Mini Me Wanna~Be

I don't know what your sweet tooth craves, whether it just be something sweet or something like a candy bar. I went into my local Vitamin world the other day and was looking at the powders and Protein drinks they have available (because that is the ONLY place in my town other than Smith's grocery store & Wal-mart that has anything I will be needing for surgery) and I ran across these OhYeah bars. They had 4 different bars the one I tried was chocolate Caramel Candies I was surprisingly shocked at how good it tasted and reminded me of "Candy" It has a soft filling with tiny M&M looking candies on top and covered with chocolate. It says "Good Grab right size right choice" (it's a little smaller than a payday bar) It has: 180 Calories, Total fat 9g, Carbs 19g, Sugars 8g, Protein 14g I know calories and sugars are maybe a little high but if you do it once in a while it shouldn't be to bad, I figure with 14g of Protein it makes it ok ;}~ Also I just got the Bariatric Choice Catalog and it has some "candy bar" like Protein Bars. The SF chocolate Dream Protein Bar that looks just like a candy bar says it's similar to a Nestle's crunch bar it has: 160 cal, 10g Protein, 12g fat, 6g carbs, 0 sugar. So these are a couple things im planning on looking into. I hope this helps ya a little bit.

Duh I was looking at the wonder slim bariatric hot cocoa drink. I guess I should have explore a little......lol

This may be a stupid question but can you heat it and make it hot? The directions on the box from the website say: Directions: Place contents of one packet into a large glass, shaker cup or blender. Add 8 ounces of cold Water and stir or shake vigorously until dissolved. Nonfat milk may be substituted for water. I don't know how cold "Hot" chocolate would taste.....lol

Thank you for sharing, I haven't had surgery yet but I have seen several talk about hot chocolate and as cold as it's been lately it sounds very yummy :}

I had never hear of the PB2 either until I saw it on here. I live in a small town with no "health food" stores but I happened to walk down the "healthy" isle of my Smith's Grocery store and they had it. I was shocked to see it there and they had the reg and the chocolate PB2. So before you all pay extra shipping check in your local grocery stores. Good luck all it's a good thing to have on hand if you haven't tried it yet :}

@Bobo, how much SF butterscotch pudding do you put in each shake?Im looking for things to change it up a lil and never thought about putting pudding in it. Thanks in advance for any ideas you can send my way :}

I have seen it at the Sam's club in my city, I can't eat it because too much sodium. The sodium kills my arthritis an sends me into a major flare. If you have a Sam's club or a Costco try there as it should be cheaper for larger bags. Good luck :}

Im interested in the Unjury if you would like me to pm you my info I can let me know how much you would need for shipping. Im in Arizona. Thanks, Katrina

@GeauxForlt what is Franken Yogurt? I Googled it and didn't come up with anything

I don't know if it would help but I have seen foam wedges that you can buy to help you lay at an incline, I am planning to get one soon due to my Restless leg syndrome. It sounds weird but if I sleep partially sitting up my legs arent as bad as when I sleep flat. Good luck and I am so happy to see that you got to go home, you have been in my prayers and now I will pray you stay home an healing comes without any further issues :}

I don't know where you are in Nevada, I live in Bullhead City, AZ and my Dr is in Las Vegas. You will like this site you will get a lot of good info and advise, I started coming on here in Oct and i'm pretty addicted to it. I have found the people here are very nice and helpful. Best wishes in your journey and a great way to start a new you in a new year :}

@clk where can I get good info and cooking idea's for Quinoa? I have never heard of it and now i'm curious. I Google'd it but it ran me around and I still wasn't quite sure what it was....lol Thank you in advance for your help :}

I haven't had surgery yet but in my consult apt with my Dr I said "Carbs" he said there are good and bad carbs, I don't care about the good carbs well call the bad carbs "Starches" and those are evil and the ones you should get out of your mind and stay away from. It helped me put it in a little better perspective cus I knew there were good carbs but everyone here on VST kept saying "low carb" but I like the way my Dr. explained it. Hope this helps you a lil bit :}

Thank you sarahcc, I just want to get this ball rolling. I'm so excited, nervous, scared, scared, scared........lol

Thank you for the explanation. Lots of abbreviations here and sometimes I can't figure them out....lol

I have not yet had my surgery but I kept hearing people on here talk about journaling their food so I thought I would start before surgery to get in the habit. I have tried several ways, in a note book, in a date book, on my computer and wasn't very diligent in keeping track of my food. Then I walked into my local Vitamin world store and saw this journal book it's called "Diet Minder Personal Food & Fitness Journal" It has everything in it that I have heard we need to keep track of. Its small enough I can carry in my purse and big enough I can write in it and even read what i've written....lol I got it when it was a members special & only paid $5.00 for it on their website it's $14.95 but I feel it's defiantly worth the money. Now I have no excuse not to journal it's too easy with this book. I send good wishes & prayers your way to get you back on track and keep reading VST it has given me a lot of good information, idea's and support. Sorry the web site is: www.memoryminder.com

Havent had surgery yet, what is a JP drain?

That is so awesome, you should be very proud of yourself. I have not been sleeved yet and I can honestly say that one of my biggest fears is not knowing what to expect from losing weight. I want to lose 130-150lbs but I have no clue what size to expect or what I will look like. I have been a DD since I was 8 so I gained a bunch of weight cus it was easier to be picked on because I was fat instead of because I had bigger boobs than all the teachers and most of the kids mom's and since then I have never been able to lose the weight. I am afraid of all the loose skin and my boobs hanging more than now but I am more afraid of staying fat and dealing with all my medical issues. Thank you for sharing your pictures, gives me something to look forward too :}

Thank you for the info, however I must be doing something wrong when I copied & pasted that web address it tells me: MU Health Care has moved This link is no longer valid...please click www.muhealth.org to see the new and improved Web site! When I go to just muhealth.org I can't find the document your talking about. can you please send me the link to my email please? minimewanna-be@yahoo.com Thank you in advance for your help :}

I am sorry for the problems you are having, I hope all is figured out and you are on the road to recovery very quickly. Sending prayers your way and hopefully in the end your opinion of having this surgery will change and it will be the best thing you have done. :}

where did you buy those?

I miss having a 7-11, thats what happens when you move to a small town. I guess I will have to freeze crystal light and try making a slushee myself :}

@O.T.R Sleever where can you buy the Whey Low at that you were talking about??

I just bought a Euro Cuisine Automatic Yogurt maker. I have read, that Greek Yogurt has more protein in it than regular yogurt. Does anyone know how I can make Greek yogurt????? The yogurt maker I bought doesn't really have any recipes to help me. Im new at this so im not even sure how to figure out the nutrition info like calories, carbs, protein, etc. once I make it. If anyone can please help me out with this I would be forever thankful. Thanks in advance for reading my post. Katrina :}