Angela J.
Surgery date August 9,2011
Aug 04, 2011
Got this from Vitalady's website,interesting..
May 11, 2009
What is the purpose of the A, B, C, D, E , K vitamins as far as our bodies are concerned?
VERY briefly (as excerpted from Earl Mindell’s Vitamin Bible):
A is for eyes, respiratory strength, builds the immune system
B(many B’s, summarized) include growth, digestion, mental health,, hair, skin, nails, mouth sores, eye fatigue, assimilate protein & fat, skin & nervous disorders, anti-aging, muscle spasms & leg r\cramps, help prevent anemia, increase energy, memory & balance
C heals burns, gums, wounds; decrease cholesterol, boosts immune system, increases the absorption of iron, may reduce allergy suffering & prevents scurvy
D is for bones & teeth, helps assimilate calcium and A.
E is for hair, skin, nails, capillary walls, anti-aging, promotes endurance & alleviate fatigue, prevent leg cramps. For men, it contributes to urinary & prostate health as well as sexual function.
K is for blood clotting
DS Cheesecake Cupcakes
May 11, 2009
Cheesecake Cupcakes
Cheesecake Cupcakes
Cupcake:
3 - 8 oz. packages of cream cheese
1 cup of Splenda
5 eggs
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Filling:
8 oz Sour Cream
2 TBSP Splenda
1/4 tsp Vanilla
Bring cream cheese to room temperature. Place cream cheese in a bowl, and add one egg at a time, beating with a hand mixer. Slowly add the Splenda and vanilla. (The batter will be thin.)
Pour into paper cupcake liners. (Makes approx. 12 very full cupcakes.) Bake in a 300 degree oven for 30 - 35 minutes (until large cracks appear on the top). Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes.
Combine filling ingredients and add a tsp on top of each cupcake and return to the oven for 5 minutes.
Cool and then keep refrigerated.
Val's Reciepes DS Friendly lots of protein...
May 04, 2009
Fabulous Ricotta Fluff Stuff
1 large container of ricotta cheese
1 box SF jello instant cheesecake pudding
dollop or two of sour cream (to taste)
A little bit of milk to lighten it up (about a cup-add last and gradually)
Mix it all up and enjoy however you want it. I love it with strawberries! It's a great fruit dip or just eating straight out of the bowl.
Variation for fluff: Do whatever flavor of pudding you like and add a little milk to get the texture you like.
Warning: Walmart's ricotta is very grainy in texture and never mixes to anything smooth and creamy. Tasty, but strange.
Fabulous Trail Mix
Base mix
1 jar peanuts
1 jar sunflower kernels
1/2 bag raisins or "berries and cherries"
1/2 small bag chocolate chips.
1 small bag macadamia pieces
1 small bag pecan halves
To this, I might add other nuts depending on what's on sale (walnuts, cashews, more pecans). I've also varied the fruit, too, so play around. Try to keep the proportions the same. It's so easy to load up the sweet stuff, but it's the nuts that are so valuable here. The balance makes the perfect sweet and salty snack and my daily breakfast. If proportions are kept, it's about 32g of protein for 8 oz.
Fabulous Custard -- full of protein, easy on new post-ops ~delicious!
3 cups milk
3/4 cup splenda
4-5 eggs (depending on size)
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)
handful of coconut (optional)
Preheat oven to 375'. Beat eggs, nutmeg and vanilla together in baking dish. On the stove, bring the milk and splenda just to a boil, then stir together to the eggs. Bake for 25 min
NOTE: when the milk is coming near to a boil, you'll get a little foam on the top. Remove this foam before stirring into the eggs, or it will get a weird texture on top.
God Bless Paula Deen for flourless peanut butter cookies!
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla
1 cup Splenda
Mix and roll into balls (about walnut sized) and flatten with fork dipped in Splenda. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.
TIPS
-Do NOT overocok -- they will get crumbly since there's no gluten
-Peanut butter is naturally low sugar - the low sugar kind only reduces it by 1g per serving.
-If you're picky about artificial sweeteners, I've done a 3/1 with splenda and sugar to cut the after taste and it's good. Presently, I do full-splenda in the cookies, and roll in regular sugar and that's good too. I've also added semi-sweet chocolate chips to shake things up.
The difference between complex & simple carbs
May 04, 2009
Some examples of healthy foods containing complex carbohydrates are:
Spinach | Whole Barley | Grapefruit |
Turnip Greens | Buckwheat | Apples |
Lettuce | Buckwheat bread | Prunes |
Water Cress | Oat bran bread | Apricots, Dried |
Zucchini | Oatmeal | Pears |
Asparagus | Oat bran cereal | Plums |
Artichokes | Museli | Strawberries |
Okra | Wild rice | Oranges |
Cabbage | Brown rice | Yams |
Celery | Multi-grain bread | Carrots |
Cucumbers | Pinto beans | Potatoes |
Dill Pickles | Yogurt, low fat | Soybeans |
Radishes | Skim milk | Lentils |
Broccoli | Navy beans | Garbanzo beans |
Brussels Sprouts | Cauliflower | Kidney beans |
Eggplant | Soy milk | Lentils |
Onions | Whole meal spelt bread | Split peas |
Tomatoes |
Simple carbohydrates are more refined, are usually found in foods with fewer nutrients, and tend to be less satisfying and more fattening.
Some examples of foods containing simple carbohydrates are:
Table sugar |
Corn syrup |
Fruit juice |
Candy |
Cake |
Bread made with white flour |
Pasta made with white flour |
Soda pop, such as Coke®, Pepsi®, Mountain Dew®, etc. |
Candy |
All baked goods made with white flour |
Most packaged cereals |
Consult scheduled w/Dr.Roslin
Apr 22, 2009
I also have the nutritionist consult and Dr.Rivera the psychiatrist scheduled the same day so I'm happy about that,once these steps are done my paper work will be submited to my insurance company for a surgery date, I have Empire BCBS/Healthy NY I heard they don't take to long to approve,Yah keeping my fingers crossed.
I will post more about my consults next month.
Attended Seminar @ Lenox Hill Hospital
Apr 22, 2009
Dr.Roslin seems to be a straight forward type of guy and no BS,he does not make you do 20 plus test before having surgery and he knows the struggles we are going through already so he does not expect his patients to go through all that.
You will need to attend the seminar first so there is no getting around that even if you live hundreds or thousands of miles away it's a bummer but that's there rules.
It's going to be well worth it all in the long run,I believe Dr.Roslin is one of the best surgeons out there,he has 9 patents out there pertaining to wls and is constantly looking for new and better ways of perfecting the obesity epidemic. Amen