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Thank you for the info. I honestly had no idea about the expense. I hope it is lower for me. I am in New Hampshire.

I never heard of the brand Quorn. Is it sold at regular markets, or is it a specialty item?

I will have to try it. I wouldn't eat it plain, but putting it in something might just do it.

I never realized that they would be easier on the belly. I will give it a try.

I tried eating tofu, and I don't care for it at all. Its weird.

I like boca burgers. I used to eat them once in a while, before my surgery. My mom eats them, and got me hooked one summer.

I have read some stuff about this in the past. It is def something to be aware of. I will do more research to see if this is something I will eat. If I do, it would only be once in a while for a substitute.

I also avoid deli meats because of the chemicals in them. I only eat red meat, hamburger, maybe 2 x's a month, if that. I can not process steak, still, after 7 months PO. It just sits in my belly, and it hurts going down.

Looks like I will do some research to see which ones have the better protein count.

I will have to try them.

Jealousy is an evil thing! I say let the haters hate, and move on.

Funny you say that about hubby. I bought a cauliflower crust pizza at Trader Joes. I didn't tell hubby, he is a veggie phobia. LOL He never knew the difference. I told him when we were done eating, and he said he couldn't tell it wasn't regular crust.

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It tastes better than wheat pasta. At least I think so.

I was freaked out about the loss also. I started losing around 3-6 months. Now I am almost 7 months, and I am not losing hardly any, and it looks like it is starting to grow back a little bit. I know people who never grew back., but they were older. That could have something to do with your mom, and grandma.

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's, which I think is the same thing as hypothyroid, years before my surgery. I literally gained over 60 lbs. in about a year and a half because of it. I just kept gaining weight. I wasn't eating more, or worse. The docs put me on levothyroxine, and it wasn't helping. I started with 125mcg, then up to 150mcg, and now after the surgery I am down to 137mcg. I see the doc soon, and have to do labs, so we will see what happens. Also, before the surgery the doc found nodules, after doing a biopsy, and now after the surgery, they have disappeared?

All I can say is that everyone looks amazing! Keep up the good work. I love to see the pics, it gives me motivation to dress a little bit better. Since I am home all day, all I wear is sweats. With the nicer weather coming, I do want to wear better clothes. Plus the fact that I am 6 pant sizes, and 5 shirt sizes smaller than I was before the WLS!!

Reading all of these posts, I may have to give it a try. I am very leery about eating plant based meats for some reason. Is it more protein than regular meat? Why do you eat it? Are you vegan, vegetarian, etc.?

So to follow up on this post. I had the 1st shot, and the only side effect was that my arm hurt like heck the next day. The day after I was fine. I never got sick or anything. Now I go for my 2nd shot at the end of this month. I hope nothing happens. I hear that the 2nd one can be worse?

Is it much higher in price? Is the price, what you thought it would be for all these quotes? I have no idea how much it will cost. Is there anyway you could let me know a ballpark figure? Just want to see if it will be doable, since insurance will not cover it. Thanks

It will get much better in time.

Notifications said that you quoted me, but I don't see anything here? Am I missing something?

Thank you for letting me know this. I usually don't shop at Whole Foods, so I wouldn't have known about this option.

Does anyone else drink almond milk? I started drinking it because of lactose intolerance. At first I bought the lactaid milk, but there is something in it that was still not agreeing with me? Now, I can't seem to tolerate the almond milk?

This def is me. I couldn't drink regular milk before the surgery. Now I can't even tolerate almond milk for some reason? Sometimes I can eat dairy and other times not. I noticed that if I only eat it like once a week, I am ok. Weird.