kmamaward

Premier Protein was suggested by my bariatric dietician as a good option. Price and availability make it a good option for many I know. I keep the pre made on hand at work and I appreciate the convenience. I use powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury and nectar powders at home.
Had lapband surgery 10/12/16

One man in our support group was preparing for bariatric surgery. He was only a week away and very excited about his upcoming surgery. Then he received a surprise call from his surgeon calling him to report immediately to the hospital for a heart operation. He underwent the heart operation, spent about a month recovering from that and then went through the bariatric surgery. It is a year later and I still see him at support group meetings. He has lost a lot of weight and appears to be doing fine.

Awesome, not offended in the least. Thank you. I needed a swift kick cause right now the hubby is out of town working and I have no excuse. I am back in the saddle today. I need to prep the night before. Now freezing my Protein shakes, how many days can it be in the freezer and still be good? I will be on the loser bench but will come back here for support.

Lol I know the pre surgery diet is hard but stay focus do one day at a time I'm on day 3 and I'm not hungry but I think it's a mind thing that I want to eat, crunch on a sugar free Popsicle if your craving something sweet or just need to chew on something, who would have thought I could manage on less than 500 calories a day without bring hungry , I drink two premiere Protein Shakes a cup of chicken broth one sugarfree puffing and I sugarfree Popsicle if I need to chew. Good luck my friends I can't wait until Monday then it's show time ,

I'm here with all of you! Day 3 of preop liquid diet and...cheated on the 10 little tiny oyster crackers that were left in the cupboard. Yep...counted every one of them. Probably not the end of the world however, I realize the importance of not having things in the house for me to go to and keeping myself busy. Nighttime, t.v. time is the worst for me. Have to start creating a new normal.

My surgeon believes only 3 days of Clear Liquids will get you ready for surgery. I tell you this because it's possible any number of pre-op regiments work. So stop beating yourself up, stay the heck away from the pie, and move on!!!!
Remember pie will make you dump! Your new pouch will help you avoid cheating, unlike your current stomach. It will be much harder to cheat which may help you break the bad habit. you gotta break the bad habits because the pouch won't do it for you long term.

I think you just hit a plateau. Your body has been losing so much that your body is fitting extra hard to hold on to it. I know it sounds crazy but allow your self a bite or two of a "treat" it reminds your body that it will still get some fats and that it is OK to let go of the fat it is holding on to. I didn't believe my husband when he told me to do that but when I finally gave in it worked. Just remember 2 bites are good, 20 bites are bad, LOL!

Get off the scale and go by how you feel and how your clothes fit. Weigh no more than 1X/week. I know it is tempting to base your loss on the experience of others--believe me, I've been there. But this is not like it was pre-surgery. You won't fail this time. This is not a race and there is no finish line. You will get there. Believe in yourself and your very brave decision to have this surgery. You got this!

I am going to ask my uncle (the grillmaster) to grill me some fish and/or chicken without any sauces.

Dear kmammaward,
Don't beat yourself up I did the same thing I think I was sabotaging myself out of fear but after finishing the nutrition classes and talking with the girls in class I really did feel I was not alone. We were allowed 2 Protein drinks a day and small piece of chicken or fish and veg I ate my big meal at lunch because that is when I was the hungriest. There is a great walking video on you tube. enjoy what you eat now because trust me you will wish you could get 15cc's of Water down every 15min post op. I also had my own bible verse I kept repeating The Lord your God is with you. We all had our reasons for how we got where we are but for me my body could not take it any longer and finally I could afford to something about it at 54. So please get back up because you can do this for YOU.
Kelly

If you're easily offended and if you don't want to hear the truth, stop reading now.
Because, the cold hard truth of the matter is that you need to help and your not going to get what you really need here. You need to call your surgeon and your psych and get serious. If you can't get thru the pre-op diet without messing up, you need to be sure your fully committed to this. The procedure is only a tool, if you can't stay away from foods that are bad for you now, who's to say you will post-op. It's a serious commitment and it shouldn't be taken lightly. I'd call your nut first thing tomorrow and have a serious conversation. They may suggest a longer trial period for you and postpone your surgery, who knows, but you need to be 100% on board with this because it's not easy and it's not fun.
Like snow, my pre-op was so much more strict then yours, 3 shakes a day with sf Jello and sf popsicles for 2 weeks - That's it, nothing else. Was it hard, you bet your arse it was but I knew this was what I wanted and thing, not even a crappy pre-op plan was going to stop me.
I wish you luck, seriously I do.

