Power Crunch Bars Re-Re-Review, Again.

Ladies, the definition of crazy?  Something about doing something repeatedly and expecting different results, right?  Uh, okay. 

Blame it on the fact that they were free, and, that I have no more ISS bars, but... I ate half a Power Crunch Bar last night.  I got two freebie Power Crunch Bars in the "Lap-Band For Everybody" bag at the Walk From Obesity.  Both, Cinnamon Bun flavor.  Last night -looking for a snack, I went for a protein wafer and found none.  I searched every cabinet, and found all of the bars that my husband buys for himself, and none. of. mine.  Because, remember?  He EATS MY BARS!  He secretly loves them more than any stupid South Beach Fart Bar that he buys himself.  So, I check the "snack door."  There sits two fresh Power Crunch Bars.  I think to myself, well, I didn't die LAST time I tried one?  I dumped really badly, but, I'm still alive.  Couldn't hurt, right?   How about just a bite?  How about one half a bar?  Okay - one half, but that's it. 

So I unwrapped one corner of the bar, and ate a bite. It had no smell, I was expected a cinnamon aroma.   The texture - pasty and chemically.  I do not know what the hell my problem is with these bars.  Nasty.  So, I ate three bites and threw the damn thing in the trash.  I knew, that if I ate the whole thing - I'd be sick.  So, I felt a little less guilty about wasting a $2.00 freebie protein bar. 

I've tried these things repeatedly for years - because!  The Are The Gold Standard! (I guess?) for us post WLS'ers for a easily digestible protein food.  Not for me.  Every time I eat one - I have a reaction.  It's an intense instant dumping - followed by a wacky blood sugar swoosh.  It's almost the same sort of reaction I get from ingesting refined sugar straight up.  But, whatever.  Ugh.  I have another bar in the cabinet, I'll pass it on to my SIL, she's not a "dumper."