Hi Rhonda-- I am taking the same vitamin regimen that I began following my surgery. 2 Flinstones chewables; 1000 mg calcium; vitamin B-12; Vitamin C; Iron; Biotin and Zinc. Michelle

It depends on what I'm eating. If I'm having steak, I chew, chew, chew. If its something fairly soft, I eat like I did before surgery. I do eat slower now. Wanda

K-Mart! and they are cheap and on sale! 40% off kelly

Well, you all have done wonderful. Don't fret. I'm the slowest of the slow losers. But I believe that part of it is due to my drastic weight losses. My recent loss before surgery was 240 lbs in 1 1/2 years. I just think my metabolism is just so wacked out. I have about 100 lbs to loose yet. I have had a slow weight loss since I came out of surgery but I have come to terms with it. I'm doing the right things. I have tried different things and no matter what I do I can not get it to speed up. So I guess if it takes me 2 -3 years to get there, then fine. I certainly wi**** was faster. But atleast I'm not gaining, I'm healthy & have no complications from the surgery. I do exercise 4-6 times/weeks and am active when I'm not exercising. So, Congratulations to all of you & keep up the good work.

In the Albany, NY area, gas ranges anywhere from 2.17 a gallon for the 87 octane stuff to the 2.30-2.40 that Lee mentioned. The good news is that I drive on my way to work past the 2 cheapest competing gas stations, AND one of them participates in Upromise, so that throws a few pennies into my 15 year old's NY529 program college savings plan. Now, the real funny part - there are a lot of dairy farms in the area I grew up in (about an hour north of Utica), so they aren't THAT far away. One of the major milk processing plants is 3-4 miles away in Altamont from where I live now (or it used to be; don't know if it's still there). Milk, however, runs anywhere from 2.47 per gallon (in that neighborhood) at Walmart, to $3 in most of the grocery stores "on sale" to $3.50 at some of the grocery stores. I have seen it as cheap as 1.99 in some of the convenience stores as a "loss leader" to bring people into the store and while they are there, they get gas, etc. Of course it's usually the 2% that's on sale, while the 1% (that we drink now, post-bypass) is usually NOT on sale. The 2% tastes really funny now (lol). At any rate, it's more expensive here for milk, in general, than areas that don't have ANY (or very few) farms nearby. And it's the "dairy stores" such as Byrne Dairy, etc, that have higher prices for the same milk than the places they sell it to (like the convenience stores and Walmart). Go figure ...N