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I keep saying protein bars are bad because they are entirely fake and created in a factory with chemicals. They don't grow from the ground, they don't come from nature. If you are pressed for protein in a crunch situation, fine, but they aren't a natural or healthy food. Even the guys at the supplement store I go to will caution people from eating too many. They are not real food.

I never weighed myself before WLS surgery. It allowed me to get morbidly obese and stay that way. I'm trying to make different habits. I weigh myself every day, or every other day. I only count one day a week though. It has helped me learn more about how my body works. There are a lot of fluctuations in weight. My weight can be 5 pounds different from when I went to bed to when I wake up. I say if you didn't weigh yourself before, do something different and weigh yourself. A good way to disconnect yourself from the scale is to weight yourself all the time. If you are tracking your food and doing the right thing you know you didn't gain 3 pounds of fat from one day to the next. I think a scale is a great tool, and I think not weighing yourself often is a recipe for regain. It is a lot easier to catch regain if you are weighing yourself all the time instead of not weighting and catching it at 20 pounds instead of 5.

You are 12 weeks. Almost nothing is a slider at 12 weeks. Popcorn is definitely a slider. Introducing it when it isn't a slider is just going to make it easier to over eat when it is a slider. Protein bars used to have me stuff at 3 to 6 months. Now I can eat like 3 back to back if I want. They offer no restriction. Luckily I know they aren't good for you so I eat them rarely.

The less dense protein you eat, the harder it is to eat it. you have to use your sleeve so you can eat. If I go a couple days without eating, I can't eat as much as I could before. Eat dense protein and track your food. The last little bit of weight is the hardest to get off

@Melisa G When people ask these questions, it would really help a lot of you posted a food log. No one can help you or offer you constructive advice without something solid to base it on.

Crackers are a pretty terrible option. If you feel like you need crunch to eat tuna, don't eat tuna. If you are trying to lose weight adding carbs back into your diet early on isn't a good idea.

Anyone that loses weight fast can lose their hair though. It has nothing to do with WLS like people think. Some women shed and lose a bunch of hair after having a baby. Any kind of body change can make you lose hair. So just because he lost weight and hair doesn't mean he had WLS. And men can drop weight so fast if they cut calories and stick to it, it doesn't have to be because of WLS.

Its a waste of calories. I'm almost to maintenance and I still haven't had fruit.

What do you eat in a day?

I was cold all the time. It stopped once my weight loss slowed to an average pace. Now that I am just losing a couple pounds here and there, I am no longer cold.

I did that for a little while post-op. I didn't have any hunger and I wanted to test the limits. I would never do it now. I would be in the kitchen all day.

One of my friends that knows I had surgery told me that when he tells people about me and my surgery they don't believe him. "No one loses that much weight, they are lying".

Most of my daily hydration comes from Coffee. It totally counts.

I don't think it is good to reintroduce carbs or carb substitutes until you have a good handle on things but there are options. And they are okay as long as you aren't using them at every meal.

Hmm once I was close to a year and really active. I used the low carb flatout wraps to make low carb pizza. https://www.flatoutbread.com/products/flatout-wraps/flatout-light/light-italian-herb/ https://www.flatoutbread.com/products/flatout-wraps/flatout-proteinup/low-carb-flatbreadcore-12/ These are good too. http://www.tumaros.com/content/tumaros-products?cid=68 I make fat head pizza most of the time now when I want pizza I have the calories to spare. When you are at goal, or close to it, you have more choices. Or if you are super active and have issues getting your calories up. Still these are like once or twice a week items for me, not every day.

Almost 2 years. Never had popcorn. When your kids eat popcorn, eat Quest protein chips. You will be able to eat endless amount of popcorn once you are healed and if you do, you will never hit goal. Just being honest. @Sosewsue61 OP said they could eat Popcorn all day. With a Sleeve you can eat pop corn all day. You could eat one of those huge Christmas bags. You could eat one of those huge tubs from Garretts (shout out to my peeps in Chicago). A sleeve won't stop you, further more, eating popcorn is going to be a lot easier than eating dense protein. The reason a lot of people eat sliders is because they are easy. Encouraging OP to eat Popcorn in moderation when OP basically admitted in the first sentence they have no moderation is reckless. Eating something with 5 times the amount of carbs to protein is a terrible food choice for anyone, let alone a sleever. Your brain and other body functions need fat to function. Humans have no need for carbs. Historically carbs were pushed as a cheap way to feed peasants, they are just peasant foods. Don't be a pleb, eat protein.

On what planet is 100 pounds in 9 months slow? I watched 2 episodes of 600 pound life the other day and those people both had surgery when they were over 500 pounds and they lost 30 pounds the first month. I'm not sure why people that start in the 200s or 300s think they are going to hit goal in 4 months.

broth with unflavored protein

1. Count net carbs, subtract the fiber 2 If you eat meat and green veggies it is almost impossible to even hit 25 grams of carbs a day. Less than 25 net is really good if you want to drop fast, but 60 isn't bad. What do you eat in a day, if you are eating stuff like yogurt, just give it up

^^^^^^^ This is so important. I don't think people realize this, especially pre-ops and newbs. Post 6 months, you are all healed, probably not dumping at all if you ever dumped (this applies to RNY too), and you can eat endless amounts of crap. It will slide right through, no restriction. Not only will it be easy to eat, but if you are a food addict, the ability to finally be able to consume large amounts of food again will be addictive and thrilling. It is so incredibly easy to regain, which is why when you have the most support from your sleeve in months 1-6 you need to be die hard in forming your habits. Being super strict early on means later on you have so many good habits that they are just natural to you and you don't have to think about them. It makes choosing correctly later on easy. Tracking your food doesn't seem like a chore, it is just a normal thing you do. People are not regaining on dense protein. They are regaining on all the easy trash foods. I could probably eat 8 ounces of meat if it was in a sauce or I grazed. I can eat 6, but when I do I am uncomfortable for hours. 4 ounces is still the most comfortable amount of dense protein. I am satisfied but not overly full.

the one I had was like stretchy cotton, you can stuff them in and get a compression effect. I squeeze my G into DD sports bras all the time

There is nothing wrong with using protein shakes still to supplement so you meet goals. Under 25 grams is fine, that not too low or too high.

Nope and nope

Boobs way to big to go bra free, ever in life. Not wearing a bra is probably the most uncomfortable thing in the world for me. #teambigtitties

Get a bra like this http://www.justmysize.com/shop/justmysize/plus-size-intimates/bras/just-my-size-bras/just-my-size-wirefree-bra-jm1274 Wear a loose dress if you can, I wore a maxi dress. I also kept and extra bandage on the incision that was right along my bra line, to pad it. You want clothes that are as easy to get on and off as possible.