Post your food again tonight when we do the "what did you eat post" I usually wait until I am completely done eating for the day.

What protein shake do you drink that has 40 grams of protein. Girl, I need that. That would make it so much simpler... I still sip with my meals. I know I shouldnt and it was one of my resolutions to stop but I try and sometimes I can... sometimes I cant. Depends on the meal. I know what you mean about fruit. I think its cause we are craving the sweetness and the liquid part of the fruit. I myself have been addicted to fresh pineapple. I chew it up and swallow the juice and then spit out the actual pineapple. I dont want to clog anything up! Plus the fruits are so high in carbs. But, I cant help it. Before surgery I loved sweet iced tea. Now that I cant have the sugar and I dont like the artificial sweetners (they are a hunger stimulant BTW)... I have acquired a taste for UNSWEET tea no sweetners but it has to be very cold! Its pretty good. I bought the crystal light tea but havent made any yet. The regular crystal lites used to be so good to me but now they are so sweet and I cant drink much of them. I am like you---sugar gets me--and when it does -it is BAD! I do on occassion drink my diet dr pepper -- nowhere near as I did before. Last night I opened a canned diet coke-took 1 sip and didnt touch it again. Wasted my .50 cents.. haha... I shouldve been drinking my water anyway. We are all bonded now--- we have our surgery dates so close. We have to talk to each other.. We are the only ones who understand!

Hey you 2 Christines!!!!! I agree, I like to talk with those at the same point as I am! it helps sooo much! B= 1/3 of small blueberyy(fake) muffin w/ butter ( gotta have something on my stomach before my shake) (20min. later) protein shake (40gm) YUK!!! hate them!!! 10 grapes to take away the taste (it's the only way I can drink them is to plug my nose and then eat fruit after as a reward!) SN= ice tea w/ lemon, 2 glasses(over morning) L= 1/2 of W.W. swedish meatball entree (not hungry) Sn(planned)= sunflower seeds D= aint there yet! Yesterday B= 1/2 PBJ(fruit only Jelly, w/o crust) SN= protein shake w/ 10 grapes iced tea L=beef stew lean cusine type( remember ??? the name) really good!! SN= ice tea, water and Wheat nuts 1/4 c. late afternoon= Protein shake and grapes again!! Late dinner= Chicken Kabobs... breast meat, pears,onions,apples,red peppers,mushrooms, sprayed w/ pam and seasoned, baked in oven on skewers!!Yummmmm. only ate 1 small pc. of chicken(can't eat it anymore!) but veggies and fruit were wonderful!! My husband loves the new cooking! Sometimes I baste w/fruit jusice. Can ya tell I love ice tea!!!??? I can once in awhile drink a little sugar free pop if it's iced and sits for a while! Love Dt. Mt. Dew and Dt. Ruby Red Squirt. I have to drink water w/ my meals, I crave it and most food has a hard time going down. I have found a new love for fruit! It's so weird how much I love the taste of it again! Veggies have new respect too! I love to experiment with seasonings and ways to utilize them! I now have been having an affair w/ red grapes! Before this it was pears. I don't dump on freit at all, but refined sugar gets me!! Janee

Doombah Wafflebutt! Thanks for the chuckle!

My surgeon only has a support group once a month so I check in on this board everyday looking for advice and tips from my peers who had surgery the same month I did. Like the other Christine said, we see lots of people viewing messages but little or no replies. I would love to see this board come alive so come on people lets get this board moving!! Tell us about your progress, your frustrations, let's all help each other out. We all chose to have this major life changing surgery now let's share share our thoughts, stories and goals so that we can have this big support system.