Kinda new!
I've been on this site for a couple of weeks now. I have posted on the main forum with a hello message. I had no clue this forum itself was here, it kinda makes it better to know there are others GLBT out there just like me :). Anyhow, my names Candy. I go by Candice at work and with the family. I am 24 and I have a partner of a year and a half who is 14 years older then me. Some people might think that is crazy, but I don't feel that way. Age is just a number and love is love. Just as loving who you love shouldn't matter what sex or race they are, you know? I am from Texas. I live close to Houston, I had to get away from the big city so I moved 40 or so minutes from it. I do work in Houston though, on the West side close to Katy. I am a sleep tech and work 3 nights a week with 12 hour shifts. I am planning on going back to school and become a teacher hopefully by a year and a half from now. So yeah I am 265lbs and 5ft and 8 1/2 in. I am going to be having the RNY and found out for the first time I have hyperthyroidism. Yay? Not really, kinda freaks me out. I get to start meds for that today after I get off. Anyhow, I plan on having my surgery hopefully by the end of this month or by the beginning of October. I am very excited and can't wait to finally get this weight off for good. I have already started writing down recipes for protein shakes and meals I can cook after I get off the liquid and soft food diets. If you guys have any liquid/soft food recipes, do spill! I am not a huge onion fan so nothing with onions would be good, lol. I hope to make some good friends on here. I am working on getting a current picture up. The one in my avatar is just a facial shot. Ok well I must be getting back to work! Hope to get to hear from you guys soon! :) Take care!
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Hi Candy -- welcome! I'm very new here myself but, like you, happy to find a GLBT community.
I'm not having surgery (lap band****il early November but I'm starting to get anxious to move on to the next stage of my life. I've already bought a couple of bariatric cookbooks so I can try some of the recipes before I have the surgery. I've made a couple from "Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery" by Levine and Bontempo-Saray. They claim that the recipes have been tested to taste as well pureed as solid. So far I've been pleased by the ones I've tried.
Hope this helps.
Rich
I'm not having surgery (lap band****il early November but I'm starting to get anxious to move on to the next stage of my life. I've already bought a couple of bariatric cookbooks so I can try some of the recipes before I have the surgery. I've made a couple from "Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery" by Levine and Bontempo-Saray. They claim that the recipes have been tested to taste as well pureed as solid. So far I've been pleased by the ones I've tried.
Hope this helps.
Rich
Thanks! I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. I think the original caption was "What canary?" but he just reminded me of the way I sometimes see myself. Hopefully, once the surgery is over and the dust has settled I'll start seeing myself as a sleek panther and not as a fat cat.
Rich -- "One Day at a Time, One Pound at a Time"
(Start: 292.6 / surgery weight: 265.0 / current: 205.6 / goal: 175.0)
(Start: 292.6 / surgery weight: 265.0 / current: 205.6 / goal: 175.0)
Welcome to this fantabulous forum!!!
I have no recipes for liquid/soft food! For liquids I stuck with broth, popsicles, jello, and water. And soft foods I did cottage cheese, apple sauce, yogurt, and mashed potatoes. No way in hell was I sticking stuff in a blender and eating that lol. If it didn't already come 'mashed' I wasn't mashing it - except for the potatoes.
I have no recipes for liquid/soft food! For liquids I stuck with broth, popsicles, jello, and water. And soft foods I did cottage cheese, apple sauce, yogurt, and mashed potatoes. No way in hell was I sticking stuff in a blender and eating that lol. If it didn't already come 'mashed' I wasn't mashing it - except for the potatoes.
Well thank you all for the warm welcome :) Much appreciated! Makes me feel thankful to have somewhere to go when I might need it! Hopefully I will be finishing up everything next Friday and then on my way to getting my surgery. I'll have to check out that cookbook. I looked online for some recipes and all I really found that was good was the protein shakes I found, lol. I don't mind the Whey Protein brand by Vitamin World, I'm hoping this one is one I can use thats approved. I looked at the label and couldn't see why it wouldn't be. Next move is to get some vitamins. I found all the ones I needed on Vitamin World, but the Calcium Citrate w/ D3... I was reading the label on there and it stated Calcium Carbonate in ( )'s so I don't know if that means it has it. Anyone know where I can get this kind besides there that is definate Calcium Citrate? Let me know! :) Thanks!
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