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ya know i use plain ol' creamy jiff :tt1: i didn't find these recps till i was 6 months in - so i trudged it out with the EAS carb control drinks , which got OLD.... i'm sure you can add more Water or milk to get the pb into a liquid form.. good luck w/your surgery!

i make this just about every am for my husband (he's also banded) & he's tight most mornings. i like to make chocolate cheese cake (choc soy protein), Peanut Butter cheese cake (tsp pb & vanilla soy)....you can play around a LOT..... it's a great recp...., i loved when i fell upon that thread as well!

yesterday - b- raspberry acai protein smoothie s- skinny cin/dolce latte l- leftovers - 2 steak fajita nachos w/sour cream d- small caprese salad w/a thin slice of foccacia w/olive tapendade, glass of cabernet

i guess??, my driveway (if you can call it that - mile long dirt road) is washed out ... and our tanks (ponds) are overflowing.....just like TX we're overdue for rain and we get it all in one day.

not everyone gets restriction with their first set of fills, i myself needed 8; 6 months down the road before i had a clue that a band was in me. i was strict on my diet / worked out like crazy & had only lost 30lbs by that time. many of us who have/had dieted in the past know that discouragement in the scale reverts many back to bad behaviours - so i can see where some might blame their dr. i also think that the relationship w/your dr goes beyond the surgery - i'm 18 months out and still have regular appts. i think there is a better correlation of those who meet regularly with their surgical support system & checkups than those who don't & expect the band to work w/out wanting to change poor habits / lifestyle.

i love the rain too - it's been crazy rain since 10am & suppose to last thru the night! ok just a quick post / rant - even though i know its not the r&r section but whatever... i can't stand posts - WheRe THe PoSTEr TyPEs LiKE THiS. ah feel better!!!

that's great beth & glouc!!!! i think bouncing is very common, annoying but common. db posting - went to get the grey shaken out & my hairdresser went into labor last night. so i left w/grey hair - no massage, hit my local italian joint.......got food i shouldn't & plan on veggin w/dh tonite w/the rainy storms out and watch some movies, wine, * lots of yummy food..... have a good friday night all!

i was banded the same day as my husband. he struggled early out w/pain & lack of energy (due to the liquid post op diet) - so he didn't feel so "hot" for sex till he was about 3wks out.....one of the few times i was ready before him...LOL just reassure your wife that this will pass - your active sex life will reassume once your feeling up to it.

agreed. i should say while i am vehemently against false claims & they should be handled legally - to ignore any kind of suspected abuse is also criminal in my mind. let the authorities investigate / make a determination / file charges either for abuse of the child or abuse of the system. i have only gotten involved once - while in grad school i was working pt w/a woman who's estranged husband was physically abusive to her and her children. she showed up to my apartment one night w/her 5yr boy who had an apparent broken leg due to "dad's" discipline. she wouldn't call the cops so i did. LONG story short - he shot up my car; flattened my tires; & harrassed me for a year after she went back to him after her son was put in a cast. refused to press charges. what do you do when mom let's it happen & the police "can't" act......wonder what ever happened to her, that was like 17yrs ago.....

not only scary - but likely. that's why it's been so stupid not to get rid of the folks who have more to lose (ron,kristin,filipe) when they could....laura & helen are not going to be pulling in lg numbers now - the other 3 & mike still have a good chunk left. i think those 2 are in real danger....

agreed. i think the dad/son dynamic & mike being so young and 300+lbs really made a compelling story....

hi wanna - i make it: 8oz 2% milk 1 teaspoon of peanut butter 1 teaspoon of SF Jello cheesecake pudding mix 1 spoon of vanilla soy Protein Powder few ice cubes & mix - it's pretty filling & tasty happy anniversary bozzj!! yesterday - b- 2 slices of bacon , 1 bite of toast (fell on the floor and one of the dogs nabbed' it) s- peach/papaya protein smoothie l- 2oz grilled garlic talapia & 1c green Beans s - ostrich Jerky stick d- 2 steak fajita nachos

of course DH has a TV out there - right now its golf/basketball/hockey wkends.....till football picks back up - you know your welcome anytime:)

like hard boiled eggs?

