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The one I used did not, but I heated the broth first, not too hot, and then I added the protein powder slowly with my mini whisk.

Trader Joe's has a high potency chewable. I take NOW Women's formula at this point. The pills are huge so if you have an issue with swallowing pills, these aren't the ones for you.

add it broth Almond milk

It looks like a banana but empty I doubt it is that wide at all. The highlighter is probable the most accurate. Honestly there is no way to really tell. I have never heard of a Dr actually measuring while operating. They use the bougie as a guide but they can only get so close, so it isn't the actual size of the bougie either.

@@Babbs said is right. You look like a healthy person with a defined waist. Maybe see a therapist?

@@Candygyrl The base for lobster bisque is heavy cream and butter. The amount of Protein is very low, and it is calorie dense. Which is what my doctor told me, he didn't tell me not to have it, but he told me he didn't think it was the best option. Like it isn't the worst option, but I decided it wasn't worth it when I was still struggling to meet protein goals.

No real attorney is going to pop up on internet forums. I mean I could be wrong but all my attorney type friends graduated from Top 25 schools and they would never ever. I love when companies popup on the bodybuilding websites and show their entire ass. It is always hilarious. Quest did the same thing, which is why their name is mud with a lot of people.

Food scale or body scale? If you have a pocket food scale, maybe. Weighing yourself, don't bother.

@@mileysfitmommy A therapist can be helpful for the reasons listed above. It never hurts. Especially if you are an emotional eater. Everyone struggles with the pre-op diet. It is hell, so that struggle depending on what happened, you didn't provide details, doesn't necessarily mean you have a food addiction.

231 If it wasn't so damn hot and I was retaining Water, I would be lower but ohh well. I'm still pleased. Congrats on all the hard work everyone.

@@Mooseknuckle My Dr suggested fish. Seafood is my preference anyway, even pre-op and in my fattest days. I love fish, lobster, crab, mussels, oysters. The hardest thing for me was making it to 6 months so I could have steak again. chicken is the hardest thing to eat for me, even now. I can eat so little of it, and it is way to easy to over eat on it, even eating the same amount. Some days 3 ounces is fine, some days 3 ounces is hell. I posted some seafood recipes in the recipe forum. I need to add some more. Shrimp and cauliflower grits is awesome in the winter.

I don't think she is chubby chaser big. Her husband just doesn't want things to change.

@@higher Well historically man made carbs are peasant food. They were created to provide lots of cheap energy for labors to work on. meat has always been expensive, and fruit and vegetables were seasonal and not easily obtained year round around the world. Even if you canned them there were limitations for the average person A Victorian era laborer needed 6000 calories a day, they got most of that from bread.

Yeah, I don't understand wanting peasant food like PB&J. I was trying to get my Dr to let me have lobster bisque, lol. In the end I looked at the nutrition and decided it wasn't worth it I love lobster bisque and I still haven't had any since surgery, I never even think about it.

When I was in my pre-op nutrition class all the questions were about when people could have [insert all the foods that got them fat in the first place] again.

Like @@Bufflehead said, gastrectomy is a very old surgery, research it. The only thing new is specifically just applying it to weight loss. Lots of people live without parts of their stomach for a very long time, and you can even live entirely without a stomach. What you can't live without are intestines, well, not well, which is why I chose this surgery in the first place, it was safer with more data. In 30 to 40 years I will old and I will have other organs failing that I will have to worry about. At least I won't have got to that point carrying a whole entire person on my back in excess weight like I have been. At first all the changes for surgery seem huge and forever, but seriously one year out and I am basically a normal person, I just eat well. My food choices and diet isn't any different from any of my other health conscious friends.

@@Kaze On my plan at 6 weeks I could have raw veggies and I had very firm cucumber slices as crackers/mini sandwiches for eating ham and cheese.

@@Nikki Monroe I am not dating anyone now. When I was about 3 months I started dating. I didn't tell the guy I dated for a while and he never asked me questions even though my eating small amounts when we went out annoyed him (because he was cheap). So now at a year out, I can eat enough that no one would question if I had surgery. I just seem like a picky eater, because I am a picky eater and I always have been. Or I seem like just someone with a small appetite or something that would really please my Grandmother, I eat like a lady. There is no reason to tell about my surgery because I have basically perfect health and no specialty nutritional needs beyond anyone else that is health conscious. So if I met someone and was dating them seriously, I wouldn't feel the need to tell them unless we were getting married. The only people that need to know about my health is the person that is my emergency contact and empowered to make medical decision for me, and right now that is my best friend and it will stay that way unless I meet Mr Right.

