argon

So, I ordered THIS sucker, literally 6 months ago. I ordered it the night before surgery... I saw it on a infomercial, and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Well, I finally used it tonight. I took 2 eggs, beat them with a little milk, put some sliced havarti and a slice of chicken on top, followed by a glob of salsa. Cooked for 8 minutes, and VOILA! It was ok. I'm definitely gonna try other things in it. The portions are a perfect size for me... in fact I couldn't finish all of what I made. You can make single serving cakes! Anyways, just thought I'd share! (and see! I do eat stuff!)

Aww... but I have to drive the first 13 hours? No fair!

Thanks guys And Yoda, don't worry... you set me straight

Ooooh, I'm excited! I actually bought a single 'can' of Ensure the other day, but haven't tried it yet. It's only 13g of Protein and like 300 calories!

If you click on my name, for example... (hehe, I hope you don't though!), from the drop down list, chose "View argon's profile", once you're there, chose "Add Argon to Your Ignore List". That should do the trick! Substitute 'argon' with the offenders name

a chick flick? I don't think so. My boyfriend LOVED it too. I think *other* guys would find it funny and good as well.

Whoah! Did it really take you that long? I just got unflavoured and chocolate, I think... maybe a strawberry sherbert. 20g of Protein per serving, right? Did you get unflavoured? Is it really unflavoured? Is it gritty? Mandi

The actual spreadsheet is way cooler... it shows the difference in your weight, and BMI as you go along.. and it also charts it. If you guys want, I can see if there's a way for me to attach the Excel 'template' I used to a post... if not, I could email it to you. You gotta have 'Excel' though. And thank you (I just tried, it won't let me attach the file. If you'd like it, PM me your address and I'll email it to you!)

Awww... Jude, she DOES sound like a cutie! Keep updating us on everything, I look forward to it! Good luck, and hey... a pound is a pound, right? It all helps

Good luck guys!!!!

4.6lbs, babes. I hope you guys are amused by my losses... I don't want any one hating me. I really should post for you guys how my weeks have went up to now. (cause it hasn't always gone so well) (apparently I can copy my #'s from the tracking spreadsheet I use, so here it is:) 284 272 269.5 269 269 264 259.4 260 257 257 257 256.6 254.6 253.4 252 249.6 247.6 246.2 245.6 246 243.4 242.2 241.6 242 233.6 231.4 229 225.4 220.8 The very first weight was from a week before I started Optifast. :hug: Mandi

I know I'm not getting enough protein, so I broke down and ordered some samples of Unjury. Hope I get it soon!

It varies too... I've seen as low as $7000 US. They all seem to be 'all inclusive' things too. Like, your surgery, airfare, hotel stay, etc. A little odd... but a cool idea. We should have something like that here too, for the out-of towners.

Hey Yoda, I see 50lbs creeping up! WOOO!! You'll get there

by the way guys, you should all see Little Miss Sunshine. It is AWESOMELY good!

I knooooow, I know. I'm worried about that all myself as well. I reeeeeally can't do that though. I'm just going to take it as easy on myself as I can, cross my fingers, and hope for the best. Don't you worry about me, I'll be ok! :hug:

Yeah, Cloe... what is it? Is tea giving you heartburn? Maybe there was a huge discussion about heartburn recently that we missed (here in our own little world)... and that's why no one's sayin' much?

That almost DOES sound good! Probably much more appealing if I were only able to eat yogurt and cottage cheese, though

Thank you Nope, I've never been to Ottawa, but I'd like to! I have some Lipton Chicken Noodle in my cupboard... and now you've got me craving it! The aloe vera juice is supposed to soothe irritated stomachs.... I guess. I got mine at Walmart... I think it was about $7-9 for a bottle. Sooooo... I went to the doctor today, cause I felt the chest cough coming on , and it felt much like my last bout of brochitis. I didn't want to wait til I was coughing my guts out every night, and can't afford to feel so crappy at work. He did some listening, and throat looking, took my temperature, and gave me a prescription for some antibiotics and codeine cough syrup. Never confirmed that it was bronchitis, and rushed me out of there, but that's ok... I just hope it kicks in and starts doing the trick soon. I'm weighing in tomorrow morning. Eeeek! Talk to you guys later! Mandi

Are you wondering if tea will give you heartburn also, or just curious if anyone else gets it? Neither coffee or tea give me heartburn, thank GAWD! Coffee is one of my last left pleasures! :bump:

btw, AZA, who are you getting banded by? Where do you live? Tell us stuff!

Welcome to Canada! :heh:

LOL, ok... I'm stayin' out of the whole asian penis thing! I'm in HELL! 1) band's too tight, in general, as you already know 2) period 3) a cold! I'm thinking perhaps the combination of the last 2 problems are making the first one worse. Today... hmm... what did I eat? tea, coffee, a chunk of cheese, half a banana, a bowl of popcorn... and that's it so far. I'm trying to take it easy, cause the last truly 'solid' things I ate made me PB (I guess, but I still don't know if it's PBing)... and I'm trying to 'rest' ma belly. I have been drinking my aloe vera juice off and on. *someone* led me to believe it was awwwwful. Maybe that someone got a bad batch or something, cause it isn't bad. I was expecting it to be thick, but its almost watery, so I add it to a little water, and it just tastes like weird water. 2 more days until my weigh in ... better be good. But then again, problem #2 may make it not so good... we'll see. Dan's leavin' me early Wed morning... to go to Ottawa for the animation festival. WOO! LOL talk to you kids later!

Yeah, that's crazy... I can't imagine anyone doing things like that. What a spectacle we'd be, being so much bigger that that.

Well... I think they'll pretty much chose that for you! Since you DO live so far away though, they probably will be fairly conservative. Glad you had a good time at the wedding! And awesome that you only could eat 1/4 of each course! Did any of the people you ate with know that you'd been banded? Did any one seem to notice you weren't eating much?