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I'm 4 days post OP RNY. Feel mostly ok. Incision pain is what is really bugging me. I'm tired of liquids already and really want too get back in the kitchen and start cooking. Anybody have any suggestions in getting all the Protein in. Every time I eat any protein I automatically feel horribly full. I know I am supposed to feel full but I think it actually might be dumping. Any help?

I HATE Isopure!!! I can't drink it....it's way too chalky for me.
I did the same thing with my protein. I mix mine with either half 2% and half Water or with almond milk and I freeze it and it does feel like I'm eating icecream

Syntrax has a Cappuccino flavored Protein Powder. The first ingredient in it is Decaf coffee. Perhaps this might be a good solution?

My friend just bought me a box of sugar free Popsicles. I love them.

Thanks everyone. The headband picture is when my current husband and I got married in 2006. (I was widowed in 2003)
I have 29 lbs to go to wedding weight

"I'm sexy and I know it"

"The Fighter" by Gym Class Heroes.
The first part which goes, "Just waking up in the B-Well, to be honest with you I didn't really sleep well" I see myself wide awake the morning of my surgery staring at the ceiling, tears streaming down my face and my thoughts racing as I think about "what if I survived an abusive relationship, two car accidents, pneumonia in both lungs, etc, only to die on the operating table? What if I suffocate during the surgery because they can't get to my apnea machine on time? Why did I let myself get this fat that I need surgery? Is it too late to cancel? If I cancel, will I be able to reschedule or will they forever ban me and think I am mentally unstable? What if it doesn't even work?"
The chorus, when it goes, "Until the referee rings the bell, until both your eyes start to swell, until the crowd goes home, what we gonna do ya'll? Give 'em Hell. Turn their heads. Gonna live life till we're dead. Give me scars, give me pain, then they'll say to me, then they'll say to me, there goes the Fighter!" I see myself recovering after the surgery.
My husband helping me walk to the bathroom and letting me grasp his arms to lower myself to the seat, then again to pull me back up to my feet. I see laying in bed in pain, my tight sleeve causing severe chest pains every 2 -3 minutes, forcing myself to sip out of 1oz medicine cups when all I want is to sleep, etc.
Finally I see me looking in the mirror at my paper stitches, then tears in my eyes as the scale goes from 222, to 210, to 205, to 198lbs and eventually 173 lbs.
The next part of the song which goes, "And if I can last thirty rounds, there's no reason you should ever have your head down" I see myself in my new body providing encouragement to my students, family members and friends about various aspects of their lives they feel as down and out about as I did about my weight

Mine is also my theme song for life; I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
http://youtu.be/nvlTJrNJ5lA

Aint no mountain high enough! By Diana Ross.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pEnKEcBvBvw

4 more days

@@EmergingMissP mine is the 29th also!!

"I'm sexy and I know it"

"I'm sexy and I know it"

"I'm sexy and I know it"

"I'm sexy and I know it"

Congrats! Definitely join the pregnancy group. I work @ an obgyn office so non of my advice is surgery specific. Stay extra hydrated! Don't let your sugar levels drop. We always recommend ginger and peppermint for morning sickness (tea, chews, mints)_ check with your doctors though! Good luck.

lol I don't know about you; but sleep deprivation and a bad back to me is like having a licence to kill!

My surgery is scheduled for April 29th. So nervous.

Just bought some root beer extract and I put it in my vanilla shakes and almond milk. Tastes like root beer float
Just thought I would share with folks bored of their regular Protein flavors.

I am feeling the support here as well. It feels good to know there are people going through the same thoughts as you. Thanks for sharing.

My date is 4/8 and I can't wait, I tossed all of my clothes this weekend because I close on my new house 3/21 and why bother lugging all the big clothes when I will only have to do it again, I kept tee shirts, long sleeve tees and leggings and exercise shorts and 2 pairs of stretch denim.... Yup, I don't plan on needing them EVER again!

I have discovered Hickory Smoked Bacon Jerky by Trails Best, with the Duck Dynasty folks on the package. Each oz. contains 11 grams of Protein, 1 carb, and 8 grams of fat.
Talk about getting your chewing fix!

Thanks so much everyone. Sometimes just hearing (or reading) these things from others relaxes you. You have made my day and I appreciate that. Looking on the bright side today.