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Chinese food the past few times I've had it. Made me vomit it.

Weighed myself yesterday morning, and I was 227 lbs. The weight I was that got me to start this journey to begin with was 427 lbs., almost two years ago. Sure, today I fluctuated up 4 lbs. due to water retention from what I ate yesterday (and not having a bowel movement until after I'd eaten breakfast), but I count that as a win. For reference, I was 360 lbs on the day of my surgery, 13 months ago.

Quest Protein Chips. 19-20g protein, 140 calories... I'm more than a year out and they're still a part of my routine.

I'm down to size XL shirts and 38 waist size now

I've thrown up a few times. Foamies and dry heaving until the chunk of food or whatever was stuck comes up. I had the fun experience about a month and a half out of surgery where I had food get stuck and it took two hours of vomiting every five minutes before it could actually come up.

I had Thanksgiving dinner come up on me and I literally only ate things that I should have been able to handle. So believe me I understand.

Another thing that I find myself able to enjoy that I was told I probably wouldn't? Spicy food. My pouch is unbothered by spice. Even really hot things.

So, almost a year out from my surgery and down about 130 lbs from surgery day (197 lbs overall), I find myself eating what I consider relatively normal now. I mean yes, there's still things that I can't eat at all, and I still eat a lot less overall than I did before. I've still found that there are things that I can handle now that in theory, I shouldn't be able to. An example? Fun size M&Ms. I can handle a pack of these with some protein and not have any issues. One pack of fun size M&Ms is less than 10 grams of sugar. I can also handle grapes, sushi, and a single slice of pizza. Anything more is pushing it. My weight fluctuates day to day, but it's still on a downward trend and I'm getting good walking in with the occasional swim as exercise.

Chili. I love me some chili.

You'll have times where you stall for a few weeks then start losing again. It's just your body adjusting some. I recently broke a stall that had me fluctuating between 237 and 240 lbs.

If you're going to have fruits this early, I'd recommend berries and/or kiwi. These are lower sugar/glycemic index fruits.

Do a mix of both. Maybe about an hour before.

Honestly, I expect to hit a stall next two weeks, but I'm hoping the swimming can prevent the holiday stall. I'm still eating primarily protein-heavy, but I've discovered I can tolerate certain sweets in moderation. (like a cookie with my protein)

Everyone loses at different rates, and your starting weight was actually fairly low. In positive news, stall definitely broken. Down to 242.9 this morning.

Honestly, I still have issues with eggs at eight months out. Chicken is hit or miss for me, depends on how it's prepared and how moist it is. Dry chicken is a no-go. Red meat, oddly, I have zero problems with.