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I tried this Saturday .... good. The chicken was tender and the skin crisp (not that I could eat any of it... my band and skin do not agree!) The heat cooked out fat from the chicken and then the fat in the pan was a little smokey, so I cleaned my over afterwards; but better it than me, right ??? Thanks for the receipe. I've never hear of Thomas Keller, but I will look him up.

I cook my pot roast beef overnight, at a very low heat. This gets me a very very tender not stringy moist beef roast, that I can count on being able to eat. I put it in the fridge when I am getting Breakfast, then slice it (it slices beautifully, no jagged edges or hunks) and skim the fat off while it is cold, then reheat the sliced beef in the juice in the microwave (about 10 miinutes for all of it). I've taken it to potlucks and been asked how I did it, and other people have adopted it as their favorite way to cook beef too. There is that moment when you slide the roast in for the first time and wonder if you just wasted a good beef roast....that's the only downside. I get a pot roast that is 2 -3 lbs, and not fatty .... the kind that looks great but you just know is going to be tough and dry. Chuck is good too. I started out with it, but now I trust the method to handle rump roast....whatever there is. Pork, too. I have a covered casserole that it fits into (or use foil for a cover if it is too big) and I season the beef with freshly ground pepper (but you can season it your way). No water; no liquids. Preheat the oven to 175. Cook, covered, for 7 - 9 hours. It will come out with its own juices about half way up, at least in my pan. After you've had pot roast for dinner, and maybe lunch, the leftover beef and juice make the basis for a wonderful vegetable beef Soup. Enjoy! :hungry:

I went to the one in Delray Beach FL .... had my first fill, to 2cc in a 4cc band. No problem. No fluro. They gave me this big loose-leaf book with tips and receipes too. My fill is working fine....I'm tighter, but not too tight.

I test software fixes and write about them (so our clients can do the same!) for a major billing company.

Hi - There is a major controversy going on about "normal" TSH levels. Read about it here -http://thyroid.about.com/od/gettestedanddiagnosed/a/tshtestwars.htm I have Hashimoto's and both took the article about the reference range to my PCP and went to an endocrinologist. Meanwhile, I think Mary is right, don't take "high" or "low" for an answer - get the results. You paid for them, it is your right to have them.

Me! I'm 62 and glad to see you ! Come on in the water's fine.....

Hi I had surgery December 5th in Mexico and am on mushies and am going just fine! My incisions are good - a thin pink line mostly - they were glued (!) (I looked it up on the internet and that is a plastic surgery technique, so no wonder). I loved that I could shower on the day after surgery. My patient advocate is Barbara and she responds to emails and calls with good information. I asked about my left shoulder pain and she came back with some thoughts in an hour or so. I also have my surgeons cell numbers, just in case. For routine care, I thought I would go to FillCentersUSA. They have a center about 14 miles from my home. I talked to one of the nurses and they are trained by Inamed, and I will have a cell phone number for 24/7 response. I can pay by the visit, or go for an annual fee, and they want to see me monthly; they say people do much better that way. This is all working for me :Bunny .... down 10 lbs ...... :Bunny but it is your situation that counts .... happy researching !!! Judy 5'2" 203/193/135 Banded 12/5/2005 Acuna, Mexico

.... its why I bought my Palm. I have a Zire 31, neither the latest nor the most powerful, but it works fine. On it, I have the Diet and Exercise Assistant. It asks about personal information, asks you to set a goal, choose a diet plan, such as low carb vs low calorie, and starts a daily log that calculates calories, and subtracts them for exercise. It keeps track all day, subtracting what you've eaten from goal calories, and adding for exercise. It produces little charts of how you are doing on a monthly and annual basis, in color. It has a separate food icon where you can enter your own stuff, although it has lots of items already. I like it better than WW, which wants you to rent their program, and report into their site at least monthly. I think how I am doing is my own business, and don't want to continually pay someone to track it. I really like it being private, portable, and immediately available. Its about the size of a 3x5 card and weights lighter than a deck of cards. PalmOne has Zire for $129; less if you get a refurb. The program is $19.95. Good luck! Judy

Well, Melbourne isn't very large, so it is easy to get around, and easy to find...we followed the blue H hospital sign from the main street from 75, went the wrong way on the street, which became residental, turned around, misjudged how far it was and so walked the block or so from the hospital parking lot to the building where the seminar was, in the Mima building. Its 3 stories, and yellow and blue, modern with lots of parking, There are other big modern landscaped places around it. The directions said something about it being next to a Salvation Army place, but we didn't see it the way we came, but we came and left after dark. We had never been there before, but had no trouble...other than that bit of a walk! I was a bit worried because you never know about hospital neighborhoods. The one in Cincinnati I would not want to wander around in after dark, but this was pleasant and safe.

Hi ! Has anyone used this Dr. for lap-band surgery? He is in-network for United Health Care and has a nice web site, but I can find no mention of him on this board. Thanks.... Judy

I went to his last seminar and it was really interesting and had lots of information. His nutrition person had a plate of proper amounts of food, and it looked really really small, and I liked all the people that talked - and there were a lot of them: him, 4 patients, the nutritionist, the insurance person.... it was worth the 2 1/2 hour drive. Thanks very much for telling me about your experience ... Ireally appreciate your taking the time.

I haven't been banded, yet, but have lost hair, so I looked into it...and will share what little I know. I'm female, 62, no hair problems especially, mostly brown hair with speckles of grey. In my case, I had a patch of hair come off in the shower from the crown of my head...it was quite a shock; I just looked at it. :speechles No pain, no pull, it just came off in a clump. I had been coloring my hair, so I quit that, then and there, and the hair came back in. I had another clump come off in a different location, and it came back in. I talked to a Dr. about it, and he said I could see a dermatologist, who had something that would help. (I didn't...I thought it would come back) From what I read, overall thinning can be a result of shock, and the body does think that surgery is a shock... imagine that..... Judy Thinking and researching in Florida

Rodger, I haven't done this either, but feel that someone should reply! As to what it is like, have you tried FLBANDSERS or BANDSTERS on yahoo groups? They have lots of people who have been through it, and FL bandsters often meets at Crispers on Dale Mabry in Tampa, and it is a wonderful friendly group. Judy

I just chose in Open Enrollment to go on UHC PPO HSA, which is DefinityHealth. I haven't found any answers about weight loss surgery, but think it will continue UHC policy for my company, which probably is not good news, since I had 2 insurance specialists in WLS doctors offices tell me I was not covered for it. It is still cheaper and portable, and I can hope and work on it. Or go to Mexico, which are all the options I had before. I figure it can't hurt.