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i have a 7 1/2 month old. i make all her food. i steam pretty much everything and then put it in a food processor. the other night my dh was jokin around how me and the baby will be eating the same things...and he is right. everything tastes really good, nothing added. i also do this to beef, chicken, pork for her to add to the veggies. rice too. for her i get it all pureed and then freeze it in ice cube trays, just the right size helping for her....

i was just wondering if anyone else had tried this? i bought the strawberry kiwi flavor and its pretty good. also, i havent seen much posted about nutritional shakes, like ensure or boost. (and maybe i havent looked hard enough??). are these good/ok to use post-op? i bought some of the walmart brand. it has 9grams Protein in the 8 oz can. and i was reading how you can add powder milk to things to up the protein. how much do you add? how do you know how much protein? thanks! and sorry...new to this and trying to get a few more things figured out before thursday!

hope everyone going in today is doing great! holy crap, only a few days left...thursday here i come.

go to Huacuz Surgical Center. and if/when you call, norma is wonderful!

wasa...why do you say this about dr huacuz? you are the first person i have found to say anything bad about him and i am very curious! i know several people who have gone to him with great results and no problems. they have all just raved about what wonderful service and care you receive and how great he and his staff was. please share any information you have about him! thank you.

wasa...why do you say this?

guns dont kill people. guns dont rob people. people do.

just another bunny lovin, tree hugger.... hunting season opens monday, yippeeee..........

today i feel like bawling my eyes out! i feel like crap from having the flu and now a stuffy nose and sore throat. listen to me whine...sorry. all i want to do is eat, and i am suppose to be on my pre-op diet. i cheated. now i want to cry even more. and i am stuck here at work and all i want to do is go home and curl up in bed and cry. and go to the bathroom and puke up what i ate since i am not suppose to. i think i need some extra sleep or something. i feel like i weigh about a zillion pounds right now. i am bloated and just feel ikcy all around, what am i doing? i am so excited to get this done next week. why am i wiggin out now? is anyone else doing this same sort of thing?

i had my daughter feb 19 and am having this done on oct 4. i will let you know next week if it were something i think i could have dealt w/ right after giving birth. i had to have a c-section so there was the recovery from that as well.

i think its great you have a supportive hubby. i am on the other side of things and know how hard it is when they dont support your choice. i am sure you have tried many things in the past to lose the weight, so dont feel bad or guilty. that is something i have had to work on as well. there is still a large part of me that feels guilty, but it will be better in the long run! i will feel better and be healthier and that will reflect into my dh and my kids lives. keep your chin up! best of luck!

i share your worry of extra skin too. my dh and i have a deal that i can have a tummy tuck and a breast lift/augmentation after i have been at my goal weight for a year. and i have to have the money saved for the majority of the cost. i am 27 and have a low bmi. where are you having surgery? i am going to Mexico because my bmi is too low for anyone in the states to do it, that and its SO much cheaper being self pay. best of luck on your liquid diet. i started mine monday. its hard, but will be worth it. good luck!

carrot--i am right there with ya! i started my 10 day pre-op monday. it was hard until about noon. then i got really really sick. :sick i must have gotten a bug, but i am finally starting to feel better today. i havent vomitted any since yesterday afternoon. that made the first 2 days perty darn easy to stick to. this morning i just feel like bawling my eyes out. i want to eat. i know i can do this, i just really didnt think it would play such mental hell with me. hope everyone is doing great. 7 days until surgery!

so today is day numero 1. so far so good. i had tea for Breakfast, apple juice for a snack, chicken broth and a slushie for lunch.... only 9 and 1/2 days of liquids left to the big day!!! hope everyone else on their pre-ops are doing great.

i quit drinkin coffee when i quit smoking 2 1/2 years ago. to this day, the smell of coffee makes me want to light up. so i dont. i am a, or shall i say, was a heavy consumer of mtn dew and pepsi. today is day 1 of my 10 day liquid pre-op. i decided to give up pop now too, even though technically i could still drink it. figure i will get myself 10 days "clean" before surgery, since after i cant have any. my surgeon didnt say anything about not having caffeine..at least not yet. maybe that will change when i meet w/ the nutritionist next week? best of luck!

i start my 10 day pre-op on the 24 too. i am doing the same thing, like almost in a panic, omg--what shoud i eat now that i wont be able to? i keep thinking i am doing horrible, but i havent gained any so it must not be. tonight my dh and i are going out with his brother and his wife to dinner and to the haunted houses. kinda like my last hoorah before monday. my bil and sil have NO idea that i am doing this though, they just think we are going out for a night w/ no kids. i am looking forward to it. we live in a small rural town and we going into the "city" in the neighboring state, so i get to eat at my favorite GOOD place...now i just have to decide which one that is!!! best of luck on your diet. i am excited to start, it just makes it all real, ya know?

