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Baby Beluga

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  2. Posted

    There are any ways' date=' but to cheat a little you can use the following:

    Depending on how much you want to make:

    1-2 32 oz containers of egg nog, you can also make it from scratch but this way is quicker.

    1-2 15 oz cans of cream of coconut

    1-2 14 oz cans of condensed milk

    1/2-3/4 liter total of Bacardi dark rum and Myers rum ( I like it strong, but you can use less depending on you taste). You can leave out the Myers, I do that as a homage to my wife's WI heritage.

    1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon- (I use fresh ground cinnamon)

    1/4 teaspoon of cloves

    1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (again I use fresh ground)

    Blend all the ingredients together and refrigerate for 2 hours. shake well, serve and enjoy. I garnish the glass with a fresh cinnamon stick.

    Yes, it is great to have a wife who cooks so well, she also owns her own bakery. Now you see my dilemma.

    Enjoy the recipe[/quote']

    Buplee, you are awesome thanks for sharing the recipie. I look forward to making it and hopefully being a hit at the holiday party... Wow, wife is a baker.... Omg. I see ans share in your dilemma, my husband is a foodie, he is a former Marine with a hearty Cuban Italian appetite. Plus he is a feeder, me or the dog, he wants to feed us, he equates that with love as most people do. I'm not sleeved yet but reading some crazy complications here I'm on the fence big time... So scary.. you know .....

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  3. Posted

    Toya, my sincerest and deepest condolences for you and your family.... I'm sorry to hear of such a tragedy. You are a strong and wonderful woman for putting yourself and your needs aside and being there for the wake and your family. As far as the blood clots, you are in my prayers and trust that the doctors will heal you. You are in a good place that will tend to your needs irregardless of your surgeon not being there for you. I'm sorry for that too but sorry for him bec he has no character and is spineless to let you sit this out alone. He is an @ss but our prayers for you at this time will go above him and his lack of medical ethics.... Please be strong and feel better. I'm sorry about the family. I'm a therapist and dealt with a lot of families, dysfunction and tragedies....

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  5. Posted

    Sondas like a great solution... And you will do great during the holidays.... Just be you , have fun and eat slowly.... Don't ne hard on yourself.. we are at times to hard on ourselves, feel bad and then go eat... Not a good plan. Lol. But oh please share your coquito recipie w me. N you are so lucky to have a wife that cooks so good.

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  7. Posted

    From what I heard from a friend who I know personally who was sleeved a couple of months ago, she can eat anything she wants except ofcourse a few bites and thats it. She said she gets full right away so I guess it won't be so bad... Hmmm coquito, haven't had that in ages... One of my Puerto Rican aunts makes that delish....

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  8. Posted

    Wow' date=' after reading some of these post; most of them, I know I am in the minority. I was sleeved on May 7th this year and I promise you I have not experience anything like I have just read. There was never any gas, pain, vomiting, discomfort or difficulty getting anything down. Of course I followed doctor's orders to the tee. I never filled the pain medication prescription because I had no pain. I was out so long after surgery until any pain must have worn off by the time I came around. My doctor, said no Protein shakes; get protein from food. I started on two chewable vitamins and a chewable Calcium tablet on the day of discharge (1 day hospitalization). I have nothing but praises for the entire experience. I can eat anything I want. I can drink wine and everything is in moderation. My desire for sweets has diminished, I don't eat it and no bread and very little rice, potatoes and pasta; really next to none and that is because the desire is not there anymore. I have lost 55 pounds with 45 more to go. I have gone from size 22 to size 16 which is a very comfortable fit. To date I have not done any exercise but plan to start Monday on 10/1. My birthday is on the 25th and I will turn 56 so my goal is 56 pounds lost by my birthday. I am very happy I made the decision to be sleeved and looking forward to the finish line. I never took meds and have always had tons of energy so no change there. I think Doctor Dexter Turnquest is the BEST![/quote']

    Sweet C!!!! Bless you for stating your truth... And I thank you for that bec so many people get so scared when they hear the horrible complications some go through unfortunately for them in sure it's never easy but I'm a diabetic and know the perils of his disease and how weight is what leads to a slow death... For many this is a positive life saving surgery and we must go into it with positivity.... Congratulations to you on your weight loss and you were so lucky to have your surgery experience... Happy for you and your new life....

