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03-15-2008, 10:09 AM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mira Loma, CA 91752
Posts: 222
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics April 15, 2006 Start Date:
May 10, 2006 Surgery Date:
6' 3" Height: 345 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
151 lb Weight Loss:
-6 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.768115942 % % Lost:
anytime Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.1173333333 BMI Start:
24.2456888889 BMI Current:
24.9955555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    |  Stevia--natural herb sweetener Instead of artifial sweeteners, I use a natural product called Stevia. Details are at The Stevia Story: all about the herb that's sweeter than sugar . It's supposedly abou 3 times sweeter than sugar, so very little is needed. I buy it at Trader Joes in the US. It comes in individual small packets or a larger bottle for cooking. I use the packets for my morning coffee or to add to my daily oatmeal. It would probably work well for iced tea also, although I don't use sweeteners in the iced tea I drink. 
__________________ Dave Chambers  Dave in 2005, a few months prior to surgery  Best liquid vitamins I found, I use these: www.bariatricliquidvitamins.com Feeling tired? Lacking energy? Free sample of a brand new enrgy product called enRgy, go to: www.shopgbg.com/lcp/superliquidvitamins  |
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03-15-2008, 01:39 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,263
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 315 lb Start Weight:
212 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.6984126984 % % Lost:
I have no idea Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.3305858766 BMI Start:
33.2002673201 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | It does work great in iced tea! If artificial sweetners give you gas or worse, Stevia is not supposed to have this effect on you!
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03-15-2008, 03:57 PM
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| WLS Master Guru Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Troy,ny
Posts: 609
Weight Statistics Since birth:) Start Date:
postponed until ? Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 319 lb Start Weight:
308 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
11 lb Weight Loss:
158 lb Lb Left to Lose:
3.44827586207 % % Lost:
sometime in 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51.4823232323 BMI Start:
49.7070707071 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method - | My nutritionist said that Stevia is a carcinogen ( cancer causing agent) and that it was removed from the shelves for several years.
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03-15-2008, 04:07 PM
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| Guru In Training Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mira Loma, CA 91752
Posts: 222
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics April 15, 2006 Start Date:
May 10, 2006 Surgery Date:
6' 3" Height: 345 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
151 lb Weight Loss:
-6 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.768115942 % % Lost:
anytime Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.1173333333 BMI Start:
24.2456888889 BMI Current:
24.9955555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I've never heard that and it's mentioned monthly at my support groups. Nurses are there too, and I don't think the doc said anything in that regard on this site or another where I mentioned it. Do some research or ask your nutritionist for facts on this. There are no cautionary statments on the packaging either.
__________________ Dave Chambers Dave in 2005, a few months prior to surgery Best liquid vitamins I found, I use these: www.bariatricliquidvitamins.com Feeling tired? Lacking energy? Free sample of a brand new enrgy product called enRgy, go to: www.shopgbg.com/lcp/superliquidvitamins |
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03-15-2008, 05:09 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PA (Near Philly)
Posts: 549
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics March 12, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 340 lb Start Weight:
276 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
64 lb Weight Loss:
126 lb Lb Left to Lose:
18.8235294118 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.8714416896 BMI Start:
44.5426997245 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
| I do believe the Indians used stevia for a long long time, and I would ask where your NUT got her info from. Stevia is a natural plant ask her about the cancer effects of sweet and low...
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03-16-2008, 11:38 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NewEngland
Posts: 313
Weight Statistics 9/1/2006 Start Date:
5' 1" Height: 278 lb Start Weight:
188 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
90 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.3741007194 % % Lost:
05/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.5219027143 BMI Start:
35.5184090298 BMI Current:
24.5606019887 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Physician Prescribed Diet/Exercise | I don't think there's any need to take a demeaning tone regarding someone else's post or "expert". That's why this is such a nice place. People don't get criticized or made to feel stupid. About my response to Stevia... You know I've had a really mixed reaction to it PERSONALLY. After I'd been using Sucralose/Splenda, I attempted to switch cold turkey to Stevia. I was very receptive and excited. Oddly enough, I couldn't taste it! It didn't seem as if it sweetened particularly well on it's own. I tried it repeatedly, using twice the amounts recommented and I just wasn't "getting" it!!! Then one day by accident I stirred my tea with a spoon that had a little bit of sugar residue on it. WOE!!! All that sweetness came rushing out and smashed into my tongue. So now I use a few grains of sugar and 3/4 the recommended amt of Stevia. Strange solution--but it works for me. XOXO Mya |
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03-17-2008, 08:13 AM
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| Cub Reporter  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northern NJ
Posts: 95
Blog Entries: 3 Weight Statistics Oct 15, 2007 Start Date:
Oct 15, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 288 lb Start Weight:
193 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
43 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.9861111111 % % Lost:
Oct 15, 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.9204733728 BMI Start:
32.1133727811 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I like Stevia better than Splenda. My nut recommended it to me when I mentioned that Splenda was just too sweet tasting for me. |
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03-17-2008, 10:30 AM
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| Guru In Training Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mira Loma, CA 91752
Posts: 222
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics April 15, 2006 Start Date:
May 10, 2006 Surgery Date:
6' 3" Height: 345 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
151 lb Weight Loss:
-6 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.768115942 % % Lost:
anytime Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.1173333333 BMI Start:
24.2456888889 BMI Current:
24.9955555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  Stevia--natural herb sweetener I heard about Stevia at a support group meeting from a school teacher. It's a natural herb sweetener, sweeter than sugar, according to http://www.stevia.net/ which has more information on it. I got mine at Trader Joes. You only need a little, as it's supposedly 3 times sweeter than sugar. it comes in indivdual packets smaller than Equal or other substitues (100 packets per bos) or in a larger bottle that you can spoon out for cooking. I use it in coffee and oatmeal on a daily basis. I understand it also comes in a liquid form, and only a drop or two is needed for coffee or tea. Haven't tried the liquid form, nor have I seen it sold locally.
__________________ Dave Chambers Dave in 2005, a few months prior to surgery Best liquid vitamins I found, I use these: www.bariatricliquidvitamins.com Feeling tired? Lacking energy? Free sample of a brand new enrgy product called enRgy, go to: www.shopgbg.com/lcp/superliquidvitamins |
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03-27-2008, 11:35 AM
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| Cub Reporter  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kansas
Posts: 73
Weight Statistics December 4, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 0" Height: 235 lb Start Weight:
155 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.0425531915 % % Lost:
Dec 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 45.8902777778 BMI Start:
30.2680555556 BMI Current:
25.3861111111 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | We have it at my locally owned organic grocery store. I use it and really like it....my nut said it was all natural and there werent any cancer causing side effects that she could find. I do keep splenda on hand just in case though.
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03-27-2008, 12:01 PM
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| WLS Mentor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,263
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 315 lb Start Weight:
212 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.6984126984 % % Lost:
I have no idea Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.3305858766 BMI Start:
33.2002673201 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I have had the liquid stevia, Sunrider products used to sell it. It is good and you really dont need to use much, just a drop or two.
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