If they told you that you can't have the op, how will you feel? Because honestly, if you don't get it together now, they might turn you down, especially with a weight gain.
My pre-op diet was a lot stricter than your...it was all liquid, with some Jello and some bouillon. Yes, it's tough, especially when you're cooking or eating with others.
Personally, I think that for me it was those losses that kept me spurred on. I kept telling myself that each time I lost weight, it was going to be "gone forever" ans a step closer to my goal.
Keep busy....get creative with your shakes...buy Davinci sugar free syrups and add them to your shakes to get new flavors...or freeze them.
Another thing I did was buy smaller clothes as an inspiration and motivation...that put big smiles on my face when I got into them.
Hope you get it together soon so we can see you on the losers bench....good luck.
Xxx

Hi I have to get all those clearances, heart, lung, and sleep study. I have congestive heart failure and a stress test showed I may have blockages. I am going in for an angiogram next week to check on those. I also have the sleep study. The pulmonary doc will give me clearance on June 5th if I keep up with my treatment plan. I have severe asthma allergies and can barely walk without coughing. If I cannot be cleared and must do this on my own I have learned some tools through the 6 month program I went through and from the Nut I saw. Good luck to you.

Have you ever caught yourself watching TV at night and feeling lonely, bored or sad? Your partner may be sitting next to you or in their favorite chair, but you get up anyway; making the routine trip to the freezer to fix a bowl of ice cream, which will provide the comfort you are craving. It may not be ice cream; your comfort food may be a bag of Doritos, a pizza delivery, or a can of coke and leftovers from dinner. You aren’t really hungry, you may feel miserable, but the effort it would require to hug your partner, or become intimate with them isn’t as easy or comforting as food. People who struggle with weight often times struggle with intimacy as well. This struggle extends beyond their family, and affects their personal friendships as well. Eating for comfort may lead to more isolation. The more weight people gain, the less they want to mingle and the more they worry about what others will think or say.
Have we become a society of people medicating with food in order to feel better? Have we stopped turning to loved ones for support and comfort in lieu of food? Yes and no. Although overeating has always been a problem, the stress of technology speeding up our lives and forcing us to bring home more work, or never leaving work at work, we are all working more and more, and feeling less and less connected with those we love most. We return home feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. Rewarding ourselves with food is a lot easier than becoming vulnerable and open to criticism from our partner or friends. There are other reasons more people are turning to food for emotional comfort rather than a relationship.

You don’t have to leave your home to get comfort. Food delivery is available within blocks of our homes.
Food is easy; you don’t need to invest any effort or time.
You don’t have to get dressed to enjoy comfort food.
You don’t have to look handsome, desirable or pretty for food.
Food doesn’t judge you, leave you, or criticize you.
Eating a delicious dinner is longer and more enjoyable for many people than sex (the average length of lovemaking is less than ten minutes).
Food doesn’t cheat on you.
Food is available anywhere, anytime, and for any reason.
Food may be tied to memories of love and childhood which makes you feel loved.
Food doesn’t require a partner.

So is it a bad thing if we prefer gourmet truffle macaroni and cheese along with a filet mignon and a fresh garden salad with gobs of ranch dressing? Is it bad to add chocolate mousse if you’ve had an especially rough day and need an additional reward? It’s not a judgment call of right or wrong, but it can be adding to your unhappiness and health. Intimacy with another is important. When you are intimate with someone they want you to be healthy; choosing food for comfort rather than reaching out to them would be hurtful or a sign of rejection. There are other reasons you need to find comfort in one another rather than food. Below are a few.
Intimacy shared with another gives you a deeper connection.
Intimacy doesn’t leave you with guilt, feeling disgusted, or body hate.
Intimacy helps you lose weight, not gain.
Intimacy lowers your heart rate.
Intimacy lowers your blood pressure.
Intimacy won’t cause diabetes.
Intimacy is good for your heart.
Intimacy improves your thinking.
Intimacy is exercise and exercise is good.
Intimacy won’t leave you feeling isolated.
Intimacy doesn’t take your mobility away.
Intimacy doesn’t cost anything.
Intimacy doesn’t make your hips, knees or ankles hurt.
Intimacy makes your brain work better.

Everyone understands the feeling of working and having a bag of chips or a package of Cookies nearby only to realize at the end of their task the bag or package is completely gone. They were eating them mindlessly. Eating to calm anxiety is more and more common. The primary reason for relationships growing apart is due to couples choosing other vices to fill the void they feel. Becoming aware of your behavior and what you are eating, as well as writing down what you eat (we forget) is a good way to begin eating less and becoming more in touch with the emotions you are repressing with food. A simple practice of not eating past 7 or 8 pm can help you lose weight, and communicate more with your partner, family or friends. Breaking the habit of turning to food is not easy, but with practice it does work. Intimacy and sex are better for you than food!
–Mary Jo Rapini

What’s your incentive to work out and eat healthy day after day after day?


