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#1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau

#2 - Drink 2 quarts of water a day

#3 - You must have 45 grams of protein supplement and all your vitamins/minerals supplements each day

#4 - You may consume up to 3 oz of the following high protein foods, 5x a day

beef
pork
chicken
turkey
lamb
fish 

eggs
low fat cheese
cottage cheese
plain yogurt or artificially sweetened (?)
peanut butter
beans/legumes

You may also have:

sugar free popsicles
tea or coffee
sugar free soda
sugar free jello
broths/bullion (sp?)
crystal light drinks

#5 - If it's not on the list, you can't have it for 10 days!!!!

#6 - Keep a food diary and try to get up to 30 mins of exercise 

LindaL
Dallas, TX
RNY (07/25/05)

Member Since: 11/09/04

NEW 10 Day Plateau Buster

#1 - Do this for 10 days to break a plateau.

#2 - Drink 4 liters of Mountain Dew a day. Dr Pepper or Cola may be substituted, but you may not see the same dramatic results. The plus side of Coke is that any nails you happen to swallow will be dissolved.

#3 - You must eat 6 "meals" a day, preferably at Fast Food restaurants, but casual dining restaurants will do in a fix. Places that deliver are also good options.

#4 - You must consume at least 3 oz of the following foods, 5x a day
Potato Chips
Tortilla Chips
Really, anything that comes in a Bag opposite the soda isle
French Fries
Onion Rings
Again, fried just about anything will be good
Baked Potato (don't forget "the works")
Soda (Not Diet)
Chocolate anything
Ice Cream
Nuts
peanut butter

Be sure to avoid:
sugar free items
splenda
low or no calorie drinks

#5 - Drink with meals, this will help you get more food in.

#6 - Stop any exercise beyond clicking the TV Remote... get your spouse to do that if possible.

#7 - Don't forget your snacks.

#8 - Be sure to add sugar to drinks and slather on the butter. Remember, every calorie counts.

IF THIS DIET DOESN'T GET THAT SCALE MOVING, NOTHING WILL!

Reprinted with permission from the author, Tek of QuixoticWLS

posted by:  DeeDee
Far from the Coast, MS
Member Since: 06/14/03

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
one large egg white
1/2 c splenda
1/2 c Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter (Peanut Butter & Co. - I found mine at Wal-Mart)

Mix Together
Spoon out all 14 cookies
Sprinkle with Splenda if desired
Bake at 350 degrees on top rack for 8-12 minutes (don't allow them to get to hard or they will crumble)

Approximate Nutrition info per cookie
54.5 calories
3.7 fat
4.5 carbs
2.1 sugar
1.9 protein

1 packet of swiss miss hot cocoa diet
2 scoops of chocolate whey protein
Mix in large glass
9 ounces of water 
warm water for about one minute in microwave (don't allow water to get to hot or powder will curdle)
mix together and stir with a fork until powder is completely mixed

245 cal
3 fat
8 carbs
4 sugar
48 protein

1 tablespoon (tbsp) =	3 teaspoons (tsp)
1/16 cup =	1 tablespoon
1/8 cup =	2 tablespoons
1/6 cup =	2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
1/4 cup =	4 tablespoons
1/3 cup =	5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
3/8 cup =	6 tablespoons
1/2 cup =	8 tablespoons
2/3 cup =	10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
3/4 cup =	12 tablespoons
1 cup =	48 teaspoons
1 cup =	16 tablespoons
8 fluid ounces (fl oz) =	1 cup
1 pint (pt) =	2 cups
1 quart (qt) =	2 pints
4 cups =	1 quart
1 gallon (gal) =	4 quarts
16 ounces (oz) =	1 pound (lb)
1 milliliter (ml) =	1 cubic centimeter (cc)
1 inch (in) =	2.54 centimeters (cm

Capacity
1/5 teaspoon	1 milliliter
1 teaspoon	5 ml
1 tablespoon	15 ml
1 fluid oz	30 ml
1/5 cup	47 ml
1 cup	237 ml
2 cups (1 pint)	473 ml
4 cups (1 quart)	.95 liter
4 quarts (1 gal.)	3.8 liters

Weight
1 oz	28 grams
1 pound	454 grams

Capacity
1 milliliter	1/5 teaspoon
5 ml	1 teaspoon
15 ml	1 tablespoon
100 ml	3.4 fluid oz
240 ml	1 cup
1 liter	34 fluid oz = 4.2 cups = 2.1 pints = 1.06 quarts = 0.26 gallon

Weight
1 gram	.035 ounce
100 grams	3.5 ounces
500 grams	1.10 pounds
1 kilogram	2.205 pounds = 35 ounces

Article from Forbes via Men's Health Blog:

"Oprah Winfrey's influence may now reach into medical science: her show led researchers to confirm that gastric bypass causes people to get drunk faster.

The reason, scientists say, is that bypass surgery cuts the amount of alcohol metabolized by the stomach.

The weight-loss procedure also seems to extend the time people need to sober up, the team said.

The research has implications for the 150,000 Americans who have already undergone this procedure and the thousands more who may be considering it.

