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UPDATE:Bariatric Advantage Shakes... - are nasty. And I am only on day 1of this pre-op diet. Eighteen more days to go. I tried putting sf peanut butter syrup in the chocolate, but it really didn't help. I used two tbls,...

Bariatric Advantage Protein Shakes? - Has anyone had these? This is the brand that my surgeon requires for my pre-op diet. I know its stupid, but he said I can have whatever brand I want after surgery but to drink this...

Vitamin ? - I have ordered Celebrate Multivitamin, calcet creamy bites and the Iron+C chewables...do I need anything else right after surgery. He told me I could wait until after a month to st...

How do I... - Put my surgery date and surgeons name under my avatar...I also would like to put my city on there beside of NC...can anyone help? Thanks!!!

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it!!! - I just got my surgery date...August 20th! Less than three weeks away! Thank you all so much for cheering me on. I'm sure I will have plenty more questions and concerns after my sur...

Approved!!! - Just the other day I was complaining because my papers hadn't beensubmitted for insurance approval. They finally subitted them Wednesday afternoon and I recieved an email today tha...

Fibbro flare -  I am just venting that today seems to be a pretty bad flare-up day! My hips and knees are killing me, my arms are too heavy to lift and I just want to sleep! It is sorming here so...

Afraid of the puree stage...lol - I am so afraid of the puree stage out of all of our food stages. I DON'T LIKE PUREED FOODS! Lol. I can't even handle the thought of pureeing tuna or chicken. How can I get passed t...

So frustrated - I had my upper endoscopy two weeks ago. That was the last thing need before approval from insurance. I have been emailing my bariatric coordinator everyday for the last week b/c th...

? Regarding Vialady samples of protein - Yesterday I recieved my samples of protein powders from Vitalady. The serving size is a liile confusing for it has to labels. One on the front and one on the back, both reading dif...

So excited! - I just got home from an appt and I had two packages waiting for me. One is the two cookbooks I ordered from Amazon, weightloss Surgery Cookbook for Dummies and Recipes for Life Aft...

Severe muscle cramps - So here is the deal. I haven't had surgery yet, but hope to within the next month or two. I'm waiting on insurance approval. However, in the past three weeks I have been upping my ...

Walking v. Recumbent exercise bike? - I have a question for post-op surgery. I know that they want you to get up and walk as much as possible after surgery, but what if you can't walk that far due to back pains and ast...

Pre-Op blood work ? - Today I got the results of my blood work and everything came back normal except for my BUN/Creatine and Phosphorus levels. They both were high. I read that the BUN/Creatine could b...

Cookbooks??? - Do you have a favorite "after weightloss surgery" cookbook? I find several on Amazon and am curious what evryone else uses. I have never been a big cook, so I know I will need help...

Starting to think I don't know enough - Reading everyone's post, I feel like I'm not educated enough about food for after my surgery. I will probably have my surgery in August and I'm trying to create a post-op plan now,...

IBS & WLS - I went to see my gastroenterologist today for my gastro consult. He expressed to me concern with my IBS after having WLS, particularly for the first 2-3 months afterward. He gave m...

Bought me anice cream/yogurt/sorbet maker - I'm so excited to have finally bought this ice cream/yogurt/sorbet maker today. I have been searching recipes for sorbets for this summer using Splenda. Even Splenda has some recip...

Looking to loseweight before surgery. Suggestions? - I want to start eating healthier right now befor my surgery in mid August. My surgeon suggest I get as low as I can, so my liver will shrink so they don't nick it during surgery. S...

Your favorite recipes! -  Looking for your favorite recipes. I'm looking to make a collection so that i can experience a liitle after i have my surgery. I'm not much of a cook, so any recipes would be appr...

Ice cream makers? -  I was wondering the type of ice cream makers everone uses? Also, any recipes would be good. I will be having my surgery in the next month to month and a half and am collecting all...

Looking at your before and after pictures and I must say you look...

Asthma and exercising...HELP! -  I have really bad athma, especially during exercise. I have a rescue inhaler to help, but was wondering if any one else experiences this problem. I am staring the process of wls a...

What is your favorite protein mix? - Am starting the process of having gastric bypass surgery. I have been through this procedure twice before but chickened out both times. However, this time I feel that I am ready fo...

Health problems and WLS -  Good day to all...I am new to this site and I have ? for you. I am going to ge having wls in early August. Inhave many health problems such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndro...