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Well I have surgery. Next Tuesday so I'm going to a party tonight on the preop diet and having a protien shake and maybe a turkey stick!!! So have fun you steak eating meanies lol!!

Recipe please, Joia!!!

yes, congrats OP, welcome back to the light side:)

duh, didn't scroll down enough. thanks CANT

OP, I am very new here and I have actually found some good advice over the past few months from you. However, something has changed of late, including this post and the other offensive "cant fix stupid" post. Not sure what's changed or what's going on with you but your tone has really changed in the past couple weeks. You are 3 years+ out, why the heck are you going onto a friendly forum and stirring the pot now? You should be blissfully enjoying your success and not even giving a thought to this forum at 3+ successful years. Enjoy your success as you have, but the negativity and name calling aren't welcome here. I respected you as a poster I always read, but you have completely changed that in the past couple weeks with your venomous posts. Do you need some support too on an issue that's driving all this pot stirring??

I'm starting pre-op diet today and can't find where to track liquids in MFP... I'm doing the food fine but can't find liquids and I know at one time I saw a water glass thingy where you put water in -- now I can't find it! thanks~

Anyone have a good recipe for egg drop soup? I would love one!

Mine is a collection of bariatric items that add up to about 900 cal. We buy them from the dr office. Breakfast is oatmeal, dry cereal, owlets, or wierd little pancakes. Lunch is soup or pasta meals. Dinner is a prepared frozen dinner type of dinner. Plus protein supplement snacks.

Great, guys! This is exactly what I was hoping to get, thanks so much. I've been watching Craigslist but nothing too good right now. I imagine you can buy a good hardly-used one since people buy them and don't end up staying with it. I'll just keep stalking Craigslist, I appreciate the brand info:)

Can anyone give me any tips on buying a used elliptical? Specifically what bells and whistles to look for, good and bad brands, etc. I think $1000 would be close to my budget... Hope that can get something decent. Thanks.

If you can drink milk, I read that you can add dry milk powder to it to make "double milk" and double your protein.

Hey newat52, would you mind sharing your sauce recipe? I've always used jars and added to them, but I'm going to start making it fresh.

So glad someone said this out loud, OP! Yes, I have a few that I wold love to see that particular shade of green on:)

They have tons of Torani syrups at World Market too.

Yay for you! Enjoy every moment of your success:)

Oh, that cardiac stress test is the worst! I had one years ago when I had a very bad tib/fib fracture and couldn't do the "normal" walking one. It's awful!

Weighing myself when dieting was always a catalyst to giving up or cheating. If I felt I had been doing really good and the scale was disappointing, then I'd give, get pissed off, and have a treat. Over and over and over . Once I've had surgery I plan on once a week max, that's one of my rules I will not break.

June 18 for me, yay!!

Can you add me please, June 18!

If its just regular yogurt with the Water taken out, how does it get more Protein? I remember letting reg. yogurt filter through a sieve to make "yogurt cheese" but I'm not getting how that can possibly increase the protein?? Not being a smart-ass, I really don't know:)

Finally received my date today, it's June 18! It took so long getting the approval faxed and communicated! It was approved at BCBS of Illinois on 5/29 and just today my drs office emailed to set up the surgery date:( Anyway, NUT and exercise dude on Monday, pre op diet for a week, then surgery:) I have Dr. Foote in GR.

New, I'm so happy for you!!! You really have it going on and that is fabulous! I hope to be where you are in a matter of months. You were so helpful to me when I wrote a thread about knowing I was gong to be a slow loser, and I was so grateful. My surgery is coming up on June 18 and I pray that it will all work as easily for me:) Congrats!!

Hi Aline, now there are 4 of us! I'm so ready:)

AmyRN and ElaineB, I'm officially on June 18 also!! Just got everything approved and scheduled, YAY!

Anyone know if the chicken skewers are in SAMs Club also?