Hello, everyone. My name is Marilyn, but please call me Mar. I am 55 years old, married with 3 grown kids, one daughter in law and one 4.5 year old grandson....
Dear Marilyn, You are describing me exactly. I am 59 years old, (three married children, six grandchildren,) and I had the lap band (in Jerusalem, Israel) on...
Welcome Mar, It is good to have you in our little group. Your story is a familiar one to many of us that have battled our weight all our lives..you have made...
Hello everyone! I am from Wisconsin now, but had my surgery when I lived in Glendale AZ. I had my surgery done through True Results with Dr. Nirmul. I had my...
Hi everyone, I live in Junction City Kansas. We are stationed at Ft.Riley. My husband is in the military. I had my surgery here at Flint Hills Surgical Center...
-Hi Patsy, my name is Katie. I am so sorry that you did not have a good experience here in AZ. I have been seeing the staff here in Scottsdale, Az. since the...
Hi Patsy, and everyone ;-) I had my surgery in December of 2006, where I live in North Richland Hills, Texas. At a year, I had lost 53 pounds and was very...
Hi Meghan, I know the easy choices for food for me are ice cream (bad choice) and weird things like chips will go down easily. Sometimes things will make me...
The days of nachos being the only way thought I could get protein down... I think we had nachos nearly every day. Sandy, whom I'm sure will jump in and say...
Thank you for all the tips Meghan! I will try the slow cooker thing. It will be like making my own "baby food" LOL I had all my blood work done recently...
Oh, I almost forgot... The x-ray tech and fill lady told me one reason some people have so much more of a problem than others, can be due to sinuses and...
Oh wow... I had never thought of that. I hate to be gross, but slime does seem to be a problem. Toast is another thing I can't eat. The nurse at True Results...
Hi! Sweetie Pie!  I'm always so glad to "hear" from you. Actually the cooking time for the roast is 8 hours on low (even more is ok if you're away from...
I take chewable calcium, chewable vitamins for adults and chewable benefiber tabs. They go down easy and are all beneficial. I find that 1/4 C of nuts...
They told me about the pineapple thing they last fill I got. I got a carton just in case and my husband drank every bit of it! LOL  Sandy ... From:...
Get a 12 count multigrain bread or something really coarse. Toast it a couple of times to get it really dried out and then just eat the outside edges. My...
Dear Sandy~ I think I needed this group to get me going again too! I don't have any friends that have had this and no one to talk to about it. Other people...
I love pineapple juice too! In a message dated 03/28/09 11:36:27 Central Daylight Time, sandytally@... writes: They told me about the pineapple thing...
HELLOOOOOOO Sandy!  I get the Pure Protein bars at either Walmart or Krogers. I'm sure they are around other stores too, but I know I can find them at...
Hey! Girl Friend!  Actually, I found some today @ Tom Thumb...10 for $10. I'm sure they're less @ Walmart, but location, location, location.  Well, ...
What took you to Wisconsin? OMG! I don't think I could take that cold.  You're right about spring. I was digging in my flower beds earlier this week,...
My husband lost his job in Phoenix (housing related industry). He doesn't have a degree so he pretty much had to stay in that industry and he found a job here...
Doesn't seem like much of anything makes sense these days...at least economically. Unless you're a big wig with AIG or some other fortune 500. Hopefully...
Wow, talk about scarry! I was laid off February 2nd, from my Family's company, that I've worked for the last 13 years. I'm a single mom, so I lost my house,...
Hi everyone! Mother nature is playing a trick on us with the snow... again. It's snowing lightly here in Wisconsin, the robins are confused I think. How is...
Well...I hate to gloat, but I think I'm going to plant some hibiscus today! If everything runs true to form, however, we will probably have another cold...
Wow... you know about cheese curds?? My son calls them cheese droppings...LOL I did have a job if I wanted it at Wally World (wal-mart) very close to home,...