When he eats those things, leave and go for a walk. I am not going to speak on the relationship stuff because I am not a relationship type person. After you have surgery he is going to be worse, and you are going to want to eat more, and eating then can endanger your life. Do you have a friend you can stay with for a couple weeks post op? Mom? Sister? So you can recover with someone that supports you? He is just afraid you will get attractive and leave him so he is using reverse psychology on you. Don't fall for it. Okay I did say something about the relationship, but seriously you need some support because your health matters.

I read that before and ignored it but I am just going to say, to be successful you have to change how you think about food. I like my chicken salad on a buttery croissant, but I can live without it. So I eat my chicken salad in a bowl. Eating chicken salad in a bowl is a very small price for me to pay for losing 130 plus pounds in less than a year, and buying clothes in pretty much any store I want. When you are fresh from surgery and have all the restriction in the world it is really easy to stop at 2 crackers because 3 crackers are going to hurt. Later, when you are almost 6 months out and people are stuffing themselves at Christmas and you are almost fully healed you might not be able to stop at 3 crackers. Crackers are a slider food. You could sit later on post-op and eat a whole box if you wanted. and wash them down with a bag of chips. Soft slider foods are easier to eat than dense Proteins. So while you have restriction to support you, it is better to not start these habits, and change how you think about food. In the end you can eat whatever you want, it is your life and you might be better than most people and be able to control yourself with slider foods. You pointed out that you are 19 and you don't want to have to be super healthy for the rest of your life, you want some space to enjoy things. Your youth works for and against you, you have a better opportunity to retrain your habits and how you think about food because you haven't created these habits for as long. It works against you because you have a long life in front of you, even with a kidney transplant (I have a friend that had one as a child and is now pushing 50, after being told they would never see 13), which gives you more time to regain. More hard life issues that food might seem like a comfort, and other things. IMO it is better to try and go hard in the beginning when it easy to go hard, while you have your restriction from your sleeve to support you. Later if you have issues with regain, it is harder to make changes. Good Luck

@@chycky The main in ingredient in them is rice flour, so the formulas have as much if not more carbs than normal crackers. They are meant as gluten free crackers not low carb. I thought they were an interesting option until I looked at the nutrition on them. The Cheddar aren't so bad... I think normal crackers have more Fiber than these. Also, there is nothing wrong with eating chicken salad with a fork and hummus with a spoon. Ladies watching their figure have been eating chicken and tuna salad with a fork for decades. Who here is old enough to remember that diet plate that restaurants used to have? They served a chicken or tuna salad on a bed of lettuce with cottage cheese and fruit as the side items. Lots of ladies who lunched chose this option.

I just wanted to add... My program has crackers in the book. Even though my Dr and Nutritionist explicitly said not to eat those kinds of things. I got the feeling in my nutrition class pre-op they just include this stuff because if they didn't some people would never have surgery and they are kinda playing roulette on people not being able to tolerate it and they will do Protein first and not have the room. WLS is a business now at the end of the day. That is just my opinion. A lot things I was told not to eat are allowed in the booklet, but I was told specifically to be successful not to eat these things. I know why people are confused. It is because the information is all over the place. EXCEPT STRAWS!!! Straws are universal death! Just kidding, but straws seem to be the one common evil.

@@SoCalLeslie I have been kind of slamming them lately because I feel like they go bad fast in 90 plus degree heat. So if I am grabbing one as I am heading out because I forgot to eat, I try to drink them ASAP.

I don't understand how that can happen and people go have months and page long threads about their adventures with adultery. I really liked your post and thought it was some needed positivity. Please don't delete your account before I can PM you, lol.

LOL, no way. I drink 16 ounces of Water in like 5-10 minutes. I can drink a Protein shake in 5-10 minutes. I only grab them in emergency. They do nothing for hunger at this point. I used to be able to chug 16 ounces of water without taking a breath before surgery, and I was really worried about never being able to drink fast. I don't have that worry anymore At about 6 months I could drink faster and it got faster each month. I was trying to time myself today on how long it took me to drink a bottle of water. It takes me about 25 minutes to walk my dog on the circuit we walk and I drink a bottle of water in that amount of time, and that is with long breaks for picking up poop and trying to remind my dog he is not a rottweiler but a toy breed. I want to clarify something. Liquids do not trigger restriction. It only feels like it is triggering restriction in the beginning because people are sore from the tubing they use during the operation, and the stomach is swollen and trying to heal. As you heal and the swelling goes down, liquids go down easier, with a noticeable difference at 6 months when you are fully healed. If you have a live swallow test you can watch on the screen, you can see fluids empty immediately into your small intestines. They seep through like sand through an hourglass. Now some people have issues because of strictures etc, but I think even people that post here with strictures have no issues with liquids. @@LipstickLady do you have a hard time with your coke zero through the straw with your stricture?