I am crazy busy this week. My days, with just work, will be about 13 hours. On top of that I have to get up with the kids in the morning. I estimate I will be up 19-20 hoours a day.  I spent today cooking, measuring, weighing and getting ready for the week. So I have a bunch of preportioned food in the fridge/freezer so I have a handle on that.

But, should I allow myself extra calories? I am very strict on my counts generally but dont know if I should up them.

I am generally between 600-700 calories, 75+ or protein and >30 carbs. Should I plan for more or just fill with hot tea and what not? I dont have any hunger pains at this point so it is all on me to manage. 

Thanks for the insight!

I want to vent. I thought the point of all the support groups online and in person was to motivate each other and support everyone. I had my surgery dec 1 and I feel like when I turn to these groups for some advice I get told I shouldn't have had the surgery if I didn't want it or I don't care about myself Bc I don't eat. Since I had the surgery I can't hold anything down. I drink orange juice sometimes and sometimes a taco. And yes I did start trying fast food but Bc I couldn't seem to cook anything that stayed in me. Now I have no fast food that stays in me other than a taco. And yes if I had known how sick I would be after I wouldn't have done it. My days are spent with wearing a nausea patch and I take 6 pills a day to lose the nausea long enough to get something in. But I'm not sabotaging myself I just feel at a loss as to what to try or what to do. Sorry for my long post but I need advice and I need it from objective people. Thanks in advance

how far out of surgery are you? Are you able to get as much liquid as possible every day? Dehydration causes nausea. If you get dehydrated then you get nauseated and can't drink which makes you more dehydrated which makes you more nauseate. It becomes a vicious cycle. 

Oh just say you had surgery dec 1. You might need to go to the er for IV fluids which will help resolve the dehydration so you can start really drinking. Don't worry about food right now,you can live a long time without food. Dehydration can be deadly.

I love the iced tea one so much.  The pink grapefruit was not bad but is sort of eh.  I make the iced tea with actual iced tea, usually.  I bet their pineapple coconut one would make a great frozen mocktail, though.

Their chocolate truffle is good.  The grape is a bit weird but not bad.  Iced tea is still my 100% fave though, probably because it makes it so easy for me to get both protein and liquid in.  I mix one scoop with 28 ounces of tea and sip it for breakfast for quite a while.

I like mixing the lemonade one with plain kefir....gives it a dessert like taste. 

Anyone tried Celebrate ENS multivitamin powder or Bariatric Advantage multivitamin crystals? Are there any other versions that may be good? I'm interested in these options due to my work schedule and to reduce number of pills per day. Would love your input on which may be better!! (cross post to General Discussion forum)