Originally Posted by Little Verbena

It is a bottle cap with a built in timer that reminds you to drink water. Initial trials showed that people who used it drank more water. I am wondering if the novelty wears off after a bit but who knows...

Bottle Cap Reminder

I'm gonna have to try this

Originally Posted by Tammi

I got this recipe from my surgeon and it is delicious!!

16 oz low fat cottage cheese
Small box of sugar free pudding mix any flavor
4 oz Lite Cool Whip

Blend cottage cheese until smooth add pudding mix then fold in cool whip.

I put in individual 2 oz containers and it lasted for a week. Yummy!!!!!!

Originally Posted by toutdesuite

4 Hot Dogs (I used Applegate Farms)
1 15 to 16 oz. can chili beans (I used Amy's)
Shredded Low-fat Cheddar Cheese

Cut hot dogs into small slices. Heat hot dog slices in a saucepan until cooked through. Pour in chili beans and heat through. Top with cheese before serving.

Originally Posted by tinman

a new wave of sleevers comes on here. Names I don't recognize, places I've never heard of and emotions all over the place. For all of the diversity and divergent personalities, it seems that a few ideas about what these new sleevers are going through are all common and the questions seem to follow a common theme.

Why do I still feel like cheating?

Did I do permanent damage to my sleeve when I ate a sugar cube during my "puree phase".

Will

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Below quoted from ximmia and tinman

I'll preface this as "this is only my opinion, your mileage may vary". Bullet pointed once again, not because I don't care but because it's easier:

* Don't listen to your NUT. Your body needs protein, fats and carbs to process. Depriving yourself of carbs will cause a stall. It's even worse if you crave carbs and deny yourself them. That's a diet, and that's worked so well for us in the past. There's also a fair bit of documentation

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