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Cottage Cheese - I am on soft foods and need some ideas to use or mix with cottage cheese.  How do you eat your cottage cheese?    

I've been re-admitted!!!!!!! - I woke up this morning with the most excruciating pain I have ever felt. It was around the diapram and had me screaming in pain. It lasted about 15 minutes nonstop. Immediately ...

What were you first meals when you started soft fo - ON Tuesday i get to start on soft/pureed foods.  The thought of putting my food in a blender and drinking it completely grosses me out and i don't think i will be able to do it.  w...

I feel fine one day - Lethargic the next. . . .. - I was wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this.  One day i feel great and can go and hang out all day.  The next I feel so lethargic i can hardly get out of bed.  I'm ge...

Thank you Kimmie! I think I will suggest that to him. It definitley...

Keurig Choices - Do any of you own a Keurig (Coffee machine).  What flavors do you buy that are suitable?

First post-op appointment! - I had my first post-op appointment yesterday.  Doc told me that i was doing well.   I was down to 234 today!  I remember weighing before i left the hospital and the scale showed 24...

Hey Kimmie! glad to hear everything is going well for you. I have...

OMG!! I hope you have a speedy recovery and that you are not to...

One week out! - Well I am one week out from surgery today and so far everything seems to be going ok.  My surgery was on Tuesday (16 Aug) and I was released to go home on Friday night (19 Aug).  T...

Is this gas? - I was wondering - I am 6 days post op and i don't understand what is going on with my body.  I know that I should be passing gas by now.  I think I have only truly farted maybe two...

I'm Home!!!! - whew!!! Surgery was Tuesday morning and I finally got to come home Late Friday evening.  The whole process was not very bad except for the fact that during the procedure i lost alo...

On My Way!!!!! - Well i'm about to head out to the hospital!  So excited - ready to get this party started!!!  I will see you all later today on the losers bench!!!!!         

pureed stage and baby food - Is it appropriate to eat baby food (meats and veggies) during the pureed stage?

Tommorrow is my day - I'm not ready!!!!!! - OMG!  The last 6 months have flown by. Tomorrow is my day and I am scared to death.  I feel so unprepared.  That's not the case, but i keep asking myself if i have done everything ...

Have I sabatoged myself??!!! - I feel really bad and just needed to get this off my chest so that i can move forward.  My surgery is scheduled for Tuesday of next week.  Yesterday i was having the day from hell!...

Grits?? - During the pureed stage when you are able to eat Cream of Wheat and oatmeal, can you also eat grits???

Walk at Home - Has anyone used the "Walk At Home" DVD's by Leslie Sansone?  I was thinking about getting one but not sure how they work and which one i should start with.  Any advice??!!

You look BEAUTIFUL!! I can definitley see a difference all over. The...

chills and no energy! - Okay, so i started my liquids yesterday and made it through the day fairly well.  Started out with a headache but that passed and i was okay.  Today however i am feeling completely...

Chewing Gum - I am starting my 2 week liquid diet today.  I was wondering, i know some people chew sugarless gum to use as anappetite suppresant. Is it okay to chew gum during this liquid phase?...

Headaches - I am about to start my liquid diet on Tuesday, my surgery date is 16 Aug.  While I am getting ready to start my pre-op, i have trying to reduce my solids and drink more liquids.  I...

Hey Girl, hang in there - I start my liquids on Tuesday. I have been...

Question for insulin dependent diabetics - I am scheduled for my surgery on 16 Aug and on 2 Aug i will start my liquid diet.  I was wondering, did anyone have any problems during their liquid phase with low blood sugars?  I...

How do i add the ticker tapes? - How do i add the ticker tapes that everyone has that shows how mcuh you have lost so far and how far you have to go?                           I'm new to the site and haven[t f...