JerseyGirlJodi

Those are hysterical!! Love them!

My brother did Insanity and got pretty toned and slimmed down.

Welcome to the April sleevers!!

I just tried the Unjury strawberry. Not a fan of it in water. Maybe have to mix it with something else. Perhaps lemonade.

Good question. I know some doctors have their patients do pureed food after the liquid stage. My surgeons/nutritionists don't want you pureeing food. They want you eating "mushy" food (i.e. - soft veggies, mashed potatoes, eggs, etc.), but not actually pureed food. Which, quite honestly, is fine by me. Also, some surgeons use drains and catheder's whereas mine doesn't use either. I don't really know why each surgeon does things differently.

I do have a 2-week diet, but it's not full liquid. I believe I have to replace one meal a day with a Protein shake. I can definitely live with that. I'm sorry you have to do all liquid!

I'm in Roselle Park in Union County. I'll be having surgery at Overlook Hospital in Summit. Good luck to you, too!

Sorry. Double-post.

I totally agree with this. It was EXACTLY what I was going to say!!

We're the same day! Unless I have to move mine due to insurance.

I'm more worried about getting the milk of magnesia down than what will happen once I do. What does that stuff taste like? When I once had an upper GI series and they made me drink that nasty drink, I couldn't finish it. It was the nastiest thing. I really hope this stuff is not like that!

Great idea! Thanks, Khloe!

This is something I've been contemplating for awhile now. There are some people that have known almost from the beginning of my journey. As I get closer to my surgery date, I've decided that I'm going to tell pretty much everyone. If I don't, I'm apt to forget who I told and who I didn't. And then I'll have to come up with stories about how I'm losing so much weight so quickly. It's too much stress to lie. I'll tell the rest of my family that don't know when we're all together for Passover at the end of the month. Then I'll let the rest of my friends know. If they truly love me and care about me, then they'll be supportive. If not, then I won't talk with them about it anymore. And if they're downright cruel, then they obviously were never my true friend to start with and I'll cut them out of my life.

Unjury sells a sampler, with 2 packets of each flavor, along with a thermometer to check the temp of the water when mixing it with heated water, as well as a container for mixing/carrying. I've tried the chicken soup flavor (pretty good, although not as good as mom's chicken soup, of course ) and the chocolate splendor (mixed with 8 oz of light soy milk - tasted just like chocolate milk). I've never heard of the other ones you guys have mentioned, but I'll have to try and get some samples of those, too. The bigger the variety, the better.

I'm tentatively scheduled for April 15, pending insurance approval. Feel free to email me at jodisgreen@aol.com.