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@TheRealSergio Is your protein goal really 60 grams? For a 5 foot 11 inch man? That is the bare minimum even for a woman.

10 days post-op isn't an accurate view of life post-op. If this is your plan and you think it will work for you then do it. Long term you aren't going to have limited stomach space. In fact for the majority of the rest of your life you will not have limited stomach space. The amount of time you have limited stomach space is very short. My only caution to you is. The way you are planning on eating might satisfy you while you are swollen and still healing, long term, everything you are eating is a slider and you won't be satisfied. Starting post-op basing your diet on sliders (even healthy ones) might not be the best idea. Basing your life and eating off your immediate post-op restriction, long term is a recipe for failure.

At the Federal level? I don't think so because almost every red state (and I am just saying red state for a simple grouping not to engage in politics) didn't have obesity coverage as an essential coverage.

If you normally don't eat carbs, then you eat carbs, you are not gaining fat you are gaining water weight in your liver. Your liver is storing Glycogen which is increasing your weight. Why do you need cheat meals or cheat days? You should have a way of eating that you don't feel deprived and don't need cheat meals. They are counter productive and are always going to make you feel deprived. What are your cheat meals? Maybe we can come up with better options.

Honestly you are over thinking something that happens for a very limited amount of time. The amount of time that you can just eat protein is probably 6 months, maybe 12, and that is going to vary day by day. People focus too much energy on the time immediately post-op and never think long term. I think that is why so many people regain and start regaining so fast post-op. They assume post-op portions and restriction are the restriction for life and that just isn't true. Planning a post-op life around using protein powders and supplements is probably not going to work. The main reason being, after you are stuck on those for weeks you won't want to see another one, ever or for a long time. I used to have a protein shake for breakfast for years before surgery. I liked them. Now I will just go hungry before I have a protein shake. If I never see another one again in life, I'm good with it. You can't really accurately plan a post-op life when you are pre-op because surgery changes your life and your attitude towards food. You can't imagine it pre-op and no one can really accurately explain it to you. I'm trying but you have to experience it. Also with a normal size stomach, you can't imagine what having a small stomach is like. So unless you are an insane food addict. Eating 2-3 ounces of protein is going to take a lot of energy and you won't even be interested in eating anything else plus you will be stuffed. What I started doing to have veggies was have them as a mid afternoon snack. So I had an afternoon Salad. which I LOVED, because I could eat a large volume of baby spinach. Most green veggies at a certain point are going to be come a slider so you won't even want to eat them protein. I hate when I go out and get a chicken Cesar salad because they don't come with much chicken anyway and it gets pushed through my stomach with salad greens. As far as vitamins, I don't get why people are so anti-vitamins. I have taken a multivitamin my entire life. They are just a part of general good health. Most people are vitamin deficient even with a balanced diet just because of how our food is grown and processed. It is basically impossible to eat enough food to meet your vitamin requirements, even with a regular size stomach.

It doesn't get better fast, but it does get better. I really feel like laparoscopic surgery does a number on people mentally. You have the majority of a major organ removed. Your body is freaking out right now trying to repair itself. If we lived in a better society people could take the 6 to 8 weeks off they need to recover instead of pushing themselves. Yet, in America, we don't even give people maternity leave so leave for surgery is too much to ask for. You are going to be tried until you can eat a decent amount of calories, 6 weeks to 3 months.

Most stuff in a store is real food. The whole meat and produce department is filled with real food. Avoiding processed food is pretty easy, humans lived for thousands of years without it. I'm one person and I spend less than $50 a week on groceries and most of that is spent on protein and I don't even go out of my way to bargain shop because I am lazy. I shop at the "most expensive" grocery store chain in my area, because they the best quality meat. I could save more by buying in bulk but I hate frozen meat so I spend more because I buy everything fresh. I eat at least a pound of meat a day and it costs me $5 a day or less. Eating healthy isn't expensive. I can catch pork chops on sale for $1.69 a pound when the average protein bar is over $2 for just one bar. Pretending that eating healthy is expensive is a cop out. Eating natural real foods is cheap. It just isn't convenient, but the cost of convenience comes in other ways. I don't care that you like protein bars, Hell I like protein bars, but I am going to have to quit them because my favorite one has been lying about the content. They are fake and made in a factory. They have a long just of ingredients that 95% of people can't even pronounce. Acting like they are real food when they are manufactured is disingenuous.

