The Further Adventures of Deluzy: No-tech day

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Before and After DS Weight-Loss Surgery

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The Google 15
An excellent weight-tracking tool that keeps track of your moving weight average over time so that no single weigh-in is a cause for ecstacy or despair.
Understanding Your Tests
A good preliminary resource for understanding your lab work (though of course it's no substitution for discussing results with your doctor)
FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
An essential tool for me during my first 6 post-op months -- and a good reality check for anyone keeping track of daily food intake (e.g., calories, fats, carbohydrates, etc.) and activity levels
Gmaps Pedometer
A wonderful tool that allows one to map exercise routes and calculate miles covered and calories burned

Products I Like

Spanx
A line of comfortable foundation garments (and even easy-to-pack clothing) that comes in handy post-op to corrale that wayward, formerly obese flesh and make you feel comfortable. Available online, at Lane Bryant in larger sizes, at Nordstrom in smaller sizes, and sometimes at outlets for less.
Pure Protein RTD shakes
At an average of 35 grams of protein, 3 grams of carbs, and 160 calories, these ready-to-drink shakes work for me because I can chill them, grab them, pack them, and go. Available from a variety of online sources or at GNC stores.
Perfectly Sweet
Expensive but excellent source for sugar-free and no-sugar-added bakery and candy items.
Low Carb Corner
As near as I can tell, this site sells nothing but two kinds of breakfast cereal -- but as one who's avoided cereal since my DS surgery because it contains virtually no protein and far too many carbs, Protein Crunch is a wonderful option (i.e., 27 grams protein, 2 net grams carbs). It's horrifyingly expensive but for WLS cereal lovers, it's worth the occasional splurge.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

No-tech day

Sigh.

AT&T has been out and declares that there is, indeed, a fault on the line, and the problem is at their end. That's good news. It's on them, not us.

The bad news is that it'll take a few more days for them to do the repair. Naturally.

I'm taking suggestions of carriers to switch to. All ideas welcome. I've had it.

(I'm posting this from my office but I don't plan on being here again until Friday, so my internet access will be sparse in the next few days.)

Posted at 04:14 PM in Web/Tech | Permalink

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Comcast. Or your local cable carrier. We've had them for two years and three months, and it has never ONCE gone out. And fast? LIGHTNING fast. Even my FIL, who has DSL at his house, was astonished at the speed. It's faster than the network here on campus. It's pricier, but we also got rid of our land line when we converted, so we actually are saving money. :-)

And you know how I feel about AT&T. ;-(

Jules

Posted by:sparkly_jules | Monday, May 19, 2008 at 04:24 PM

Yeah, Comcast gets good feedback in general. More expensive, but as you say, I can then get rid of the land line altogether since I only use my cell phone ANYWAY.

We don't have a cable hook-up in place (we have satellite TV), so I think we're going to have to pay the $99 home-visit installation fee. And it will be SO worth it to get rid of AT&T.

I'm going to make an appointment for the very SECOND I return from Alaska.

Posted by:Deluzy | Monday, May 19, 2008 at 05:39 PM