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4th week update with pic- no big changes. -   I am still sitting at 355lbs I have been on a two week stall now. Probably because I can't exercise.  Still though last time I wore these pants and belt the pantas were fully ...

Just Venting- getting bored with menu -  I am getting bored.  I know all these great recipes and have over thirty cookbooks.  But each meal I go into the kitchen and go brain dead and end up eating- the same thing. Im...

Feeling great today- new awesome NSV -  I had a great NSV today- My wife and I are both black belts in aikido and I have been very limited for the past seven years. Today my wife and I were messing around with hol...

My AC is broken and house has heated up to 90 degr - My ac is messed up and I chanegd the thermostat just now but it had heated to over ninety in here.  I am so thirsty- I am sipping on everything I can find- but it's like I just ...

Jb's week three pic -  Here is my week 3 pic. Ive lost about 19 lbs post op.  Losing my weight in arms, shoulders, neck, face, thigh, and the pelvic region (that spot below your belly but above your gro...

I posted this as a reply- but here's a recipe for - I posted in a respone to help with ricotta but I thought I'd post it by itself too.  1 cup ricotta 1 egg black pepper 3 tbs sphaghetti sauce 1 oz of mozzerella Drain the ...

Th real drawbacks of WLS - Here is my real list of WLS drawbacks for me: 1. you have to diet even more after the surgery. 2. you can't quit 3. gas is common and hurts 4. so is constipation 5. so is di...

Protected carbs- what does that mean? -  I was looking at low carb pastas and I notced the carb amount was the same as regular pasta- but the low carb said that most of it's carbs were protected carbs so that digestable ...

Homemade cottage cheese ;) -  Do you want to do something in the kitchen VSG friendly? Why not make yourself some cottage cheese? 1 gallon of whole milk. 1 /2 to 1 cup vinegar, or  apple vinegar, or lem...

Anybody else have the three week stall? - I had read that lot of people have a stall on their third week. You know I thought I would be immune to this stall.  But it hit monday I went three up pounds - water weight I gu...

new complications to wound healing- allergies -  I have found that I am allergic now not only to latex- but also to adhesive! started with: Surgical tape- blisters  switched to:  paper taper- blisters Swirched to: Sterile s...

Chipotle and nothing to drink! -  I had a chipotle spice chicken drummette- and it set my mouth on fire it took a lot of patience to wait 35 minutes till I could drink some milk to cool off!  But I did it! So i...

Did it again and drank while eating! I'm officiall -  I took my kids to McD's and was eating a chicken breast.  Everything was fine until... without thinking a took a huge sip of Hi-C. Of course the resulting massive air bubble an...

At church tonite I cooked -  For the youth group I cooked sirloin strips sauteed with green olives, V8, and garlic and pepper.  Added little cream and parsmesian  gave the kids green beans and corn. Pretty...

Maximizing weightloss versus maximizing healing -  I am deaing with incisions that were repoened a week ago and i keep losing the scabs every night when I go to bed and the incisions return to what they were the previous day. I...

Day 16- I can now drink without pain! -  I am now able to drink almost normally- I drink slowly with sips. But the sips feel more like regular drinks and I don't get pain or gas when I drink now! Very litte gas from drin...

Super soft pork roast in crock pot -  My wife made a great pork roast yesterday: 1 small pork roast cut into quarters two potatoes cut into sections 1 small onion four cups water 2 pack dry spaghetti sauce mix ...

Remember early this week when my kid hurt my incis -  Well my 3 year earlier this week fought me getting into a chair and kicked my farmost left incision and opened it up.  It scabbd over and doc said it would be fine. Now it is s...

Too much exercise and too many empty carbs -  Yesterday I was out in the yard and at walmart so I got too much exercise- which caused me to retain even more water and also I drank an orange juice hoping for quick energy. T...