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Since eating enough solid food is probably going to be an issue for a while, your best bet is to supplement solid food with protein shakes. Good quality protein in fat free milk can add 30 to 35 grams of protein per serving. Trying to get that much extra protein from solid food might lead to grazing, which for me would be…

Nice job making a good choice in a place that making good choices is difficult. A recent small victory of mine was stopping at Wendy's and choosing the Ultimate Chicken Grill sandwich, with nothing on it. It's just grilled chicken, with no coating. It came to 130 cals with 27 g of protein. It was the healthiest fast food…

25% 25% I'll take two, to go.

^^What she said Anything under 1200, even if your goal is over, MFP will chastise you. I'm less than two months postop RNY, and am 1000 to 1200 every day, and that's including 100 cals a day for all the vitamins, calcium, etc. I make sure to get my protein first, and all my other macros fall in line after that without any…

I finally got a chance to try this, since for some reason the calculator would not work on my tablet. It works fine on my PC however. It is amazingly accurate. I did the same thing as the OP, and put in all the information from the past six or seven weeks, and it predicted exactly where I am today. So if the same holds…

Charlie horse. I would get these a lot, and started drinking Powerade Zero after working hard and sweating. It got rid of 95 per cent of the charlie horses. It replaces the potassium and fluid you lost.

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When I first started looking into surgery about five or six years ago, the sleeve was fairly new, and had little track record. My hospital did not even offer it then. I was uncomfortable with the lack of track record, so I chose RNY rather than the sleeve when I went ahead with the surgery this past summer. Others have…

I give you even more credit for doing the work because it is difficult. If it were easy, it wouldn't be such an accomplishment.

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It's from a Bruce Cockburn song.

The Red Cross will also disqualify you if you have ever exchanged sex for money. Sadly, no one has ever offered to pay me.

Some of the rules for disallowing donors are unfortunate. In the US they disqualify males if they have ever had sex with another male. A while back they began to ask women if they had ever had sex with a male who had ever had sex with another male. They also started asking if you were born the gender you are now. As…

Rules vary sometimes between states. Here in MA, it is illegal to buy or sell blood. I don't know if in other states they will pay for blood, but not here. You can donate whole blood or red cells every 56 days, as it takes them that long to grow back. It is also why certain blood tests work, like A1C, because red cells…

Quest bars are great. From the various brands I've looked at, they have the best balance. High quality protein, fairly low calories, by far the most fiber, and lowest net carbs. No sugar added. Some hsve no sugar alcohols, some have a very little.

I do platelet apheresis every two weeks, and was able to start donating again a month after gastric bypass. I've never heard of a protein boost being needed, but lots of extra fluids before (for the phlebotomist) and after (for you) are very important. Among other things, they always check your iron first. I take iron…

I think you are doing fantastic. I had RNY one week before you, on 8/21. So far I've lost 41 pounds since surgery, and another 52 pounds since starting to really work at it last April. I'm also a lot bigger than you, so I had a lot more to take off. So I'd say 33 pounds since surgery is wonderful. A few people told me they…

It isn't 10 am anywhere right now, but it's 10:18 in Cape Verde. What is your easiest food to eat wayyy too much of?

I agree completely. Moderation is for monks. I can't have just a little of some things like sweets. It's a lot easier for me to have none at all than to start, and not be able to stop. If you are one of those people that can have a little and stop, I envy you. Once you've stopped for a while, it gets much easier. There is…

I weighed myself the morning before surgery, and then three days later, the morning after I got home from the hospital. I had gained 12 pounds! I felt like I had just been robbed! Obviously it went away real quick, but that was a real kick in the teeth.

Whenever some asks if "I'm seeing anyone," I look at them for a couple of seconds and then say "Not right now, no." They never get it.

I used to work with an idiot who once told me about a woman he met in a bar and proceeded to have sex with. I can't imagine how desperate or drunk she had to have been. But being the very model of a modern and sensitive man, he decided he should compliment her somehow. So in the midst of sex, he looks down and says "You…

I have nothing to add to the dropping bread / weight loss argument, as others have covered that above. But I used to be diabetic, and bread or pasta would send my blood sugar skyrocketing more than any other foods. Most people assume sweets are the worst culprit, but bread was much worse. But my case was certainly more…

That happened to me once also. I had one tiny piece of food that I had not chewed enough. After fifteen minutes of agony and near vomiting, it came back up. It was a surprisingly tiny piece, surrounded by a huge volume of completely clear fluid. Oddest thing I have ever seen, nothing at all like regular vomit. The clear…

I haven' experienced it, but it is supposed to be a reaction to food or drink either high in sugar or fat. I believe it is also because it goes straight through your pouch and into the small intestine. There are much more detailed explanations out there, obviously, but I just plan on staying away from excess sugar and fat.…

Sigh. 17 pages and no one very close. Right now I think I know how Gulliver felt. Age: 52 Height: 6'3" CW: 320 GW: 225

Man, if this were true, can you imagine how many more PopTarts they'd be selling? They couldn't keep up. Folks would be driving to Mexico to get black market PopTarts.

Has anyone seen the new packages that Walmart sells? They are bigger than the box my shoes come in, and I wear a size 14. I thinkthere may be 48 Poptarts to a box. But at least they have strawberry, so you know they are healthy.

I'm afraid I have no information or advice I can offer you, but I can offer my best wishes. Whatever you decide, I'm sure you will do the work to ensure the best outcome. Best of luck.

I have never suffered from IBS myself, but have heard several people say that theirs went away after surgery. I hope yours will. I still think that whole coffee-drinking thing is a fad that will blow over before long.