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It is not uncommon for your taste buds &/or sense of smell to change or become more sensitive after surgery. It’s temporary but it can make it a challenge to find foods that don’t turn your tummy. Many of us find our old favourites taste disgusting, or overly sweet or salty. A lot of us suggest you don’t buy your pre surgery shakes in bulk as you may hate the brand or flavour after surgery. It was many weeks into solid food before I could tolerate my favourite vegetables (asparagus, sugar snap peas & broccolini) again. Can also be a blessing. Finding things excessively sweet helped take away a lot of my desire for sweet food. Used to eat something sweet every day now only a couple of times a year.

I must have will power of steel lol. I just went through McDonalds drive thru and picked up cheeseburgers/fries/drink for my son and a 20 piece McNugget and strawberry/cream pie for my hubby. Although the mere smell of it made me think of devouring it before I got home. I did exceptional and gave them their food while I grabbed my Fairlife Carmel protein shake lol. Honestly, when I got home with it I was okay and not bothered by it. I think just in close proximity the smell made me feel like eating it but once further away it had no effect on me....yay! lol

I change up between chicken and beef. I'm having to add protein powder to it because there's not much protein in broth. You can't put the powder in hot broth or water because it Curdles. I wish clear protein didn't have a weird salty taste. Even the no sodium clear liquid has a salty taste.

I started mine with the pre op diet. Except surgery day of course and maybe a couple days after depending on how you are feeling.

Only thing i have read is the reviews of them where people say they got their bloodwork and shows the patches work.

Welcome to the forums. This is a rant I can get behind, quite familiar to be honest. Aside from the promotion, which seemed out of your control all the way through, you actually took steps to deal with your frustration and angst. I'd call your response to your lack of control a win. Good show. Bear in mind that the first few weeks or months post-op can just be a circus of out of control situations. If you approach them in the same problem solving way you should do great. Good luck, Tek

this article from Cedars-Sinai hospital in LA says there's little scientific evidence that these work. Sounds like a big profit maker for these places. https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/iv-vitamin-therapy.html

honestly, weight loss is about 90% food and only 10% exercise. I know WLS patients who lost a ton of weight even without exercise. That said, exercise is great for your overall health and people should do it - but an injury that causes a temporary pause in your routine is not going to be the end of your weight loss. also, you could be in a stall - they're very common. Just stick to your program and your weight loss will eventually start up again. Stalls usually last 1-3 weeks. and no, I doubt "this is it" as long as you're adhering to your program. Most of us lose for a year - if not more (20 months for me - but I started out much heavier than you, so I had a lot more to lose)

I've lost 60 lbs and I'm confused

Tracy Anderson does Madonna's arms (and Shakira, and Cameron Diaz I believe). I have an old DVD of hers but if you want tone look her up. Here's a short yt video. It looks weird but it will kill your arms. And another: https://youtu.be/CLzhfRG-Ip4