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Calling Dr. Bombay! Calling Dr. Bombay!! @GreenTealael Ok, so you little trickster. How DARE you! How DARRRREEEEEEEE you to get me jacked on cocaine matcha lemon bubble pudding (chia seed pudding)!!! One hit. One hit. That's ALL it took! *sob* In less than 24 hours, I've had 3 tbsp of chia seeds and 1 cup of Silk cashew milk along with the matcha, vanilla, and lemon stevia (plus a few walnuts and frozen blueberries and a little Grk yogurt mixed in). Three (mini meals) desserts...THREE!!! HOLY HOTNESS! HOLY Jehoshaphat Jerusalem! Where's my Wailing Wall now? Where's my Moses now? My chia seed package says 8g carb and 8g fiber for essentially a zero carb experience of nervana. Can this possibly be real? Is this gonna be a colon blow 2000 experience? And more importantly...can I have "tapioca" chia pudding tonight (aka vanilla) after having 3tbsp in <24 hours? And which nut milk is best? Almond milk or cashew milk? Which is thicker and less gritty? Which has better nutrients? And is the unsweetened vanilla version of these nut milks CRAP cuz of ingredients? I need so much. help. SO. MUCH!!!!! kthnxbyecomequickly...

You are very focused and committed. This is not an ordinary experience hon. SOME people can only eat small portions--others can eat more.

Impossible to predict. We're all so different and each of us have a different relationship and level of attachment to the food. Each of us have different mental preparations for this surgery. You really need to just start looking at how you view food. Start down-regulating its importance in your life. Start eating whole foods--lose the CRAP, detox off caffeine, get off sugar and all white stuff. Go low carb or keto now if you can. What you do now, will ultimately make life in the 2 week pre-op liquid diet and life in the 2-6 weeks post surgery so much easier for you. I was personally so ready for this surgery, mentally, emotionally, and I welcomed the changes with a hopeful and positive attitude. I have had very little grieving. I did have periodic episodes of unexplainable sadness and depression that would last anywhere from 1 hour to a day or two. These are a normal part of gut surgery, anesthesia, and liberation of hormones from fat burning. You learn to deep breath, exercise and get moving, get out in the sun, watch comedies, commune with your family and friends and to talk it through. Honestly, you will eventually be able to eat all the things post surgery that you eat now. The bigger question is, why would you want to keep doing the same things post surgery that got you the lifetime invitation to the Obesity Ball in the first place? That's lunacy. Albert Einstein said, "Doing the same things and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity." All things in small portions is a big fat forking lie invented and perpetrated by skinny doctors and nutritionists who have NEVER been obese. Once you are overweight or obese, a totally different set of rules apply--for life.

This is a really solid article I came across today. It feels pretty universal that by about month 7-ish, our experience with our tool starts to shift and become a bit more challenging--for a variety of reasons. And one thing I certainly noticed was the larger capacity. Yikes! It's enough to send fear down my spine. This article is by the OAC (Obesity Action Coalition) and just very very good information for all of you struggling! https://www.obesityaction.org/community/article-library/bariatric-surgery-what-to-eat-when-the-honeymoon-wears-off/?fbclid=IwAR3nOMFaPpF2bt33btVcOt2E1wg2ImQbm_xKQFyLogCMNK7A2gi2SWlmJSo Has you honeymoon period started to wain or has it ended? Can you pinpoint at what month that happened?

Take the weight off. Then do lifting. But get the weight off. Studies show that there is no such thing as targeted fat loss short of doing liposuction. Sorry.

With all due respect. You are a gastric bypass. The OP is a VSG. From my observation in the US, most VSG patients have a MUCH longer time on liquids and purees than us bypassers.

Are you still pre-op? LOL. That's what it says in your profile.

Welcome to the world of arbitrary doctor's orders. It IS hard to make sense of the hard fast rules and the touchy feely individual ones. But it's still besst to follow YOUR doc's plan. Otherwise why have the surgery? I just HAVE to presume that the docs know more than we do as patients in these situations...

Keep swimmin, Dory! Don't lose the faith!!! WTG for muscling through and trying new things!!! Do you log, weigh and measure every bite that goes down your mouth? Mine was long gone by 10months. LOL. So I feel your pain!

At 7 days (or anytime) engage your MIND rather than entertain idle head hunger. (And yes, I KNOW how hard head hunger is...and about diet fatigue. I get it. It's hard. So is being morbidly obese and having terrible co-morbidities. Choose your hard.) Spend the time wisely--learn new things--do the head work. Here's a great thread to apply your brain.