Believe it or not, I’ve never watched “The Biggest Loser” television show, but I’m very familiar with a phenomenon I call The Biggest Loser Effect. For several years now, a local health club has run a Biggest Loser Contest two or three times a year, as a way to boost club membership, improve attendance, and (of course) motivate people to lose weight. Individuals or teams work out, participate in exercise classes, weigh in weekly, and the winning man, woman, and/or team collects a nice price consisting of cash and services (for personal training, massages, pedicures, etc.). The club lays claim to some pretty impressive success stories, like a husband and wife who lost over 100 pounds between the two of them. That’s a good thing. If health doesn’t motivate you to lose weight, maybe cash and prizes will.
But who or what’s going to motivate you to keep going back to the health club, watching what you eat, and avoiding the morning temptation of a warm bed or the evening temptation of a nacho platter and a pitcher of beer? Who’s going to get your lazy butt over to the gym every day and power you through 45 minutes on the treadmill, stepper, or weight machines? When your lungs are searching for air and your straining legs are attempting the 9th jumping jack, is a piece of paper imprinted with “Federal Reserve Note” going to keep you going?
Maybe, maybe not. All I know is that I’m what makes Jean jump the 10th time, and I’ve watched dozens of people of all shapes, sizes and ages leap into the Biggest Loser Contest with only a dim idea of how much work (and luck) will be involved in winning that prize. They show up for one or two classes, do a few reps with two-pound hand weights, wipe the sweat from their brow, and head off to McDonald’s for a light Breakfast of sausage biscuits with hash browns, a cinnamon roll, and a giant Dr. Pepper (remember: I live in the South)…never to be seen again, except maybe on the obituary page of the local newspaper.
That’s what I mean by The Biggest Loser Effect. The contest is a good start, a pledge to make important changes. Just stepping on the scale in a public place like a gym is a big deal. But the contest isn’t enough. Weight management is a contest that goes on for the rest of your life, and the grand prize is far more valuable than $500 or even $1,000,000 cash. The prize is living 10 or more years longer and healthier than you would have otherwise. The Biggest Loser Contest winners are the people who think about their eating and exercise all week long, not just when weigh-in time rolls around on Saturday morning.
It may sound like I’m making fun of the losers who quit, but I can spot the quitters so easily because I used to be a quitter myself. A friend made me laugh the other day when she told me about checking through her “vast library of DVD’s” to find a Leslie Sansone exercise video. It reminded me of a “less is more” phase I went through a few years ago, during which I cleared my house of a lot of the clutter that had accumulated through the years, including my own vast library of exercise videos, some of them still sealed in their original packaging. Apparently I had thought that simply purchasing an exercise video would count as real exercise, or I played the video once, quit after 10 or 12 minutes, and sent it to the video graveyard in my bookcase. So I know whereof I speak. And I also know I’m going to go on being a loser, but I’m not going to go on being a quitter. Are you?

Instead of lying how about some truth, like... It's personal but thanks for your concern.

Hiatal hernia surgery. So will a middle finger and telling them to mind their business:)

Ok so I'm having my bypass surgery in May, that's during little league season.
I don't want the moms there to know. But they will know something is up when I'm gone for awhile and come back sore etc. what other surgery can I say I had? Can't be gallbladder they know I don't have one. I just hate when people hear WLS they assume it's easy. So I was hopping for some ideas.

Lol. Yes five... I am old and have plenty of time on the books. I am going to enjoy every minute of taking care of me. For a change...

I'm excited to meet him! Did you go to south sac or Folsom? Do you know if he requires you quit smoking? I did just in case. When was your surgery? What was your highest weight? How much do you weigh now? Why did you choose the sleeve? How are you feeling?
Sorry for all the questions but I am new and scared and excited and anxious! Does he do many lap band procedures?

A anyone having their surgery in Sac? If so where and who is your doc? Can you tell me what you like and what you don't like?
I'm using Dr. Eslami

I'm sorry KristinaRnY that your post has been hijacked. I was actually looking forward to some helpful ideas and advise as well.
And while we're off topic...one of the things that has stuck with me from a recent talk with Dr. Mia Angelou that I was privileged to be a part of was :
"Don't ask yourself IF you are racist, ask yourself HOW are you racist."
It is easy to label someone as being racist when they poorly choose their words as in the case of the above poster. However, when you get all sanctimonious about it you are showing a lack of insight into the fact that you also have racist tendencies. We all do. It is impossible to be raised in the United States as a white person and not have bias and prejudice deeply imbedded in your psychology. To deny that is to think yourself untouched by what society is seeped in and it is that self-righteous denial which protects those deep deep seeds of racism and prevents eradicated them from your spirit.
So go ahead and throw stones. But don't kid yourself by thinking that because you know better than to use the word "colored" and will aggressively correct someone else's ignorance that you are somehow above all of that.

Educate instead of Humiliate. Persuade instead of Persecute. Converse instead of Chastise. If you want to help the situation ask yourself how YOU are a racist.

Dayum. I'm "colored". I'm colored a pale pinkish- white. Wish I was "colored" tan, but alas, the Irish heritage overtook the American Indian in me. I found it pretty offensive. Just sayin

In the 2000's it was decided black wasn't a color but a shade... Would it be proper to say, "unless you are shaded!" ;-P