"At the end of the day, this is the only enduring and effective intervention for morbid obesity," stressed study senior author Dr. John Morton, director of bariatric surgery at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. "We don't want to deny them, but we want to make sure they are fully prepared to meet these challenges after surgery."

"This might let folks know to be a little more careful if they have a drink," added Dr. Joaquin Rodriguez, assistant professor of surgery at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and chief of minimally invasive surgery at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. "They need just to be aware that the same amount of alcohol may affect them differently than someone who hasn't had a gastric bypass," said Rodriguez, who was not involved in the research.

Study lead author Judith Hagedorn, a medical student at Stanford University, is scheduled to present the data June 14 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, in San Diego.

In October 2006, Winfrey aired a show called "Suddenly Skinny," which noted that gastric-bypass patients often felt they had faster alcohol absorption after the surgery. Also discussed was "addiction transfer," when a person swaps his or her food addiction for an alcohol addiction.

Winfrey and her producers are clearly up on current health trends: Obesity is one of the leading, if not the leading, public health crisis in the industrialized world. More than 60 percent of adult Americans are overweight, 23.9 percent are obese and 3 percent are extremely obese. Being overweight can lead to a slew of life-threatening problems, including diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.

According to the new study, bariatric surgery -- especially gastric bypass, which reduces the size of the stomach and adds a bypass around part of the small intestine -- is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity.

After the  Oprah episode, Morton, who has performed about 1,000 such surgeries, was inundated with questions from patients. "This prompted me to dig a little deeper to find data and, much to my surprise, I didn't find a whole lot of data," he said.

Rodriguez said, "There are a couple of other reports that have shown similar things, but it's mostly anecdotal. Patients come in and say they had wine or a margarita and got drunk really fast."

So, Morton undertook his own study involving 19 people who had had gastric bypass surgery at least one year prior and 17 control subjects without such histories. Each participant was asked to consume five ounces of red wine.

All participants then underwent an alcohol breath analysis every five minutes until the levels reached zero.

The gastric bypass patients had a peak alcohol level of 0.08 percent, vs. 0.05 percent for the controls. In some states, 0.08 is considered intoxicated, Morton said.

The gastric patients also needed an average of 108 minutes to get back to zero, while the controls needed an average of 72 minutes.

"The alcohol peaked higher and stayed around longer," Morton said.

Also, the gastric bypass patients reported the same symptoms, even though their breath alcohol levels were higher.

"This led us to think that some of patients may have high breath alcohol level and not be aware of it," Morton said. "One drink may be too much, especially if you are going to have a drink and drive."

The main reason for this enhanced susceptibility to alcohol is that the surgery bypasses the stomach, which is one of two places the enzyme responsible for metabolizing alcohol is present, Morton said.

"If you're bypassing the stomach, you're bypassing most of the ability to metabolize alcohol," he added.

According to one survey, 83 percent of gastric bypass patients consume alcohol after surgery and all of them need to be cautious for any number of reasons.

"Sometimes alcohol use after surgery can wreck havoc on weight maintenance," Morton said. "Alcohol relaxes you on the outside, and on the inside, too. With alcohol, patients can be able to eat a little bit more because of the relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter and the intestine as well."

Also, as patients start to lose weight, they often become more socially active, a pastime that often includes alcohol.

"This is also something patients have to be aware of," Morton said. "The bottom line is alcohol use after gastric bypass should be used with caution, and certainly patients shouldn't have even a single drink and drive."

More information

There's more on this type of surgery at the  American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

 From the main OH forum in October 2007
...bariatric conference of surgeons in Maryland last week [Oct 2007]said this:     Protein absorption The commonly touted myth of only being able to absorb 30 grams of protein at one time is not true! In any 24 hour period, we can potentially absorb as much as 300 to 400 grams of protein. This is obviously not recommended because there are complications associated with this high amount of intake. (kidney problems).   Recommended range of protein per day can be up to 120 grams. Absorption of protein relies on many factors, including source of protein, length of the Roux limb, size of the pouch, and our intake of micronutrients like zinc.

Well, although I have had many speed bumps along the way, it seems that things are starting to even out.  Here lately I have actually done well with everything.  Food is starting to get easier for me and I am getting better at fixing meals that are good for the entire family.  I have been collecting recipes from other members of the obesityhelp.com and am in the process of putting them all together.  There are many people on the message boards that have great journals and websites that are great to check out.  Oh yea, I forgot to mention the fact that I have actually seen my cheekbones.  Haven't seen those in many years and I cried when I did see them for the first time the other day.  Until next time.....

After the struggles that I have had, I had finally gotten to the point where I was overcoming the thinking process of everything.  Food wasn't so much of a challenge and my appointments with the psych were going well.  Now my problem has been that my arthritis was getting really active and was causing me much pain.  So I started back on my Remicade treatments.  The problem with the Remicade is that it knocks out my immune system which really means that it turns off my immune system so that it is unable to attack my joints which in turn eases the problem of arthritis.  The problem that I encountered is that with a low immune system I became sick with a sinus infection and then my sinuses drained into my ears.  Ouch!!!  Eventually I will get better.  :-)  In the mean time I have been collecting recipes to try.  I am learning that to survive in this life I must learn to cook for myself.  So far so good......