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I'd much rather eat a hamburger or chicken than butter... but I also have a lot of native fat to contend with. A keto nutritionist told me just eat your protein first then any veggies you can get down.. having had VSG I can only eat maybe a 4-6oz steak or burger or chicken and maybe two pickles or stalks of asparagus before I'm full.

When I eat candy/sugar/soda I can eat a lot throughout the day, and get a lot of calories in from sugar... i still eat smaller meals, but the sugar did me in. When I'm in keto, my appetite is non-existent, like ever. I'm hardly ever hungry. I don't produce ghrellin so most hunger is mental for me anyways.