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I hope you enjoy the food. I would say a great stand in for what you describe. Fresh and full flavors. Not salty and soggy like some frozen foods can be. And for my purposes, no prep work was a must. My husband was taking care of everyone and working full time. Would have been really easy to eat PBJ and pizza and Chinese. All a slippery slope!!! Hope you report back!

Factor 75 saved my butt and my family when I was post op knee surgery and non weight bearing for 8 weeks!!! (Not cooking and not carrying anything) Great food. My husband and I often shared a meal.

Interesting that milk and ice cream are the culprits as they both have high sugar content compared to the dairy you can tolerate. Good luck to you and your husband on keto! You can do it!!!

Congratulations! Super news!!!

Keto may really help you kick the sugar. When I eat keto or close to keto, I do not have cravings. High fat really works well for me. High protein sometimes leaves me feeling more hunger. So, for example, if I don't eat enough fats and eat chicken (high protein but lean) for a couple days, I get hungry or cravings. Fats mainly come from avocado, cream and nuts. Sometimes butter.

Hoping that it's because you're building muscle and having some hormone fluctuations before you see a couple pound drop. Good job finding movement that you like and will hopefully bring you joy.

Breakfast: seed porridge (chia, flax and sunflower) cinnamon coconut milk. Lunch: bacon, chicken, avo salad with goat cheese. Snack: Walnuts Dinner: ground beef and Brussels sprouts. (Nom nom nom)

The weight loss is fantastic! Ulcer is so painful. It's probably pretty scary to have one in a pouch and not know why, huh? Like how do I prevent another one. Impressed that the surgeon could make a second pouch! Glad you're on the mend!

Chemical gastritis is erosive gastritis commonly caused by NSAIDs. This types of gastritis causes ulcer-like lesions in the mucosa. Confirmed by EGD biopsy. There are actually a few types of gastritis. The other common gastritis is caused by H Pylori.

Did you get this sorted?

I call that my U-Turn, Coops I've had massive orthopedic surgeries in the last year and I have one more in a few months. The regain is real and it's a daily mental investment that I sometimes really have no control over. My recoveries are long and I depend on others to feed me. That gets really hard on them after say, 8 weeks! If I get weight focused, I will lose the war. I just had labs. My lipids and fasting glucose are perfect. No vitamin or mineral deficiencies. My BP is acceptable (I like it lower but MDs are happy). These are the true reasons for me to be on this journey. To live a long life. The weight will come back off!

This board has been through this before. Generally I take a hiatus and come back periodically. I'm sorry to read that things blew up on highly valued members who gave a lot and have a lot of experience. Hopefully a break will bring them back around.

The longer I stay on this site the more I convinced I am that the norm is for a lower weight at year 2 with a regain in during year 2-3 to a stable weight. So many people are posting about 5-20 pound gains in that time. Makes the slooth in me wonder. *dear Internet, I'm not saying this is true for everyone* I stay really active and any dip in that activity brings weight gain. It's a trade off 6 days a week in the gym or weight gain. I can not control with diet alone. For me that's okay. I love the workout. I've just had several surgeries since maintenance and I've experienced what sedentary does to my body. Anyway, I take probiotic, fish oil, multivitamin (gummy), b12 (gummy), Vit D with Calcium, and Vit C. Hope you find what works for your body. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

The farther out I get, the less one year post op seems to qualify. So many changes happen in the 3rd year. I do think there is still a major difference on this thread as people move into maintaining versus people who have been in maintenance for a long time. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I follow some pretty active crossfitters from here on MFP. Do you use that app? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App