HI Diana I am right there with you on the throw up thing. I think it is usually when I try to eat chicken or beef or anything other than soft foods frankly. Hopefully this too shall pass. Joy Great job on the weight loss!

Thanks for this post, Lou. Congrats on the great progress so far.... My surgery date 12/13/05 weight on day of surgery 476 current weight 370 loss so far 106 I just keep chugging along................ Greg

I blend up vanilla flavored protien with a few frozen strawberries, some milk, and a little crystal light powder...it's like a smoothie, very yummy. It's also okay mixed with yogurt or pudding

Shirly, I also use the Centrum chewables( not the senior chewables ) For B 12 I use a liquid made by Natures Bounty it has all the b's and won't hurt you as the B vits go out through the urine. I found it at Wall mart. There will soon be a nasal spray B 12 out. Tomanip

Hi everyone, I am HORRIBLE about packing lunches to bring to work and even when I do, I often don't feel like eating whatever I brought by the time lunch comes around so I often go out. It's really not that hard to eat like I should even at a restaurant but fast food places can be a bit trickier and since I usually go with friends, I don't always get the final say in where we end up. Anyway, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite fast food meals and hope you all have some favorites too (because I'm getting bored with the same old, same old!) Mexican food places are pretty easy for me. My faves: El Pollo Loco -- As they grill their chicken, this is a cinch but what I usually order is a taco al carbon. The whole thing is 164 calories and 13 g of protein. I usually only eat the inside (chicken, onions and cilantro) and not the tortillas it comes wrapped in, which makes it 100 cal./11g protien. And best of all, it's only $1! Rubios-- I opt for the chicken street taco --it's 110 cal/11 protein. Baja Fresh -- I get either the Baja style shrimp taco , 126 calories/12 g protein or the chichen baja style taco which is 117/12 protien. Often I'll not eat the tortilla on these ... I also love Daphne's Greek Cafe. I like to get the spicy chicken salad but it's huge s o I dump out a lot of the lettuce (too much lettuce makes me queazy anyhow,) I usually split the whole thing up over 3 meals and it's 169.3 calories/19.34 g protein for each meal (total is 509.6/58.03 for the whole thing). (This is w/o eating the pita bread they serve on the side) OK, those are my favorites. What about you all?