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I disagree. Dr, Wiener is a Whole30 kinda doctor. All of them are basically saying the same thing. Release your guard rails...

March 14th for me. Seems like its been forever, amiright?

LOL you are back!

I'm low carb/cal for 2 weeks pre-surgery, too -- TG!!

Dr. Voung is a Pescatarian who enjoys the occasional steak. :-) I have a mostly vegetarian adult son who won't eat chicken because its "fowl" << haha I'm reading up on various options for meeting protein requirements after surgery. Thanks for the link to Dr. Greger.

Well done, @FluffyChix! I enjoy reviewing your food logs -- lots of good ideas for the full liquids stage. What's your post-surgery plan look like? How many weeks of full liquids before you move to purees?

Me, too! I thought I was the only one! I was scheduled in November. I think this may be a sign of a well=prepared office.

It is nerve-wracking, and we all get so emotionally invested. Hope you have a favorable outcome!

Vuong is OK. His two books are: Big Ass Salads, and Healthy Green Smoothies. I have both of them, free with Amazon Prime. People get bent because he suggests focusing on your diet and getting that square before you start with a committed exercise regime (aka, beyond walking, etc). I have Weiner's book, too, and his approach is just like Whole30.

Hi, I'm not there yet, but I got this great book with some really great ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Organic-Baby-Food-ebook/dp/B01M15F1O1/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1518203280&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=the+big+book+of+organic+baby+food&psc=1 I kid you not, and some of the combos look great!

@Creekimp13 Can you point to a specific study that supports this? I ask because I'm about the have 80% of my stomach surgically removed and I want to be well-informed about how to maximize my results..

Damn, what if I dont have FRX?

@EndlessGoals#2018 My surgeon recommends Aloe Vera from NutraMetrix. You may want to run that by your practice first, since it doesnt sound like anyone else on the board's surgeon's use this line of products. And MoM, but you've already tried that. Ducalax worked wonders for me after a hysterectomy, sorry it made you sick...

Sorry to read this. Why can't you go to another surgeon? I'm in Maryland, too, at AAMC, and I think they've been solid.

Glad to hear you got your new date, snafus and all. And LOL for the surgeon's comments about needing assistance after surgery -- that is too funny!

I don't know about Matt, but I sure do! Matt, I'm the same week.

Hope it better for you last night @KatFight! I've used my new machine now 6 nights in a row for just about 8 hours a night. Its not perfect: at least once every night the mask slips and it sounds like a tornado landed in my bedroom, which wakes us and the dog up. BUT, overall, I am feeling more rested already. Sleep apneas still hovering at 8-9 per hour -- hope surgery takes care of that!

Talk to your doctor -- there are many options for depression. Don't suffer needlessly.

Good luck @angyplus5! You got this!

I think many of us get caught by the 90-days, thinking 3 visits meets the criteria when its really 4 visits, right? It stinks to get delayed. Hang in there!

Haha -- so not happening, @FluffyChix. I have impending retirement (or new job?) to throw into the mix, too -- big changes, welcome changes coming, but I am a little scared.

Interesting discussion! I figured dropping cocktails on the weekends (and I still use the college definition of weekend: Thurs-Sun, haha) would leave an "activity" hole, but I didnt consider that food would, too. Interesting times!!

@Little Green I am sorry for what you are going through. Please continue to SHOUT on the board, you have every right to be extremely frustrated!!

I'm still trying to wrap my head around bananas and cream PP and decaf coffee -- I am at once horrified and intrigued. Going to try it tomorrow morning!

@Salazar Since you are in the region, Johns Hopkins offers a concierge ESG for lower BMI patients that you could consider.