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Reggers: The chocolate Sportpharma brand is delicious and has 25 gms of Protein per serving. I bought it at my local grocery store where it costs about .47 a serving. I know it comes in big cannisters so it will probably will be even cheaper. I love the Fruit drinks from protica.com but they are very expensive (almost $2.30 per). They come in a shatter proof pre-measured containers however, so they are easy to travel with. Anyone else have suggestions????

Thanks CanadaSunshine!!!! I am hungry these past 2 days but have tried to just suck it up and know it's all in the new education of eating. I thought I knew how much food soothed all emotions but wow I never knew it would be so hard to pull myself from the dependency. Question....how did you do the ticker thingie?? I am technically challenged!!!

I lost 35-ish in three weeks. Butttttttttttttt...my surgeon doesn't require pre-op weight lost and I am on liquids for four #%@*& weeks.

how do you do the ticker.com thingie and what are these groups people mention?? thanks

I freeze some lemon flavored water then add the crystal light sunrise (orange) to it. It cuts the flavor and has been my life line.

Hi to anyone who reads this. I started "studying" the possiblilties of banding back in January 2006 because I just couldn't come to terms with the idea of the gastric bypass. I went to a seminar, did pre-op workups and met with surgeon by April-ish. I waited until summer to have the surgery. I am three weeks out and have lost around 35ish pounds. :clap2: Am I thrilled that I had the surgery. Hmmm..no...but am I glad i did it?? Yes. I made a few mistakes going into the surgery for instance it was way too long of a wait between April and July. I was so excited at first I was flying but had time to come down and get cold feet as the date approached. I knew I had to make some major changes in my life for my health so I stuck by my commitment and had the surgery as planned. My surgeon does not require the two week liquid diet pre-op as some surgeons do. I wish I had done it. I was nauseated the entire first week, miserable and scared to throw-up and chance the band slipping. I also ended up having a fatty liver and think doing liquids ahead of time would have helped that. :phanvan So now I have been "sentenced" to four weeks of liquids and all I want to do is chew at this point. :guess But, I am hanging in and again, am glad I did the surgery. I have more energy than I have in years and that has been amazing in it's self. My insulin requirements have already been cut in half and I am off one of the diabetes meds I was on.:confused: Sooooo...hello all and good luck to all the newbies out there. Banded 7-11-06 St. Clare's Dover, NJ/Dr. Bertha