Quest Bars

I have heard lots of good things about these bars.... What is your favorite flavor?

I like chocolate brownie, cookie dough, peanut butter (not pb supreme) and apple pie. My dad says the banana one is pretty good too. My very favorite is the chocolate brownie.

My biggest mistake, only one I think really, in this process, was to give myself permission to eat" any protein" instead of the lean dense protein such as chicken, shrimp or fish. I get full on 5 bites of chicken or 4 shrimp. I could eat two quest bars at 400 calories in one sitting, and then want more all day long!

seriously consider if you want to introduce protein bars into your plan if you still have significant weight to lose. They caused me to stay at the same weight for 3 straight months... Too many calories, didn't make me full, body felt all the carbs not just the net carbs no matter what the label says...

And I always had a hard time not eating 800 calories if real food to get me full... So I over ate.

persobally, if I had to have an emergency bar... I'd find  the worst tasting lowest carb one to have on hand... That way you will really only turn to it in. Real emergency and not begin replacing real food with high calorie bars. Justifying them because so many people on here use them, was a mistake for me. My weight loss plan calls for lean dense protein...meat, fish, shrimp.

5 bites I'm full, don't crave. 1 quest bar and I'm wanting another one allllllll day long , too many calories in bars, an old behavior to substitute sweets for food. I learned the hard way... DoNt n start giving yourself permission to eat non plan foods and rationalize why it's okay...

It took me a couple months to get really back on track and I watched several people pass me by who'd had surgery months after me! It sucked! Just ework the plan and you'll keep losingn: one bar  is 160-210 calories ( 24 carbs and I say oh baloney to net carbs,.. My body felt those carbs, they all counted!), digests in mouth, sweet, triggers, doesn't stay with you.... 1/3 your daily allotted intake if 600 calories. 

Compared to 3oz chicken,,. Full 100 calories, 0 carbs, ... Non triggery....for 1/6 your allotted amount.

list your favorite protein options and compare bang for your buck... If I'm serious to knock out carbs for a few days, even Greek yogurt goes to get it done!

 

Sorry for typos, it's why I never post! Finally down another 10 pounds and I had to kick the quest bar habit to do it.

but then, I got fat on sugary, carby, baked good type foods...substituting them for meals....

hmmmmm... Same habit in slightly different package, same results... No weight loss, cravings, and crabby! Just my story, but I really regret those 3 months. 

I will allow myself them in maintenance , not to replace meals but to be my dessert. A substitute for a candy bar with the benfit of protein

good luck to you!   

Christina

I have been eating one quest bar a day.  Perhaps that has something to do with my 2 week stall.  Boo  I really look forward to them.

I think we could be twins!! Sounds JUST like me!!!

I agree with the previous message. Generally speaking all bars, even those advertising themselves as protein bars, are high in carbs. I look at the wrappers sometimes and find they usually contain more carbs than I eat all day in just one bar. I know that many people try to use them but you can do yourself a favor by sticking to lean dense proteins. I follow the fish routine also.

What the previous two posters miss, is the fiber. Yes, the Quest bars have a lot of carbs but when you deduct the fiber they are really very low in net carbs. I try to stay away from the second generation of bars which use a lot of sugar alcohols, but that is my personal preference. I have eaten a Chocolate Brownie bar every day for lunch and the fiber is why I poop every day. Our normal diet is so low in fiber, no wonder everyone has bathroom issues. Trust me, eat a Quest protein bar every day and you will stay regular and it will make it easier to hit your protein goals.

I didn't miss it. I add fiber substitutes 2x per day with FAR less carbs than a protein bar has. I come out way ahead in the trade off. Since the fiber truly has no taste I just add to my water bottle once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

 This is so log it should br it's own post... Frisco, if you read this and can cut and paste this into a new pos please do do for me! I think it's worthwhile....

It took me an hour on my phone tO get this this cleaned up... I apologize I cannot edit it down!

I didnt miss it either :) I was type two diabetic and know all about fiber carbs and how they're not supposed to elevate insulin as body doesn't recognize them. I have tested and mine does! My blood sugar goes up . As with sll things there will be much individual variation from person to person. You can also hey fiber through less pleasurable means like fiber supplements si ti me that is just another justification ...but if it works for you, enjoying your fiber s no sin!! Lol! o offense! If it's working for YOU and you got to goal, that is a valid perspective.

I'm saying I read posts likd yours... Went against my drs advice of lean dense protein , stopped weight loss cause they were trigger foods and I craved them all day every day once I started giving myself permission to have them. I also then gave myself permission to have a handful of fish crackers if I logged it... Slippery slope! It was MY gateway food as drug choice ti substitute real food for something that's tastes better... And I needed to look at that behavior. Once it became very clear it wasnt going to get me to goal , because lets face it folks three months is NOT a stall ! i needed to decide if I wanted it enough to be in maintinance ? aving a quest bar every day was worth being 30 pounds above goal .

It became very hard for me to give them up. Sounds liked for the above poster, u it's just a meal replacement and you carry on on plan. For me they are crack!

