You can view bad pictures and think many times before having this done.

 Que bueno saber que has bajado 20 libras en tres semanas, sigue asi adelante. Yo ago lo mismo que estas haciendo tu. Trato de seguir mi dieta pero al estilo caribeno y no usando las grasas y tratando de comer las cosas que sean light or fat free y me a dado resultado ya e bajado 27 libras en solo un mes....estoy feliz por eso.....anciosa claro por ver cuanto puedo bajar y agradeciendo la ayuda de todas ustedes y sus comentarios.....al fin hay un Forum para personas caribenas como nosotrras...suerte...y sabes que puedes contar con migo cuidate...

Let me tell you something of course you find Puerto Ricans everywhere. Ja jajaja!

I was born in NY but moved down to Maryland in 1998 then to the Eastern panhandle of WV not far from Maryland just last year. 

Congratulations on your wonderful weightloss in 3 weeks. That is Fantastic! 

As for me I am a mother of 6 children.  3 adults and three small ones.  I have 4 grand children which I am blessed with.

I had my RNY in 3-06-07 and I have lost since pre-op a total of 111 pounds.  You can chek out my profile and read my blog since the beginning.  A lot happened and God has blessed me with my last child.  I became pregnant 3 months after having surgery which is not adviced. But it happened, eveyrthing went fine and I have a wonderful 21 month old baby girl.  You can see pics on my profile.

I want to wish you all the best in your journey and if there is anything I can help you with please do not hesitate to contact me.  I frequent the Marland forum often so you can find me there too.

Take care,
Cira

hey, hey, hey!!1
 Orlando in the house!! Welcome.. I am one year out and do not regret my decision..I am cuban, but girl I am more PR/dominican because i ws born and raised in Brooklyn!! 

I just want to let you know if you need anything, advise or help.. just holler...

I am looking for weight loss surgery recipes including  "our type" of foods.. I might try to start a form page with recipes with carribean food.. whenever i post asking for latina food they send me mexican.. there are some mexican foods i like but i am looking foods that we are used to but modified for our new lifestyle of eating..

girl stay encouraged!!

Is Puerto Rican every where...jajjaja...I'm Puerto rican living now in McKinney, Tx....I have my RNY on 11/10/2009 in 3 weeks a lost 22 pound...tel me more about you

que bueno que estas contenta con la desicion que tomastes, yo me hice la mia en 11/10/2009 y en tres semanas e perdido 22 libras que tu crees eso esta en el average o debo haber bajado mas...se que cada persona es diferente

   Hi, welcome to the forum...I'm Puerto Rican. I living in New York for 18 years and now I'm in McKinney, TX since 2005 and I love it.
   I have my RNY on 11/10/2009...everything until now look good. I lost the first two weeks 17 pounds and the week after I lost 5 more ..Total 22...
   I'm in the third phase diet...and I don't have any problem at all.
   Tell me more about you...you can contact me anytime...

 

Mega Holiday Perks!

Each month we work with generous sponsors to bring 3 lucky OH newsletter subscribers a perk giveaway.  A BIG thank you to all of our 2009 sponsors! Here is what was a part of our past perks:  Celebrate Vitamins, Bariatric Advantage Vitamins, Chef Dave’s Cookbook, achievONE®, CLICK Espresso Protein Drink, Dr. Garth Davis’ Book, Chike, and Just The Cheese.

But we’re not done yet…To finish the year out, OH went holiday shopping!

For December, we have a special MEGA holiday perk line-up for OH Newsletter subscribers. 

So far we have…

1 - Nintendo Wii Game Console + Wii Fit board & Game

3 - 10mp Kodak Easy Share Digital Cameras

2 - Apple iPod Nanos

2 - Tanita Scales PLUS Body Fat and Body Water Monitor

3 - MIO Heart Rate Monitor Watches

5 - Emsa Perfect Measuring Beakers

To be eligible for the holiday perks giveaway please make sure you are subscribed to the OH newsletter by December 9th. Winners will be selected at random from the OH newsletter subscribers list. Winners will be announced in the December issue.

Don’t forget to spread the holiday cheer and let others know!  
Happy Holidays

I need some recipe from Puerto Rico for my diet...if you can help me let me know....I have the Gastric bypass on Nov. 10, 2009 I fill grate....I still fill pain in my left side but I can work with that..If you have this surgery please tell me more about it...sometime I'm confused...

