BetterthanCake

I have tried just about all of them and my two favorite are Medifast orange cream and Visalus sweet cream...both are yummy www.medifast.com and www.vitastic90.bodybyvi.com
Good luck!

Hi,
What is the best protien drinks/powders?
Thanks,
Rhonda

I don't know which to do. I know I shouldn't get weighed. However I had ordered some new scales and wanted to set a baseline for weighing once a week. The new scales are mechanical and meant to be super accurate. The old ones are digital and vary by a pound or two if you get on and off them, plus I always thought they were a little heavy.
Anywho - I now weigh a stone heavier than I do on the old scales. That now means that in the last 4 weeks of pre op diet and fluids only I have lost about 5 lbs and not the 17 I've lost on my old scales. I feel utterly disheartened. Ironically I can't even have something nice to cheer me up!
Has anyone else found this. I really thought that the sleeve would be the answer, but apparently not for me. I can't face the thought of 300 to 500 calories a day for the rest of my life, just to loose a pound a week. Sorry for whining, I can't tell anyone how bad I am feeling. Thank you for listening.

Don't worry, I have two different scales as well. Both say something different. The sleeve is a tool and be grateful for that pound a week..... It will be at least 52 pounds for the year. Plus ur going to loss way more than that at first.
Our numbers are similar I started at 242 and her it is 8 1/2 months later and I'm down to 179....it's been hard but worth every second.
Don't worry as time goes on you will be able to eat more than ur currently eating. I eat abt 700-800 cal per day.

Misty,
Way to own it! Your life, your rules as it should be! You are an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your story.

I thought I was doing everything perfect and was very excited for my one month post-op and doctor said "oh no you are eating way to much" when I thought I was already eating such a small amount so he lowered my calories to 700-800 calories and again I felt like when I was in pre-op diet, but it got better and down 37 pounds total and now nothing...one pound up, one pound down on 700 calories...really, but I know I will get there and you guys hang in there too! We all knew this wasn't going to happen overnight and my doctor planned on one year for me to lose 90 pounds so embrace how lucky we are that we made this incredible decision to take control of our lives and our health and enjoy the journey of self discovery!

Embrace and rejoice that you made the best decision of your life! Relax and don't worry so much about the scale...it will make you crazy! Just follow the doctor prescribed menu and remember this is not a sprint...Congratulations!