sound good to me... I love sesame.. gonna try them both... I wonder if the price is the same for the 10 ounce bag vs the 5 ounce box??? thanks for posting. wanda

My doc and nutr. refuse to give us numbers with the exception of protein... minimum 60 gms / day and sugars... nothing with more than 6 gms of sugars... I have asked repeatedly because I do better with guidelines, they tell me "life isn't about guidelines, its learning new behaviours" and I said ..."ya da ya da ya da"... I have really slowed waay down on losing but I think I'm gonna borrow some of the numbers posted here and see if it makes a difference. wanda

The Vitamin K deficiency sounds very reasonable. My nutr. made it very clear that we were to take vits that had K in them... haven't heard of anyone in my group that has had bruising... you all aren't meeting in an alley and beating each other up are you???LOL wanda

Cherilyn (what a pretty name), don't feel bad, I can eat almost anything...especially sugar! Fortunately my pouch will not let me eat much but I do eat it. And if its in the house... its gonna get eaten! I have such a weird schedule, I work night shift 4 nights/week... 2 of those are 12 hour shifts, 2 are 8 hour shifts and there is NO schedule!!! I find on my days off, esp. in the evening... I want to graze and snack all the time, I don't feel full and I just keep hunting for something. Then I get pissed when the scales don't move! DUH!!!! So honey, I feel your pain. I start each and every day new... some days I do really well, others... not so much but the important thing is I try. So quit beating yourself up... you did enough of that pre-op and it didn't do anything but make you feel worse about yourself. I liked that idea of starting from the beginning again... I think I might give that a whirl... Huggles to you sweetie, don't beat yourself up... we are all in the same boat!(some can handle those paddles better than others!) Wanda

Surgery date 9/14/04 starting weight 247.7 today's weight 175.5 total lost 72.2 doc's goal 150 my goal 138 Congratulations to one and all. JOB WELL DONE LADIES!!! wanda