I agree you need to weigh and measure. I got to 400 pounds thinking "i didn't eat that much". Really 6 months out is still really early. There's a lot of behavior change that needs to happen. I'm 6 YEARS out and still have to fight my fat girl ways of eating.

That's awesome that you've had such success and feel so much better. I had hoped for the same but now I personally wish I had never had the surgery. All the things I had to do prior to the surgery then six weeks to recover all resulted in zero weight loss. Makes me furious just thinking about it...

It sounds like your program only focused on the mechanics of the surgery not the head work that can help make it successful and you may be fooling yourself about what surgery will/won't do for you. I'd recommend tracking everything you put in your mouth for a week, no changes, just track everything, and then focus on where you can make changes to make sure you get protein needs met first and then you can focus on calories later. It seems like you are hung up on the calorie restriction so focus on the other needs - protein first plus hydration, and once you've met that then you can have what you want.

Find a way to do the work on your head as well - counselor, support group, etc -- the pieces I found the most useful from the 10 week behavioral modification class I had to take pre-op was the part that focused on understanding the different types of hunger (head (I just want to eat); eye (I see options and I want them); mouth (would like a different texture); nose (something smells good and I want it); heart (emotional eating) and how you can deflect each of them.

Good luck!

I am 7 years post RNY, so my thoughts may not exactly apply, but here goes:

What you are eating/drinking is not making sense to me.

Fluids empty quite quickly (and so do many foods). You are 6 months post op, so I would think you should be on 3 small meals of protein and some vegs(small amounts), one snack. And for the snack, if I had to have something apple-ish, I would go for a solid piece of apple rather than applesauce. (Personally, my recommended snack is hi-protein yogurt, with some benefiber or some fiber one cereal, if you catch my drift. ) I have no clue why you would have applesauce for a snack - maybe not many calories, but no protein, and no 'staying power' in terms of satiety, IMHO. Also satiety comes from chewing also, and it gives you brain more time to know what is happening in your body.

Weigh and measure everything. You are still in the 'science experiment' phase - finding out what tastes OK and is filling. I would also write down the time you eat and how full you feel. I do not understand why you are having 2 protein shakes everyday at this far out from surgery, unless you are having post-surg healing issues or can not eat real protein (but you say you can eat seemingly without restriction.)

You may need to sit down with a dietician who helps post bari-surg patients. Is there one at your dr.'s office? If not, I would start to find one. Are you attending monthly support group meetings? There are some virtual ones now. Great way to ask questions.

With some help, 800 calories of the right food may help you to feel satisfied.

What I am trying to say is this:

Good job for reaching out!!

Despite your current difficulties, it is too soon to think that your surgery is a 'failure'.

Remember Science Lab from school - keep a notebook of what when how you feel before and after eating - this will help a pro help you.

If the best advice you can get from your drs office is 2 prt shakes and a meal each day (not just your dr/surgeon but other staff there - nuit, diet, counselors - I usually meet with the PA.) - find someone else. A great surgeon, is not necessarily the best person to assist long-term. If I was told to stay on 2 protein shakes and a small meal, as in FOREVER, I would prob feel as you do. Sometimes I have some salmon for breakfast (very Nordic) , and I am usually full. But it took awhile to find a meal plan that I could get through the day with . At 7 years out, the surgery makes me a little less hungry, but I have to be very careful and diet and exercise. And I still struggle with regain.

Here is a link to a standard post-bari plan. It may give you some questions to ask you dr next time. I did not use this, but i remember something like this to follow. https://www.brighamandwomens.org/assets/bwh/surgery/center-f or-metabolic-and-bariatric-surgery/pdfs/nutrition-guidelines -sleeve-gastrectomy-and-gastric-bypass.pdf

I saw my surgeon the first year, I can see him as needed from now on; I use my PCP and I just tell her what labs i want. She's never questioned what I ask for but has added a few that she needed, lol.

I've decided this will be a litmus test for any future GPS, if they are not willing to let me be my own advocate and to follow my asks on labs, they are not the practice for me.