MM Readers FAVORITE Products of 2010! Links - ahoy! THANKS ALL!

 That was intense.  Enjoy.   <twitch>  Brands, congrats!  Your products really influence the community, I am really surprised at the excitement behind the choices here.  I  hope to see MORE of what you offer on this list next year.  I know there's quite a lot that folks just haven't TRIED yet.

Winners, congrats!  I don't have anything to offer you in return, than my undying affection, almost.  You may not want that.   Keep on doing what you do, then.  Bring it in 2011.

-MM

• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #15 Favorite WLS Message Board Forum?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #14 Your GO-TO Store for WLS Products Online?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #14 Favorite WLS Event Speaker?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #13 Favorite WLS Cookbook?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #12 Favorite SPLURGE Kitchen Item?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #11 Best Treatment for.. well... CONSTIPATION?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #10 Favorite Bariatric CHEWABLE Calcium?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #9 Chewable Bariatric Multivitamin?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #8 Favorite WLS-Friendly WHOLE GRAIN or LOW CARB BREAD Product?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #7 Sugar-free Candy?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #6 Sugar-free Sweetener?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #5 Favorite WHEY PROTEIN Bar?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #4 Favorite COFFEE FLAVOR Whey Protein Powder Supplement Product?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #3 Favorite CHOCOLATE Whey Protein Powder Supplement Product?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #2 Favorite UNFLAVORED or NEUTRAL Flavored Protein Powder Supplement Product?
• MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #1 Fave Fruit-Based RTD Supplement?

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #16 Your Favorite WLS Related Blog?

Your Favorite WLS Related Blog?

 

Winner -

 

I should have mentioned no voting for the person who wrote the survey.  Thank you!

Winner #2 -

The World According To Eggface

• Journey to a Healthier Me
  
• WLS Vitagarten

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #15 Favorite WLS Message Board Forum?

Favorite WLS Message Board Forum?

 

Winner -  

OverWHELMINGLY....

Obesity Help 

• Facebook
• Bariatric Bad Girls Club
• BariatricTV
• Renewed Reflections

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #14 Your GO-TO Store for WLS Products Online?

Your GO-TO Store for WLS Products Online?

 

Winner - 

netrition 

Visit Netrition.com for a wide selection of nutritional supplements, weightloss, bodybuilding and low carbohydrate items.

• Amazon
• BJ's Bariatrics
• Bariatric Advantage
• Bariatric Choice
• Bariatric Eating
• Celebrate
• Gastric Bypass Supplements
• Nashua Nutrition
• VitaLady
• Vitamin Shoppe

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #14 Favorite WLS Event Speaker?

Your fave speaker or guest at WLS Events?  

 

Winner: 

Mary Jo Rapini

Mary Jo with Teresa Dunn in Cincinnati at an Obesity Help Event

• Connie Stapleton
• Garth Davis
• Monica Ganz
• Connie Stapleton
• Jamie Dukes
• Vic Giaconia  (Alright, VIC!  You gonna speak?) 
• MM Votes - Bo McCoy, Teresa Dunn, Eric Klein (not a speaker, but responsible for many of these events...)

PS.  I appreciate the votes for MM  (I "won," <snort>, but I has a stage fright.)  Thank you anyway!  xoxo

Dr. Garth with MaryAnn

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #13 Favorite WLS Cookbook?

Your Favorite WLS Cookbook?

Winner - 

"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery"

(Yes, this made me squee, 'cause MM.net is mentioned very, very small in the back.)

• Bariatric Innovations by Dawn Boxell
• Any of Chef Dave Fouts Books
• Eating Well After WLS by Levine & Saray
•  Mine! (Wait for it)  (Who's YOU?)
•  Recipes for Life after WLS
•  Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook For Dummies 
• WLS Related Books and Cookbooks
  

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #12 Favorite SPLURGE Kitchen Item?

Favorite SPLURGE Kitchen Item? 

 

Winner:  The flipping Magic Bullet.  (Now you know these are not my answers?  IS IT CLEAR NOW?)

• Cuisinart Food Processor
• Margarita Maker
• Ninja Blender
• KitchenAid Immersion Blender
• Vitamix 
• Cuisinart K-Cup 
• Ice Cream Maker
• Keurig coffee maker
• Kitchen Aid Mixer
• Zojirushi Bread Machine

 

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #11 Best Treatment for.. well... CONSTIPATION?

Best treatment for CONSTIPATION?

 

Winner: 

Miralax.  

Miralax (Polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution (PEG-ES))
	Polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution (PEG-ES) is used to cleanse the bowel before a gastrointestinal examination or surgery. It works by causing diarrhea. This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution (PEG-ES ... Side effects - How to take - Precautions  www.nlm.nih.gov

Mira-cle?  I guess so.  Most of you picked THAT.   Except "Please tell me, I am desperate."

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #10 Favorite Bariatric CHEWABLE Calcium?

Favorite CHEWABLE Bariatric CALCIUM Product?

