My pants hit right at my belly button. My belly button is at my natural waist line.

I love Doctor Who, that is pretty cool.

Timely tread for me also. I have a 7.8mm stone and go in monday to see if it has moved, if not, we will try blasting it first.

My SO stays during the actual procedure and once I am back in my room and resting he will take the kids home. (Ours have autism). Nobody has ever said anything to us. Not much for SO to do while I am sleeping and on pain meds anyhow.

Wanted to add a few things after reading some replies. It is not true that you will suffer from nutrition problems forever, we start out with liquid meds and then can usually progress to regular tablets later. We do have some issues with steriods and nsaid medications, they are forbidden by most doctors due to the problems with ulcers they can cause. Alot of people don't understand that most of us who are bigger, no longer feel full, EVER. The stomach is hungry all the time. For me surgery has killed the desire to eat and I no longer feel hungry. I currently eat about 1/4 - 1/2 cup of food at a time and average about 6-700 calories a day. My surgerons plan calls for 60 grams of protein a day first, then other foods second. This prevents nutrition issues and keeps your hair from falling out, lol. I am supposed to try and drink 80-100 ozs of water a day to stay hydrated. The biggest issue you have is with B-12, the stomach makes it so cutting the stomach apart makes your body make less of it, we just take suppliments for that. I also take a special multivitamin, extra calcium, and B12. My iron levels have been great so I don't have to take iron. Most do have to take extra iron though. I was up and around the same day as surgery and went home the next afternoon. I had to follow a puree diet for two weeks, then semi soft for two weeks and then as tolerated foods after that, I am still not allowed raw veggies, or raw fruits like apples with a peel. They are hard to digest. Have to wait 6 months for those. My Surgeons clinic is a Center for Excellence and maintains a success rate of 85% for 5 years out from surgery. To me that's pretty impressive. Honestly, they are just starting to say that WLS is the most under used surgery of the day and has other health benefits besides just helping people lose weight. It can almost cure diabetes overnight, most people go home no longer on insulin after the surgery. I can't recommend it enough if you have tried other things and they have failed. To me, being around and being healthy for my kids is worth the risks of having to take vitamins forever. Yes, some have issues after surgery with vomiting, but honestly if you follow the diet plan you should not have vomiting. Vomiting usually means you ate too fast, or ate too much. I have vomitted for those reasons, it's not fun. And No, you don't have to give up sugar. Yes you have limits because you can have dumping syndrome which is not fun. My doctor says to limit fats and sugars to less than 10 grams. I found out personally, I can tolerate up to about 15 of fat/sugar before I have problems, but everybody is different. I actually figured out if I cut out all sugar completely, I start getting hypoglycemic so I actually had to add in a little Gatoraide 2 and diet snapple to help keep my sugar up, lol.

I have not read the other replies. I had Gastric Bypass Surgery on 5/29/2012 of this year. For me, this has been the only thing that worked. My insurance required 6 months of supervised weight loss and several other more minor tests. For me the results have been outstanding. Counting my six months before and the time since surgery I have lost 93.4lbs and am currently 75.6lbs from my goal of 150lbs. The diet was hard to get used to, but it's manageable. The side effects for me have been minimal and my blood work is looking great. I am currently taking all my suppliments with out fail. I have already gotten off my blood pressure medication and am no longer diabetic. But you have to remember, it's a tool. You can still cheat it, or get around it, so you must remember it's another tool in your box in this journey, not the cure. Let me know if you have any specific questions as I would love to discuss it with anybody who wants to. For me it's saved my life. That is all I can say.

Also wanted to mention the iPhone 4S is 148$ at walmart right now if you have verizone or ATT. I was able to upgrade my iPhone 4 for that price.

