The Fullbar Experiance

After having back to back babies, I was left with fifty pounds of extra weight. Through proper diet and exercise I managed to lose over twenty of it at the recommended 1-2 pounds per week. Unfortunately, a hormone imbalance caused me to regain all twenty pounds-overnight. For added measure, I also gained an additional six pounds the next day. Denial turned to devastation as I struggled to find clothing that fit me. Tears streamed down my face at the unfairness of it all.

I had seen plenty of Fullbar commercials on T.V. but had never been moved to purchase them. It sounded like a good product, but having been exposed to gross and chalky tasting products like Slim-fast, I was reluctant to try this "diet food".

Retailing for about six dollars for a box of four 1.5 oz bars, Fullbars were developed by bariatric surgeon Michael Snyder whom after performing thousands of gastric bypass and similar stomach reducing surgeries realized that there needed to be a cheaper, non-surgical procedure for the average overweight person. Thus, he created Fullbar. Using principals similar to stomach stapling (which shrinks the stomach permanently) a fullbar eaten with a 16 once glass of water will "fill" your stomach causing you to eat less at meal time.

As far as diet products go, I felt the price was reasonable enough to try Fullbar. I picked up two types of fullbars and thought that nothing could be as horrible as Slim-fast. Following three simple instructions would be easy, especially with flavors like Cocoa Chip and Peanut Crunch. Step one was to eat at fullbar with a 16 once glass of water then wait half an hour before eating lunch or dinner. It didn't seem like it would be a problem, so I started dinner, filled a glass with water and opened my very first fullbar.

The deceptively delicious looking cereal bar on the front of the box had me expecting something edible; the dried out puffed wheat cereal held together with some nasty, gluey "chocolate" flavored paste took me all of twenty minutes and every drop of water to choke down. I can't even find words to describe just how terrible it was. I would have rather gone to my garden and eaten dirt. I only finished eating it through sheer determination.

Step two was to "Pay attention and notice how full you feel," showing a scale from one to ten with one being starving and ten being full. I didn't exactly feel full, but I wasn't starving either. I set the kitchen timer for thirty minutes, but after that I simply wasn't hungry. Nor was I hungry after an hour or even an hour and a half. When I tried to eat simply to see if I would eat less, all I could think of was the disgusting taste which still lingered in my mouth.

Honestly, I would have rather simply eaten puffed wheat cereal or a Quaker oat meal bar to fill up before a meal. Both cost less, taste better and have a similar calorie/fat/fiber content as as the Fullbar. Sorry, Dr. Snyder, as far as healthful, all natural, non-surgical weight loss products go, Fullbar is a wonderful concept. I'm sure that it is a blessing to many people suffering from the growing obesity epidemic, but it wasn't the product for me. I would rather stay fat then eat another Fullbar.

(For more information on Fullbar and other products of this line, visit www.Fullbar.com.)