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Hi and it seems all my surgery sisters are well and doing great on their diets . Its funny you are all seeing a little slow down my scale has not moved for three days . So since I have some insigional pain that has become just mild , ill start walking more.Im drinking well and have stayed on clear liquids and im at my end soon ! I go to Dr. Roye on fri. At 10:00 a.M. And ill be going back to work on Monday . Im glad I took 2 weeks off your bOdy and mind go threw a period of such a big adjustment the time off was the best medicine . Im feeling great and im down 22 pounds so far and now its going slower. I see the nutricienist in 3 weeks and all is welll and I have found this web site a world of info that has been a great comfort. Hang in there and ill be in touch .. Elaine

Hay you!!! I'm so glad your doing great! I just wanted to let ya know another yummy thing I was eating was Bushes Chili with cheese. It comes in a glass jar and as long as ya chew it really really good its awesome! I also was taking hard boiled eggs and chopping them very very fine then smushing them with a fork to an almost mush constancy and making egg salad with a shot of mustard and mayo for the deviled egg taste (if ya like deviled eggs that is). Cream of chicken soup was tops on my list (strain out the chicken pieces) and seeing how in the hospital I was offered cranberry juice diluted with water that too is my personal favorite. I can't stand crystal lite no matter the flavor, can't stand ant of the lite Tropicana twisters, hate the diet Snapple but I think its the artificial sweeteners that I'm hating. Every one of them to ME has a funky after taste that I can live without. I'm with Kristen on the chicken and pork thing, I can't deal with it. Before surgery I could eat chicken morning noon and nite but now just the thought of it and what it does to me makes me ill. Also before surgery I HATED steak and milk, but OMG now, you can't keep me from grilled steak tips or an ice cold glass of 1% milk!!! I'm gonna be out in sub zero weather cooking em' too this winter cuze I love em.. lol Another favorite of mine is scallops wrapped in bacon. I get the pre-made box of em from work. (Sam's Club) I think its like $12.00 or $13.00 for 36 of em and you can make just a few at a time. Let me tell ya, Larwd help the person who tries reach in my plate to take one when I'm eating em cuze their gonna get hurt.. I also get the ready to cook bacon from Sam's Club too. Ya pop it in the micro for 35-40 seconds and its a protein great snack! I came up with a concoctions of my own recently and its so yummy! Once you get the ok you might wanna try it.... I call it my tomato pizza.. spray cookie sheet with Pam preheat oven to 400' Slice a tomato up from top to bottom, (so you have circles) Top with motts cheese Take the ready to cook bacon (or regular bacon but pre cook it) and add on top of the cheese.. Bake for about 5-8 minutes till everything is melted... Waaa-Laaaa Yummie! You can change it to no bacon, or if you can handle pepperoni you can do that too. I also like to spray cookie sheet with Pam preheat oven to 400' take motts or cheddar or what ever cheese you might like and sprinkle it on a cookie sheet Yes directly on the cookie sheet Pop it in the oven and let it melt till it get golden and bubbly (ya have to kinda watch it but normally takes about 5-8 mins. Take it out and let it cool a bit.. You'll know if its perfect cuze it won't be soft it will be crunchy.... Taaa-Daaah Home made cheese crackers!!!! My kids love these too, so do my freakin co-workers!!!! Some people make em on coated paper plates in the microwave oven too.(coated plates cuze they pop off easer other wise they stick to the non coated) I also went through this I HAVE TO CRUNCH SOMETHING faze. I was going nuts, I didn't want chips or anything like that, I just had this need to bite my teeth into something crunchy. My cure, 1/4 filled ice cube trays! Yep put in my cranberry and water mix, froze em and crunched like there was no tomorrow!!!! Funny how ya head plays games with ya like that. I just needed something and that worked.... I'm going to be trying Kristen's Manicotti cuze that sounds SLAMMIN!!!! Keep up the good work!!!! Hugs Deene