I love my iPhone 4S. Not having to type out text messages or reminders is awesome. Siri will do it for me. :D

I wanted to thank Denise also for sharing. My twins don't have RAD, but mixing Autism, Bipolar and possible ODD together is making life very hard right now. Our doctor is starting to suggest removing my daughter from the home, but seeing others like Denise and realizing that living in what feels like a boot camp all the time with the limits, and locks, and alarms can be done and kids can stay at home, gives me hope. Luckily we get alot of support for the kids, I get therapy for free, they get therapy for free, and we are on the waiting list for support from Children's Long Term Support in our state (they pay for respite) makes it a bit easier. But knowing other mom's are out there, going through similar things, helped me alot on the hard days. Just the other day I was complaining that I am not allowed to have nice things, and realized, that others have it much harder. :(

We are not married but this December we will have been together 11 years and I feel nothing but pride for him each day. He gets up, goes to a job that he is starting to dislike, and comes home to us each day. He makes me proud.

I agree with lack of protein, missing some vitamins or sleep apnea.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3VSOFDQ7HM9NB/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B006H5V7ZY&nodeID=284507&store=kitchen This review has alot of info about how long it takes to heat up the food. You can also buy extra containers for it from the crockpot website for 5$. You all have now made me want one LOL

I will preface and say I have had gastric bypass. At our longterm phase (1 year + ) my manual from my doctor says I will be eating about 1c. total of food at a time. So I would say what you are eating now is probably just right. I currently eat about 1/4 - 1/2 c of food total.

Science and Industry Museum is our favorite, followed by Field Museum.

This pretty much sums up all the "new" maths and why I loathe them all.

My doctor really wants us to not use protein shakes as our source of protein, he wants me to learn to eat my protein, so technically protein powders are not allowed on my diet plan. We are however allowed to supplement with milk powder and egg powder. I already doing a mix of 3/4 lactose free milk, to 1/4 powdered milk powder to boost the protein of regular milk.

My favorite is pampers. I have used Toys R Us Brand (hated them), Wal-Mart brand (they are ok), and Sam's Club Brand (also ok). But we always came back to pampers.

I haven't tried rabbit, but will look into it. Our local grocery store sells all kinds of exotic meats.

Pasta dishes tend to go over well, are cheap to make, and freeze very well. Pair with bagged salad, bread and maybe some fruit and you have a pretty good meal. Shredded chicken, pork or beef that can have sauces added, such as bbq sauce with buns, chips or fries on the side and corn on the cob is also easy and can be made on a large scale in a crock pot. I like crustless quiche bites also. We make a normal type quiche recipe but make it in mini muffin tins or cupcake tins. They freeze well also. Individual meat loafs are fun also. Make normal meatloaf but cook it in a mini muffin tin. Each person gets their own "loaf". Pair with mashed potatos, and a veggie.

My 10 almost 11 year old has already started this. She has decided nobody is allowed to live here except her. We are not supposed to talk to her, bother her, be around her....sigh.

Yes, I can do eggs, grains, yogurt, tofu, just as long as it's not high in sugar/fat. I am supposed to limit it to under 10 grams of sugar or fat per serving. I do eat plain greek yogurt sweetened with torani sugar free syrup, or eggs with cheese for breakfast.

Honestly, I didn't walk all that much near the major roads. The smaller side roads are better and some of my native friends just walked down the center of the street. But it's a wonderful place to visit so it was worth the strange driving. Riding in a car with them was much more terrifying than walking was :P Oh and they love, love love hot dogs. They were everywhere. The grocery store had a hot dog shop, the Blue Lagoon (hot springs) had a hot dog shop. What part of Iceland are you going to visit?

Only thing I can think of is make sure you have super pads for yourself and maybe plan out a few days of really simple meals so you don't have to cook.

Hi all, you ladies/gents are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to foods. I had gastric bypass so my food intake is limited. I need to eat high protein, low sugar and fats. I am getting sick of chicken and tuna. I don't tolerate some meats, I can handle most meats but not steaks. Shredded/ground meat goes down better. I am trying to find some non meat based ideas as I am quickly getting tired of eating nothing but meat. I can only eat about 1/4 - 1/2 cup of food per meal. My kids will eat just about anything as long as it's not spicy. Any ideas?

Yeah I don't drive when away from home. Iceland is home to the craziest drivers anywhere. They drive on both sides of the road, park on the sidewalk and cut each other off. I only crossed the street with a large group of the natives. LOL