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Jeff N's Breakfast Casserole - A couple of people asked for this recipe so here it is: ingredients: 2 pks regular cream cheese softened, 1 chub of spicy ground sausage browned, 1 1/2 lbs bacon fried and cut int...

The importance of breakfast - I'm pretty sure that most of us skipped breakfast when we were overweight. We all have heard of the importance of breakfast and now post DS it is even more important. Breakfast is ...

Happy November! - New month: new beginnings. I am starting back to walking today with a goal for November to average 3 walks per week.  Does a new month start a new beginning for you? --becky

Sugar alcohols are still the devil at 5 years out. - Experimented with sugar alcohols. Man the blowout the next day was ridiculous. If I am ever constipated the cure is a bag of sugar free candy!!  Happy Halloween!  

Exercise - Any experience with high tech exercise monitors like Fitbit?  I am doing fairly well with diet (room for improvement) but can't find the motivation to walk. It's perfect weather an...

What are your go to protein low carb foods? -     I need to increase my list of easy to find or make low carb high protein foods. Especially foods I can take on the road. If I have healthy options at my fingertips I do well....

5 years - I had the DS five years ago yesterday by Dr Dennis Smith in Marietta GA. I lost down from a size 3x to a size two, had a ten pound bounce back and stayed a size 4 (I threw out my s...

Where's the Wagon? - Man did I fall off the wagon.  Last holiday season I did really well, but this year I fell off the wagon.  I have a big deal dog show in 15 days.  I can't wear my dog show c...

Vit K2 - What is the scoop on this.  Various forms?  M7 better than M4?  I found a sublingual 500mcgs but it is M4.  VitaLady's is M7 and only 150 mcgs.    ~Becky

lab diagnosis codes - Please share what lab diagnosis codes you use for routine labs.  I know Vitalady has a list of codes somewhere but I can't find it.  My last labs were not covered but all my pre...

Sublinguals, any reason to avoid? - Is there any reason to avoid sublingual vitamins?    ~Becky

Electrolyte help needed - I have always been very sensitive to dehydration since my DS.  Once I started using fake salt (potassium) I did a lot better.  I have always gotten a ton of fluids in as well. ...

Help Pain Bowel Obstruction v Gas - Severe pain, bloating, vagal nerve sneezes.  I ate a new low carb meal made by Hormel for lunch.  The pain is in my right shoulder and abdomen.  I am walking and eating butter a...

Uh oh....I think I have a hernia - I've been having intermittant  INTENSE pain at the sight of one of my incisions (lap surgery) and I have decided that it may be a hernia???  How is a hernia diagnosed?  What kin...

BEACH - Just home from the beach where I wore smaller bikinis than my 20something daughters.  I also had way more energy than they did and wanted to swim more and stay on the beach more...

Vagal nerve reaction at almost 4 years out - I haven't been eating much for a couple of days due to illness.  I did stay hydrated and tried to get in some protein. Today I felt better and fixed my usual breakfast of 6 ...

Looking for KaylaB's Cake Shake recipe - I used to post this recipe all the time and now I can't' remember it.  If you have it please post it.  Thanks.   ~Becky

NSV - I am having a BLAST doing yard work.  Planting, putting down pine straw, pruning shrubs.  I never could enjoy this before I lost the weight. I also walked in a one mile Moth...

For newbies and those interested or researching - The vitamins are not negotiable.  You will have to take them for life.  Most surgeons and their staff do not know what vitamins we need or even how to interpret labs.  They prob...

To people who have messaged me here on OH - For some reason the system or my computer will not allow me to answer messages.  But the messages I have received should just be posts here because there are a lot of people who...

Seeking sugar free/no carb/no flour recipes - I just made SF merangue cookies.  Why haven't I done that before?  Talk about easy.  I'm a sweet craver so SF anything that is sweet is good to me. My cookies: 4 egg whi...

Maintaining is hard ... and not just the way you t - I started trying to loose a regain last Thanksgiving.  My jeans were all too small.  So small I couldn't wear them and had to buy new jeans in a larger size.  Boo Hiss. Now ...

L-methylfolate Prescribed as Deplin ??? - This has been recommended to aid my treatment for depression.  I looked it up trying to find out if it is a gel cap or oil based and this is what I found:  Each DEPLIN® 7.5m...

Kayla B do we absorb this? - http://www.vectomega.com/   Thanks, ~Becky

No carb bread/buns - http://www.food.com/recipe/carb-free-cloud-bread-411501 I used cream cheese and slathered them with butter, splenda and cinnamon right out of the oven.  Wow.  Last time I tr...