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Protein bars rating out of 10
P=protein
C=calories
S=sugar
Sa=sugar alcohol

Balance-
Chocolate chip cookie dough 15p 210c 17s 5/10
Chocolate mint cookie crunch 14p 200c 16s 9/10 (tastes like thin mint)
Chocolate Peanut Butter 14p 200c 17s 4/10
Cookie dough 15p 210c 17s 4/10

Bounce-
Coconut macadamia 8p 160c 9s 4/10

Cliff bars-
Blueberry crisp 10p 250c 22s 10/10
Chocolate chip peanut crunch 10p 260c 20s 7/10
Peanut toffee buzz 10p 250c 21s 10/10
White chocolate macadamia 9p 260c 20s 4.5/10

Cliff builder-
Chocolate hazelnut 20p 280c 20s 7/10 (does not taste like hazelnut, more like caramel):
Chocolate mint 20p 270c 22s 8/10 (flavor [emoji1303] texture [emoji1304])
Chocolate peanut butter 20p 280c 21s 6/10

Epic-
Beef habanero cherry 13p 190c 9s 0/10
Chicken Sriracha 15p 100c 0s 9/10

Fit joy-
Birthday cake batter 20p 230c 3s 10/10
Homemade pumpkin 20p 220c 4s 8/10

GNC-
Lean shake banana cream 170c 25p 2s 7/10 (not strong but no after taste)
Lean shake chocolate 25p 170c 2s 6/10
Lean shake pumpkin spice 25p 170c 2s 10/10
Lean shake strawberries and cream 25p 170c 2s 9/10
Lean shake vanilla 25p 170c 2s 5/10

Isopure-
Blue raspberry 40p 160c 0s 9/10

Larabar-
Pumpkin pie 10p 220c 18s 4/10

Luna-
chocolate cupcake 9p 190c 4/10
Chocolate chip cookie dough 12p 170c 15s 9/10
Chocolate coconut almond protein 12p 180c 13s 8.5/10
Chocolate peanut butter 8p 180c 5s 8/10
Chocolate peanut butter protein 12p 190c 13s 11/10
Chocolate peppermint stick 8p 190c 8s 10/10
Chocolate salted caramel protein 12p 170c 15s 6.5/10
Lemon zest 9p 190c 9s 12/10
Peanut butter cookie 10p 240c 18s 2/10

Oatmega-
Brownie crisp 14p 190c 5s 7/10

Oh yeah! One-
Almond bliss 21p 230c 1s 10sa 10/10 (tastes like almond joy)
Birthday cake 21 p 220c 1s 10sa 10/10
Blueberry cobbler 20p 220c 1s 10sa 10/10
Chocolate birthday cake 22p 210c 1s 9sa 5/10
Chocolate chip cookie dough 210c 1s 11sa 6/10
Cinnamon roll 20p 230c 1s 11sa 0/10
Cookies and cream 22p 220c 1s 10sa 5/10
Lemon cake 22p 220c 1s 10sa 10/10
Maple glazed donut 20p 220c 1s 10sa 10/10
Mint chocolate chip 220c 8/10
Peanut butter pie 22p 220c 1s 9sa 10/10
Salted caramel 20p 220c 1s 10sa 11/10

Power bar-
Cookies and cream 20p 210c 13s 1/10

Promax-
Chocolate chip cookie dough 20p 290c 26s 6/10
Double fudge brownie 20p 280c 29s 2/10

Quest bar-
Apple pie 20p 190c 3s 7/10
Banana nut muffin 20p 180c 2s 10/10
Blueberry muffin 21p 190c 2s 11/10
Cereal-chocolate 12p 110c 8s 10/10
Cereal- cinnamon bun 12p 110c 8s 8/10
Cereal-waffle 12p 110c 8s 10/10
Chocolate chip cookie dough 21p 190c 1s 10/10
Chocolate peanut butter 20p 170c 1s 5/10
Cinnamon roll 20p 170c 1s 4/10
Coconut cashew 20p 190c 1s 7/10
Cookies and cream 21p 190c 1s 10/10
Lemon cream pie 20p 170c 1s 4/10
Mint chocolate chip 20p 190c 1s 8/10
Mocha chocolate chip 20p 180c 1s 11/10
Oatmeal chocolate chip 20p 190c 1s 5/10
Peanut butter and jelly 20p 200c 2s 0/10
Rocky road 20p 210c 1s 10/10
Smores 20p 180c 1s 9/10

Quest chips-
BBQ 22p 130c 0s 9/10
Cheddar sour cream 22p 130c 0s 10/10
Sea salt 23p 130c 0s 1/10
Sour cream and onion 21p 120c 1s 9/10

Quest shake-
Banana cream 21p 100c 2s 6/10
Cookies and cream 20p 100c 1s 4/10
Peanut butter 23p 110c 1s 10/10
Salted caramel 22p 100c 1s 12/10

Think thin-
Brownie crisp high protein 20p 230c 12sa 5/10
Chocolate peanut butter toffee 13p 180c 2s 9sa 5.5/10
Cinnamon bun white chocolate 10p 150c 5s 10/10
Cookies and cream 20p 230c 14sa 1/10
Lemon 20p 240c 13sa 10/10
Peanut butter 20p 240c 11sa 11/10 (tastes like Reese's)
- [ ] Salted caramel 10p 150c 5s 11/10
Smores 10p 150c 5s 8.5/10

Zing-
Dark chocolate coconut 10p 210c 13s 3/10
Dark chocolate mint 11p 210c 13s 6/10 (mint flavor VERY strong)

I felt a gnawing feeling in my stomach that went away with food. That feeling went away with an acid reducer. Happened when I was pregnant too.
Many others report the same. Is that scientific proof? Nope. Anecdotal evidence at best. But how do you provide scientific data about someone's perception of something? That's tricky at best and I have a minor in statistics and a bachelors of science from a research university.
You don't have to buy it. But I suggest anyone who feels hunger every two hours post op, be your own study sample size of one. Try some over the counter omeprazole. See if it helps. Can't hurt, right? All you have to buy is some omeprazole.

