After of months of waiting ( my own choice ) I have an appointment at TLBC on Jan 26th. I am so excited !

I do have a question, what is a fill with Fluro ?

Yasmina :eek: :nervous

Lots of people have been talking about unjury. What are the benefits of using a protein powder?

Yasmina: Sorry to hear about your fill appointment with TLBC--not good. Do you remember the name of person who did your fill?

The benefit of including protein powder in your diet is that when you're very restricted, it's sometimes hard to get enough food down (I'm finding that now, after my 3rd fill) so I'm finding the protein is helpful so that I can get enough calories in and enough protein. I'm just using Slim Fast (Chocolate) with 2% milk at lunch so that I don't have any 'bizarre eating accidents' at lunch when I'm at the office. The Slim Fast that you mix yourself is not bad at all (the canned stuff is yucky).

Good, hopefully that helps!

You'd think I'd know what I was doing, but yeah.... I forget my vitamins ALOT. :phanvan

Argon: Many thanks for the vitamins reminder. They seem to be doing the trick for the leg/foot cramping. I had stomach flu Monday and Tuesday... That was interesting as I immediately thought there was something wrong with my band. But when two other colleagues came down with it, I was able to relax and chill...literally!

Hi Tres Chic: No I wanted my first fill to be in TO but couldn't affort the tickent until now. Will be on Monday, will have the first fill April 24 at 1:30 pm. I do have some restriction with the mid band but suspect I need a bit more. How has your fills been. Doddie

Doddie: How did the fill go? It was yesterday, no?

I agree about using protein drinks for lunch at work. Sometime this band can surprise me. Look my ticker is working again!

I agree about using protein drinks for lunch at work. Sometime this band can surprise me. Look my ticker is working again!

I heard you, Becca... It can surprise us at the most inopportune times:eek:

Tres Chic how's it going after your little bit of unfill??

Becca... I cancelled the appointment because I realized I had stomach flu! (I think it was the fever that gave it away... and the 2 other colleagues that had the same thing). I guess I've now entered a world where I blame EVERYTHING on the band. I'm eating fine today, and things seem to be staying put.

I just tried promax protein bars from Walmart. They are very good , 20 grams of protein per bar and they come in great flavors, black forest cake, chocolate peanutbutter crunch,cookies and cream, chocolate coconut ! They are $ 2.65 a bar.

What do you guys think about this product ?

How many carbs are in the bar. Remember they turn into sugar and kinda defeat the purpose. The flavours sure do sound yummy!

I am not really a fan of protien bars. I generally find them to be expensive, high in carbs and have not really found one that tastes decent.

I'll have a shake over a bar anyday.

Andrew

GaffMan - You are in the 2's. Congratulations my man. You men piss me off at how fast you lose! Really, I'm proud of you. Keep it up.

wow the carbs are 39 g , thanks for letting me know what to look for. That 's why they are so good. Bummer !

Andrew: Are you kidding me! Congratulations on your weight loss. I can't believe you've been at this such a short time with such outstanding restults.

Yasmina: Unless you aren't able to get enough protein through your diet, I would pass on the protein bars. Sometimes, when I'm low on protein, I have a 1/2 serving of slim fast....lots of protein and some calcium and not too many carbs.

Donna: How are you doing? Did you just get banded last week?

Yasmina...

I use unjury... I've compared it to my fiance's protein powder (which is super high in fat, calories and cholesterol) and the unjury has only 90 calories, 0 fat and 3g of carbs and 0 cholesterol per scoop. I use the vanilla quite a bit (blend in fresh fruit...and my latest find..cinnamon and pure vanilla extract to make it taste like a cinnamon bun)...it does have a slight "protein after taste" but its not bad at all.