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It's not frozen wakame, it's frozen wakame salad with sesame seasoning and all. I won't even attempt to copy it, lol. I use dried and re-hydrated seaweed in soups though.

Yes, it's way different than the first surgery. Especially if you feel "forced" to do it because of e. g. reflux. The excitement of weight loss is completely missing when you're having surgery out of other reasons. You just feel like like crap for a while and have to deal with the anxiety that the "new surgery" isn't as good as the one you had before. I'm still not convinced that the RNY is as good as the MGB when it comes to maintenance. So far I don't have any real reason to think so but there definitely is this nagging anxiety in some part of my brain I can't get rid of and that maybe will be present for some years. If it will ever go away, who knows.

This combo is a keeper. I'm going to add more wakame salad next time though (also a keeper, got it frozen from the asian supermarket I regularly shop at for specialties). Next time I'm going to try with a vegan mock salmon filet. If that's good it'll substitute the fish.

OMG, the pictures look awesome, LOL. 🤤

I don't mind protein powders. I use them regularly in e. g. oatmeal anyway. I like this creamy texture they provide. I also like protein mug cakes once in a while. I found some recipes on the Alphafoods, Nutri+ or Vega website I'd like to try plus of course several on the web or in fitness magazines I browse on Readly (the peanut protein balls were awesome, I posted them on this thread a while ago). When using a protein powder I usually doesn't have to use any additional sweetener. The powders are sweet enough. What powders do you use? I use Alphafoods, Nutri+ and ProFuel - Vega is very hard to get your hands on in Europe as it seems.

Lunch for today: rice with furikake, edamame, wakame salad, smoked trout eaten cold. Not pictured: apricots and plums in soy skyr.

Tomato soup. Later on spelt cooked in the microwave with almond milk, vanilla protein powder, cocoa powder, dark almond butter and a bit of sea salt. Banana on top and a little bit of chocolate sauce for decoration purposes.

This is the Like Meat brand. However, I prefer the Ruegenwalder Muehle one. Better taste and consistency IMO.

Daily weighing drives me crazy, so no.

Hokkien noodles, fake chicken, zucchini, red onions, some mixed frozen vegetables in a lemony sate sauce.

A flat peach.

A flat peach is a peach that is not round but looks more like some kind of disk.

Food for tomorrow: soy skyr with banana (yellow bottom), flat peach, apricot and plum (top). Maybe I will add some muesli to-go I have sitting in my desk, depending on appetite. Rice with wasabi furikake, frozen wakame salad and soy beans.

Hospitals usually don't allow smoking within the building of course but there are usually designated areas for smoking outside.

Really? Never heard of this...wow. Of course surgeons will recommend that patients stop smoking before surgery. They also recommend it before hip or knee replacement etc. However, while in the hospital I saw a lot of patients smoking before and after surgery. People getting the surgery are usually grown-ups. In the end the patient has to make the decision and you know what? Most doctors give a damn in the end if the patient stops smoking or not. You just have to be in the game long enough, lol.

True. In the end it's always a question of "how big is the price one has to pay for it". If you can maintain a BMI in the normal range or maybe even in the being-slightly-overweight range rather effortlessly what's the point of trying to white knuckle your way to a BMI of e. g. 21? If we're being honest we're no longer talking about "health" then. We're talking about "vanity". Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with wanting to lose more weight because of a little vanity but be honest and stop hiding behind the word "health" once a normal weight is reached and it doesn't hurt to be aware of the price one might have to pay for it either. For many patients the decision to lose some more "vanity weight" might boil down to "Do I want a life or a diet and an exercise plan?" I'm dropping again the term "best weight possible". For some, that might indeed be that BMI of 20. For others it might be the BMI of 27 or 28 or higher, depending on starting BMI and life circumstances. Usually surgeons and dietitians are more realistic when it comes to goal weight than the patients, e. g. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18201668/

I like his videos, too. He's a bit of a loner in the bariatric field because he pushes a diet that differs quite a lot from what is recommended by other surgeons.

I like his older videos, too. Having "big goals" is nothing wrong or naughty. The problem is how people react when they don't reach them or only reach them partly. So it might not be wrong to set a more moderate goal and adapt as the patient goes along. Surgeons and dietitians got more modest during the years because there is study after study that shows what's the usual outcome after several years for many (though definitely not all) patients is. If you see yourself as a winner and as successful only if you're maintaining at a BMI 21 or lower forever and feel like a failure when you're only being able to reach and maintain e. g. a BMI of 28 (coming around from maybe a BMI of 50) - maybe that's not really all that pleasant. There is nothing wrong with pursuing lofty goals but I think one should have a plan B if plan A doesn't work out. Most people on here usually don't believe it in the beginning but: you don't pick a goal weight like a new pair of jeans or the color of your next car.

I found some recipes for vegan protein bars that could taste decent. Mind you, there nutritional profile ist not as protein heavy as the carb crushers by my protein or the no cow bars but they're for sure less pricy.

Food for tomorrow's 24 h shift: 2 portions peanut tofu with aubergine and sweet chili sauce with brown rice. Sandwiches with cucumber, an apricot and blueberries. Not pictured: strawberries.

Bananas, strawberries, soy skyr, chocolate sauce and a coffee banana muesli mix.

Bean pastas are one of my favorites. Tasty and insane amount of protein even if you only eat a plain tomato sauce with it. I only like this one brand though. The rest of the bean/lentil pastas I tried was just 🤮.

Explore Black Bean Spaghetti with tomato sauce. Cashew "parmesan".

Yes, Mestemacher is one of the brands that makes this kind of bread. The bread pictured above is the REWE store brand though.