KCgirl061

My absolute favorite protein bars are Quest bars. They have 20-21g of protein, 15g of fiber, only 1g of sugar and they taste great. My favorites are the chocolatey ones: Mint Chocolate, S'mores, Cookies n Cream, Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter & Chocolate.

I'm not a vegetarian but I do have some meatless ideas for you. I enjoy a lot of yogurt and cottage cheese. I find Oikos Triple Zero gives you the best high protein/high fiber/low sugar option. My favorite way to prepare cottage cheese is with toasted walnuts and a drizzle of honey. For meals I have a fiesta black bean quinoa salad that my husband and I just love. (I'll post a link for the recipe) I also like to make wraps with hummus and black beans, spinach leaves and red pepper slices. Egg salad would also be a good idea especially if you are still early in pureed/soft stages. So would lentil soup. https://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/roasted-sweet-potato-black-bean-quinoa-salad-recipe/ https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/lemony-lentil-soup/

Honestly, I never had any buyers remorse. I went in knowing I was having major surgery. Just because it is done laproscopic and had small incisions it is still MAJOR SURGERY and isn't going to be without some pain and exhaustion, even chances of complications. Its something I knew I had to get through but that I would get through it. The pain only lasted a couple days. The exhaustion was longer, maybe 2-3 weeks.

I'm 11 months out and can eat up to a cup of certain foods, especially fruits and veggies. But like yesterday for lunch I had 1/3 cup of tuna salad on a single slice of sprouted grain bread and couldn't finish it. I can only eat about 2 ounces of meat like grilled chicken or steak.

Oh I looked it up. Its not that its a rule not to put your face in the water, you just really really don't want to get that water in your eyes!

Really? I hear its wonderful for your skin.

Great tool! Good luck on your journey!

I don't feel grilled chicken is soft food at all! I still sometimes have trouble chewing grilled chicken and eating it slowly enough. Don't risk it! What about deviled eggs? Make some to take with you and share with your friends and family.

I was told Flintstones were only okay for the first 6 weeks. Then I had a specific requirements for my multi vitamin. I take Bariatric Pal One. When I bought a year supply it broke down to only $9 a month.

I'd love to swim in the Dead Sea.

When you take slices of cheese - real cheese, not American - and cook them in the oven on parchment paper and they turn into cracker consistency. Very yummy. Very easy to eat 5 or 6 slices of cheese in one sitting, so you have to be careful with them. Sharp cheddar tastes just like cheese nips.

Crickets and roaches... I bet that would be a hard no from most! including me.

Spinach is actually one of the green leafies that dragons cant have in large amounts. Its never been one of my favorites. The only way I can tolerate it is at the Indian resturants when I order Saag - which is one of my favorite Indian dishes!

And I shouldn't eat popcorn especially movie theater popcorn just because its a slider and I can eat eat eat it without stopping!

Chicken. I always eat it too fast.

My daughter wants a bearded dragon as a pet. I've been doing a lot of research on them and it amuses me the similarities between these cute little lizards and myself. Their diet should consist of high protein insects and a variety of dark greens. Okay okay so I'm not eating crickets and roaches... But things like worms are too high in fat to get daily and should be special treats. They're like cheeseburgers for your dragon. Veggies should be all the good dark green leafies and not iceberg lettuce. Many dragons don't actually like their veggies but its important part of their diet to stay healthy. Dragons have differing taste buds and you have to give your dragon a variety of veggies to find the ones he prefers and will eat. Fruit can be given too, but only in small amounts. They are also treats. Here's the real kicker though: bearded dragons need daily calcium supplements or else they get Metabolic Bone Disease. Their bones become brittle, soft and break. They can lose their teeth and spines become malformed. They can be pretty darn cute! (Also something I have in common with them. )

I haven't read any books like these but I probably need to. I'll add them to my Amazon wish list! Nice job doing the head work! Maybe add it to the Head Work thread FluffyChic has!

I use MFP too. Tried Baritastic and got frustrated with it.

What is Pangasius??

Cut out soda right away when I was in the 6 months MSWL. Started trying different protein drinks during that time too. That's about it though, ate a variety of foods during that time - just in moderation to lose the weight I needed to to qualify.

Tilapia is my fish of choice for fish tacos. I don't understand the "its not a real fish" comment. Salmon is a favorite too and I like the different flavors tuna that Starkist has now.

I second this! Tried Celebrate chews and they aren't near as good as Bariatric Advantage.

BariatricPal store has Syntrax Nectar single packets in a lot of variety. Might try those. They can also be found on Amazon but I think BP is actually cheaper

I've done Tabata before. It's intense but I didn't hate it. Until it involved burpees, then I hate any workout with burpees.

I don’t know. I think all bread is something I want to avoid but when I tried the egg white psyllium husk bread it lasted more like egg than anything so that might be ok. Will it crisp up at all on a sandwich press? Or is there anything low or no carb that will? I want to avoid carbs and bread. It will be in my best interest I think. Avoiding breads long term is a smart plan. Similarly, I don't want to go back to eating most breads. I have made some exceptions though - sprouted grain bread like Ezekiel is a nice healthy alternative, it has 120 calories, 22g of carbs (6g of fiber, 1gm sugar), and 6g of protein. It can be found in the frozen section of grocery stores and Ive found them at Costco. Another option I like are Mission Carb Balance tortilla wraps. They can be found in different sizes but one size is 60 calories, 19g carbs (14g fiber!!) and 5g of protein. I also see recipes for cauliflower bread grilled cheese on pinterest but I've never tried it.