Well I eat about 90/10 whole foods to packaged foods. I'm pretty good with that mix. I heart the following: Zeroodles (all shapes) and shirataki noodles (the same thing but different brands). Quest Chips and Tortillas Walden Farms Dressings (Asian, Sesame Ginger, Italian) + Basil Garlic Marinara (mixed with other low carb marinara) Epic flavored baked pork rinds

WLS is hard. You are going through a time that is a right of passage. I think we've all "tested" the waters during our diet progression--some with more success than others. But please understand this...the rules exist for a reason. For our protection! At 7 days the risk of perferation and leakage are HEEEEEEUUUUUUUGGGGGEEE! The reason you are placed on liquids is to reduce the amount of activity in the stomach. The stomach actually expands and contracts when food (and sometimes liquids) are brought into it. They even do that in response to PICTURES of food. And the docs want to keep that activity to a minimum. And the second thing that must be asked of you guys cheating: What were you hoping to get from WLS? Why would you actively say WTF, I'm doing it anyway cuz I am "tired of liquids" Why would you actively add back caffeine to your program when your doc told you not to? When decaff is an option? *SMH. Trying not to judge. But this WOE is hard enough without actively trying to eff ourselves with bad choices--most especially during this early, early, time. You have ONE honeymoon period. Don't eff it up. Don't squander it. Get started doing the headwork, and making the hard calls. I'm sure others will be along shortly to soothe your ruffled feathers and give affirmation to your decisions and rationalizations...

Good that you went on your merry way. Bad that you dropped a danged ol' $10 salad!

Yay!!! Congrats to you and your teeny, tiny sleeve!

For those of you going through regain. Can you do an experiment for me, please? Will you serve yourself a "normal" size dinner portion that you've been eating. And then measure it and come back and share with us the volume and exactly what you ate? Extra points for pics before/after. That would be SO helpful! I'm wondering if you're eating <1cup of food per meal still or if you are eating 1-2cups or 3 cups per meal and what kind of foods (ie I can probably eat 2cups of salad but 1 1/4c of dense protein + al dente veg). I'm 16months out.

Aw hon. Congrats on your fabulous success and work!!!! No offense taken! WE are all on our own path and journey and it's just such an individual experience!

Saw this today. It didn't come as any big surprise. I think we all remember experiencing this? It's an old study. https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/0016-5085(86)90943-1/pdf?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F

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Ok, BS? or WORD!?

Yeah. I just read about titanium dioxide this morning. Had thought it was pretty "innocent." Maybe not so much now. I still don't think that will be the thing that finally kills me. So I will worry about it maybe next month.

Nooo! It's 5 days eating basically vegan. Like you. I can't do 5 days of a WF. But I can do 5 days of an FMD eating greens/veggies and green smoothies. And getting protein in from hemp hearts, chia, some garbanzo beans. My carbs are still net 50g or less per day.

Yeah, EFs are tough especially when it's just WF! I find them practically impossible. Me=wimpy Most of my OMADs (and I don't do a lot of those) are 22:2 or 20:4 and I purposely don't worry about hitting protein goals. But my other days, I try to hit my protein goal each day during the eating window--usually 16:8 or 18:6. I had a big night last night and am up a couple of pounds of water weight today, so it's on like Donkey Kong. Once a month Resetters do a 5 day fast. I'm not being very compliant this week. My excuse rationalization is Memorial Day. *sigh*. Oh well. Will get back on it today and go for 5 consecutive days with is. It's really an FMD of sorts featuring 2x a day green smoothies and unlimited green veg. Come do it with me. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get your protein in on it. I was given the ok to have hemp hearts and chia from my oncologist.

Darlin' this is a fallacy. The surgery works to some extent on its own IF you follow the rules and depends quite closely to the amount of metabolic derangement you have. I have had to fight tooth and nail for every pound, but I'm an outlier. IMHO, wl stops for most when you are in equilibrium. But if you are still eating wl mode calorie levels of 650-850 like many of us, then you probably will need to up your cals to around 900-1200 as a start. Congrats on your fabulous success!!

You rock lady!!! I'm trying for an OMAD at 6pm tonight. Wet fast. Just didn't have it in my to dry today. Good luck today btw!

Oh no my dear. I can relate! Good times!