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More than any food or booze etc, I miss my ibuprofen! I have fibromyalgia and spinal stenosis. I hurt my low back yesterday during exercising and cannot stand up straight. Normally a couple of Ibuprefen would help so much, but I cannot take them ever

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I miss birthday cake. Being a dumper im scared of sugar and stat completely away. I'd love a piece of birthday cake, even tiny on my birthday. But I skipped.

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Crazy as it sounds, oatmeal! I loved a bowl of hot Cereal in the morning for Breakfast. I know the yogurt is better for me, but my husband has it every morning and several of my co-workers do as well. Just the smell makes me want some so badly. I am thinking of making a small bowl just to get the compulsion out of my head!

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Exerderin Migraine. Nothing knocked out headaches better for me.

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Diet Pepsi, oh I miss you.

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Crazy as it sounds, oatmeal! I loved a bowl of hot cereal in the morning for breakfast. I know the yogurt is better for me, but my husband has it every morning and several of my co-workers do as well. Just the smell makes me want some so badly. I am thinking of making a small bowl just to get the compulsion out of my head!

Ok, I know this sounds really weird, but I make a high Protein oatmeal substitute that's pretty close-- I take 1/3 c of TVP (textured veg protein), 1 c Water and a dash of salt and mix it together in a large cereal bowl. Pop in the microwave for 1 min. Stir. Cook at 40% power for 10 more minutes. I top with Splenda, cinnamon, vanilla sugar free Syrup and almond milk. 107 calories and 16 protein -- before any toppings.

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Garlic bread.

DL, I have occasional popcorn, too. Not much at all,but a few handfuls just like my unsalted dry roasted peanuts and sunflower kernels. I use real popcorn kernels in a bag and avoid the pre-packaged microwave kind. Interestly, a friend of mine grows her own popcorn every year and shares a quart jar with us me at Christmas and birthday.

Is popcorn just not an option per your bariatric guidelines or a personal choice because there is not much Protein value?

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Glass of Red Wine

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Ok, I know this sounds really weird, but I make a high Protein oatmeal substitute that's pretty close-- I take 1/3 c of TVP (textured veg protein), 1 c Water and a dash of salt and mix it together in a large cereal bowl. Pop in the microwave for 1 min. Stir. Cook at 40% power for 10 more minutes. I top with Splenda, cinnamon, vanilla sugar free Syrup and almond milk. 107 calories and 16 protein -- before any toppings.

Where can you buy that?? I would love to try it!

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Ok, I know this sounds really weird, but I make a high Protein oatmeal substitute that's pretty close-- I take 1/3 c of TVP (textured veg protein), 1 c Water and a dash of salt and mix it together in a large cereal bowl. Pop in the microwave for 1 min. Stir. Cook at 40% power for 10 more minutes. I top with Splenda, cinnamon, vanilla sugar free Syrup and almond milk. 107 calories and 16 protein -- before any toppings.

Where do you find the TVP? I have ground flax seed that is by that same company, but have never seen TVP at my store. This is very exciting! I would LOVE to try it! Thank you!!

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I've found it in any large grocery store. Mine is found with all the bob's mill stuff --- like flax, almond meal, isolate etc -- in the baking needs in one store here and in the special dietary (ie: gluten free) in another. It runs about 8.00 here but it lasts forever. They also carry it in health food stores. :-). My husband (a skinny person) uses maple Syrup and brown sugar on it.

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Garlic bread.< /p>

Have you ever tried this? I use garlic butter on it and it's a great substitute.

http://www.superhealthykids.com/blog-posts/cheesy-cauliflower-dippers.php

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Garlic bread.< /p>

DL, I have occasional popcorn, too. Not much at all,but a few handfuls just like my unsalted dry roasted peanuts and sunflower kernels. I use real popcorn kernels in a bag and avoid the pre-packaged microwave kind. Interestly, a friend of mine grows her own popcorn every year and shares a quart jar with us me at Christmas and birthday.

Is popcorn just not an option per your bariatric guidelines or a personal choice because there is not much Protein value?

Wow - I definitely second the garlic bread. Didn't think of that one!

Surgeon told me no popcorn for life but...tried it a couple of times at the movies and yea, with butter. Dumped both times. I might/probably be able to get away with it with no butter but as much as I love (loved) popcorn, it just ain't the same without butter. I really can't complain. The list of things that I can't tolerate is quite short and added all together are still a miniscule price to pay.

I don't think I've ever know anyone who grows their own popcorn. How cool is that?! You guys have a great day!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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