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I can't eat boiled okra. That's about it. Everything else is wide open and A-OK! (Oh wait! Snap! I couldn't eat it BEFORE surgery either--my whole life even--makes me hurl every time! )

So sorry you are experiencing that! Wish I could help. I never had any of that and in fact kept asking if they really did anything inside. Walk walk walk and sip sip sip. Vary the temperature of your liquids to see if that helps. I will tell you, that fluid is a must or you will end up in the ER very quickly. So work on it. Ice chips, flavored waters, whatevs but it's pretty non-negotiable.

Funny, I kinda see zebras like this, too!

Yeah. But then I think it gets better.

Ok, so you had the same amount of EVOO as this time? Then it could be the tuna. Sorry.

How much mayo or salad dressing did you eat with it? I usually tested food 2 or 3 times. If it caused it, I'd go back a stage for a couple days. Then reintroduce the food all by itself. I'd eat known "OK" foods the rest of that day. Then if it causes it again, it's likely the tuna. You can try different brands, different processors, etc...

Here's a sample for you that is appropriate for week two. It is about 1/4cup of food per meal. You might not be able to finish your tuna lunch, but you could come back in an hour or so and be able to finish it -- in the early days. Also, don't know if your doc allows you to drink milk. My doc wants us to drink 1-2 glasses of milk per day as part of our plan to get calcium and protein in, but I rarely do it--cuz I don't really like it. You can jazz up yogurt with water drops in different fruit flavors. I like doing plain low fat Greek, cuz then I know exactly how much yogurt I'm getting relative to the additives that they put in it. Also 3oz of swai (pangasius) is a light fish. It is a raw measurement and it shrinks a ton. So this should give you 1/4c of cooked fish (about 1 1/2-2oz cooked). And at first, you will basically only be eating protein and some meat lube (low cal, low carb, low sugar) sauces at each meal.

I love you, but your bar sounds like a date with dumping. "dates, honey, mesquite flour" are all so high in fructose so liver bomb. Cricket flour though poses a really neat option for bariatric patients. It has more iron per gram than any other protein source. I would think it would be pretty bioavailable too. It's just very difficult to wrap my head around eating crickets...*chirp*

I need this! Birthday present to mahself, perhaps?

I think we could say that @FluffySaysForkIt! might even be craptastically crafty. Am I right @Deedee12?

I'd just make them up and add extra water or liquid--For non-fruit flavors I added Fat Free Fairlife Milk to up the protein or even more or decaff coffee. And for tea and fruit flavors I used either water or decaf tea.

Which scent do you like better? The Poo Pourri or the Unicorn Gold? Love the idea of the Secret Santa! Love cinnamon apple. Oh the commercials are hilarious!!!! TYTYTYTYTYTY!

Hahahahaha! Hilarious!

Running to do it now! Hahahahaha! What does Secret Santa smell like? Also Unicorn Gold and Royal Flush?

Oh you know I love to talk poo. Crappy conversation is my forte! I'm a poo pro, probably! So what's your favorite scent of Poo Pourri? I'm gonna be making a number one investment in my number two going problem! And I figured Mr. F. is tired of my mercy flushes! https://www.poopourri.com/collections/all-products Spill it! Let's hear your faves and why!!!

Sorry for your struggles and the Barrett's! You are gonna feel SO much better!!! @GreenTealael Just went through this very very successfully and has been able to mostly maintain her weight! I know she will have good stuff to tell you!!

Congrats!!!! Wooot!!! Feels great doesn't it?!!

Oh sweetie! ((hugs)) This process isn't easy!! It's really hard and some days it's harder than others!!! But even as hard as it is every day? It's still the "easiest" we'll ever have it to get substantial, life changing weight loss to be a reality for us. Right? So glad to hear you are working the plan and experiencing success! Feels great doesn't it?!! Be proud of your efforts!!

Congrats on graduating!!!! I had a soft scrambled egg with cottage cheese in it and some cheddar. The cheese caused me issues, but stirring in a spoon of greek yogurt or sour cream and cooking until creamy would have worked better! The egg went down great though!

Oh great idea and great hack then!! I forget how spoiled I am in Texas with central AC. *blush* And my idea of camping is a Howard Johnson's with a black and white tv. hehehe...or at least that's my story that I'm sticking to.

I mostly did protein drinks, watered yogurt down with Fairlife Milk and used different flavors to add punch to it. I did some butternut squash soup, some tomato soup (too acidy for me at first), and a ton of broth and cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soups. I also did won ton soup without the noodles--just broth from a Chinese food place. I'd mix in protein (unflavored) into all my soups while it was cold then gently heated it to no more than 140 cuz I didn't like when the protein clumped when it got too hot. I did not do well with the bean soups/pea soups. Gassy but also carby and that made me hungry. Then SF popsicles and sf jello. Oh and I did a ton of decaf coffee with my protein drinks in it as both hot and cold (iced) lattes and blended frappacinos.

I love things like: Green Soup (2-3oz of shrimp cooked in bone broth with any kind of chopped greens and frozen onion, pepper, celery blend -- then I spice it however I feel like it. I also love salads cuz I can eat more at a meal and I focus on 2-3oz of dense protein (salmon, tuna, sardines, shrimp, Boar's Head lunchmeat turkey or chicken. or lite liverwurst to get more iron in) and use Walden Farms or Triple Zero dressings. Then I add healthy fats with controlled amounts of avocado, olives, reduced fat cheese, pumpkin or sunflower seeds. I can get a ton protein and nutrients for around 100 cals. I also love fish, shrimp, and all seafood cuz it's a lot of protein per ounce (or can be) and very low in cals. Also green smoothies with protein powder, frozen spinach, frozen blueberries (1oz), peanut butter powder and cashew milk is very dense. I also add whole pysllium husks for more fiber and a shake that sticks to your ribs!

Love the Rock!

No. Then I wouldn't. I would bake them just to make multiples. But I have my single egg puff down to about 3 minutes or work for breakfast using the microwave and that way it's fresh anytime I want it. But it's a cool idea if you don't have an oven or don't use the micro!