Wheat Thins/Triscuts

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WTH?!?  Seriously?  First of all, at 2 months out I could barely eat 2-3 oz. of protein let alone add veggies and slider carbs to the meal (and crackers are sliders).  It took me until 3 months before I could get in a few bites of veggies along with my protein.  Those are the carbs you want - veggies - not crackers or bread.  

Yeah, I tried a piece of toast at 2 monnths out with some peanut butter...it came right back up.  I didn't try bread again for months!  

I'm dumbfounded at her advice.  She obviously has no idea about the true capacity of a sleeve at 2 months out.  She's giving advice for "normal" people.  17 crackers - a serving size - at 2 months out.  She's a true NUT! 

It did not hit me how many crackers she was saying to eat until Tracy's reply.  17 wheat thins?  I am guessing this person has not had WLS surgery or been advising WLS patients for very long.  I eat a few crackers now with my chil but I limit it to 2-4 crackers which is only about 6 carbs.  At two months out I was just concentrating on my protein and not worrying about veggies.  BTW, that was my NUTS advice.   

My surgeon and NUT also advise against snacking and to concentrate on 3 meals a day.  They feel 3 meals makes the body go into fat burning mode between meals and snacks stop that process.   If hunger sets in, they  say to drink 8 oz of water to make sure it is not thirst masquerading as hunger.  Most times it is.  If I do snack, I try to go with low carb/high protein such as jerky, a few pork rinds/ veggie sticks.  Have to be careful with pork rinds as they are a slider food but sometimes you just need the mouth feel of the that crunch.  They say  high calorie items like peanut butter should be avoided in the weight loss phase.

I guess I am the odd man out here. I do include crackers such as wheat thins in my diet most days. Sometimes I eat a half serving (8crackers) and sometimes a whole serving through out the day. My nutritionist told me the same thing, that I could eat wheat thins, I think it was about 5 weeks out. I am 7 months out and have lost 78 lbs. I am 2 lbs away from a "normal" bmi and hope to lose about 12 more lbs. I log my food on mfp and usually get about 8-900 calories and 60 grams of protein a day.

I should add that early on I might have only eaten 2-3 crackers.