throught this whole process my dh had not been supportive. he really isnt unsupportive either. he flat out told me he didnt want to hear anything about it. nothing, period. so i havent told him much. oh, of course, some of my excitement has spilled over and i have a said a few things here and there, only to be met w/ a plain, oh, or huh. even though i know better, it still stings when he is like this. or when he told me i should just get off my ass and workout. last night i mentioned that i needed to go to GNC (we live in a very small town w/ no where like this to shop, but are going to salt lake this weekend, so i thought i would go then). he asked why and i told him to look into some Protein powders and Vitamins. he was like, why, you wont do it, you wont take them. umm, excuse me, yes i will! i have to! he doesnt know anything about this or how involved i have been, doing research, finding out what i need to do. then he tells me, i didnt know you would have to stuff like this. NO SHIT! you didnt want to hear anything about it, so i havent said anything (minus those occasional slips of course). i dont know why it got me all upset, i am used to this attitude about it from him. part of my thinks he wants me to fail at this too, like i have w/ just about every other diet program i have tried. he doesnt understand that this is a life changing thing, forever. i will finally be that thin(ner) person i have never been! he told me he doesnt think i will do the 10 day liquid diet. like hell! last night i wanted to start it early, just to show him. but i didnt. i ate my salad and i was pissy and upset for a while. oh well. thanks for listening to me vent about it. i feel better just getting it typed out. and i know you all will be supportive of me. thanks.

<p>so monday-the 24-i start my 10 day pre-op liquid diet. i am so excited. i cant believe its so close! finally, a real answer to this problem i have had for my entire life. i cant wait. but i am starting to get nervous. what will i look like thin? what if i still hate me when i am thin? what will my dh think? family? friends? i am not telling anyone, how will i handle the questions? will there be questions? will people even notice? omg, what if nobody notices? what will it be like? will i lose fast? sorry...and these are just a few of whats runnin through my head!</p> <p> </p> <p> how are you all feeling?</p>

<p>so monday-the 24-i start my 10 day pre-op liquid diet. i am so excited. i cant believe its so close! finally, a real answer to this problem i have had for my entire life. i cant wait. but i am starting to get nervous. what will i look like thin? what if i still hate me when i am thin? what will my dh think? family? friends? i am not telling anyone, how will i handle the questions? will there be questions? will people even notice? omg, what if nobody notices? what will it be like? will i lose fast? sorry...and these are just a few of whats runnin through my head!</p> <p> </p> <p>i know there are a few others headed for surgery on the 4th. how are you all feeling?</p> so i think i posted this in the wrong spot maybe? i reposted it on its own thread too. sorry! just figuring all this out..

omg, its stupid people day! i swear. i just need to vent for a minute, figured you all could understand my pain... i work in the office at a tire store. we had this guy call and get prices for a certain size...no problem. he then calls back for prices for a DIFFERENT size tire. i tell him the price. he tells me i am wrong and that he just spoke w/ my boss (the owner) who told him that the price was such and such. i said, yes, but that was for that size. he keeps tellin me i am wrong! hello stupid! not every tire of a particular style and brand are the same price!!! he gets all pissy w/ me and says, i will just speak w/ your boss. FINE, he will tell you the same thing! which he did. urghh....today has just been one of those days! we are incredibly busy and behind and the computers arent working......yeah, having a small pity party...lol. thanks for letting me vent!

whoa--i didnt even think of that! i am so glad you mentioned it. i did take a couple yesterday, but quickly remembered why i had stopped. i was sick to my stomach and shakey and grumpy. thanks!

or chewable? dont want to limit responses. what vitamins are doing best you everyone? thanks!

i was just wondering what liquid vitamins everyone uses. i looked at an older thread and got a few ideas, but just wondering what else people were using and having luck with. thanks!

i just wanted to say that i enjoyed reading this post and all the responses. more then once, thanks to princess, i nearly fell outta my chair laughing.

i am feeling the same way. i too am scheduled for the 4th. i find myself wondering how life after this will be. what will i say to family/friends at gatherings? we are big into get togethers, bbq's at the brother-in-laws, entire family holiday meals...its kinda nerve racking. i am not telling anyone save for my dh, my mom, and 2 very close friends. i dont want to have to explain any of it to people. i am an emotional eater, how will i "deal" w/ things when i dont have the comfort of food to turn to? omg, i have like a million questions i could ask that just dont have a solid answer. glad to know i am not alone in my nervous anticipation. :nervous