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Not that uncommon. I can eat a pretty "normal" amount of food as well, depending on what time of day it is, activity level and what kind of food. Take a look at Dr. Weiner's video on increasing portion sizes: Interesting chart about 1:30 min in. I wish surgeons would educate their patients on this and telling them that it's normal and nothing to be scared about ("my surgery failed" - no it most likely didn't).

Especially when keeping in mind that the all-in-gung-ho approach didn't work.

Social security money going in there here, meh. Germany's health care system is unfair as f*ck (i. e. what insurance is paying for without even batting an eye and what patients have to fight for. Hint: one example of the stuff you have to fight for is everything obesity related, especially plastics which is all too often not covered, only partly covered (try getting a breast lift...) or covered only if you're the lucky one (there are some who get it all covered without any fight but the criteria seem to be rather random), like winning some kind of lottery). If you don't want to experience a blood pressure crisis - don't take a closer look.

Ah, dealing with health insurance... A guarantee to going crazy and insane in every country as it seems.

There's not a lot of information in your post. - what surgery? - how much weight loss? - any major events related to health in your life? - what was your typical diet while losing/maintaining weight? - what's your typical diet now?

lol Seriously though: I wonder how many people who've had WLS they really know IRL. I mean - yes, it's not some kind of unicorn surgery anymore but even then...

Answer: "Oh, hon - having watched all seasons of 600 lbs life on TLC doesn't count as "knowing someone", you know."

Indeed, that's an awful thing to say. I have no idea what reasons some people might have to make such comments.

Yes - but showing the "face of disgust" usually shuts people up really quick.

If you are suspecting some kind of emotional eating and have problems affording therapy (therapists specializing in emotional eating don't fall out of the sky anyway) - could you afford something like an abo for an app like Eat Right Now for maybe a year?

It doesn't sound like it. I know that the amount sounds like a lot compared to the can-only-eat-three-spoons-of-pureed-food-and-even-less-when-solid crowd but the amounts is not what strikes me odd. If the foods you're listing are fairly typical for a day of eating you simply might be lagging nutrients. No fruits at all, only a little bit of vegetables. I'm not surprised. The sodium content of the foods you listed seems to be fairly high. Quick weight loss or weight gain usually almost includes some water retention. My weight can swing up to almost 1 kg within one day because of how much water I hold. You say you want to start tracking. Are you a person who likes to track food, a person who abhors it (raises both hands simultaneously here) or a person who is not a fan but in the end doesn't mind it? Tracking foods/calories/macros can help people - however, it could be that you can benefit from a different food selection without even having to write everything down you eat. How far out of surgery are you? Are the stats you're listing in your profile still correct?

You talk about what you're eating when snacking but what are you usually eating? I mean - besides these foods. You also don't mention if you're losing weight or not.

People are losing excess weight at different speed, depending on many factors (tall, young guy or short, elderly woman?). It takes as long as it takes. Oh - and absolutely don't believe that bull about "windows of opportunity"! Weight loss doesn't magically stop at the x-months-post-surgery mark just like this. As long as you're in a calorie deficit you're going to continue to lose weight.

We see so much people during the first weeks after surgery "regretting" it... I doubt OP is a troll.

The interesting thing is that people seemed to have eaten even worse than today (including children) - yet a lot less people were obese.