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2 hours to eat a yogurt - I will indeed be a cheap date. And one you're going to want to hang out with, watching me eat.....

My new shakes 'o the day - Breakfast protein shake: 8oz of black coffee 1/4 cup of skim milk 1 scoop of Unjury Chocolate Splendor Protein Powder Few cubes of ice Blend well in Magic Bullet Laugh as you...

Missing: 20 pounds of my fat ass - I was 262 a week before my surgery. I was 242 today. This is the lowest I've been since, well, I have no idea.  My body has naturally maintained me at about 250-260 for years.  ...

I almost cried... - Had my first post-op weigh in today and 20 pounds have gone missing in the last two weeks. I am now officially as "light" as I"ve been in years. My fabulous doctor said I'm righ...

Nervous... - I protest too much perhaps that the scale is not important to me. But I'll cut myself some slack since this will be my first weigh-in on my surgeon's scale since 1 week pre-op. I w...

Yay! Happy pill! - Last night I girded my loins and took my pill with as big a couple of sips of water as I dared.  I could feel it looking around my stomach and thinking it had gotten a bit cramp...

Get... down... in... there! - Had to force myself to finish my strawberry sorbet protein shake. It was pretty yummy but OMG 8oz of liquid takes me literally HOURS to finish. I burp, I stretch, I feel like I nee...

Hemp Protein? - I found dark chocolate hemp protein online. I'm a big dark chocolate fan but realize that hemp protein may not be good no matter how dark chocolately it is. Anyone tried hemp pr...

Today's most awesome thing (so far) - 8 oz Starbucks Italian Roast Via (made a cup last night so it would be cool this morning) 1/4 cup skim milk 1 scoop Unjury Chocolate Splendor 4 ice cubes Magic Bullet

Euphoria - I realize this could be in part due to the fact that I've been off my meds for depression for a week, and my period is winding down, but HOLY COW! I'd love to give the world a Coke...

Remember the barf post? - Well I haven't been able to take my sertraline since then and going cold turkey on the stuff is not making me a happy camper. I've got try and get back on it tonight. Somehow. W...

I'm stuffed! - 8oz of Unjury Chocolate Splendor protein shake. Splendor indeed! It almost tastes just chocolate milk. I'm going to give it a whirl with coffee tomorrow a.m.

Other stuff you might want to have in your kitchen - Aside from the food staples you'll need - broth, broth, Crystal Light, more broth, there are some tools you'll want to make sure you have. Here's my suggested shopping list: - D...

The lovely thing about forums... - ... is that no one actually bothers to really read and retain the text and context of the posts. There's always the same types of people on every single forum I've ever been on ...

Whew! Winded! -  So I did a bit of walking over the weekend, and tried to do a walk around our yard every now and then right after surgery. I'm now back at the office and I have my Astrid Tasks re...

Nothin' says get ready for Monday like... -  ... insomnia the night before. At some point during my period I always get at least one night of insomnia. Last night was it. Ugh. Today's my first day back to work after su...

You know, menopause is welcome to come along any t - Getting your period 3 days after you get home from the hospital after having WLS completely sucks. I'm not cramping much, but I have got the water retention.  Oh well, this too ...

A funny from Mom - So last night I talked my mom's ear off about the surgery and everything. This morning she emails me:  I am curious about what happened, physically, to the 2/3ds of the stomach ...

Tom Yum Fail - I shall not be sharing my Tom Yum recipe with you. I will try again but when I got a recipe for it online there were some exotic ingredients that I had not picked up at the interna...

So here's the thing... - ...about the "I'm so tired of food ruling my life" comments I see a lot of on here. Hate to tell you, but if you think it rules your life now just wait until post-op! When I ...

Ginger Broth Soup - Ginger Broth Soup: 2 cups of vegetable broth (you can add a cup of water if you want something a little less intense) 5 nickel to quarter sized slices of fresh ginger root (FRE...

Beef Broth Soup -  Beef Broth Soup: 2 cups of organic gluten free beef broth + one cup of water 1 Roma tomato sliced or diced - doesn't matter really. My weight on this one was 4.8oz .3oz organic...

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