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@@ocgirl15 Oh Yeah One bars. Delicious, almost too delicious. Low carbs, high protein. You can't find them just anywhere though. I get that at my local supplement store. https://ohyeahnutrition.com/collections/complete-line/products/copy-of-ohyeah-victory-bars @@SleeveSoon you can make really delicious "hashbrowns" with cauliflower and cheese goggle for recipes.

@@tanyarahmes It doesn't have to just be food with no nutrition. In my case anything that isn't dense Protein is basically a slider for me. Protein Bars Eggs/Omelettes salad greens (spinach, arugula, european greens) Anything that doesn't trigger restriction and can easily pass through your stomach. At first protein bars triggered restriction for me but post 6 months they do nothing. Scrambled eggs for some reason just hurt. Omelettes, poached eggs, fried eggs, do not trigger restriction and offer little satisfaction. I avoid sliders with the except of salad greens because they provide little satisfaction. It is like eating air.

I only have real hunger if I don't eat for like 18 hours. Post-op when before soft foods, when you haven't been able to chew anything real for almost a month or so, there is a lot of head hunger. Once soft foods hits, head hunger is gone. My relationship with food changed at that point because I had to be very cautious with eating so I didn't become overly full or cause myself pain. So that helped really detach me from food. I am still a foodie and I still love and enjoy food, but it doesn't rule my life. It is something I need to fuel my life, but it isn't life. I would just say in the beginning, take the acid reducers the first 6 months. I never had stomach acid issues prior to VSG and I thought I could skip them. Not taking them, caused me problems that I could have easily avoided.

Actually if you use the keto calculator, you set your Protein goal first based off your lean mass. Then you set your fat goals based on how much you want to cut. You have to always base your protein off your lean mass if you want to keep your lean mass. The majority of your calories should be fat, for the entire day but you don't just ignore protein or your protein needs for your lean mass.

No. If I could have anything tailored and saved it would be my coats. I am so much smaller that it isn't even worth it, it would be a disaster to do. I could do it myself but I don't see the point. Not only has my size changed but my shape has changed a lot. I have to dress completely differently. I am all breast, hips and but, with no waist. All my clothes before were designed to flatter my stomach, which I don't have anymore. I need clothes that work for an hourglass figure and that is a different kind of problem.

Natural sugar is liquid form is just like sugar basically. When you eat a piece of fruit the fiber in the fruit causes your body to process it more slowly. If you have it in liquid form, it is hitting your blood stream very quickly.

For me, salad is a slider. No restriction at all. I can eat a massive amount of greens, I usually have a 50/50 mix of spinach and european greens. I eat about 85 grams at a time, that is 3 cups roughly. I find it to be awesome. I have 2 salads like that a day pretty often. It is a great "snack" and the only way I can get my greens in. I need the Fiber and a huge volume amount of salad greens are 20 calories. 20 Calories for a HUGE bowl. I use calorie free dressing or I just use seasonings. I didn't add salad in as a regular part of my diet until about 9 months. 20 calories, 3 cups. It is the only time you get to eat a large volume post op and it is basically no calories. Don't discount salad, when you can eat more it is can be very mentally satisfying. I am still trying to get to the pound of veggies a day that Dr Matthew Weiner suggests. BTW Lettuce has basically no nutritional value, I never ate it before surgery so I won't start now. I have always been a baby spinach lover.

@@okiegirl1980 Yeah 36 is still young, I was older than 36 when I had surgery but younger than 40.

@@okiegirl1980 I picked the Sleeve because I am young and active. My Dr said the Bypass was for older inactive people. Also I was completely opposed to having my intestines touched since they are perfectly healthy. You can live without a stomach if something goes wrong, but you really need a working intestinal tract.

@@James Marusek Sleeve patients have the part of our stomach that produces Ghrelin removed from our body (that 85% stretchy part is the part that produces ghrelin, which is part of the reason that the Sleeve is so effective) so we definitely experience reduced hunger, probably more than Bypass patients.

@@Shemekasr Use search there are several threads with fitbit users you can add

Unless you are allergic to fish, I suggest people learn to like fish, there are all different kinds. If you don't like fish fish, swai has a very mild taste. Why fish? It is low in calories, packed with Protein and super easy to digest. Enjoying seafood will make your weight loss so much easier. I love seafood but I don't like tuna or salmon. Never eat them but I have crab, shrimp, lobster, cod and swai all the time.