I had some initial regret directly after surgery because I felt I would never eat "normally" again. I felt like my whole life revolved around food and Protein Shakes and I felt so disconnected from everyone else.
Now I'm 8 months out and I feel great. I've lost 106-110 pounds (I'm bouncing depending on my cycle) and I can live my life so much fuller now. Plus I eat normally, so much more normal than I ever had. I can go to restaurants, eat my favorite foods (in moderation) and just enjoy food instead of shoveling it into my face.

I'm sept 11th too! Seems unreal to me -eeeeek!

Thank you girl, it's crazy because I thought oh hell yea I'm dropping like crazy, the my 3rd week I stalled and gained back 12 pounds!! I was pissed but two weeks after that the stall moved and I lost the 12 pounds plus more. I stay of the scale now.. It could become obsessive. But congratulations and good luck on your journey you got this [emoji123]

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I'm not here to make someone believe what's realistic or not so I'm supposed to downplay my journey or not post my victories just for someone else to believe was realistic or not? Come on now that makes no sense.. you want realistic go to your doctor and get a chart you don't go on a site and look at other people and judge them.

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I'm in the same boat as you OP, and after discussing with my surgeon we came up with a reasonable plan. My GERD is severe, as in heartburn all the time while on medication and occasional regurgitating. I'm going to have my preoperative endoscopy like all his patients do. If they see a large hiatal hernia (3 cm +) then it would be a reasonable assumption that having a sleeve with a Hiatal hernia repair would likely improve my reflux from repairing the large defect coupled with weight loss.
If my preoperative Hiatal hernia is small or non existent however, I will likely go the conservative route and stick with a bypass. Truthfully I don't think it's that big of a deal getting the bypass anyway as dumping syndrome is a mostly good thing. But I'll let the endoscopy be my ultimate determinate

Sept 11

This is how I feel about it too. I'm way too busy to micro manage everything going in my mouth as well. I have little kids, a job, a husband, a kitchen renovation going, volunteer work at church, etc. no way will I be measuring everything. I will listen to my stomach as I said previously.
If people need to weigh/measure everything than that's great, if that's what gets them through. This is not intended to offend anyone, this is my PERSONAL opinion. If you don't like it, I'm sorry, but I believe weighing/measuring everything will be a crutch to REALLY listening to my body on my own. I will not judge anyone for doing it, I just won't do it myself.

You are not alone. We were warned in our pre-op class at KCBariactric that we would have mood swings and be on an emotional roller coaster because of the hormones being released from burned fat and also because we can't turn to food to comfort or calm or reward ourselves any more. I had a special talk with the RN because I was having sore breasts, insomnia, and other classic PMS symptoms, even though I am (hopefully, finally) past menopause. The nurse said it is normal and will settle down once I stop losing so fast. Hang in there, it will get better.

I just have to say that you inspired me. I also have had a couple of self inflicted stalls from a bad couple days here and there, and have also allowed the what ifs to bother me. Just, wow. You look amazing and I think you will be happy once you hit your goal.

HW - 508, SW - 488, CW - 387, GW - 230. God is Good!

@BoomqueenI'm so sorry to hear about that. I will have to look into something that might boost my self esteem.

@FitBeth Thank you! I'm glad I could inspire you!

Depending on your policy, it could differ. W/ the lift, I didn't have any issues w/ the chafing, rashes, etc. Some policies will require those things to be a must. I'm a 40DDD, so they're very heavy and hurt my back, thankfully that was enough to get my approval. If you're having any issues due to the weight lost (only focus on that), make sure they're well documented and share that w/ your plastic surgeon. Now, I did have some discoloration under the breasts, I was later told, that was a sign of continuous skin irritation (so, maybe I did have those issues).
The Panni, we knew they were would deny, but we tried any way. In my case, the denial did not warrant a P2P. Not to be too graphic, you must hang lower than your lady part and I just don't have enough loose skin to justify the surgery. They need to see you've had NUMEROUS amounts of skin irritations for them to even blink an eye w/ thought of the reviewing. If that is a problem, make sure you get prescribed (must fill through the pharmacy, we need to see you had claims for it and for how long) creams or whatever else you use to treat it. If you buy something OTC, again, make sure it is documented w/ your surgeon so it is recorded in your medical chart. Make sure you're within or at goal and have been there for several months. Now, depending on your policy, this could differ a bit, but this is the gist of it.

Thanks!!! The thirst is so real I was not expecting that.

So glad I found this post. I was sleeved July 18 and just started puréed foods. I eat 8 ounces and I'm still starving with my stomach doing flips. I was under the impression that I'd be taking 4-5 bites and be full. I'm so hoping these hunger feeling and craving start to diminish.
I thought I was the only one dealing with this.

I just had surgery on Tuesday and did not wean myself off of it and haven't had any problems. I didn't even think about it to be honest. I'm no longer taking it either. If you think you may have problems contact your doctor that prescribed it beforehand. You will have a lot of discomfort and you don't want to add something else to your plate.

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I bought a blender and it's collecting dust. Unjury Protein Shakes up so well by hand. I mix with Water for less carbs. Little Rubbermaid mixer mates were invaluable! I don't drink shakes anymore but now I use them to mix up my goats medicine. Lol
I truly needed so little. Protein Powder, bottled water, crystal light. I over bought so much.

Update 6 months out. 85 lbs loss 6-1-17