Internist Appt. NSV

I saw my small town medical internist today. I just love him! He is older gent and very "old school". Got results of my colonoscopy and everything is fine. I have been ping ponged around to a number of specialists lately and quite frankly getting tired of it. As a Canadian I am very grateful for our health care coverage, but see a lot of over lapping and waste of resources. I digress... Anyway I have been polling the different specialists I have seen about WLS. Today I asked old Dr F what he thought and he said Debbie dear you are not big enough. At 250 lbs not Big Enough! Did I mention that I love Lovelove this old guy! Seriously though we did chat about it. He feels that it should be the procedure of last resort for the super obese. Told me that his patients that have gone that route are unhappy and have many serious after affects. Problems almost always develop with the bowels, stomach and endocrine systems. He is going to continue to treat me and my co-morbids. Not big enough! Priceless! Made my day. Awesome NSV!

Awesome!!! Keep it up...I asked in your other thread...what is it you and your husband enjoy eating? I have tons of tweaked recipes!

Ice cream is our biggest down fall. Last few nights we have been eating a lot of raspberries. He likes apple crisp too. That I can do low sugar. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks

You have to check this out.....you have to change your tastes just a little....but this thing is amazing!!

http://m.yonanas.com/. Or google yonanas...I see that is the mobile site

I will keep thinking. I have a 2.5 hour drive today to go see the ps.

Safe drive! Let us know how the PS appt goes. Hope you are getting lots of rest. Take Care

Thank you...45 mins in the car so far. I feel good. I hadn't been out of the house for a week!

I also remember when we did Adkins once....my brother and I would put redi whip (the stuff in the can) in a bowl and freeze it. We would then put some Adkins sf syrup on it....I do not know if the calorie count would make a difference though.

Also, for what it is worth, I get my ice cream fix on McDonald's comes at like 160 calories per cone. If we buy ice cream for the house it is single serve cups usually. Also, if it is in a gallon we eat out of glass measuring bowls so the kiddos see what a serving is.

Deb, I'm happy for your NSV...I'm glad your doctor was honest with you and will continue to work with you.

I was following your thread between you and Supergirl. Ice cream is our weakness at home as well. McDonald's cone or Wendy's Frosty are a treat of the week sometimes. We bought a tub of frozen yogurt this past week to see if we could keep our consumption under control. I have been using a ziplock 1 cup container as my bowl and only filling it halfway. Getting my fix but not all the calories.

I'm going to check out the link Supergirl posted. (Thank you, Supergirl, for that! Hope your ps appt goes well)

Hi Tammy. I thin**** cream is most peeps weakness. I tried to control the frozen yogurt but I'm afraid it didn't last any longer than ice cream. Single serves are a good idea.
Really glad you suggested the decaf flav coffee. I picked some up after you posted it and we have been enjoying it after dinner forna few days now it really does help. Thanks again!

You're welcome!

One thing I make with the kids is frozen fruit sorbet, I take a bag of frozen mango, and add a little unsweetened almond milk, then I sometimes add a little organic dried coconut and put it in the blender until it is soft serve consistency, the love it!