The first 6 months after the sleeve you are healing and your stomach is swollen so you have the most restriction and can eat the least. This is the best time to build good healthy habits because your stomach is going to offer you the most support and you should hopefully have no legit physical hunger during this time period (notice I said legit physical hunger, you can still have head hunger or confuse acid for physical hunger). 6-18 months you are fully healed but you should still have little to no ghrelin (stomach hormone that signals the brain for hunger). It gradually returns over time. The first 18 months you get the most physical support from your body to facilitate weight loss. You also have your set point lowered so your body is not actively trying to maintain a higher weight. So while you have this support from your body and this hormone and physical reset, you should take advantage. Learn new eating habits so they because a new lifestyle not a diet and avoid things that cause weight gain. I don't eat carbs, I didn't eat them during the first 6 months and now I don't want them. If I have the occassional carb, it is a once a day once a week kind of thing, not a habit. They just don't appeal to me. You can really change the way you think about and relate to food if you follow the eating steps laid out in your plan. WLS is more than a physical thing, it offers the chance for a complete mental reset in how you think about and relate to food. If you don't follow the plan or the steps you blow that chance and a lot of people end up feeling like they are dieting forever. So the difference ends up being, creating a new way of life, or being on a diet forever, or worse, failing. This Dr has a lot of very good information about Weight loss and weight loss surgery

@@LxA Even when I was on clear liquids I could have Protein shakes. I had a Protein shake in the hospital. So you aren't having any protein at all and are justing living off Water and air? Is that right?!!?!?

@@Bee healthy Probably about the 4th month, at first it was hard to just meet Protein goals so no room for anything else, but I never did low fat. It is basically impossible to do low carb and low fat. I still have a hard time most days meeting my fat goals, but I try to get my healthy fats in. My focus is always on protein first.

@@JamieLogical I'm sorry for your loss. Like other people have said he has to come to it in his own time and his own way. It won't hurt to say something to him about WLS but I wouldn't push it.

I rarely ever eat anything remotely breakfast like for breakfast. I don't really like breakfast food and most of it doesn't have enough protein. I usually have steak for my first meal of the day. Or a fish fillet. Just because it is breakfast doesn't mean you have to have breakfast. You can have grilled chicken strips.

@@AudreyDarling I don't suggest that. In the beginning you might lose weight so fast and your shape changes so quickly, you will skip sizes. You probably won't go a size down, you will probably go down 2 sizes very rapidly. Buying clothes as you lose/fit them and wearing them immediately is kind of the only way to go in the beginning. I would have clothes fit one week and be too large the next week.

@@Inner Surfer Girl She already told everyone she isn't interested in any advice. She just wants to post into the void and have no comments whatsoever about her eating and ignoring per plan. chicken, gravy, potatoes and push it all through the sleeve with sips of Water. No one is supposed to comment on it, except to pat her on the back. So don't waste your time.

I'm in, I am excited there will be another challenge. I am trying to get under 200 before the end of the year.

This is the nutrition on the low-fat strawberry banana. Terrible Macros. Just sugar, almost no Protein. This is the Peach Blueberry with almond milk... It actually manages to be worse, if possible. These are all empty calories basically. There are no good options in any of these smoothies. Lots of calories, lots of sugar, almost no protein.

@@Daisee68 I haven't been in old navy lately. I will stop in there this week. The curvy jeans there do fit well. I didn't purchase last time I tried some on because it was the beginning of summer, and I knew I wouldn't be wearing them.

None of the stuff you are eating will trigger restriction. When you have soft foods, that will change. Lots of people have lots of energy and feel back to normal right away. You still had major surgery though and you should rest, even if you don't feel the need. Your body is trying to recover.

I guess buying clothes depends on your budget. As soon as my old fat clothes were loose I dumped them all. As soon as my new clothes get loose, I dump them. So I buy a few things at each new size. I mostly wear workout clothes around the house and I just get those from walmart. I wear those longer than my street clothes, I have been wearing the same workout clothes all summer and they are like 3 sizes too large now. I'm not buying new shorts, when it cools off I am just going to buy new leggings. My short have draw strings and I have been just making them work. Some of the summer workout tops are on clearance at walmart so I was able to pick up a few new tops in my correct size for $1 each. I think we notice our weight loss better if we wear clothes that fit and you look better in clothes that fit. So I suggest if you can afford it, keep a nice pair of jeans and a few tops that fit at all time. You can wear dresses longer than other things, but clothes that fit I think are really important. I have said this before on this forum but the only person I know that lost 200 pounds on their own and kept it off for years gave me the advice of wearing clothes that fit and immediately tossing the ones that do not. It is a very powerful thing mentally and I really suggest it. If you keep wearing the same loose fat clothes, you feel fat, even when you are smaller. I don't plan on buying a whole new wardrobe until my weight is stable for a long time. Then I will start investing in expensive quality pieces, that might be a year or 2 from now. I have had hot sauce and spices since about 6 weeks. You don't have to give up spicy foods.

I would totally do it again. I was happy before I had surgery but life afterward is just amazing.