 

Winner: 

Calcet Creamy Bites (Landslide.  Agreed.  The lemon make my toes curl inappropriately.  Send more. - MM)

• Bariatric Advantage Calcium Citrate Lozenges (Cinnamon!)
• BA Chewy Bites Lemon, Raspberry and Chocolate (These got a LOT of love.)
• Building Blocks
• Celebrate Calcium PLUS
• Celebrate Cherry Tart
• Target Chewable Calcium Citrate

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #9 Chewable Bariatric Multivitamin?

Favorite CHEWABLE Bariatric Multi-Vitamin Product? 

 

Winners: 

Bariatric Advantage (Chocolate Mint and French Vanilla)

 

+

Celebrate Bariatric Supplements (Pineapple Strawberry)

• Bariatric Fusion
• Building Blocks
•  Centrum Chewables
• oPurity

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #8 Favorite WLS-Friendly WHOLE GRAIN or LOW CARB BREAD Product?

Favorite WLS-Friendly WHOLE GRAIN or LOW CARB BREAD Product??

Winner: 

Arnold's Sandwich Thins  + P28 Protein Bread

• Arnold Double Protein
• Carb Control Tortillas
• Flat Out 
• Julian's
• LaTortilla 
• Nature's Own Double Fiber Wheat Bread
• P28
• Pepperidge Farm CarbStyle
• Pepperidge Farms Very Thin Wheat bread
• Thomas' Flat Bagels Everything Flavor
• Wasa Multigrain
• Joseph's Lavash

 

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #7 Sugar-free Candy?

Favorite SUGAR FREE Candy?

This one was tricky.  Most of you said, "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Eek!  Stop!"

So, I picked a winner out of the list.  I'm sorry.  LOL.

Winner -

GoLightly Sugarfree Candies -- Sweetened with Splenda

 

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #6 Sugar-free Sweetener?

Your Favorite SUGAR FREE SWEETENER PRODUCT?

Winner: Splenda

• Purevia
• Truvia
• DaVinci syrups
• Nature Sweet Sugar Replacer Crystals
• EZ-Sweetz Liquid
• Whey-Low
• Sweetz-Free

 I am a Splenda-WHORE.  I use an illegal amount of the product in my daily coffee.  I take offense to other sugar alcohols, so, yes, yellow.  -MM

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #5 Favorite WHEY PROTEIN Bar?

Your Favorite WHEY PROTEIN Bar? 

Winner:  Tie between Pure Protein and ISS Oh Yeah Protein Wafers!

and

• Atkins Advantage
• Chocolite
• Detour
• Labrada Rockin' Roll Bar  <--- MM LOVES.
• Muscle Milk Vanilla
• Power Crunch 
• Supreme Protein Peanut Butter Crunch or Caramel

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #4 Favorite COFFEE FLAVOR Whey Protein Powder Supplement Product?

Your Favorite COFFEE FLAVOR Whey Protein Powder Supplement Product?

Winner: Click  (BY A LANDSLIDE.  I guess you're surprised?)

• Muscle Milk Cafe Mocha
• Syntrax Nectar Cappuccino

 

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #3 Favorite CHOCOLATE Whey Protein Powder Supplement Product?

Your Favorite CHOCOLATE Whey Protein Powder Supplement Product? 

Winner:  Syntrax Nectar Sweets Chocolate Truffle  (Go, Syntrax!)

I concur.  It's good.

• All The Whey  (Website down.)
• Bariatric Fusion Chocolate Mousse 
• Body Fortress (Walmart)
• Chike Chocolate Bliss 
• Click Mocha 
• Designer Whey 100 calorie 
• EAS 100% Whey Protein 
• Celebrate ENS Chocolate Milk 
• GNC Amplified Wheybolic 
• GNC Gold Standard 
• GNC Whey 28 Pro Performance 
• Gold Standard from Vitamin Shoppe 
• IDS Multi-Pro 
• Infinite Pro 
• Isoflex 
• Isopure 
• Lean Dessert 
• Muscle Milk 
• Optimum Nutrition Double Chocolate 
• ProScore 100 
• SEI Max Protein 
• Unjury

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #2 Favorite UNFLAVORED or NEUTRAL Flavored Protein Powder Supplement Product?

Your Favorite UNFLAVORED or NEUTRAL Flavored Protein Powder Supplement Product?

Winner:  UNJURY

Your other favorites -- this category was filled with "GAG, ICK, and SPEW!!" comments. 

 

 I laughed.  I did.   

• GNC Amplified Wheybolic Extreme
• Any Whey
• Nectar Medical
• TRUE
• Bi Pro

You know my feelings about this.  It has yet to be proven to my taste-buds.  I am hopeful.  My next review is BiPro.  If it's GOOD -- I swear to you -- I will SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.

MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010 - #1 Fave Fruit-Based RTD Supplement?

I'm tallying up the winners of MM's Favorite WLS Products of 2010!  

And, because it's simply too long, I'm breaking it down to categories.

Here we go!

What was your favorite FRUIT-BASED Ready-To Drink Supplement Product?  (That's a mouthful.) It's funny, it's something I still HAVE YET TO TRY!

DJ Earworm United State of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop the Pop) - Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits

It's the LAST day of the year, all!  I am starting it, sick, and dancing!  Woot!  

Resolution to not regain.

Here we are, on the doorstep of the year 2011.  And, I'm thinking about resolutions and regain.

via www.regainafterwls.com