Puedes tratar lo que yo hice y me resulto , perdi 12 libras en una semana. Cada persona es diferente si quieres tratalo haber que pasa:
7:30 Cafe con Leche 1% y splenda 1/2 tz
8:00 agua 4 oz.
8:30 Cereal caliente 1/2 taza endulzada con splenda ( Avena o Farina)
9:00 Isopure Proteina liquida  4 oz. (savor a Uva)
9:30 agua 4 oz.
10:00 Isopure Proteina Liquida 4 Oz
10:30 agua 4 oz.
11:00 isopure proteina liquida 4 oz.
11:30 SOPA DE POLLO baja en grasa 1/2 tz. ( Puerto Rican Style)
12:00 agua 4 Oz
12:30 Isopure Proteina liquida 4 oz.
1:00 agua 4 oz.
1:30 isopure Proteina liquida 4 oz.
2:00 Agua 4 oz.
2:30 Cafe con leche 1 % y splenda 1/2 tz.
3:00 Activa Yogurt light 1/2 tz
3:30 Agua 4 oz.
4:00 Isopure proteina liquida 4 oz
4:30 agua 4 oz.
5:00 agua 4 oz.
5:30 Sopa de carne de res 1/2 tz
6:00 agua 4 oz
6:00 Agua 4 oz
7:00 cafe con leche 1 % y splenda 1/2 tz
7:30 agua 4 oz
8:00 Activa yogurt light 1/2 tz
8:30 agua 4 oz.
9:00 agua 4 oz
Yo hize esto por una semana y baje 12 libras...te deseo suerte y me dejas saber si te funciono a ti....

Today we released a couple of major updates to Health Tracker just in time for the holidays (as we continue on the path to Health Tracker world domination :). These updates include, 1) Profile display of Health Tracker - If you choose to, you are now able to display/share your Health Tracker within your personal profile. This can be kept completely private, it can be shared with only your friends or with the entire ObesityHelp community. 2) My Workouts - You are now able to build and store custom workouts that can be used over and over again. My Workouts will allow you to log multiple exercise/activity items at one time so you don't have to search for individual exercises each time you want to log your activity or exercise session.

Profile Display of Health Tracker .

The profile display of Health Tracker includes Body, Food Log, Exercise Log and the Macronutrient Report. As mentioned above, this can be kept entirely private or you can choose to share your Health Tracker information with friends, family, your bariatric surgeon or other clinicians.

In order to see the profile view of Health Tracker, when viewing your profile or another member's profile, look for the Health Tracker link to the right of the avatar. If there is no Health Tracker link, the profile view of Health Tracker has been set to private.

 

The privacy settings for Health Tracker can be found in the "Settings" section of My OH. To access your Health Tracker setting click My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, click the Health Tracker tab and choose the "Sharing" option. Or, just click here to access your Health Tracker Sharing options :)

Workouts

My Workouts makes it quick and easy to log routine exercise and activity. For those who perform similar exercises on a regular basis, with My Workouts you can create a workout consisting of a series of exercises you often perform and instead logging each exercise indivivudally, My Workouts allows to log a single item (a workout) that contains all of the exericses you have performed. Build it once and log it any number of times.

Under My Workouts you will see a list of workouts that you have created and saved. You can log workouts directly from My Workouts by selecting "I did this", choose the day and click "Save"

You can also search for workouts you have created directly from your Exercise Log.

Create your first workout now!

One other addition

For your convenience, in this release we have also made some changes to the account deactivation process. In case you ever have the need to deactivate your ObesityHelp account, you can access this function by clicking My OH at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select "Settings" on the left, and under the "General" tab select "Manage". Instructions for deactivating your account can be found there.

Have a great Thanksgiving and look for more updates soon!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this release, please post them in this thread on the Main Message Board.

The last several months have been fairly busy ones here at OH and we are really excited
about this upcoming release. First, long overdue is the public release of OH Groups. You
will now be able to start and  manage your own public groups. Second, is a major update
to Health Tracker....Activity! We are planning to release these new features on Wednesday evening, October 7, 2009.

OH Groups

Getting to OH Groups is easy. Just click on the Groups tab at the top of any page on ObesityHelp. OH Groups allows you to start and manage your own groups, you can find groups that suit your interests and find support groups in your area.

If you are looking for an OH Group that focuses on a specific topic, you can browse groups by category.

 

Activity

To get to your Activity Tracker, click “My OH” at the top of any page on ObesityHelp, select “Health Tracker” on the left and then click the “Activity” tab.

Understanding your total daily caloric expenditure requires more than just knowing how many calories you burned on the treadmill. In your Health Tracker settings area you are now able to estimate the caloric expenditure of your resting metabolic rate (RMR) and lifestyle. These estimates are integrated and displayed with the caloric expenditure of the activities you have logged.

Your exercise log allows you to search for and add strength training exercises, cardiovascular exercises and general activities to your daily log. Caloric expenditure is auto calculated for a number of activities already included in our database of exercises. Pie charts display details about caloric expenditure and time for each type of activity.

Sets can be added and subtracted from strength training exercises. Reps and weight used can be entered for each set.

