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I never tried anything crazy except the typical teenager stuff of not eating until 4pm when I got home after school. Worked great until I would binge. I did lose weight until I started getting hunger headaches.

I workout after work around 4:30, so I don't eat before unless I'm absolutely starving. By the time I get home after I eat dinner. That's mainly due to my schedule.

What section in target are they in? I'll have to check the ones near me.

I hit my nut goal on Wednesday. This is my down before goal but a general idea

I just reached goal too and I'm the same way. What do I do now? All I know is to eat less and lose weight, so it's weird now having to maintain and I have no clue where to start.

I am flying in April to Florida (I like to plan ahead) for a wedding and then going to Disney World for a few days. What foods should I take? Or do I need to take food? I usually don't travel without backup like protein bars/beef jerky/etc. I haven't been to Disney since I was 5, so can't remember much and things are different now. Any tips/recommendations would be great!

@@Hannahb3997 I almost had WLS as a 17 yr old and I am glad I didn't. Looking back I don't think I was prepared to have t then. I ended up having it at 23, although I wish I did have it sooner. I though college would have been hard following the guidelines. But, everyone is different and if you think you are ready then go for it. Everyone is different.

I just started eating more than 800 cal like my nut recommended and I am now at goal. I up my calories when I work out.

That happens to be sometimes. I remember the first time it happened to me was with refried beans on the puréed stage. No fun. I do notice it happens when I eat too fast though

@@MzB I'm going to have to try this!

The only thing is buying cookies from the girls supports their troop and that's how they get to go on trips and do service projects so I try to buy when possible. It's basically a donation.

@@Cape Crooner I can't wait until we have Trader Joes where I live. It should be sometime this year. Seems like I will be able to buy lots of WLS friendly things there.

I still want to support the girls, so when I get asked I will do the gift of caring or troop to troop where they are donated to soldiers and such, but man I miss Thin Mints!

@@Djmohr for some reason mine isn't tracking all the calories my watch has said I've burned. It's weird. It is showing my steps.

I knew this time of year would be hard, but man do I want some Girl Scout cookies!! It makes it so much harder when I work for a local council and there are trailers full right outside.

@@Kindle I've been looking for non perishable food, so I'll have to try these. I tried quest chips and didn't like them, maybe I'll like these!

I'd like to say I got the surgery which partly was the reason, but I was tired of going out with friends and being the big girl and felt like I was sticking out. Or going shopping with friends and never being able to buy things because of my size. Some of my health issues have gotten better, but my arthritis in my back has gotten worse (go figure). I did have that moment at JCrew when trying on some spring clothes. I'd always loved their clothes but could never wear them and now I can! It's exciting.

Are these with regular chips in your store? Or a different one? What section does your store have this in?

I'm all about some easy meals since o can't do any type of microwave meals!

I do sandwiches but without the Bread, leftovers from whatever I ate the night before, hillshire farms snacking. If I'm running errands I grab Wendy's chili which is cheap.

So I know a bunch of people on here use my fitness pal, so I thought I would check it out (I use live strong my plate). I can't seem to get my watch and the mfp app to work together. Can anyone help?

My favorite type of chocolate post op is chocolate pudding. Honestly, I want chocolate in the form of candy but it's a trigger food for me, so I stay away.

Oh I did! I remember the day before I had to start my pre op diet I binged like crazy. My mom visited and I had her bring my favorite treats from the local bakery since it was the last time to eat them. I drank Dr Pepper. I guess I did the whole "food funeral". But, I think for me I needed to enjoy them one last time. I haven't eaten anything off plan since my surgery and that was 8 months ago. I'm sure it doesn't work for others, but it did for me.

I lost 13 on the pre-op diet. Didn't really lose much on the supervised 6 month program.

I'll be eight months next week. I did go over 1000 one day, but it was an extremely long, active day.Well, I feel like a pig now. I am at 1300 calories a day at a little over 8 months. Are you still in the losing phase or in maintenance? I think you are normal. I feel like I'm not eating enough lately. Especially when I work out and my nut did not help when I asked. So I'm just trying to figure out the best range.