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Most whey powder has little fat in it especially mixed with skim milk or water. The protein in it makes it worth the calories consumed. Protein helps you lose weight and stay healthy.

What is your starting weight? 25 pounds is a good loss. Also, a week stall is quite common. If it were me I would try to get something besides protein in, like some vegetables or some light fiber like benefiber. Elimination is a good thing. Just protein can bind you up and stall you even with all the water you drink.

Beautiful area!!!! So much to do, too! That area was my pick for where to move to from Ohio but I have a family with say-so and Dade City worked out better for us,....for now.

Prayers for you from Dade City, a bit northeast of you I think. I went through those emotions as well. I am 10 months out, 108 pounds down from starting weight, 2 pounds from goal, and enjoying much outside exercise in the glorious Florida sun. Do you live down by Sarasota?

Sleevy needs to heal. You won't stretch it but you don't want to put it in distress.

Yup, I used to put the 2 scoops of whey in milk making the 50+ grams until I realized I was only expanding my calories needlessly and the dividend returns for whey company stockholders.

I'd elect the daughter to help with dad's diet. Your son and you are on a similar diet and your meals can pretty much be prepared at the same time. My prayers for your husband that his transplant be soon.

Passion is the energy of life. It is directed love. The passion that we have for food is still passion. We don't need to do away with passion. We need to make it a servant. Redirected, passion is power. We need to focus on the use of food's energy, not put all of our energy into getting more food. Too much food did not give us more energy, it robbed us of it. Now we will get less food and do much more with it. We were stuck in a room with a TV that ran the same show over and over and over. Now we turn the TV off and go out into the big world where possibilities are endless and we are free to explore ourselves and our abilities. Find something beneficial to focus your passion on. Make food energy your servant.

That's it, T3. From the viewpoint of a father of a girl that married an emotionally stunted, self-centered, girly man who put her through hours and hours of verbal abuse before she finally was rid of him...it is so not worth it. Unless you want to be his therapist for the rest of your life find a MAN.

Awww..ya killjoy! You're right, of course. Free is free. I am an addictive kinda guy. Proved that in the 60's and beyond. I guess coffee is methadone for me. No excuses.

http://www.mayoclini...-drinks/AN01661 I've been seeing ads that say cola and coffee drinks hydrate you as well as Water does. Is this true? Answer from Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. It is true. Researchers used to believe that caffeinated drinks had a diuretic effect. This means that you would urinate more after drinking them, which could increase your risk of becoming dehydrated. Recent research shows that this is not true and that caffeine has a diuretic effect only if you consume large amounts of it — more than 500 to 600 milligrams (the equivalent of 5 to 7 cups of coffee) a day. Still, caffeinated drinks can make you jittery, sleepless or anxious. Water is probably your best bet to stay hydrated. It's calorie-free, caffeine-free, inexpensive and readily available. Perhaps our sleeve makes us a bit different than the guinea pig folks they tested.

http://www.webmd.com/balance/caffeine-myths-and-facts?page=2 Caffiene in coffee doesn't dehydrate but doesn't add Water either. It breaks even. Coffee has bit of acid, though. Outside of that, coffee Beans are good for human beans.

I am 63, my BMI was barely over 40 when I was sleeved in January. I've lost over 100 pounds from before I stared preparing for the journey, kicked diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, not to mention the other numerous agonies that accompanied obesity. My BMI is down to around 28. I know that if I could have eaten what I have eaten and exercised over this period the same result would have happened without the operation. I am also certain that hunger would have made that as possible as being elected the king of Bulgaria.

http://www.melaniecooks.com/healthy-frozen-turkey-burgers-from-costco/3782/ Good find! Now to find a costco.

Ok, I told my wife about your boyfriends ideas and my ideas and she gave me that "men are such goofs" laugh. Then she reminded me that Protein powder coagulates in hot Water. She said that to make Jello you dissolve the jello powder in hot water and when it is totally dissolved you pour cold water in. You should dissolve the Protein Powder completely in the cold water before you pour it in with the hot water and jello concoction. It should be dispersed pretty well. She also suggested just making the jello normally and mix the protein powder into sugar free Cool Whip to use as a topping. I know nothing of these things. I just eat stuff.

Darn! I thought I could go back to bed and then I thought of this weasel ball toy I saw at Cracker Barrel. http://www.amazon.com/Weazel-Ball-The-Weasel-Rolls/dp/B000PNFZ3E The ball wil roll continually in the pan. Hopefully, it is waterproof or you could make it so. Be sure to remove the weasel first.

I got up at 3:00 A.M. and made the mistake of deciding to check this forum. Unfortunately, I saw this thread and true to my nature had to go on a solution hunt for the next hour. I tried automatic stirrers but the cheap ones were useless and the good ones were not battery driven. I looked at rock tumblers too, also not battery driven. I liked your boyfriend's solution but had to see what else I could come up with. Here: http://www.grabcart....rror-Ball-Motor is a battery driven, rotating mirror ball motor which may be used to rotate anything you can hang under it. If your fridge is the type that uses grates just hang it in there attached to a tinkertoy or otherwise constructed shaft with paddles at the end which stirs the jello-powder mixture you have in a round pan. When you don't need jello you can put a mirror ball up in the room and dance to BeeGee music.

I think it does help with the appetite. I do green tea extract powder in hot Water in a nasty shot in the morning which I have to chase with something quickly. I don't know if it is the revulsion from the evil brew or it's innate ability to assuage the hunger but the effect is the same; less appetite.It is supposed to help burn fat, too, something that I haven't tested scientifically but I think so anyway.

Brickhouse, Sorry to hear of your cancer but I am glad they got all of it. I was treated for prostate cancer in 2009 which included chemo. I was sleeved in Jan of this year and am 2 pounds from goal. I am very strong and extremely happy with the results. I think the Lupron, ( a hormone, a testosterone blocker), and the steroids they gave me during chemo helped pack on weight which I found very difficult to shed. The sleeve was the tool that helped me kick it out. My prayers are with you. You can do it!

In truth, when the family orders pizza, I get one slice, cut it in half, eat the non-crust half, I'm done. This from a guy that used to order 2 pizzas, one for the family, one for me.

It sounds like you are doing great! You are getting more water in than I could at that stage. It sounds normal to me for now.

You beat me to it. I make a pizza burrito. Slap the stuff in, roll it up, in and out of the microwave, or if my wife's doing it, the oven.

You look great, you slimmed down Holly, 'tis the season to be jolly! Good work and congratulations!

Wow, what a drop! Your geeking is well justified!

There's another wave coming. If you thought this was good wait until you move down the rack at the clothing stores. And there's the energy wave and the no longer avoiding mirrors wave. Surf's up!