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pretty amazing.

JUST FOUND Syntrax makes a unflavored - you can find it on Amazon and the big container is (today anyway) $17. I can’t wait for my surgery!

i thought giving up coffee was MUCH harder

My surgeons suggest no corn, peas or potatoes during the weight loss phase

I love Syntrax - it’s low in carbs - zero sugar - and mixes easily with Water - flavors like koolaid - I give it two thumbs up. Some of the flavors are sold in sample packs - try before you buy - AND - try your Vitamin Store - if you have that chain where you live

absolutely NO idea - I am pre-surgical and the office was kind enough to give this to me - this is the diet I get when I come home from the hospital - not bad eh? I stay in the hospital for 4 days - I hope that is a mistake and they mean up to 4 days - when I had a c-section I just about lost it after 2 in a hospital...

I’m reading my “rules” and I see I can have ONE cup of coffee a day - woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

• Add nonfat dry milk powder to any liquid or pureed food such as Soup or yogurt. • Protein powder is available as a whey or soy based product. It can be used as a drink supplement or added to lower protein foods. • Sprinkle lowfat shredded cheese onto foods. High-protein chocolate milk (20 grams of protein per 1 cup) 21⁄2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder 1 cup fat-free (skim) milk 1 packet Carb Conscious Carnation® Instant Breakfast® Stir ingredients. Serve chilled. High-protein sugar-free pudding (9.5 grams of protein per 1⁄2 cup) 2 cups fat-free (skim)milk One package sugar-free instant pudding (four serving size) 1⁄2 cup nonfat dry milk powder Add all ingredients; mix per instructions on box. Pureed cheeseburger (30 grams of protein per recipe) 3 ounces lean ground turkey 1 slice fat-free cheese 2 tablespoons warm beef broth Cook turkey and drain fat. Add all ingredients except beef broth to blender and puree on high. Gradually add beef broth to desired consistency. Crystal Light® cooler (6 grams of protein per 1⁄2 cup serving) 1⁄2 cup Crystal Light (recommended: punch, strawberry-kiwi or strawberry-orange-banana) 1⁄2 cup Egg Beaters® 2 tbsp. Cool Whip Lite® Blend well. AND Acceptable Bariatric Pureed items: Skinless chicken/turkey breast, and lean pork tenderloin, skim or 1% milk, scrambled egg substitutes/ egg whites, light yogurt without fruit chunks, tofu, 96% fat-free cream Soups (strained), flaky fish fillets, Carb Conscious Carnation® Instant Breakfast®, 1% small curd cottage cheese, nonfat dry milk powder (to add to other pureed items), canned tuna packed in Water (may add 2 Tbsp. of reduced fat mayonnaise), lowfat shredded cheese, ricotta cheese. AND http://www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.com <- she rocks

I heart the strawberry mousse it tasted good with water - but ice cold water - tasted like strawberry quick which i drank allot as a kiddo.

this thread sounds very shame shame on you - Hey - I’m pre-surgical Eat what you can Eat what your NUT is ok with and don’t feel shamed by ANYBODY - you had that before - now is time for the new you to arrive develop and expand - are you loosing do you feel good let those things moderate your feelings about what your eating...none of us will ever be you - and visa versa. good luck.

Think of it as time to prepare for your new life.

they won’t even let me talk to the surgeons office until I satisfy this requirement - then I have a 3 hour surgeon appt - 8 pre-tests - and then we submit to insurance.

For six months

I have to see my pcp and that's usually 45 I have to see a nut and that's an hour

i <3 pharmacists - y’all do know more than the dr’s on this stuff.

Does anyone know what the diff is btw matrix and regular? At the Vitamin Store (a chain here) it was $12 difference? I have been drinking that sky one forever - and loved it - and if you are a child of the 70’s you remember strawberry quick - and the strawberry mousse is to die for - even with Water... I LOVE Syntrex

I have to go month to month - the appointment is 60 minutes - face to face - that’s for SIX months - so it could suck more...

Call the pharmacy where you got it - pharmacists actually know more than Dr’s on meds and effects - my pharmacists wife had rny - so i’m set!

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-codeine-side-effects.htm#lbimages

That IS a side effect of going off of some meds - when my husband went off of vicoden (a few years back) he was up for days (it felt like forever) - so it’s totally possible that’s what’s going on. I’ve taken vicoden and codine with ZERO issues - so you might be sensitive like my husband. good luck!

try costco too - but I suppose that costco bag may last you for 3-5 yrs

Remission - you know we can not eliminate diabetes but we can put it in remission. An a1c is THREE months of sugars.

Thanks so much. I’m excited.

I am living my 6 mo of supervised diet right now - I lost 12ish so far. I could go into turbo ME and spend all my life working out and I will loose - but I’m just wondering how that effects/affects (i never get that word right) post rny I have to do: endoscope sleep study pulmanologist (2 visits - possibly 3) -- for that alone I need to get my bottom on a treadmill endochronoligist for a full blood panel psych nutritionist exercise specialist I might be missing something here ... but I think that’s the list. I am being watched like a hawk - and honestly - nothing makes me wanna do the things that got me here - no desire for crap - and i’ve been doing the Protein first and measuring my foods I am having a hell of a time getting myself motivated to go to the gym - it’s my last hurdle so to speak - I just wonder (outloud) if I should be kicking this into high gear - a big part of me knows that it will mean an easier recovery - just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this. Thank you for your feedback and congrats on the 69lbs - that rocks my friend.

Hi. First post. By the way of introduction - I made my decision to have WLS in August - I have a 6 mo MANDATORY purgatory (irish catholic speak) before I can even see my surgeon - but as a research element I went to a surgery seminar for WL last week and discovered I am best suited for RNY (after saying absolutely NOT) I am warming up to it -- So - essentially I am going to see my surgeon for the first time later in January - Do I go batshitcrazy and work out like a maniac (to whatever degree that means at 200lbs over weight) pre-surgery - or do I just take one day at a time. Just wondering what y’all think. tia.