GuyMontag

A rule of thumb they use at my clinic is that if it doesn't have at least 20g or more of protein then it's not worth it. I used to love the Titan bars and I think they have 26g of protein. You just have to be careful because some bars are all sugar and no protein.

Yeah. Don't be a stranger.

I have to be careful of anything that has sugar alcohols otherwise I suffer gastrointestinal distress!!! LOL!

I tend to dehydrate when I exercise and so it's important for me to get LOTS of fluids otherwise I suffer the consequences.

Yup. I take anti-inflammatories any time I start to have a problem. It keeps small problems from becoming large ones.

If I was losing I would not get a fill plain and simple.

Kroger makes a diet decaf tea that is amazing. They sell it back near the dairy. It is the BOMB!

Then have a Protein shake. It's actual food that causes my problems. If I opt for a Protein Shake instead of food then I don't have problems at night and that should mesh fine with your blood sugar needs. I try not to eat 'food' at least 2 hours before bed but 3 is usually safest. 5-6 hours is a bit extreme.

I'd invite you here but the sounds of my sobbing from being left off your list might annoy you.

Whenever I need to 'loosen' up my band I take some liquid motrin aka ibuprofin and it works well.

Yeah. And Redd's Apple Ale.

That's the great thing about this recipe in that it doesn't use dough. Also, you don't have to use cheese if you don't want to. You could just make the zucchini 'crust' and add pizza sauce and veggies if you want.

I've had to fight injuries here and there and for me it seems like diet/exercise is about 80/20 of weight loss. You'll still be able to lose about 80% of the weight you need to through diet alone. Also, when I injured myself I always found that completely resting whatever I had injured for several weeks always helped. Don't try to rehab something that is healing on its own. Those are valuable lessons that I have learned. Good luck!

You could also be dehydrating more which causes tightness or perhaps allergies are affecting you. Just a couple of other ideas.

Yup. Treadmill, jogging, exercise in general. All are good fat burners!

Plus you have a limited amount of willpower. If you're using tons of willpower dealing with the stress in your life it doesn't leave any left for trying to lose weight. Not to mention that the stress will make you feel tighter and may cause you to turn to comfort foods more like hazelsbliss was talking about.

I used the chef boyardi canned sauce, baby bella mushrooms, hamburger and onions that i had fried in a pan, and topped it with sharp cheddar and mozzarella and it turned out delicious!

I did four days liquids, five days mushies, and then regular food which was NOT what my doctor recommended. However, if I would have damaged my band that would have been MY responsibility. If you think you're starving then talk to your doctor. I talked to mine during the preop and he okayed me to have some chicken breast, olives, and almonds to snack on. I healed VERY quickly after surgery and reintroduced food back into my diet faster than normally recommended but if you're looking for answers on what YOU should do then you need to talk to YOUR doctor. If you're going to do what you WANT to do anyway then there's not much reason to find out we did. Lol. I'm not trying to be negative but I think a lot of us are used to people coming in here asking when other people ate to justify being able to eat early. We will not condone that. You break your doctor's rules, you risk screwing up your very expensive surgery and that will be on you. I may have eaten sooner and gotten away with it but that doesn't mean it will work for anyone else. Just my $.02.

I would cup my hand on my port area and push in while I coughed and it would help.

I drink right up until I eat and then wait 30-60 minutes after to drink depending on how full I feel.

The basic rule of thumb for protein intake need is to take .36 times your weight in pounds. So if you weight 210lbs then you need 76 grams of protein. As for carbs vs. protein a good rule of thumb is less carbs than protein overall. Although G2 has some carbs it's also great at rehydrating you and I lost a TON of weight drinking G2. You don't need to eliminate carbs all together but limiting them is one successful way to lose weight. Good luck!

We'll have to bring the gang over and beat you up! Lol. It happens. You can't eat 100% healthy 100% of the time. Just keep trying and hop back up in the saddle and you'll be fine.