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Exactly - it's an interesting gap in his thinking, and he doesn't really address it. It's okay to say "I consider the surgery too risky, so I'm not going to pursue it" but he didn't. He just did this weird narrative 180 and said "now I'm going to pursue the path I've just spent 2000 words describing as almost futile".

Everybody stumbles. It's what you do after that makes the difference. You threw out the leftovers - SCORE!

Liquids go right through you. Once you are able to eat solid food like chicken take it slow or you will be hurting!

And you just get better and better as the days pass. And I do enjoy your postings, they usually have answered my questions before I even thought to ask them.

Thank you for sharing this. So much of the article resonated with me except his dismissal of WLS as giving up.

Hi @Stajas. Welcome aboard and congratulations on your recent surgery...you will learn a lot on this site as I certainly have. Jump right in 🤗 I wish you the very best on your journey 😉

I second the pinterest idea! I really craved salty food by the time I progressed to full liquids. I was tired of sweet protein drinks. I relied pretty heavily on blended soups for this stage but watch out - some things are really gross blended up. A particularly nasty minestrone comes to mind. The absolute best soups to blend are Vietnamese pho (minus the noodles - I also removed the meat initially); japanese ramen (remove the noodles) and miso soup. I think they work so well because they are clear broth soups with a touch of meat, tofu and veggies. I found heavier broth soups containing beans, etc. to be less appetizing when blended. Whatever you do, don't blend any soups with the pasta in it unless you're into meat pudding 😖 In a pinch, you could make any of these on your own but I really loved getting my favorite soups as takeout, blending them and then freezing in a silicone mini muffin pan. I popped them out in labeled baggies and just popped them into the microwave one at a time as needed. Then, I could eat 3 or 4 different soups a day without wasting any. If you can tolerate adding some unflavored protein powder to it as well it's even more nutritious. There are also tons of easy full liquids that are sweet like sugar free yogurt, pudding, jello, etc.

Turkey meatballs for the win Strain fat out while cooking. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using BariatricPal mobile app

OMG! How much do I owe you? [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3] You made me feel good! You hit it head on, I'm almost 4 years out and the thought of pounds creeping up on me is embarrassing (if you let it be, at least I am). I don't want to really acknowledge it, I want to act like it's not happening and give half efforts to fix and today I finally acknowledged it out loud to my mate and now I am determined and not alone in this issue! For first time since weight has be creeping up over past 6 months have I really understood I need to take it seriously and be determined to take care of issue.. And I am relaxed because I'm not hiding my self imposed shame! Thanks again! Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

Oh I dream of Onederland and you're already there! A world 🌎of losing before I get there, I figure between a year to 18 months out, but it is someday achievable.