What's your rule of thumb with nutritional facts?

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

It's a surprising, but common error for folks to read on message boards of one or two persons' WLS experiences and then extrapolate from that to "all WLS patients' experiences."

As in ... "everybody who has WLS has complications / regains all their weight / becomes anorexic / loses their teeth / becomes an alcoholic / gets divorced / can't eat real food / whatever."

FTR, at 15 months post-op (sleeve) I've never thrown up once. I average 90-100 grams of Protein a day. I still have a Protein Drink about 5 times a week. It's just food. Like milk. Like chicken, burgers, eggs and Beans.

BTW, my sister who has never had WLS also has a Protein drink for Breakfast during the week. She finds it convenient.

[Mom26 313]

I went shopping with my husband this afternoon. I never do the shopping (thankfully) but wanted to look around and see what food options are out there for me. There's plenty. Thank you all for your insight!!

[livvsmum 2,369]

I have daily nutrition goals. I try to stick to them as religiously as I can. That is what helped me lose 145 pounds & keep them off! I aim for 70g Protein, 30 or fewer g carbs, 30 or fewer g sugar & at least 100 oz of Water.

[FocusOnMeNow 599]

My NUTs advice is pretty simple: hit you Fluid and Protein goals and then do not eat anything with more then 5 grams of sugar per serving EVER. And if you are making a meal with multiple ingredients that should be 5 grams total sugar. If you are really getting in your Protein and fluids you won't have room for much more.

Also I would definitely limit carbs to no more than 100 a day max, even in maintenance. Lots of fold here stick to 30-40 grams a day to keep losing. That is too restrictive for me but if my weight loss slows down to much I will drop it like its hot and get those carbs down to where they need to be.

Does this make sense?