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  9. Posted

    i was trying to copy and past but i cant so im going to try and get this link to you guys ok.

    www.obesityhelp.com/member/carmelita/blog/2011/03/31/-2

    this is a good artical for you to read about your new tummy

    Thank you New Gma!! I appreciate the love and I am going right now to read your article... Nice to meet you here!!! And congrats on your loss.. and thanks for your wonderful advice!!

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  11. Posted

    Just think when I made the Protein comment I expected to get a thousand women fussing at me and all took it in stride yeah this site is pretty cool :)

    People on here are amazingly cool! This thread was hilarious... Ugh, a little nasty for me to swallow, never have never will so I won't be logging that in my Protein count... Lol...

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  13. Posted

    I'm colombian and salvadoran & just thinking about what I won't be able to eat after the sleeve or even tolerate is a little bumming. (Which im praying i have my surgery by the end of december.) That means no bandeja paisa or pupusas' date=' lol! food brings us together. My family is already talking about what were going to cook for thanksgiving & Christmas!![/quote']

    I hear that! I'm Colombian too and those bandejas are yummy. Even though I haven't had them in a long time I know who delish they are... Pupusas are good too. I know it's going to be a mental thing and it won't be easy. I'm not sleeved yet but I heard you don't really feel so much hunger or crave the same things.... So who knows but im sure we can do this.

  14. Posted

    I feel that some of the digs about "no fun" were intended for me. I simply shared the reasons that I would not consider naming my stomach (or sleeve). I realize people are having fun with this - more power to you' date=' I just don't see the "sleeve" as an entity in separate from me and this really has to do with trying to change my whole thought processes around food, overweight etc.

    9 months out, i eat pretty normally - a high Protein diet of small quantities, but other then that there is really nothing weird about living with the gastric sleeve. I don't vomit, I don't have weird noises - I just gloriously have what i always wanted - a smaller stomach that demands much less attention and food then the full sized one i had before Dec 12th 2011!

    Good luck to all on their journey, however you chose to approach it![/quote']

    It wasnt you that posted this firstly... So don't take it personal... We are all in the same boat some of us just need humor ti get through this all and mostly everyone here is super smart and very supportive. No worries but you are blessed to have no complications as some people have had a hard time in recovery and my heart goes out to them...

  16. Posted

    "skinny Minnie" aka my sleeve' date=' is much more tempremental than my stomach ever was. I used to think I had one of those cast Iron stomachs, could eat anything that didn't run away fast enough. Certainly has changed now! 4 days post op and skinny minnie is relutantly accepting Protein shakes (4oz) with Water. And I feel everything I drink going down my esophagus. Skinny Minney is the thin, bit*h that I always knew lived inside me. She's OUT![/quote']

    Love this.... "she is out " what a diva your new sleeve... Lol. Good luck w recovery.

  17. Posted

    I do not consider my life shameful. I also don't consider I was an over eater or a food addict. I know now that I tortured my body through years of yoyo dieting and had developed maladaptive ghrelin levels as a consequence.

    Shame is such a wasted emotion. I love my life' date=' loved it fat and love it getting thinner. I see no shame in having the sleeve.[/quote']

    Good for you and God Bless you for saying that... The way I see it, shame and guilt should be no where on this equation. Those are the same emotions that gets people who are emotional eaters to go and eat. As for me I see it as a truce with myself... I like you was a yo yo dieter. I have pictures that span decades of differing body type and weight none of which look at all like one another. I'm not and have not been an over eater. I was a work aholic therapist who gave my life to help and change others, specifically troubled teens.... Never an easy job. So I neglected myself and had nothing to be ashamed of, I gave of myself and whole heartedly to those in need who lacked love or family structure. I taught them to love themselves and now I am teaching myself the same. Your mind is a powerful thing and kudos to you all who are positive and healing from the inside and humor on the outside. If God forbid we all died tomorrow shoot atleast leave with a laugh and knowing you chose life, sleeve life and not death, a diabetic death ....

