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What about nuts. they are high protein and crunchy

I was so proud of myself I bought playdough for treats to hand out. NO CANDY! I am so incredibly proud of myself.

I cant wait to have that feeling. Man I want that feeling.

OOOH I just bought a magic Bulett It is awsome! I made smoothies super easy. I cut my bananas in half and put them in those snack bags in the freezer. bought a bag of frozen mixed fruit divided them into the same types of bags and into the freezer. opened a can on condensed OJ and put it into a tupperware container....into the freezer. When I go to make my smoothies I grab I 1 baggie of half a banana cut up 1 baggie with about a cup of frozen fruit One heaping spoon full of OJ concentrate Start blending and then I add milk to it you can add soy milk till it gets the consistancy you want it at then PRESTO you have breakfast...of course at the end you would add you Protein powder to it and mix it up too. My sister told me Raspberrys and blackberrys are not good because of the seeds. I have to agree. Tried that one this morning. A co-worker sugested red grapes and apple pieces. I am just having fun with it.

OK I think you should change doctors if the one your with your not happy with. and when they ask you why you changed tell them the truth.

OK that is not a good outlook for life. You should get with a Lap Band Surgins group and they will do the work with insurance to push things thru the one I have is great. They basicaly did all the insurance work. They said they have done so much of it so often that they know how to get things approved. it just takes time.

Yeah I have to agree. I would rather have someone just use my name. Sometimes nicknames can come accross wrong

LOL they are probably councious of their food because your not eatting. so they talk to make them selfs not feel bad about eatting so much. One of my co-workers eats pancakes with syrup every morning. Thank god the smell is almost enough to make me sick to my stomach it smells too sweet like anti-freeze

That is what I was wondering. I dont see where I get any more gas or bubbles from a straw then from drinking normaly. I figure I am going to ask my surgion and dr's

Easier said then done.

What about Curves? They have all women in a basicaly small group and everyone is a bit overweight. It is really great. Personaly I go to the gym. I had a trainer for about 5 weeks and he was such an awsome guy I met all of his friends at the gym. So when I go all these hot guys say hi. major ego boost I know they are just being friendly but when other girls look at me trying to figure out why so many hot guys are talking to me it is so cool. I am at about 370 lbs so I know I am the biggest person in there lifting the smallest 3lb weights I know it looks funny but hell I feel better after working out. That totaly sounds weird...I feel better after working out. but it is true. The sweat is really a great feeling.

I thought they would be to clumpy like white bread and get stuck.

Just dont give up. I know from my experience It is too easy for me to give up then to actualy work hard. But I am training myself to work hard

I havent owned a scale for years because the ones I could afford didnt go up high enough. Now I think it might be kinda cool to get one once I get banded.

I have to say I was lucky with the psych eval because mine was like 15 minutes all he asked was if I had any mental problems or thoughts of suicide. then at the end he said he is recomending me for surgery. totaly cool for me but I am lucky I have a surgical team that does these all the time and they have a nutritionist and psych all on campus. it was super quick and painless and my surgion even called and told me they are sending all the paperwork to insurance and it should be approved in a few weeks. It almost makes me nervous because it is going so quick.

Man I love you guys. This is just cracking me up. I have had this lung crap for almost a year and I hack and cough all the time and instead of using tissues up I cut up a bunch of "wipe-all's" (Work shop type towles super thick) that I get from work and Spit into those because I just cant spit with out the trails all over my shirt. Would this work for the slimes?

I really dont have anything to help you out except hang in there these weeks or months before surgery is only going to make you stronger and it is still a productive thing your doing for yourself.

A bunch of my friends have told me I can have some of their old jeans and tops if I need different sizes. So I think I will be good for quite a while. Heck one of my friends even told me she has some dressy dresses that I can have while I am in that size. Not that I wear dresses. but who knows I might. If I can wear nice shoes I might wear the dresses

Can Most tolerate stuffing?

With all that said I bet you could have the soup and dont eat the eggs and be ok. Everytime I have egg drop soup it is mostly broth. So if you want that flavor of broth with out eatting the eggs then It would be the same as broth.

What about buying nice containers for the countertop? That way they are where you need them but look pretty

I dont have kids, never had surgery before. I should be having surgery on a wednesday and I have no choice but to be at work the following monday. I sure hope I do great with post op because I dont really have a choice in the matter. I will be fired if I cant get to work. Luckly I have an office job where I am answering phones and on the computer and a bathroom is close but I just hope I do well. I think I have a pretty high tolerance for pain. Every root canal and tooth pulled I only took alieve and when I had the cortizone shots in the bottom of my feet and was ok. So I hope HOPE I will be ok.

Ranchgirl, which naked protein do you drink. I tried them they seemed too thick. I was thinking about adding a bit of water to them.

I am waiting for insurance to aprove then to set a date for surgery. My Surgion says I should be approved no problem. I am refusing to buy new clothing. Does this seem wrong to anyone. I think I have enough clothes to last me for 6 months or so. and Just hate the thought of buying more clothes that once I am banded I wont be wearing again.

I did take them up on it. I am just waiting for my surgery date now. One of my friends is taking a vacation day for my surgery and the others are staying the night to make sure I sleep and wake up I dont know how I feel about them staying the night. But I think I am just going to be thankful I have good friends.