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You guys suck! Your not supposed to be supporting my hubby!! Your supposed to be telling me what I want to HEAR! I.e. I can go eat whatever I want...... Ok back to reality. I lost another 300gm last night, thats around .6lbs...can u say :wow2: In one day. I know if I stick to what the nutritionist wants I'll lose faster. *sigh* ohh well..... I still want a bit of a cheese burger and fries when I can eat normal food.....(not mc donalds food either, like real cheeseburger and fries, from a good hometown kind of restaurant.)

I have a similar problem. I can be posting or browsing threads and after a few posts or a few pages open, it freezes up and wont let me open another page. I just have to close the browser and open it up again, but still it's obnoxious. It could be the using the back button thing. I do that quiet a lot, I'm going to try not to and see if that helps.

Thanks every one. It's day 2 and I'm doing a bit better. I actually made lunch for hubby and loaded the dishes in the dish washer. It just hurts when I get up or lay down now. Problem is I'm starting to feel hungry. It doesn't take much to fill me up (less then 100ml) but I feel like I want REAL food. I keep watching TV and people are eating real food and I want a little bit. My hubby is being really strict keeping on the liquid diet, and not just the liquid diet, but what the nutritionist prescribed.....vegtable Soup 3 times a day, milk 3 times a day with a carb powder supplement and then juice 3 times a day with a Protein powder supplement, and Water in between (at least 1.5l) I wanted some chicken broth and he wouldn't let me have any because the damned nutritionist didn't put it on her list, and we have SF hot chocolate and he wont let me mix that with my milk because the damned nutritionist didn't put it on her list.... *sigh* I'm sure if I stick to exactly what the nutritionist prescribed I'll lose weight faster, but I hate the feeling of depriving myself, and it's not like I want to eat a lot. Ohh well...here's to hoping this liquid phase gets over fast (I'm supposed to do 2 weeks but maybe after 1 week she will let me move on to mushies)

Thanks every one! I am feeling a bit better today, I think everyday gets a bit better. My lip still hurts and is swollen, apparently I bit it during surgery. So far I haven't had much of a problem with gas pain. It's more incision pain and port pain. It hurts mostly when I get up now. Speaking of which. I have 5 incisions, and 1 VERY large one which I'm assuming is the port incision, but I thought it would be a bit smaller, they look bigger then most of urs. Any way, my aunt and cousin sent me some beautiful flowers!!

OMG guys!!!! I'm in tears really! I can't believe all the support. Thanks so much for this thread Susan and every one else for their well wishes. I really don't know what to say, I'm speechless (and that doesn't happen very often to me.) Really...thanks so much guys. It means a lot. :grouphug:

ok, well i got home this morning, stayed one night in the hospital, and all i have to say is uggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......... my pain tolerance must be a lot lower then most of yours because i really thought this was a bit painful. Bad part was my body didn't like the anesthesia, so when i woke up i was vomiting. They were also putting a catheter in me when i woke up...fun. I stayed one night in the hospital I had my own room and the staff was really great. I slept off and on, and my neck really hurt, i wanted to lay on my side but it was difficult. I got up around 8am and walked around and got dressed but slowly and painfully. I came home and haven't done much but answer phone calls from family to see if i was ok, and sleep. I'm going to try to sleep on the bed tonight (I've been sleeping on the recliner) I have a bit of gas pain but not to much, my incisions also hurt but not a lot, its worse when I get up to walk around. hopefully I'll be feeling a lot better in a day or 2.

Hey Yoda, Yes the exchange is anonymous until after it's all over, but they then you should have gotten your gift, and know who your secret sam was any way. Monetary limit i think is gifts should be between $10 to $20 plus shipping charges. The gift can be any thing you like but lots of people like to send stuff related to the theme, like on the easter exchange lots of people got easter baskets or spring type stuff. Since this is Summer/4th of July stuff a patriotic or summer type theme gift is appropriate. This is my first time hosting the exchange, so if I'm wrong some one please correct me.

chicken Adobo 2 lbs. chicken cut up 1/2 tsp. garlic, mashed 1/4 cup soy sauce salt, pepper & accent to taste 1 medium onion cut into cubes 2 Tbls. vinegar 1 cup Water Mix all ingredients together. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover & simmer 1 hour. Serve over rice. -Jessiebear

BAKED POTATO SOUP 2/3 cup butter 2/3 cup flour 7 cups milk 4 Large Baking Potatoes, baked (not overbaked), cooled, peeled and diced 4 green onions 12 bacon strips cooked well done, crumbled 1 1/4 cup cheese 1 cup sour cream salt and pepper to taste Melt butter in large pot. Add flour to make a paste. Add milk and cook on low heat until thickens (this takes a long time!!!!) Add potatoe and onion. Simmer 10 min stirring constantly. Add everything else and cook on low heat for about 15 minutes. --thunderThighs

Hey Alex, thats more or less, not necessarily because we're over weight but something positive. It just seems like we all have some story to tell where some one was rude to us, or something embarrassing happened because of our weight. I just thought that some good things have happened to me as well and I like to hear the more positive side of things :confused: ,not just nsv's. Situations where others didn't let our weight get in the way. Yours is a very true example. And for me, it was similar, except I usually ended up with the guys, they found out what a sweet caring person I was while being friends and then ended up wanting to date me. So I was 2 for 2 in that category. Big girls can get lovin too!!

lol, thanks Angel! I just wanted to clear it first to make sure it was ok. And I hope every one follows through as well, there were a few more from the Easter challenge who didn't get their gifts and I hope that doesn't happen here, but again I am going to do the follow up confirmation e mails and if I don't get a response then that person can't participate. Hopefully that will help with that problem.

