Judy Parsons Pfefferkorn

Whoa, friend. Take a breath. You will overwhelm yourself. Please, take one task at a time.
If the crystal lights are too sweet, Water them down, +/or add a bit of lemon juice to them.
Try adding Nutritional yeast to your broth. It will not only add Protein, but will had a "crouton" taste. Try making some homemade bone broth---so much better for you and soooo much better tasting.
sugar free ice pops will help with getting your liquids in and the cold wakes up your taste buds a bit.
Unflavored Protein powder may help instead of or in addition to your Protein shakes might help break the over sweetness issue.
There are a great many folks on this site who will be offering you many more suggestions. Take the time to not only read their posts, but try using the ones that fit into your life the best.
Try to relax.
Don't panic.
You got this.
With a little help from your friends (us, here on BP) you'll do great!
Prayers going up for you, Friend.

Hello all! My name is Breanna. I'm really excited to see where this journey takes me and have absolutely loooved reading everyone's posts so far, which is why I thought I would introduce myself and create a post as well. My starting weight in January 2016 was my highest at 352. Now it's may 6th and I am down to 332. My goal weight is no less than 140 but no higher than 165.
First let me start with, I just started the process April 29th with my first initial free consultation at True Results in Irving Texas and had my first weight check yesterday.
So my health insurance requirements are:
*1, 30, 60 and 90 day weight check appointments
*An at home sleep apnea test
*2- 45 minute nutritional appointments
*1-2 hour psych evaluation
*Blood work, Ekg, Egd
(I am hoping to have the surgery late September of this year.)
I have a few questions i thought would be fun to ask and see everyones response...If you would like to play along, that would be great, if not, no worries and hello! I will answer mine below as well.
1. what is your biggest fear with the surgery and why?
*my biggest fear right now is tied between two things - Hair loss and Saggy skin. I don't have a lot of hair as it is and it's really thin so hair loss wouldn't make me feel all that great,physically. However, I am going to do my best to take as many Vitamins as I can and as much Protein as I can handle to try to prevent that. The saggy skin is going to happy regardless since I'm so big but maybe with a lot of weight training and some really tight gertles(sp?)I can prevent that.
2. Who has been your biggest supporter for your surgery so far? And how has that impacted your decision?
*my biggest supporter is my husband. He has been so active in this process it's crazy. He's been helping build my confidence in the process we are going down. He has been researching like crazy as have i. He is the reason I know this surgery will be a very vital tool for my weight loss.
3. What is your goal weight and why?
* my goal weight in pounds is 140-165. My main goal is focusing on size. I would prefer to not be smaller than a size 10 but I will not go bigger than a size 16. Before my babies (11 years ago) I was 190 lbs and a unhealthy/unfit size 16. It looked amazing on me with my body shape and I loved it. Now I just want to be a happier and healthier me.
4. What was the one thing that made you be for sure about the surgery?
*the one thing that made me say yes was when the fire alarms went off at work and I struggled to get down the 5 floors. That day I knew I couldn't stay this way anymore. It had to change.
5. What is one thing you are giving up that you will truly miss having?
*my favorite food is Dominos thin crust pepperoni, black olive and bacon pizza but I'm giving it up. It has no nutritional benefits for my goals and it's not worth back traveling for.
6. If you have had the surgery or are getting ready for it... what is one piece of advise you have for those that are just starting their journey?
Hope you all enjoyed my post... can't wait to see what you all put and have to say. HAPPY FRIDAY Y'ALL... let's do this!
Sent from my SM-N910T using the BariatricPal App

I started this crazy idea on Feb. 15 and so far I've had 3 weigh in/visits with my surgeon. I've lost 13lbs and am trying to slow down the loss so not to jeopardize my approval with Aetna. They don't require a specific number or percent weight loss just have to show loss. Well I got excited the first month and lost 7 lbs! Then the second month I lost 4lbs and the last visit another 2 lbs! Doc says slow down! Haha why isn't it been this easy before?! Oh yeah because my time effort and money is on the line!
I've done blood work, gallbladder ultrasound, upper scope(EGD) - which I was positive for hPylori and had to take 14 days of a triple antibiotic that cost me $150 AFTER insurance!!! And now I'm just waiting for May 19 for my last visit with the surgeon then it's submission time! I want to schedule surgery for the week of June 13th so I can be back to work in time for a major audit we have scheduled for July 18th. Plus my kids are going to stay with Grandma for a month while I have surgery and recover.
It's going to be a super busy and rough summer but come Christmas I'll be happier than I've been in years!