Finally got to watch Oprah on my TiVo last night and Monday's show was so great....did anyone else see it? I love Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen and I would love for them to come to my house and clean out my pantry!!! After seeing it I started looking at my pantry and reading the labels and OMG!!! :faint: I would need to clean it out too!!! It is unreal how what you think is "good" for you really isn't and the food companies "fool" you into thinking that it is. And then watching the bypass surgery made MY heart race! It was so intense when he couldn't get her heart to beat again!!! I have that book at home and have I read it yet? NO! Do I need to? Yes!! And I will because that show scared the hell out of me. And everything that he says to eat that are good for you I actually like and could do it..I just have to get myself motivated to change and do it!!! I love spinach, salmon, tomato, raw nuts, etc... So I think I am going to try to do some of the things that they talked about doing to be a little healthier. I am 33 and I bet my real age is probably 45! So, I am going to get out my book and get to reading!!!

Go to www.amazon.com . It is $14.97 + s&h. There are also a few other books by them that you can purchase along with it that look really interesting.

I cleaned out my kitchen long ago, but old habits don't die. Even though our old "goody drawers" are empty, I still yank them open every night hoping something got stuck in the back, or maybe hubby loaded them. But they're still empty.

The thing he said about roasted nuts got my attention. Apparently roasting nuts changes the "good fat" in them to a "bad fat" (as bad for you as partially hydrogenated fats). You should stick to raw nuts only.

Also, another thing I did not know is that you should not use Olive Oil to cook over high heat (changes the good fat to bad) ... you should use an oil with a higher "flash point."

Wow...with my changes in diet since banding...My real age is 30! cool beans. Now if I would wear my seat belt, drive the speed limit and never use my cell phone....I could be like even younger! LOL

dear kathy

i have a question reguarding dr. spivak and his office. i have heard a lot of positive things reguarding him but when i called his office they were cold a ice and would not give me five seconds of their time (i am right at 40bmi///apnea/high colesterol/ no diabetese or high blood presure and someone in his office (michelle????) told me that i really do not stand a chance of ins. paying since i do not have the two. what is the impression you got from his office staf. thank you

xelapaul

Kathy, thanks for the site address, boy that's a nosey site, LOL. That site knows more about me than my DH. Waiting for my "real age" to show up.