I have seen a few threads here where we all talk about bad things that happened to us because of our weigh issues. While I have also had some bad ones, I have also had some good ones. I would love to hear every one else share some of their positive experiences as well. For mine: There is a lingerie shop in the mall here, very trendy, has all kinds of cute things. I went in once just to see what was there, but I was a bit apprehensive because of the way I have been treated at some stores before. The girls there were great! They helped me shop for my sister, and for my mom. They even tried to help me find some things in my size (their biggest size just barely fit), and a month later when I came back they remembered me and were just as sweet, they even gave me a store card so I get free stuff every time I go there. To them it didn't matter that I was fat or whatever, they knew I had money to spend so they were going to help me!

Hey Ddiedre, Thanks for the help, I totally understand... I actually ate some real food last night (I didn't go crazy, just a bit of beef and rice) and I actually had a pretty solid bm this morning, so I'm feeling ALOT better. I'm still drinking a Protein drink for Breakfast and Soup for lunch, but I'll probably eat some chicken for dinner. So i think everything is fine now.

Hey Gwen. I'm new at this also, but what I think is that after you get your Sam, you can read some of their previous posts to try and find out things about them to see what they like. Also if you have some specific questions you can PM me and I'll pass them along to your Sam. Hehe, no ur not the only one. Jenna had to explain it to me! Well, as soon as we see some people aren't getting gifts I'll PM the Sam that was supposed to buy to see why they haven't sent a gift. If I get no response then I'll PM one of the subs to send a gift. I'll use the subs in the order that they signed up in. I already have quiet a few, so hopefully it won't be a problem. I hope that answers your question. On another note, I have a question...is it ok for me to participate in the exchange? I noticed that Kimberlilly received a gift, but she didn't buy for any one. I'd like to buy for some one and recieve...is that ok?? Since I'm the one that started it I wasn't sure if I could participate or not. Aside from that, I probably won't be answering any Pm's tomorrow or Thursday as I will be going in for my surgery, but don't worry, I should be back late Thursday night or Friday. Thanks every one!

Egg drop soup 1 can low sodium chicken broth(save 1/4 cup)cold bring to a boil 4 egg whites teaspoon of cornstarch mix with 1/4 cup chicken broth add to thicken salt and pepper to taste (by ladysplenda)

Hey All, You won't guess what happened today! I saw the nutritionist today and she said I didn't need to be on a liquid diet!!! She was all upset that the surgeon put me on a liquid diet. So I called the surgeon and he told me it was more to reduce the liver, but I only lost 4lbs this week and my period started so I'm not going to lose any more...he told me just to go ahead and eat something!! :embarassed: All this work and I didn't even need to do it any more! But I'm not going to stop I made it this far, so I'm just going to finish the liquid and be ready for the surgery on Wednesday.

Hey Kim I had it done, they are just looking to make sure the inside of your esophagus and stomach are healthy. They can see if you have any tummy ulcers or any thing else that might prevent you from being a good band candidate.

Hey Every one, Thanks to all who have signed up so far. I am keeping track! I didn't get a PM from you yet...did it get lost in the cyber mail??

Welp, so far i have lost only 4lbs and to boot, my period started today.. im sure that's why I haven't lost any more. any now i have to deal with surgery pain and period pain.....*sigh* why does this crap always happen to me?

I tried to order the AcheivOne drinks but they said they are out of stock.

hehe, yeah i have seen the other threads, i just thought we could start these and make them stickies, that way when we want to browse recipes they would be divide by the stages. plus im not in the US so I can't get taco bell

sorry i guess i got here to late.....

I felt like I was dying last night my stomach wouldn't stop hurting. I'm feeling a bit better this morning after a protein shake and a yogurt. I'm going to make sure to fill up on veggie soup this afternoon and again for dinner. I think the chicken soup was ruining it.

Well, the protein shakes are soy based, I just said slim fast because I couldn't think of what it's really like.....but they are soy based...I like yogurt so no problem there. I think I'm going to cut the chicken soups and stick with only veggie.

Hey thanks, no I don't have a specific diet, the doc just said liquids and failed to specify what exactly that was...he just said soups, juices, and yogurt. gee..thanks.... any way, I thought about eating a protein bar last night because I felt so bad, if I'm feeling bad again tonight I might eat one. Because I'm really feeling like shit, by now the weakness should have passed, so I don't think I'm getting proper nutrition.