Ronjohn

B-12 (sublingual) from Amazon, Calcium Citrate and a good multi from Costco/Sam's. The first 30 days, or more, you'll be on all chewables, at least I was. I got a 30 day kit from my surgeon, which they gladly overcharged me for compared to Amazon, but it was required.

I still like all the crap food I did before, so maybe you'll be luckier. The surgery doesn't fix your head, as I'm sure you've read, so be careful. I've had to rethink how I think about food. Deriving enjoyment from food is a daily struggle. I tell everyone I meet that's getting surgery to remember, it's only a tool, you still have to "man up" and follow the diet.

You'll have more amazing meals in your life, but only smaller portions!!!

I've always focused on calories and protein. If you eat enough protein and stay under 1,200 calories you will find there isn't a lot of room for carbs. Especially if you're eating refined carbs.

Amen to that!!!

They have them on Amazon. They have 12 packs. I see a variety pack on there. I might have to give that a try.

Did you try them? Most of the fruit based protein drinks I've tried made me wanna gag... LOL Hope they're good!

There's a lot of truth to this... After a couple months you can do just about anything you want, but you better keep it in moderation if you want to continue weight loss... Most of us don't do well with moderation, as evidenced by our need for this surgery.

I had a mixed drink at 6 weeks out and a beer at 8 weeks. I'm sure everyone's doctor will tell them something different. My nutritionist has never advocated beer, as it's pretty much dead calories. I'm right at 2 years out, and can't drink more than a 6 pack in about 4 hours. Not advocating this, but it might have happened at a football game. It's very easy to drink calories, so be very mindful of this.... It's also very easy to eat garbage after a few drinks...

I wasn't allowed to chew gum for like the first 4 weeks, but they said it was due to swallowing air and causing gas. I do chew gum now, almost daily, but I am very cautious to never swallow. I have no idea if it will cause an issue, but for some reason it freak me out... LOL If you woke up this morning alive you should be OK... :0

RonJon - where did you find the Mr. Cheese O's in your target? I walked around and found $70 of other stuff I probably didn't need but I couldn't find those -- help? Thanks so much in advance! I never found them in Target. Actually, I have never even tried them. I was saying that I needed to...

Do they have chicken in packages like the tuna? That might be a good idea. Not sure I can eat tuna warm. I struggle with it cold...

I will probably do the burger minus the bun in a few parks. Last time I low carb'd it at Disney I would get a burger that had a toppings bar. I would then just eat the patty with some salad fixins. We are only going to be at Disney one day, so that will work then. I bought a big bag of jerky that I am going to break up and weigh before we leave. I suspect I will be able to find some fruit if I get in a bind. I need to find me some of those Mr. cheese O's. Those look yummy...

We are heading out for Spring Break vacation and planned going to various park across Central Florida. This will be the first time in years that I might actually fit on some rides (I'm at 280 now), so I am excited about that. My concern is what to eat and bring with me into the parks for food. I don't want to sabotage my hard work by eating garbage in there. I wanted to see if you guys had any idea on what to eat in there. I was going to pack some beef Jerky and maybe nuts, but I couldn't really thing of anything. Everything I eat now for the most part requires refrigeration. I know in some of the parks I will be able to get salads, but I want to be prepared in situations where I can't.

I have a smoothie every morning. It contains greek yogurt, fairlife milk, 6 frozen strawberries and four packets of splenda. It has 18 grams of Protein, 18 grams of carbs, 0 grams of fat and 142 calories. I moved to this when I got off the Protein shakes. I am actually debating going back to the protein shakes as I seemed to lose more weight on them even though they had more calories. May have just been a coincidence...