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Obesity Help Support Group Leader & Coach
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/bariatricbuddy
Lost 114 lbs. working on getting rid of a recent 10 lb regain...and WILL succeed!
So far I am loving;
FREE! Betty Crocker mobile cookbook. You can type any ingredient into the seachbox and all the recipes that contain that ingredient will show up. Each recipe has a list of ingredients and cooking instructions. The other day I was at the grocery store and saw a can of green Chile was on sale. I typed green Chile into the search box on this application and decided on a great southwestern stew (for your slow cooker and we know how I love my crock pot) out of the several recipes that came up. I was able to see what other ingredients I needed and even get ideas for side dishes! It's great. It also gives nutritional info on each recipe! Get this application, you'll love it!
Free!All Around me. This application utilizes the gps component of your iphone. It will give you a list of the; banks, bars, coffee shops, gas stations, hospitals, hotels, movie theaters, parking, pharmacies, "pubs", restaurants, supermarkets, taxis, theaters, as well as a "nearby" tab that takes you a listing of other notable locations (think schools, sports stadiums, cities (suburbs), zoos, parks, etc) around you. It also has a weather tab that will give you a 3 day weather report. The listings are by no means complete but they are pretty through especially for Alaska when you consider almost no mobile gps or satellite radio service works here.
Free!Sparkpeople. This food & fitness tracker keeps track of your weight (with graph), contains a simple food diary that links with their online site (if you make an entry to your daily intake from your computer via their website, it shows up on your phone too), an exercise tracker, and a water intake tracker. The food listing isn't as complete as I would like but it allows you (on their site) to add your own foods and its nutritional data. You can then save them to your favorites and then they will show up on your iphone version too. I am still wondering if there isn't a better food diary application out there, but for a free one, this isn't bad.
read more at;
http://luvsexytrstno1.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-your-favo rite-application-for.html
One of the reasons that I didn't go back to the support group was that I felt odd, too. My husband went with me to the meeting and there was one woman who wouldn't let anyone else get in a word edge wise. I understand that she was thrilled with her weight lost and plastic surgery but there were a lot of us there who would have liked to speak and ask Kelly questions as well.. Needless to say I did not go back, though now I wish I had, perhaps I would have gotten the skills I need to keep from gaining the weight back.
I'm looking at a group in Thornton, but that is still a long way for me to go, but at least its all highway, so should take more than about 45 minutes each way.
Continued good luck in your weight loss journey. I don't regret a thing about my surgery. I feel so much better than I did, but I can tell you that 28 pounds back on makes a big difference in how I feel. I can't walk as far, am out of breath more easily and my feet and hips hurt when i do walk a lot. I'm working to take the weight off again, but it is much harder than when I first got the surgery.
Cindy Woolf
on 7/20/09 12:15 pm
I have Tricare and Dr. Schoen was my surgeon, I had the RNY. He was wonderful, very caring. It only took me about 2 months from start to finish, partly because I have had the same PCP for 10 years and she had my records to prove that I'd tried to lose weight numerous times. Also, I was able to get the appointment with the psychiarist very quickly and attend Kelly's class. Both are required before he will perform the surgery. I had my surgery on September 6, 2007. The surgery went very well and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Dr. Schoen is very good and took excellent care of me.
I recommend that you go to the support group meetings as often as you can. This is something that I didn't do and when I needed the support after losing my mother last year, it wasn't there for me. I've also moved to Firestone, so the meetings at Garfield are not easy for me to go to. Anyway, to make a long story short, I've gained back 28 pounds since September, 25, 2008 and I can feel it.. I've either stretched my stomach or my stoma (the opening from the stomach to the intestine) and have a real problem feeling full. I don't know how long you can attend support group, but I stopped receiving the notices for the meetings after a year.
My best advice is to follow the information that Kelly give you to the letter. In the move I lost my book from her class, so I'm going on memory. Also, make sure you fully understand what to do after the point where you can eat any type of food. Stick to protein, stay away from carbs. Lisa, the nutritionist that you will see in the office, says it this way "Protein first, Produce second, complex carbs last."
I wish you the best of luck with your surgery.
I was just wondering if there were others.
ETA: I'd love to have lunch sometime, hopefully after my surgery!
Is there anyone else in the Pueblo area who has had or is planning to have a DS?
