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Well, I can't help too much. I have tried most of the flavors, but have found I don't care for fruit flavored protein. I stick to chocolate, vanilla, peanut butter, etc. Syntrax has both Nectar and Matrix brands. This is by far my favorite brand of protein though and highly recommend it. It has a thinner consistency than a lot of proteins which I love. I hate those really thick slimy shakes. Since it mixes thinner than most protein I do think it would work well in smoothie recipes. I have blended fruit into many of my shakes (chocolate cherry? Yes please!) and it worked just fine.
Hi Everyone! I'd like to know if anyone uses Syntrax Nectar protein mix and what flavors you enjoy most and also if you mix them with anything besides water? I'm interested in smoothie recipes and wonder if this is a good mix for that? Thanks for your help!
The diet works, not because you lose fat, but because the liver and your muscles release excess glycogen due to the lower carb and caloric consumption.
AS a tangent, the results of a low-carb diet on the liver are profound long-term though. My surgeon said my liver looked perfect and I had almost no visceral fat around it (the bad kind of fat) despite being over 400lbs.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
Recently I saw some post about oatmeal. Lost the link but I wanted to post the oatmeal I use.
http://www.dietdirect.com/bari-wise-health-breakfast-oatmeal s-bw209-peaches-cream.html
100cal/8carbs/15prot
Sharon 
I love pork rinds too but I just won't lose weight if I eat them... Or cheese for that matter and it won't make a bit of difference if I'm under my calories or not. I would suggest making your proteins "clean" and see if that makes any difference. There could also be something going on metabolically with you too. I would also suggest you plug in your portions and foods into myfitnesspal.com or paleotrack.com and see where you REALLY are. I know that we really try to NOT focus on calories but unfortunately if I don't I tend to overeat - I like to eat - even the good stuff I can maintain/gain on instead of lose.
Ketone strips show you that you are indeed burning fat for fuel (which is good) but if there's not calorie deficit then all you're doing is burning the fat in your food - not from your body.
I will offer up another reason...... Carbs make you want more carbs. All carbohydrates turn to sugar in your body. Take the total grams of carbs and divide by 4. That's the number of teaspoons it's converted into in your body. A bag of chips is just as much sugar as a bag of candy. A banana at 24 grams of carbs converts to 6 tsp of sugar. A cup of Rice at 50 grams is closer to 13 tsp of sugar. A normal person's body can't process more than 30 grams of carbs at one sitting- anything extra the fat storing process begins when insulin is released. To put it in perspective - a healthy person only has about 1.5 tsp of sugar circulating in their blood at any given time. No wonder we have a Diabetes and Obesity epidemic. And studies have shown that sugar is considerably more addictive than Heroin and Cocaine. It's a losing battle to "eat whatever you want within reason". (Thanks for nothing Weigh****chers)
Carbs make you/keep you fat.
thank you for the advise. I have tried the paleo diet before not for very long because its hard to work it in on a crazy schedule. It is my goal to eat that way so i should just figure out how to do it again. I notice i keep saying oh ill just have one more pop i'll quit tomorrow... or ill finish the pop i have at home and then stop... but husband got more lol... i do need to just do it. I said that was my motto for 2015 but now i need to make it a reality thanks!
I feel pretty dumb here and its a stupid question but I apparently need help. I'm still waiting on approval to get a Sleeve so I don't currently have a WLS. I had a Lap band that was removed. I've been on a medically supervised diet for over 3 months and loosing an average of 2 lbs a month... 1 lb one month 6 lbs one month and 1 lb one month. Dr says its calories in vs calories out to follow my fitness pal app. it says due to weight and lack of activity to have 2200 calories a day. i dont et close to that ever. My average is 1200 calories... i'll be extremely honest probably half of that is pop and im working on getting rid of pop but im wondering if maybe i'm not loosing because im not eating enough? enough healthy food that is to make my body not store everything? I don't know im so frustrated
My advise is to look up the Paleo diet. This is a high protein, very low carb, low sugar plan which is similar to post-op WLS.
2200 calories is to high and I understand that giving up pop is tough, but do just do it. Just replacing the pop with water will help you feel so much better.
Losing weight whether on your own or with the tool of a WLS is hard. You have to realize that you will be committing to a lifestyle change.
Also check out the "what you eating" threads on the different surgery forums. It will give you an idea of what and how much others are eating. Make sure you measure and weigh out your portions. This will help when you do get the sleeve.
Best of luck to you.
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
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Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
thank you! i feel like i really know nothing about loosing weight. Ive tried for years and failed and i just thought it was me. its hard to give up sugar to be sure. dietitian said eat protein first and nothing with over 15 carbs a serving. if i have room than to eat veggies. that's for after surgery. i am still tying to get approval for it almost completed everything necessary done now. i just want to start early and loose now too. any advise for daily eating?
It's really hard to find a GOOD protein bar that is actually low carb.
Quest claims that its bars are FULL of fiber. They're full of a product called vita fiber which essentially is corn syrup... a true probiotic fiber should be 0 calories per gram. Vitafiber is 2 calories per gram and therefore not a true fiber... it's really a carb!
I also found that when I ate them--I gained!
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