I was wrong.

I was wrong. The rules I stated, "Ask your surgeon x 3" apply only to surgery based information... What did you do? How should I care for myself post-op? What will damage my pouch? Can you give me Narcotics? Beyond that, strangers on the internet seem as good a source as any for a DIET. If the goal is to lose weight, DIET TIPS and GUIDELINES here make as much sense as anywhere else. Ultimately, it comes down to yet another diet plan, and another way for people (educated and un) to tell us how to live, and to tell us their magic receipe for losing weight. Our surgeons have different 'protocols' because there are a zillion and one diet plans out there, and many of them have merit. How often do we see "the platuea buster diet" posted? 3-5 times a day on the Main board, slightly less often here. "The Plateau Buster Diet" has NOTHING to do with WLS or the pouch... it is about moving that scale. Caffeine is bad. Ok. But Caffeine being bad has NOTHING to do with WLS or the pouch (except in healing stage). Calcium Supplimentation. Ok. But Non-Ops need this as much as anyone else. Calcium Supplimentation is about good general health. Flax Seed. Smoking. Drinking. Carbs. Protein. Calories. Fat. Fluid. NSAIDS. Tylenol. Narcotics. Soda. Popcorn. Chocolate. Exercise. Meat. Vegatables. Colonics. All these things, and how much we eat, if we eat, where we eat, why we eat, what harm they do our bodies, or anything else about them, are about general health and one's philosphy on the best way to acheive it (general health). They really have NOTHING to do with WLS, aside from the fact that like Non-Ops, WLS-Post-Ops eat and drink also. Oh, but if we eat too much of some of these things, we will get sick or dump. DUH!?! When Non-Ops eat/drink too much of these things, they get sick too! My wife gets sick on chocolate quicker than I do. My mom is more lactose intollerant than I am. Again, it just comes down to which diet plan you chose to live your life, which diet plan will achieve your goals the way you want. It is the same arguement going on elsewhere... "My diet plan is better." It's a club beaten over our heads so much we actually think it matters. I've done enough reading and research to know there are many ways to skin the diet cat and I know more about most of them than I should admit. We've been on these hamster wheels so long, we don't even realize it's the same wheel in a different cage. I'm off the wheel, working on the cage door. There is more to life than a diet and a scale. Tek

I'm to tired to know if I agree or not. Interesting read though and I'll try to remember to come back and read it more thoroughly when I'm coherent of thought.

You mean we're only supposed to post when we're coherent? Uh oh. Oh moderator... Tek

well...I TRY to post when I'm coherent lol.

do you feel better Tek? Karyn

Tek

I'm off the wheel, working on the cage door. There is more to life than a diet and a scale. Tek tek i think those words sum it up! happy healthy new year to you and your family great post.. know i dare you to post this on the main message boards! JoAnn(nowereman.ph.jay hoe) since i cant be a tek hoe! : drinking coffee since im 6 months out and some days espresso..

Last time I followed through on such a dare (hmmm, as a matter of fact, I think it was you), I almost got banned. Still tempted though. Lets see how it plays here in Gradland Tek

well i triple dog dare you!..

That is a breach of Dare Etiquette, going straight to the triple-dog-dare, skipping right past the double-dare, and the double-dog-dare. I'd have to change it a little, you know, smaller words and stuff < - Joke Tek