Aranow patients & drinking coffee

hi everyone! hope your all doing well! im really missing my morning coffee, does any one drink reg coffee or does Dr Aranow want us to steer away from it forever? i tired decaf but its not the same :(  thanks, marlena

Hey Buddy!!  You are doing so well- you must be feeling so incredible!!! I drink coffee- regular, not decaf.  I dont drink it often, not every day, but I do drink it and I dont have a problem with it. Hope you're well- keep in touch- Laura.

OMG!!! Laura how are YOU doing! you look Fantastic!! its so good to hear from you! ill try a small coffee tomorrow and see if that keeps me going for the day! lol  keep in touch! marlena

Honest to God, you look so good- your pictures are beautiful!!! I am doing ok but it is just so easy to fall off the damn wagon- I have been snacking alot lately, which honestly is not like me- I have been doing well, so I am not sure why I am allowing myself to do this.  It hasnt been going on for a LONG time- just the past few days- I need to get back in the groove.  I have to say it again~~~ You look so good- I am jealous!!!!  I cant wait to hit 100 pounds...8 more to go!!!  Keep in touch- send me an ass-kicking to get me back on track- I need it!! Keep in touch!

Hi Laura,
I'm a snacker also, but the only "snack food" I keep in the house are soy crisps, soy nuts, sugar free popsicles and the small cups of sugar free jello.

Hi Rich- Thats good advice- I like the soy chips and FF/SV fudgepops.  My problem?  I have a husband and 3 kids (13,12 and 10) who have no weight issues whatsoever, so there are also chips, cookies, ice cream, you name it.  I should just say no, which I more often than not do, but honestly, its like an addict living in a crack house!!!!  It's all around me!!  I just cant wait to hit 100 pounds lost!  I am jealous of the RNY'ers who have lost so much more than me with the band. Sorry to rant and rave- just having a bad couple of days.  So far, I am on track today, which is a good thing. Thanks for the advice- I really appriciate and welcome it!!

oh no im not going to yell at you, im doing the same thing instead of drinking water, im grazing in between meals, and the scale tells me so, it hasnt moved in a month! so i have to get it together and drink more water etc....you will hit your 100lb mark dont worry! have you been to any meetings at middlesex? im reallly trying to make it tonight if i get off the net and get to work lol be good marlena

I have to work in the ER tonight so I wont be able to stay at the meeting, but I really want to poke my head in and see you- your pics are so beautiful, you must just look fantastic.  I am so happy for you- try to look for me tonight!

Middlesex ER? That was my new home the first week of this month. I was in twice for migranes. And don't worry about the slower loss with the band, you wont have all the extra skin us rny'ers will have then. You are following the rules (most of the time. Even I fall off the wagon.) and so you are doing great. My hubby works with this woman who had the band who eats right through it. My DH wanted to know why I didn't get the band and I told him, I know me, I would eat through it. He didn't understand until he saw this woman eat 2 or 3 pieces of pizza no problem. I eat about 3 bites and I am done. She eats cake, cookies, anything she wants. He sees me getting a bite of that stuff and being satisfied. He sees me eating about what he eats in a meal or less for the whole day and he sees her with very little changes since surgery. My point is you are doing good and congrats on the almost 100 pounds lost. It's a great feeling when you hit it.

What I was told is that when you drink anything with
caffene in it, DO NOT count it as part of your fluids for the day.