. Her jaw hit the floor when we left when I announced that I not only approved of her surgery, but was contemplating getting myself sleeved. Ignorance breeds fear. In her case, losing her fellow struggler is a factor, fear of being alone. I would give her space and time. When the light dawns on her she could be a brand new person and you'll have your friend back

All is not lost. Give yourself power. Weight recently gained can be quickly lost. Only 7 days, live moment by moment, not in the past. Your best days are ahead. Make it so. Devise a plan, write it down, study it, and defend it. You can do this.

WOW! Congratulations! Good work!

My prayers for you.

Tigger made me do it!

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/asia/filipino/00/rec0001.html Always try to help. Good old internet,...everything ya need.

So then it's permanently temporary. Kind of like when you older kids move back into your house.

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http://www.walmart.c...t-90ct/15136704 Ya beat me to it, Kristina J.

I have taken it many times. It helped me overcome the effects of a 3rd shift job and jet lag. It will give you vivid dreams, some folks can't dig that, I just go along with the ride. There is sublingual melatonin that will not hurt tummy.

http://www.naturalne...ts_healing.html http://how-to-burn-fat.com/diet-supplements/l-glutamine-and-hunger-pangs I am a big believer in glutamine. It is used commonly after operations to speed healing time. I use it for recovery from my hard core workouts and at 64, the effects of stress like that can be tough. I am also into it for long term healing of cancer treatment and my operations. Apparently it can also help suppress hunger according to the second link. Sometimes hunger is the body searching for something. Just a shot in the dark but maybe you should check your supplement program, water intake, and maybe give glutamine a try. Here's what I buy: http://www.bodybuild...-glutamine.html

What a great thread! Threads like these add a great deal of value to this forum. I suggest copying this thread and the ones mentioned here by veteran Oregon Daisy and putting up a sub-division somewhere called "long time sleevers" or something. This kind of stuff lifts the fog, it helps you see down the road. It sparked a conversation between my RNY wife and myself about our indulgence in crap food at the theater yesterday. Never again. Detours can be deadly. From a newby at 1 year 2 months I thank you vets that chimed in!!!

Yup on the hay barn smell, tastes like alfalfa to me. I used to take alfalfa tablets. I used about 16 oz of Water the first day, about 10 oz the second day. With my small banana tummy I like to get it over sooner so I concentrated it. I have been hitting it twice a day, probably over-doing it but that's me. I put it in a whey shake with Peanut Butter and it was real good. I drank it in some coffee today, pretty strange but palatable. It may be too soon to tell if it is having an effect on me but I do believe I am sleeping better, a huge thing for me. My bowels have been going pretty good, too. I had a slight headache after my morning dose, a good sign that toxins are being dumped. Any effects on you yet?

Not a rant... Here I am with Peter Noone, lead singer for Herman's Hermits. He is one year older than me, 65, he's a rock singer,(notorious for hard living), and he looks younger. Granted, he didn't balloon up to 330+ pounds and then lose it in a year, get treated for prostate cancer, and he has a ton of make-up on, but..dang! The biggest difference is the turkey neck..gobble, gobble. I am glad my wife loves me whether my neck flaps in the wind or not. I have no desire to blimp it out again with fat globules. Surgery is out of the question at this time. I just have to lay low at Thanksgiving.

There's a rumor that Ron Popeil of Ronco has come up with a stapler/cutter similar to the one that they use for the sleeve operation to use on the back of your neck to cure turkey neck, the Pocket Surgeon. Your friend pulls your skin back like a hound dog pup and then... chuchink..slice, chuchink...slice,chuchink...slice,...done. Trouble is it's only good for long haired women and guys who wear mullets.

I have found that being satisfied with the kind of person I am has a lot to do with being satisfied with my weight. Granted, when I was at my fattest it was pretty hard to be happy. It was like being in prison. When I was given the gift of the sleeve my expectations of a future rose high and my opinion of myself grew as well. I was proud of my courage and I felt God smiling at me. Now that I am at goal I know that I will never be "perfect". I don't believe that Mattel is in search of a model for a new version of the Ken doll so that does not distress me. I have a bit of sag in my belly area but I am fully functional for all that I want to do. To me the sag is just a battle scar, it reminds me how God helped me win a battle. The Gman is happy with Gman and so is Mrs. Gman.

My prayers are with you today. May God grant you strength and peace.

You posted almost exactly what I was going to post. Maybe it is a guy thing. I make good choices and avoid the counting. Get the protein in, eat good carbs, water, vitamins, exercise, done. I never liked diets because they are like hiring a dictator to run your life. I have a wife for that.

I also had my sleeve done on wife's insurance, she had RNY before me. It is great to face the struggles together and Celebrate the victories. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/67006-gmanbat-and-wife-ba-pics/

I hit stalls at that stage but I had already made my mind up that the fat was coming off no matter what the scale said. It was never about worrying that it wouldn't come off, it was more like being curious about how my body was going to do it. I did the right things and just stood back and watched. I learned a lesson about patience from a cat I had, Bootsy. When I knew there was a rat in the house I would say, "Boot,..there's a rat in the house!" He would walk over to the heat register and stare down into it for hours on end. In the middle of the night he was meowing loudly and woke us up. We came out of the bedroom and he sat there in front of the door staring up at us with a dead rat at his feet. The look on his face was, "There ya go. Mission accomplished!" The rat was as good as dead as soon as I told Bootsy about it. Yer fat is dead, too. Ya took out a contract on it.

WOW! Good work!!!

I am glad it went well for you, Jenn. Ya, that tube coming out is an unnatural experience.