Category: Bariatric surgery & Health
Stop & Shop Heat And Serve Chicken Broth Review
I’ve liked chicken broth for as long as I can remember. We always have boullion cubes in our house, they’re great for making a hot drink and for cooking with. I shopped for the first week ‘s post surgical diet ahead of time knowing I wouldn’t be able to drive and that I might noy [...]
Chris Freytag Personal Fitness Blender review
This is a short video review (5 minutes 10 seconds) of me using the Chris Freytag Personal Fitness Blender to make a smoothie (shown above) with strawberries, skim milk, ice cubes and Strawberry Designer Whey Protein Powder. The blender did a great job mixing everything and the resulting smoothie tasted just as good as any [...]
Farmland Dairies Special Request Skim Plus Chocolate Milk review
I’ve always bought and drank whole milk in our house. I had tried skim a few times and never cared for it. After surgery I switched to skim milk and am adjusting. One of the products I’ve tried that I really enjoy is Farmland Dairies Special Request Skim Plus Chocolate Milk. This chocolate milk is [...]
Review Of Designer Whey Chocolate Protein Supplement
Designer Whey graciously offered to help me in my endeavor to lose weight through bariatric surgery. Along with the strawberry flavor I also received two 4 pound containers of their Designer Whey Original Protein Powder in the chocolate flavor. I have used Designer Whey Protein Powders exclusively since coming out of surgery. Directions for using [...]
I Love My Mom’s Hand Me Downs
In this week’s Parent Blogger’s Network Blog Blast we were asked to write about what our mother handed down to us. It is because of my Mom that I have much of what I have and am much of who I am. Ask anyone else in my family about me and my Mom and there’s [...]
A little bit here and there
Well it was three weeks ago today that I had surgery. Last week I wrote that when I went to the surgeon’s office I learned I’d lost thirty pounds when I thought I hadn’t lost any. A few people have called and emailed me asking if I noticed a change in the way my clothes [...]
T-1 To Mom’s Surgery
Well, Mom’s week on the pre-op diet is over. She was on the same pre-surigcal diet as I was. I’m really proud of her. She managed well and lost eight pounds. That’s awesome! Lots of people can’t even do that if they’ve taken a diet pill and she did it on her own. Tomorrow is [...]
Soyfee Soy Coffee review
On my post surgical diet it’s recommended that I have no caffeine for a period of several weeks. Longer term I can stay on decaf or I can try a half caf. Being a coffee lover (one who only uses freshly ground beans for every pot) I was very skeptical on how this would go [...]
Ragu Old World Style Pasta Sauce review
We love pasta in our house. It’s one of those foods that can always be found in the cabinet because it’s easy to make. CJ eats gluten free pasta and everyone else eats regular pasta. We each definitely have our favorite sauces but we like to try new ones too. This past week I got [...]
The Big 30
Well I spent the morning with RB and Mom looking at a school for CJ. From there I went to the surgeon’s office. They asked how I was feeling, I told them I was still sore and having some odd pains and that my incisions were itchy. I also told them I thought I hadn’t [...]
Jay Robb Whey Protein Powder Yogurt review
This is a brief video review (3 minutes) on Jay Robb Whey Protein Powder being mixed with yogurt. WPvideo 1.10 Just like when you’re mixing with a liquid, make sure your yogurt is very cold. I actually put mine back in the freezer for five minutes after stirring it to make it a little colder. [...]
T Minus 7 For Mom
I’m not sure how many of you know that my Mom is scheduled to have the same surgery that I did – Lap Band surgery. I just got off of the phone with my Dad. They were leaving the hospital, where she’d just completed her pre-op testing. They did the same tests on her that [...]
Axelrod Low Fat No Salt Cottage Cheese review
I was allowed to start introducing certain foods into the post surgical diet this week. Cottage cheese is one of them. Cottage cheese is an excellent source of protein and a good source of calcium. Plus it’s pretty soft. I’ve always liked cottage cheese so buying it is nothing new for me. Until now. Since [...]
Jay Robb Whey Protein Powder Shake review
This is a brief video review (3 minutes 8 seconds) on Jay Robb Whey Protein Powder being used to make a shake. The video shows me making the shake using the Jay Robb blender bottle and the patented blender ball. UPDATE: WARNING! THERE’S MORE SHAKING IN THIS VIDEO THAN THE SHAKE. I WASN’T FULLY DRESSED. [...]
Kirkland Signature Sugar Free Children’s Chewable Multivitamins
As part of my diet following bariatric surgery I have to take multivitamins. I have to take the chewable ones because anything larger than the head of a pencil eraser could block the Lap band, causing complications and pain. When I first learned I’d be taking chewable children’s multivitamins it didn’t bother me. Even at [...]
