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What are you eating today? - I don't think we've had one of these threads for a while but I am eating yummy stuff today and decided it was time we had one. For breakfast, I had an iced vanilla latte pro...

Totally OT - empowerment? - This question has nothing to do with WLS, but I don't know where else to ask it, and I always get such good feedback here. Recently I was talking to a friend about how I've ...

D2 vsD3 and other stuff about vitamin D - I've posted this before but it's been a while and there have been a few discussions lately about vitamin D, so I thought it might be time to post it again. There are two typ...

Today's lunch - I had the yummiest lunch today.  And I am so tickled that I get so full and satisfied on so little food at five years out. I made a sandwich on half of a toasted whole wheat...

sorta OT - sometimes it's really hard to eat healt - I don't mean sorta poor, but really poor.  I never have a lot of money, but most of the time, I can afford healthy food.  I usually have stuff like almond milk and Greek yogurt ...

Dealing with Pain when You Can't Take NSAIDS - When I had my RNY, I had no idea how much I would miss NSAIDS.  I miss them terribly! I wanted to post a link to some information about dealing with pain when you can't (or ...

OT-exhaustion - I don't think this has anything to do with my WLS, but I have been totally exhausted the last few days.  Wednesday I took the dog out and fed the dog and the cat, then went back...

List of NSAIDS - Periodically we get posts from people asking if particular meds are NSAIDS or not and occasionally we see a post where someone has been prescribed an NSAID or given an NSAID in ...

Adding fiber to your protein shake - I wrote an article recently on ways to add fiber to your protein shake and thought it might be helpful for some people here.  I think the lack of fiber in our diet, especially i...

Resources for learning more about vitamins - I've been asked a lot lately where people can go to learn more about vitamins.  Unfortunately, there's not one place (not that I've found, anyway), that offers complete info abo...

finally got my ferritin level - Three months ago, my ferritin level was 15.  It had dropped from 70 the year before to just 15 (which my PCP tried to tell me was fine, but I disagreed).  After consulting w...

Chunky Monkey Greek Yogurt - Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream was my favorite ice cream before my WLS.  Now, I can't eat it because it has too much sugar.  I mean, I could eat just a couple bites, bu...

OT - seeing the oral surgeon today - I am seeing the oral surgeon today to get what's left of this broken tooth extracted.  I had the choice of being sedated for the procedure or not and chose not because it's a lo...

I'm having key lime pie for lunch! - Well, almost.  It's plain Greek yogurt with sugar free lime Jello mix stirred in, topped with two crumbled up graham cracker squares and some fat free Coolwhip.  Yum.  Eating de...

poll about addiction - From time to time we see posts about alcohol addiction after RNY and also about the idea of transfer addiction, which is basically the idea that before we had WLS, we were addic...

Fundraiser for my service dog – and possible meet - I hope it is OK to post this here.  If it’s not, I apologize. A local church is holding a fundraiser for my service dog Isaac in a couple weeks.  Even though he’...

Fundraiser for my service dog – and possible meet - I hope it is OK to post this here.  If it’s not, I apologize. A local church is holding a fundraiser for my service dog Isaac in a couple weeks.  Even though he’...

OT - saw dentist today - He was able to cement the crown back in place temporarily.  However, the root of the tooth that has the crown on it has fractured, which cannot be repaired.  If I want to contin...

sorta OT - ugh, tired of full liquids - Yesterday  morning, I bit into a protein bar and damaged a crown on one of my front teeth.  I can't get into the dentist until tomorrow so I cannot chew anything until after tha...

stretching your pouch - People often post asking how easy it is to stretch your pouch or how you know if you've stretched it.  I was just thinking about this issue today and thought I'd post about it. ...

Note to self - when you buy vitamins with a higher - Since I have increased both my iron and my vitamin C by a lot, I am taking a LOT more pills everyday.  I was using 500 mg vitamin C pills, but when I bought more, I bought 1000 ...

1/2 grilled cheese sandwich, a handful of fries, a - equals reactive hypoglycemia two hours later. I should not be surprised.

totally OT question - truancy? - There is a family that lives near me with four kids.  They are not sending the kids to school.  They are not homeschooling.  School here started Monday and every day the kids ha...

Question about crushing pills? - I've seen a lot of posts lately about people being advised to crush their pills.  I'm not suggesting than anyone should not follow their doctors' advice about how to take meds, ...

the smell of fast food - Today I decided I needed a change of scenery so I decided to go to McDonald's, where they have iced coffee (a large for $1 at the McDonald's by my house, where for some reason t...