  18. Posted

    I haven't been sleeved yet' date=' but gave been referring to my future pouch. "My pouch will be able to just hold this much" "my pouch won't be able to eat this and that" etc.

    It is like my stomach (whom I do not like very much right now) will move out and pouch will move in. By having a name for it (even though mine is boring), I feel I'm riding myself of the hatred for my stomach and replacing it with something positive. just another way of making a new start.[/quote']

    I'm with you on this one. I'm not sleeved yet either but I talk to my husband and do the same as you "with my sleeve I can't have this and with my sleeve I will have to do that.... " etc... We even have this joke that everytime either of us need or want something we say " Pleeeeease gastric sleeeeeeve." I know we are both crazy but in life you gotta change your focus and change your mind just to make things right. Maybe humor allows me to make it more real and in my heart I know this is what I need right now in my life and if I'm lucky it won't hurt too bad and I know it will rid myself of Díabetes that is killing me slowly... So yeah, life is short, make jokes, have fun and love yourself more.!

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  19. Posted

    You have to set yourself up for success' date=' and positive thinking is a HUGE part of staying focused and committed. The first year after surgery is the time to buckle down and get your body burning off that fat. I am sure you have heard over and over that overloading carbs keeps the cravings active, and you need to turn off that craving.

    Get your home, work place, whatever stocked with healthy food. Try and stay away from bread, crackers, Pasta, rice, potatoes and sugar.

    I also get hungry every few hours, but I have Snacks that get me through. My latest between meal snack are some olives and a cheese stick, or perhaps a handfull of mixed nuts. If you eat solid Protein FIRST it will give you that sense of being full. If you eat soft foods, you may not get that sense of fullness as quickly. If you need to, have a big cup of low fat Soup before dinner, wait the 2 hours and have dinner.< /p>

    I am a slow loser, but I am losing. I am not perfect and sometimes I do slip up, but I always go back to my healthy eating, a nice salad at lunch with grilled chicken and low fat dressing is a good choice. A grilled piece of meat or poultry or fish with a veggie for dinner is a no brainer, cottage cheese with fruit or yogurt, or a Protein Bar for Breakfast will give you the Protein you need without all the calories and carbs.

    You can do this. You are leaning toward self sabotage and you have to nip it in the bud before you un-do the great weight loss you've had so far. Make up your mind, and take control.

    Good Luck. I was not trying to sound harsh, but sometimes we all need a dose of reality.[/quote']

    Perfectly said. You got this down to a science. You are so right... It is a mental thing...

  20. Posted

    Quitting all my diabetes meds, high blood pressure meds so my body can go back to functioning naturally.

    Waking up feeling good and up not like I was hit with a mack truck.

    Being my old cheerful happy self again before the weight gain.

    Go back to work feeling great and healthy.

    Not being the fat girl at the family holiday party and have everyone give me the lecture on how to lose weight.

    Feeling wonderful and not caring what people say.

    Mainly just take care of my self for once and be self aware that focusing on others and not me got me to where I am today!

    Self Love and be in Harmony.

    Go on a honeymoon with my new husband and not postpone it just because I felt I didn't look good. I was brave enough to have a white wedding as a plus size girl but not ready for a honeymoon. Lol.

  24. Posted

    Looks like I'm the only Cuban lol My mom is Cuban and my dad is black. I'm really dreading not being able to eat spicy food and rice :( I heard the rice will expand in your stomach and spicy food may come out like flames lol I love adding serranos to everything and I probably will have to cut back on things that add heat for a while.

    Don't worry you are not alone, my husband is Cuban & Italian and all he wants is his rice and Beans with steak empanizado. So I cook it. He loves bis Cuban sandwiches and who can resist ? Don't know how it will work when I can't eat that anymore...

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