EJ's Mom

60 is the minimum for a woman, 60-80 range is what women need, however f you workout, your protein needs go up. Try using myfitnesspal! Great app for tracking your nutrients, calories, macros, exercise...

Pure Protein Bars are AMAZING! The salted caramel chocolate is to die for! Different flavors have different amounts of protein. Christmas Colgate deluxe is 20g 180cal, Chocolate peanut butter is 21g 200cal, salted caramel 19g 200cal

I was excited with the thought of coming off of my BP meds afterVSG... turns out my cardiologist says that will never happen I had open heart quadruple coronary bypass 1 year before VSG, and I'm on a low dose beta blocker 3x a day on gym days to keep my heart rate and BP low.... 2x a day on non gym days. A little bummed about that, but getting heart healthy was my main reason for getting VSG since genetically my stomach was producing 10x the amount of hormones that were making my cholesterol, trygliceides and A1C dangerously high...I was another heart attack and bypass surgery waiting to happen..I was told When, not if , I would have a heart attack, and if I survive, I'd be looking at more open heart surgery!! ! That was scary to hear! I had to do what ever it takes! Even though pre-op I ate healthy, went to the gym 5 days a week, took my meds.... all of my levels continued to rise drastically! My HW/pre surgery weight was 188, I didn't have to do a pre-op diet or classes,,, I'm 142 lbs now. from first consult to surgery was only 2 weeks, because of how at risk my heart was. In the grand scheme of things... I'm ok staying on 3 pills a day ( I was taking 16 rx pills a day pre-op) and now all of my blood levels are perfect! They were perfect at 2 mo. Post op ( I'm 4 1/4 post op now) success in my book, even with the BP meds ?..., I had heart surgery for my 49th BD, VSG 8 days before my 50th!!

I love pure protein bars! My favorite is the salted chocolate caramel ?

@FluffyChixI love MyFitnessPal ! I use it everyday!

Agreed!!! I had the sleeve done 3 mo. Ago. I had a quadruple coronary bypass 12/2017, and no matter what I did, ate healthy, I go to the gym 5 days a week 2 hrs a day, take my meds etc.., my cholesterol and tryglicerides were still going dangerously high, I became diabetic, my blood pressure was all over the place... in my case it was all genetic, and my body was over producing certain hormones that raised all of those levels. My only option was to have the sleeve done. When anyone asks me about weight loss I have zero problem telling them I had The surgery. I've had a lot of people say "why?? You didn't need to do that" well the alternative is having a heart attack and if I survive, additional heart surgery...so yeah I did NEED to do that! To anyone who thinks having bariatric surgery is the "easy way"... NO ITS NOT ! It's work, and it's hard work at that! Learning to eat all over again , figuring out what works for you and what will make you run to the bathroom to get sick etc... If someone asks..I tell them the truth, if they judge me for my decisions I don't care. My concern is my health, not a judgmental persons opinion who has no idea what they are talking about ? Just be happy with yourself, don't put too much stock in the opinions of narrow minded people. " those that matter won't mind...those that mind don't matter" PS... all of my blood levels were perfect within 8 weeks of surgery!