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WLS SG 11/12/11
Nov 12, 2011
We had a great meeting today. Thanks for coming and lending your support to those of us who were in attendance! Wish you all could have been there!! Hopefully you will be able to come next month on Saturday, Dec. 10th at 9 a.m.The room was very nice, several tables and chairs. I do believe we could use open chairs. Any other ideas?
I gave out "goody bags" with lots of free items from some great sponsors. If there are other items you have used and would like for us to try, either you can contact the company and ask or contact me and give me their information and I'll "beg" for some products and/or coupons. The only company so far that has told me no was Kashi, which was a little disappointing.
We tried to focus on how to stay on track during the holidays. At the end of the meeting I asked everyone for their goals that they would be concentrating on by the next meeting and I wrote them down, including mine and my husband's goals. Exercise was the Number 1 goal! Others were to stay on the diet set up for them, mine was to get more protein in. I plan on trying to find a shake I can tolerate. For those of you who were unable to make the meeting, you can send me an email and let me know what your goals are for the next month, I plan on bringing these up in December so we can see how we did. I think this will be a good incentive for us all. We really need to be careful, slider foods are just that. We can get so much more in of "junk". Let's support each other on this journey. Come to the meetings as you are able, stay in touch via email, phone, etc. I am here and am willing to get you through the hard times. If I don't know the answer, I will find out for you!! If you would like someone's contact info, let me know and I will see if they don't mind giving it out.
Here is the rundown of our meeting:
- Great idea: If you are unable to tolerate milk products, use water in your protein drinks instead.
- Sweet and Salty snack: watermelon, feta and mint (can't wait to try it, if I can find a watermelon)
- Homemade (to make it healthier) Brunswick Stew pureed
- Zinger Tea
- Lipton Diet Tea
- Protein Bars at Food Lion with 14 grams of protein. If you find additional information on these, please share, like calories and carbs.
- Orange Julius, WLS Style: Orange Juice, egg whites, splenda, crushed ice.
- Egg white, low fat ricotta and mushroom saute
- Adding pureed cottage cheese into your protein shakes
- A scoop of chocolate protein powder, a scoop of vanilla protein powder, 16 oz. milk= 62 grams of protein to drink over a several hours.
- We also talked about our spouses dieting with us, this is a great idea. I liked the idea of the surgeon weighing and keeping up with the spouse of the weight-loss patient. My husband has begun to weigh in with me on Mondays. This helps me feel like I have some great support.
- Exercise, taking smaller bites and also about Sleep Apnea. We have several who use a CPAP machine so they breathe better at night.
- Lavender Oil: put a few drops in your shampoo, helps your hair look fuller.
Have a wonderful week, get outside before it gets too cold. Carve out YOU time, get your liquids and protein in. See you next time!!
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About Me
Fayetteville, GA
Location
29.2
BMI
Surgery
04/11/2011
Surgery Date
Aug 03, 2010
Member Since
Before & After
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VSG on April 10, 2010
256lbs
Lost 100 pounds
