Quest Protein Bars...
Oh, no problem! I'm really, really happy for you. I know it's my own wacked out food problem, and except when I'm in the middle of struggling with it, it's not that big a deal. There're lots of things I don't eat that I don't miss at all (as long as I don't eat them).
I wasn't posting a cautionary tale about Quest bars, but instead trying to keep myself honest about my struggles with food. It's hard for me to say out loud that I'm having a problem right now with some particular food. I have a history of trying to deal with it "on my own," then being sneaky and dishonest with myelf and everyone else about what I'm really eating. I felt like I would have eaten the whole box if I hadn't have "come clean" about them!!
:) Happy
53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206 
I am glad you wrote this, I am in a very dodgy place right now with the kids Halloween candy, it's in the freezer, in the garage in freezer bags and yet I still find myself standing in front of that freezer once a day having a fight with myself, and lately the candy has been winning. I keep telling myself "well, it's only one piece and you ARE being accountable by logging it", but it's not helping me get to the place where I can just say "Eff you candy, you don't own me".
I need to have a heart to heart with my kids and explain to them the stuggle I am having and see if they can compromise with me (toys for candy etc) so I can chuck it.
I need to have a heart to heart with my kids and explain to them the stuggle I am having and see if they can compromise with me (toys for candy etc) so I can chuck it.
Courtney - Lap band to VSG revision
I love quest bars. I have the sampler box too and my favorite is peanut butter and jelly, feel like I'm eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich lol. I can only eat half at a time. One day I went to the park and ate the whole thing and I totally regreted that so never again. They are def. great to stick in purse on the go and sometimes if there is nothing nutritious to eat or say at a movie I can eat this and get some protein in. My NUT says I can count net carbs so these are great because after the fiber there is like 4-6 carbs depending on bar unlike the store protein bars that are 20+ carbs with maybe 3 fiber. Hope one day you can enjoy these again, they sure help me if I get a craving for peanut butter or chocolate. Kerry
HW: 365lbs. SW:353 CW:182.4 GW:160 lbs.
Goal 1: Get under 300 (Reached as of 11/15/2011 299.4 Baby)
Goal 2- Get under 200 (Reached as of 08/29/2012 199.2 Baby)
Goal 3- Get to 160
I will say a whole one kept me filled up for a long time! I have a particular weakness for peanut butter. The Quest bars remind me of the old-style Balance Bars - like how they were in the mid-1990s. Maybe it will be more of a maintenance thing for me.
:) Happy
53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206
I bought a couple of boxes and have half a one each day for breakfast with no problem but to me they do not taste like chocolate or good candy. I get a sweet hit but not enough to want o splurge. food triggers are powerful things. I gave up drinking (for the 1st 6 months) because I am a foodie and i can't have a good glass f wine without it triggering food desires. I enjoy wine but while I'm in the initial stages of this thing i just can't do it and it's not because of the calories in the glass but the way it paves the way to hell. I feel you. Glad you got a handle on it right away. Are you sure you can't return the bars? Most companies have a return policy. The 2nd box at least you haven't touched it.
I like them and only brought 3 so far, haven't touched my third one yet. One bar lasts me a week at work, I break off a piece for a snack then that is it. On Fridays I finish up what is left and last week I didn't have any since I kept forgetting about it. I just brought 3 different kinds so far, I had the peanut butter one, chocolate fudge and not sure what the last one is, it has been so long since I brought them lol. Maybe I will go for a snack since I am now home from the nice long weekend and still have another day off 
Pre op 6 lbs lost, M1 - 23 lbs M2 - 11 lbs M3 - 12 M4 - 6 M5 -10 M6 -10 M7 -7 M8 - 4 M9 - 4
M10- 4 M11 - 5 M12 - 0
Well I am still fighting the fatigue part and booked the day off, I have been spending my lunch breaks napping. Kids will be at the babysitter's or school so momma can get some rest.
Well I look at them bars as USAF wife said, a carb is a carb so I count the total amount towards my 40 grams of carbs a day and figure it is best just to have a bite of them. I will take some time and go pick up a few more tomorrow they are great to have around for that fix, I just tried a bite of the vanilla almond I think it is. I don't like the fruit ones (haven't tried them but was never a fan of the fruit granola bars so thinking I won't like them). The chocolate brownie one was good and it fixed my chocolate craving so it works
Well I look at them bars as USAF wife said, a carb is a carb so I count the total amount towards my 40 grams of carbs a day and figure it is best just to have a bite of them. I will take some time and go pick up a few more tomorrow they are great to have around for that fix, I just tried a bite of the vanilla almond I think it is. I don't like the fruit ones (haven't tried them but was never a fan of the fruit granola bars so thinking I won't like them). The chocolate brownie one was good and it fixed my chocolate craving so it works
Pre op 6 lbs lost, M1 - 23 lbs M2 - 11 lbs M3 - 12 M4 - 6 M5 -10 M6 -10 M7 -7 M8 - 4 M9 - 4
M10- 4 M11 - 5 M12 - 0
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