A number of details can be tracked for cardiovascular exercises and general activities. Some of these variables include, time, distance, calories burned, average heart rate, average power, altitude gained and average grade.

If you can’t find the exercise or activity you have participated in, you can also add your own custom exercises.

Other updates include the ability to create list of your favorite exercises, reports have been updated to include a number of activity items, the nutrition search has been enhanced and we have managed to slip in a sweet macronutrient report under the “Reports” tab. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the features in this release, please submit those here. If your are new to ObesityHelp or have not used ObesityHelp's Health Tracker before, you can learn about the first release here and the second release here. Need help using Health Tracker? Click here for help. Enjoy!

Hi Ivette,
I had RNY on January, it's the best thing I have ever done for myself!  You won't regret it! 
Pernil is one of my comfort foods!

 I am having my bypass surgery on October 1--I am super excited!!

I am new to this forum but not new to Obesity help.  I was just told last week that we had a Puerto Rican forum wooo hoooo.

Just stopping by to say Hola como estan todos?

Have a wonderful day.

Cira

Congratulations. I had my surgery on Jan27 and have lost 75 lbs so far. It is amazing. You don't have to worry abt food for awhile post surgery, I wasn't at all hungry for the first month or so. Then, when you do feel like eating, your protein drinks will really fill ypu up (I recommend Champion Whey Stacker; it mixes like juice and isn't grainy.) After a few months, you will start to be able to eat a little of things. I moved to PR July 2nd and I have been able to eat a little chucharones, mofongo, arroz con gandules, churasco, etc, but find that after a bite, I am pretty satsfied. I don't even order dinner, I just pick off my kid's plates and husbands and maybe eat 1/2 a house salad or something. Good luck. This week will suck (that's why we call it hell week), but I have no regrets and neither will you. Felicidades!

hi guys
Im 6 days out...dont like broth do u think i can make some sopa with water, adobo, sazon????

Hi!  Email me at dbenitez@thefreshairgroup.com

I had lots of questions too so I know how you feel!  :)

Hola, yo vivo tambien en orlando, hablas ingles?  yo me hice la operacion hacen casi 4 anos atras, quizas te pueda ayudar.

In this weeks episode we have a FOW with a cute coat, expose the Weight Loss Saboteur, take a look at the week before surgery and introduce you to a self professed Lap Band King!

HIGHLIGHTS

• This weeks “Freak of the Week” is Sirenscry
• Why? Cause she can reach all her 2000 parts.
• We introduce you to our version of the Weight Loss Saboteur.
• The pusher…who pushes the sweets and fattening foods.
• The Underminer…whose negativity is always about.
• The Stuffer, who wants to continue to stuff you with food..
• Sometimes those closest to us becomes our saboteur.
• We give some tips on how to deal with the Weight loss Saboteur.
• So you are down to your last week before surgery? What will it be like?
• You may want to give up caffeine a few weeks in advance.
• Avoid the last meal syndrome.
• Having a stressful week before surgery..is normal.
• We highlight another website for bandsters…Lapbandking.com

If you haven'****ched BariatricTV yet - what are you waiting for?  Lots of fun and good information!

http://www.bariatrictv.com

Acabo de someterme a un Bypass Gastrico el dia 18 de Mayo de 2009 estoy buscando recetas para mi nuevo viaje agradezco las sugerencias y gracias

porfavor ayudenmen que puedo hacer para perder esas libritas demas?eh estado asiendo ejerscisios todos los dias y estoy tomando el suplemento de slim fast mas mis ensaladitas en las tardes y tomo muchaaaa agua pero tienen mas ides que darme?por favor!!!

In Episode 19, we have a brand new contest for you, “I’ll have the support please and hold the flaming,” and a great site for you Bandsters.

HIGHLIGHTS

* We have a new contest with our new sponsor
* We want your questions and you may just get some free stuff.
* Questions due by Midnight on March 20th..
* Reality is that sometimes forum support…can be a bit like a soap opera.
* Flaming on a support board….let’s not.
* We highlight a site for lap bandsters.

Come join the fun!!

http://www.bariatrictv.com
 

Show Notes Episode 13

HIGHLIGHTS

• T2Nashville asks us about sugar alcohols.
• Miss Sunny84 wants an explanation on dumping.
• We play Bariatric Russian Roulette.
• Our favorite Bariatric friendly snacks.
• We introduce you to a hungry-girl.
• Great bariatric friendly recipes found online and in a cookbook

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http://www.bariatrictv.com

Come join the fun

Show Notes Episode 12

HIGHLIGHTS

• Forum member GunnysHunny asks about getting past a stall.
• Explanation of a stall.
• Stalls are normal.
• What can add to a stall.
• A new method from BTV Labs.
• Don’t Exercise!
• Off the shelf vitamins for bariatric patients. 

Come check it out!  www.bariatrictv.com