My suggestion to op remains the same... Lean dense protein, finer in supplements, veggies , chia or flax ( talk ti nutritionist).

If shes  like you, she'll get to be enjoying her bars along thd way, if she's like ME, she will just start a slippery slope of looking to food for pleasure, not getting full, trigger cravings and get derailed... Then feel like a failure when other patients lose 50 pounds more than her in less time!

Through justification s like this.. I have cOme

to truly appreciate the wisdom of Elina, Frisco snd Kairk amongst others... Get to goal on the plan and THEN experiment with fiber carbs. And how they effect you or howuch fruit you can eat. 

When I went from rigid compliance to dabbling in foods suggested on here by well intentioned folks, I stopped losing.  Elina is absolutely amazing in her ability to get back on track if she's been off plan... No one I know does it better than her! I'm NOT good at i at all ! History tells me that it can take me years in between successful dieting attempts. I always knew what to do..compliance and self discipline and impulse control  are all issues for me!

I am Finally finally losing again... No cravings. For me, the worst thing ever is when I feel out of control with food! I lapse into self loathing.  Like I'm no longer making decisions... Like I've gone back into addict junkie mode. All bars do that to me! I tried moderation, and some days foud myself eating 3 quest bars ( rarely).  I have never thought sbout chicken fish or shrimp all day. If I'm looking forward to a food... Eagerly anticipating it, It is probably a food that is something else for me.my normal weighted husband has never once in 15 years said he craves a particular thing! Never !

this is individual, we should sll think about which foods we abused, we use for comfort, as a drug... Our triggers.. If she is not a sweet craver, didn't get heavy on chocolate, baked goods , cookies, cheesecake.. If shd got heavy eating three times as much chicjen and brocoli ... Well... She's not going ti gave an issue with bars.

WHEN I'm at goal I will use them... If I can maintain my weight eating 2 bars a day, I will purchase stock in cookie dough quest bars! I do think they ate one of the best choices stats wise. What will be different is  I'll be at goal. More cslorie carb room . For me, if I find myself skipping real food for a bar.. I am in dangerous territory . They will intentionally looked at as dessert.. After meal.. To replace s 400 cslorie cookie or 1000 calorie slice of cheesecake.

My attempt is to share my issues to save someone from falling off the wagon. You don't know how much resolve until you try off plan things. Getting back on the wagon is really really hard for me do I'm choosing to just stay on there! I repeat.. Get to goal, then find foods you like to satisfy your " cravings" for things you know you shouldn't have.

It put me into poor me deprivation mindset... Instead of the grateful mindset I was in... And as I watched all these rock stars like wildcat NYC and shrinking Sarah and others pass me by in less time... The depression of feeling like a failure led me to want more quest bars. 

I am nOt one of Cirangles rock stars... But I am going to get to goal and these very valuable lessons I'm learning about myself are gong to help me stay there. For me, I'm working this crap out in the weight loss phase, making my life harder, making ig take longer, wasting time... Perhaps that is how I'm meant to do it. But it sucks big time to start comparing yourself to everyone on oh and see them lose 100 to your 70 even from same starting weight... My choices sowed me diwn.

I respect and value all views on here... But I regret not being tighter on plan between months

5-8   Not because it's a race but because it does get harder psychologically to stick to such a restrictive plan even starting at 4 monts. The swelling is gone  and e hunger was back.

Op should. Insider her history, her triggers, if diabetic, how ruled she has been in thd past . Test the waters if you wish, you'd perogative. My surgeon does not allow bars on this plan because he has seen them be a problem for a statistically large number of patientsI got heavy not by eating huge volumes of food, wasn't a sodadrinker, didn't eat fast food, but would have a slice of cheesecake and call it lunch.If you find yourself weighing yourself in the morning, and feeling relief because you " got 

way" with your little indulgences thd previous day..you need to look at that as a symptom of a downward slide into poor choices. Those little things add up!

i was excercising fairly 

hard daily and non exercises who rigidly adhered to plan left me in the dust. It's my age i said, I'm almost in menopause I said, I td harder for me to lose because I was diabetic I said...go figure, it was just my own behavior getting in my way!!

i wanted my reality to be different, I wanted my bar and to lose weight to! Part if this process is learning life isn't fair and as Devon says, learning ti deal with my reality... Acceptance of my lot and then work with it. 

I rarely post due to my issues with electronic. Today I felt I had something to offer that could benefit others.. I cannot edit my mini novel here and think its worthwhile to post even though long and full of typos.

I got caught up in what I should be able to do because others can... Got all pissec off at my reality... And finally decided to get off thdpity potty and just do the damn work already!

I wish all my oh travelers well...

Peace out

christina

I think they all kind of taste the same, but they aren't terrible if you're out and about and need protein.  I used them when traveling and very occasionally on weekends since I have a tendency to be running around all day, get faint, and need to eat.  Personally, I don't find bars satisfying at all.  They do not fill me up, they don't really last, so it's basically just something to get me through until I can eat my real food.