I don't think I ever had sugar higher than 180. I didn't have any pre-op blood sugar requirements for surgery.

Nope. I was pretty convinced I was going to die pre-op. I wasn't even concerned about dying because or during surgery because I knew that would be a lot faster than the route I was on. There are some benefits to hitting rock bottom, you have nothing to lose.

I guess the only issue you are going to have to address is recovery. You don't want to ghost on a new guy if you like him, I dunno if it isn't serious I would probably just break it off. You need to be focused on yourself and you food. It takes a lot of energy to get this right post-op. Then when you get into post-op hormone based mood swings. I wouldn't subject anyone to that I didn't have a really strong connection to. I'm lucky I have kept all my friends So dish on this guy so we can give better advice. How long have you been dating? What are your ages? Is he divorced? Where did you meet him? Have you been to pound town yet?

If you have to ask, the answer is probably no. If you were in a place with him that you had a deep connection/relationship, you wouldn't be asking us you would just tell him. I wasn't dating anyone at the time I had surgery. The people have I dated post-op, I have been honest with about losing weight and trying to get in better health, but I haven't mentioned surgery. None have ask and most aren't curious that I have lost/am losing weight. They just like that I'm pretty and look amazing in a dress.

There is a reason everyone is carb addicted. It is planned. This documentary explains it very well. http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2012/s3547707.htm

If you want to lose 1/2 a pound just go urinate. That is 8 ounces... Like seriously part of weighing yourself everyday is so you can learn that your body flucuates all the time and use the scale as a tool, not absolute law.

This is what the US government says an average size 8 year old should be eating. I got average size from here. https://www.babycenter.com/0_your-childs-size-and-growth-timeline_10357633.bc https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/interactiveDRI/ See the problem?

Walking outside for a variety of reason but when you are walk in a real environment, you use more muscles and you have to adapt more. Working out in a gym is artificial activity to mimic real activity because people do not get real activity anymore. https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/the-benefits-of-exercising-outdoors/

Usually these are poor people. There is a lot more going on than just bad food choices. Too much to type about on an internet forum. There are seveal documentaries dedicated to the topic. At the end of the day. The powers that be, and America in general doesn't care about good health and nutrition. It is basically fighting a losing battle. Until the Food Pyramid is corrected, nothing is going to change. And even then, it will take 1 to 2 generations to fix this.

Walking.

I actually eat a lot of stuff or it seems like it to me. I create my variety in cuts of meats and spices. I didn't eat pork for over 20 years and I started eating it last year for variety. I eat lamb, buffalo, all the fish.

Try it out for a week and see if you like it. If you want premium it is $39.99 but if you hunt around the internet you can usually find it for 29.99

I use http://www.loseit.com/ I hate MFP with the heat of 1000 suns. They allow so much user added content and people suck at math so bad, almost all the information in there inaccurate.Plus they charge a fortune for premium and their UX designers suck. LoseIt has items that have green check marks next to them, those are verified. You can also easily add your own information, and make recipes etc. I use premium and I like all the goal tracking and the badges. I'm still trying to get that 200 pound loss badge. Their forums have a lot of useful information too. When I am home I track on the PC, when I am out I track on my phone It is way to easy to have a busy day, forget to eat and be too low on protein.

They will probably be too big. Keep them in the package for regifting. They are 12/14 and those PJs run large. If you are starting at a 22/24 you can easily be an 8/10 by Christmas.

@jersey0601 I track every day. I track mainly to make sure I eat enough, not that I eat too little.

Steak Pork chops Baby spinach I'm boring. I keep it simple

@Oregondaisy I'm sorry this happened to you. Can you do chair workouts once you get your strength back?

Even though Medicaid is a Federal program, it is administered by states and they can have different rules. Good luck.