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My bypass surgery is May 12. I will be using celebrate vitamins & bariatric advantage. Also, celebrate essential 3 in 1 drink mix. Great taste. CW: 319 SD:May 2017 GW: 128

Hernias can be anywhere from really painful to zero pain. The only way to know for sure is to be checked out. Most likely you have just strained something, so don't panic. If you develop screaming, debilitating pain... 10 out if 10.. go to the ER.

I only get my carbs from vegetables but I don't include potatoes , sweet potatoes, pumpkin, parsnips peas or corn. I stay clear of any wheat or grains or legumes as well. Any food that will spike my insulin I try to avoid like the plague. I can't remember what I try and keep it under. But I have increased my fats which is working great.

Ps I take 4 Flintstones complete and 2 500mg Bariatric Advantage Chewy Bites (Strawberry) and Nascobal B12 nasal spray weekly. But I had RNY (this is the RNY forum).

Clinically, HFLC diets are used for non-WLS gastrectomy patients who need to avoid weight loss and ultimately regain unwanted loss and indeed, this does present one of the challenges for WLS patients who adopt this approach. During the early weight loss months (when we are relatively insensitive to diet due to the enforced restriction courtesy of our WLS,) many will proudly proclaim that they "do full fat everything". This works fine when we are largely consuming "condiment" amounts of fats early on, but often bites people when they carry that practice into maintenance and allow the higher calories to get away from them. It can be done for whatever reason you may want to do it, but you do need to be watchful of your overall consumption to avoid regain. Philosophically, in the absence of a specific medical condition that warrants it, I'm not a big fan of diets that are "low" or "high" of anything as that implies deficiency or excess. One might do a short term very high or low diet to counter an existing imbalance (such as treating insulin resistance with a very low carb diet,) and then moderating that extreme to a more balanced state as the body's chemistry corrects itself for the long term.

That's awesome progress so far, though! Keep at it and you'll feel a world of difference before you know it. Good luck on your journey!

[mention=307122]BigUtahMan[/mention] I am learning that my sleeve doesn't have the advantages regarding restrictions/not have cravings/hunger. At 6 weeks out, I'm able to pretty much eat anything and everything without consequences, unless I overeat then I'm in pain. That I am able to eat like that is really scary for me because the whole purpose of this was to change how I eat. I understand that this is where the mind over matter thing kicks in but these cravings are kicking my butt. I don't like substitute sugar at all I would prefer to just drink it unsweetened completely or infused with some kind of fruit. A NUT is becoming a evil necessity for me and my insurance only covers 3 visits a year, though I was told if I could find a NUT that charge the insurance as a office visit and not a NUT office visit then I would be fine. How I'm going to work this is beyond me. Thank you for all your advise and telling me some of your experience it helps that I'm not going "crazy" alone.

My favorite premade shakes are premier protein shakes. The caramel ones are the best to me, they taste just like butterscotch pudding! I also like GNC lean shakes. I think the pumpkin spice ones tatse like the cereal milk from cinnamon toast crunch! I like the strawberry banana chewable multi vitamins from GNC the best. My doctor also does not allow gummy vitamins.

I use Centrum Silver chewables, two a day. I like the flavor and texture, and they are very high in everything we need. I subscribe to them on Amazon. I also love Premier Protein (vanilla) and Nectar cookies and cream.

3 ounces of protein food and a couple ounces of cooked vegetables sounds about right. Total about 1/2 cup.