I guess if you REALLY asked me I'd say you have a choice. And it also depends very strongly on where you're coming from .

I personally was a lightweight from the beginning... a very frustrated person regarding weight and diabetes but not hundreds of pounds overweight.

In the end I think you need to ask for advice your specific peers who succeeded before you and are still successful .

We're not all in exactly the same boat physically and losing and permanently keeping off many lbs is a HUGE thing .

(((())))) many hugs and the best of luck to you

A calorie is a unit of energy and the body burns them equally whether they are from brown rice or chocolate brownies. A woman needs about 10 calories a day to maintain one pound of weight. So 1200 calories to maintain 120. 2000 calories to maintain 200. So a calorie is a calorie, when you are only looking at calories.

Just spoke with my surgeons office, she said that it doesn't sound like a Stricture because I'm able to keep some fluids down.. She wants me to eat some yogurt, wait and then drink and then to call her back to see how I did with it. She also said that not taking my protonix could be a big reason why I feel nauseous all the time. Which I haven't been taking my protonix because swallowing pills has me throwing up and very sick hours after I've taken them.

I still just feel like things getting stuck in my throat the way it has been isn't normal. Like something must be wrong. I don't know.

This is NOT ok !

You also Did ask m about real personal experience. I?m telling it to you ... my experience over a decade .
You can argue but the bottom line is this is what happened to me .

I also do find that if you eat fat free ( at least at home ) you get SO much more leeway calorie wise without weight gain .

There are a lot of foods you have to stay away from ... however you pretty much get to eat what you like and ( I at least ) don?t have to weigh and measure or stop eating after twenty minutes or only eat three times a day .

Do you Actually feel like you?ll die if you don?t eat fast foods or gross mostly fake cheese pizzas ? these things are so DISGUSTING!

I literally look at food *****n the TV and want to barf ... I can?t imagine being a victim of it or ( God forbid ) wanting the horrible offerings.

This is the REAL Halloween lol ... chick -f -l chasing you around with a gross double- fried 2000 calorie sandwich lol! If you paid me fifty bux I wouldn't bite that thang .

I?m pretty relaxed about food at all .... I never thought I could enjoy real gourmet meals and even restaurants regularly post op .

I?ll just choose the most lowfat delicious option.... like a shrimp ****tail or a light soup to fill me up ... usually an appetizer sized portion of a main meal if I can get it which ( usually) comes home with me .

If i really want something fatty and exciting ( like stuffed clams ) I?ll try to split them with my partner... and usually two ( out of six or eight ) is plenty for me . I get to enjoy the taste without making myself gain or feel sick .

Now I personally love complex carbs like ( super filling) yucca ... rice n peas ... even fresh made ( not oiled or buttered ) breads in small quantities but most folks here find carbs make them gain .

I?m not sure why my body?s different but I?m glad it is .

I have however stayed away from ( most ) fats since years BEFORE my surgery... . Yes I eat fat occasionally when I crave it ... mayonnaise based commercial seafood salads , mozzarella, avocado, a restaurant meal . But very rarely.