Way to go! So glad you posted. We need to keep on posting to keep our July board alive!!! After all...we are all scraping through this together! Keep up the good work!! Nanette

Wow Kathi - congratulations on your weight loss. I hope you keep posting. Penny

I'll be completing a 5k on Thanksgiving morning. I'm pretty excited about that. I've done one before but I hope to finish faster and easier than I did when I was heavier. I'm thankful for my family and that I get to spend another holiday with them.

I'm outta tips for powder protein (I still hate it!) and only drink it in coffee. So, here's a tip for protein in food. You've probably seen it somewhere on the boards, but I tried it and it really is good! PASTA-less lasagna...if you make spaghetti sauce (or any other Italian style meat sauce) for your family, just hold out some of the sauce for yourself. In a microwave safe bowl, put some of the meat sauce (hamburger or sausage...both are fine or if you are a vegetarian, just use plain ole sauce out of the jar) in the bottom of the bowl, add a couple of spoonfuls of ricotta cheese, top with low fat mozerella cheese and nuke until it's all hot and melted. Top with a little parmesean cheese and garlic salt and it's really great and very high in protein!! You'll never miss the pasta (or carbs!) I use meat sauce just to get the extra protein. If you try it, let me know what you think!! Nanette

I am thankful for: My new best friend, my band! My wonderful doctors - both my PCP and my surgeon who helped me through this, and all of the people on their staff who are incredible My family, especially my husband who has been extremely supportive and proud of me My old clothes that remind me of how much smaller I am now! The wonderful new friends I've made on here and at my post op support group