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I am 17 days out and I went shopping today and discovered I am 1 size down Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

Thanks for the ideas @@Inner Surfer Girl @@foodfighter78 @@Baconville I decided to stick to chocolate I make myself its healthier, takes minutes and has no hidden ingredients.

I'm 100% with you on this one. @@pedro Valle-Iclan. People can say we are browbeating, but going along with someone and saying "It's ok" is why so many of us ended up like we did in the first place. Be accountable! I spent basically my entire life thinking the way to comfort myself was food. When I was a little girl, I would come home from school crying, because the kids were making fun of me because I was fat. Know what my mom did? She gave me oreo Cookies to comfort me, or a donut, or a twinkie, or a piece of cake. I don't give a hoot if I'm considered popular or not here, I'm so over the popularity contest here. If you ask a question you're going to get an honest answer and opinion. That's all it is though....MY opinion, entitled to it, just as everyone else is to their own. Why have the surgery if you start cheating after losing what...18 lbs? Makes no sense to me at all. You have a hell of a long way to go. I'd get into therapy immediately, especially before you rip that tiny stomach open. *still shaking my head* P.S. I got set straight by a regular, that this is NOT a support group, when I first started coming here. I don't treat it as such since that time. I have read and re-read this thread several times in hope of reading something, --anything positive posted from the above posters that I am responding to. Instead, all I have read is ridicule, sarcasm, and defamation---oh, and ignorance.BP IS a support group. We are here to support one another, and hopefully advice through our own bumps in the road. Can you not read the call for help from the original poster? She is asking for help, not for your venom, and that is all I am feeling--venom being spewed onto a questioning, stunned victim. If you are ignorant about the different WLS, please, do NOT post as if you do. That does more harm than good.--and speaking so, makes you appear arrogant and quite "stupid". Leave the advice giving to those who have knowledge and heart to speak of such things. Please,Please: "If you can't improve upon the silence--don't" To the original poster: Please, do not judge this group by the two posters that I am responding to. BP as a whole is a marvelous group of caring people who want nothing more than to help you to succeed in your journey. You may need some "turn about" guidance, but even then it will be done in a caring and heartfelt way. Try reposting your question in a few days, maybe rephrasing it a wee bit. --Don't give the "negative nuggies" any ammo to fire at you. In the meantime, call your surgeon's office or your NUT and ask their advice. They will be able to guide you and get you back on the correct path . Prayers going up for you. Thanks for your post! I really appreciate it. Believe it or not on another question of mine about chocolate this guy made fun of my question...called it silly when Pedro Valle decided to intervene there as well and ask him to elaborate! And when I explained that raw cacao is actually good for us and vegan chocolate is healtht he insinuated that I am too fat in comparison to him to advise him on what is healthy calling me silly again!!! People are just vile and angry on this forum to be honest! And exceptionally judgemental of each other. Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

Are you seriously calling me fat on a bariatric forum! WOW! I should know better than to answer creatures like u Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

OK Pedro, I'm just kidding, the truth is I find that a thread like this in a forum like this is just plain silly. I know you agree. chocolate should be considered poison to ALL OF US BARIATRIC PATIENTS.Raw cacao is very beneficial to us, buying a mars bar is what is wrong. Assuming that a question is silly based on ur own definition is very limited in my opinion...and does not match the role of this forum by any means! Just a helpful hint there are many ways to enjoy chocolate made with healthy ingredients like fruits, natural sweetners like agave and healthy oils like coconut. Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

A trip orban adventure Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

You were incredibly spot on! and I am now constipatee ...so how do you deal with constipation? I am too early post op to risk taking meds Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

Slippery slope is my main concern Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

I was always too weak and practically have no life. The moment I started eating tiny amounts I have normal energy and my life is back...I can go foe long walks with my dog...and most importantly my head hunger entirely disappeared Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

Oh it is confessional the thing is I feel fine and I am as careful as I can be pushing such phase but worried at the same time Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

and if so how soon after surgery? and how did it go?

I am glad to report that I eat all the chocolate I want! Vegan ones that is. I can taste chocolate with natural unprocessed sweetners ..so I eith make my own or buy them. My taste buds changed so I cant enjoy commercial brands. Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

@@gpmed I just began the mashed phase bu not fully on it as I should still be on heavy liquids. You are right about Protein, I ate today Beans, and cravings disappear right after I eat protein; however, I still crave food often, at least 50% of my day my head is thinking of different foods it is missing. I have an event that I am looking forward to looking much thinner in, and hopefully will fit into a certain outfit...thinking of this helps me ignore my cravings.

Oh god 5 weeks and 7 weeks! Uff! What I did is move to the mashed phase early and eat raw vegan chocolate ice cream which helps a bit. My head hunger goes down a bit after eating something sort of normal. But u should see how I look at salad and meat I really hope some1 has a trick up their sleeve! Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

I have an incredible desire to bite and chew food. How have you delt with this?

A friend of mine took 1 year for her taste buds to come back to normal Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

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Huh interesting! I wonder why that is. Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

I am just starting my mashed stage, and I noticed that nothing tastes right. Everything sweetish needs to be more sugary, and potato Soup tastes incredibly starchy, chicken broth has an aftertaste...etc. fruit juice is the only thing that tastes good.

Hi All, I am beginning my mashed phase, and there is this pudding recipe I want to try but it requires about a tablespoon of starch. Have you used starch in your recipes?

Ohh cheese an interesting choice Thanks

Good luck Please keep me updated with your list! My list is very short in comparison to the long Journey I plan on making I am looking forward to air yoga but that happens about 50 pounds from now Right now I would literally tear down the wall

Right now I see nothing but my goals. I know this will eventually slow down as weeks and months pass, so my plan is too keep myself determined by setting rewards for myself for every milestone I hit. I am 4 days post-op now and down 10 lbs already, in another 10 lbs I will officially drop a size and I plan on clearing out my closet of everything that doesn't fit me and treat myself to 1 new item. After a following 10 lbs I plan on changing my hair color, and so on... What have you rewarded yourself ith for reaching your milestones?

Great ideas thanks...what about mashed potatoes Sent from my GT-N7100 using the BariatricPal App

Good luck I should shift in monday but I am already on milk and Cappuccino so I will shift on Sunday Please keep in touch we can encourage each other