i thought i missed something - congrats on the NSV however !! with all that cake talk yesterday, i did crave something sweet - but i chose mojitos instead. DH's buz trip cut short, it was nice out - so we hit a mojito bar. i just about felt them coming back up while doing push ups this am - on my 5th bottled water and i'm going to be the best band patient ever today...:sneaky::rolleyes2::smile2: beth i still eat about .5c-1c of food at one sitting....avgs around 3-4ozs, but i have a snack or 2 a day as well. i'm amazed how some days i could care less about food & others i could eat all day.

ditto - awesome mac, you've turned into one helluva an athlete!!! i have trouble going into my pool & not turning up the tunes/floating on a raft & drink a really cold beverage:):mad2: that or a game of water volleyball..:hurray: yesterday - day off today - same routine, plan on doing this 4 days a wk.

yesterday - not a good one, b- chipolte cheddar cheese stick & a few wheat thins l- 100 cal cheetos d- shrimp & veggie tempura / 3 mojitos:frown:

people are too scared to report abuse for more factors than it being a felony. those who use cps (dcf - in other states) as a means to get "even", use as a weapon in custody / financial battles - deserve reprecutions. it's not dcf or cps to determine foul play / or lies - that's the district attorneys office. so, if you report a legit case - what do you have to worry about?

so as bjean knows - i'm pretty active politically in DFW. fathers for equal rights national headquarters is based here & with good reason - family law is a problem. i started up going to law school in jan just because this is a bee in my bonnet. i have no kids - so no skin in the game other going through the family court system w/several friends over the years & utterly disgusted. if you go and look up the family court judges online - you can see that their biggest contributors are law firms who specialize in family law - they are also the biggest abusers of the system, including CPS. in TX, they are voted into office - not sure other states. i would also like to have the law firms who's clients are "coached" to use CPS be fined as well. one small mission at a time:wink: regarding the list of those habitual abusers of a much needed service - to ignore those individuals is quite criminal.

been a while since i popped into this thread & an interesting topic brought up - CPS. the state of TX now considers it a felony to falsely accuse someone of child endangerment/abuse/et all. how & if a district attorney will actually charge & follow through w/such charges i'm going to assume is case by case. either way i'm a big fan of this. it's like pulling the fire alarm in a school / building for kicks.....kills resources & leaves REAL potential victims in harms way.

ditto to what donna says. if my dogs had posable thumbs - they'd have laundry to do.

i think you can eat your way around ANY wls & you can be successful eating right & exercising - so yeah, i think his bypass is working now because he's in a healthier environment. as far as not completing tasks (ron & kristin) - i wouldn't let them have a vote in who stays & who goes......no play, no say.

bozzj - that's fantastic. i'm of the mindset that even w/the band i have to workout if i want to eat...LOL

taps - hope your feeling better, you sound ready to make a butter cake though :wub: re: butter cake - 2 tables, 1 w/cake - 1 w/chips & queso.....i'm diving head first into the cheese...LOL glad i don't have a sweet tooth, to me yogurt is dessert.. ebony - congrats on the NSV!!!!! btw - is there anything paula dean makes that doesn't include a stick of butta'?

...like she was more deserving than laura cause she really needs to lose more - she's not looking to be in a bikini (slam on laura's ex model life in MO), just be healthy. reminded me of the stupid thread here if those 200lbs or less deserve to have the lapband......so the super mobidly obese gets to decided how an obese person should handle their health..... ok that was my tangent. this is my first ron slam post. your going to tell me that the BL campus doesn't have a quality physical therapy component? laura HAD to go because of that - NO, he wanted her gone to even out the numbers....kristin was the bigger threat. laura could have rehab'd there, maybe not lost much and likely would have fallen below the line, but they SHOULD have gotten rid of the bigger threat when they could have - knowing laura could be voted out shortly. ron also strong armed his son on voting out laura too. tara just rocks & the rest....eehh