Katie713

I have to try that frozen yogurt! It looks good for a treat watching my evening tv shows!

Everything you're feeling is NORMAL. Your hormones are out of whack, I had alot of EMO days in the beginning, but less these days as I have gotten used to this way of eating, my little meals, taking my vitamins and not fighting the regimen. It feels normal and not stressful. You will feel better as you begin moving through the stages of eating and feeling full on very little. Keep up those fluids!

Reduced fat wheat thins with tuna salad or a laughing cow wedge...great little treat!

Sannah...happy valentines day. Glad you are feeling better and able to have some food. How's that going for you? I had a very busy day at work and after work, but home now watching the Laker game with my sons, my grandson and my best friend. Glad tomorrow is Friday and looking forward to the weekend!

Sannah...oh gosh yes, I remember refried Beans while starting on pureed level foods. Funny, now I can eat anything but remembering that feeling of being able to have something other than liquids was devine. I agree, go slow. eggs were very hard to tolerate in the beginning for me so hot Cereal hit the spot for Breakfast. I would start the day with decaf chai tea and take my PPI wait the 30 minutes and have hot cereal with milk on top. In the beginning you can make it as thin as you can tolerate, or just do it by adding more milk. Great with a little cinammon & sweetener. Mid morning I would have my first Protein shake and my Vitamins, I like the Pure Protein in Frosty chocolate (made with Water in the shaker bottle, not blended because it gets too thick and frothy, hard to get down). lunch would usually be Soup, thick and creamy or maybe yogurt. After lunch, some MIO iced tea, sip, sip, sip...mid afternoon another shake...then dinner, refried beans with cheese, ricotta bake, mashed potatoes w/chicken gravy and I would add canned chicken as it is very soft, chili beans (pureed).....evenings...SF Jello or pudding, maybe a cup of SF hot chocolate. As you move to soft foods, crock pot meals are perfect. Small portions, try and measure a few ounces at a time, and stop as soon as you feel the slightest bit full or no longer hungry. It does not take much to fill your new little tummy. At 10 months out I am still amazed at my restriction level...and I love it !!! Have a beautiful day!!

Hope you were able to tolerate your pureed squash. How about some hot cereal like cream of wheat or oatmeal? I am happy you are under a cardiologists care now. Nothing but the best Sannah!

Its just the way it is. Once the meal is down the stomach is under pressure, if you eat too much the food has nowhere to go except up thu the esophagus. Its a weird sensation, and vomiting is the same way, not like before surgery, its like the food comes up just like it was swallowed, a small amount for the most part and hardly any liquid. Sorry for the graphic explanation!

BettyK....hope everything went ok today in surgery. Catch up with us when you feel up to it!!

Happy for you Sannah. Each little hurdle is something to appreciate.

Basically with gastric bypass, a pouch is created that is attached to your small intestine. They create a small hole for the contents of your stomach to pass thru to your intestine, that is called the stoma.The rest of your stomach is idle - still in your abdominal cavity, but not in use. The process is two-fold, restriction from not being able to eat much, and also what they call malabsorbtive, which means you can't digest all the food so it passes out of your body without being fully utilized. Sleeve surgery leaves your normal esophagus intact, it is a path down your throat into your stomach that has a little flap. Your stomach is trimmed down to the size of a banana, and food exits normally through the pylorus muscle, which is a sphincter, it opens and closes to move food down into your intestines normally. Sorry I could not attach a link, this website does not allow me to post the link, I got an error message, but you can just look up the various surgery techniques on the web.

I will send you a link tomorrow. I have a good one on my desktop. Right now I'm on my android phone. You did have the sleeve surgery right and not a gastric bypass? They are completely different.

That is a seriously low calorie intake. How much protein are you getting? Have you had your surgeon scope your new stomach to make sure you don't have a stricture (a narrowing from scar tissue) that is making it hard to take in your fluids? Don't let this situation go on for too long before following up again and again if you have to. If you can drink the Premier protein drinks from Costo or Sams Club, they have 30 grams of protein and the ready to drink fluid is not too thick. Just try to keep drinking a little bit all day long, not in one sitting, like the previous poster mentioned...tiny little drinks again and again.

You won't feel your restriction (real fullness) until you eat solid food down the line, don't worry you'll know the difference! I also hiccup when full. It is a good barometer of when to stop. I get like an internal hiccup or burp, and then 1 or 2 loud hiccups. At my house everyone knows what that means. Sometimes it happens so fast! By the way, you don't have a pouch or a stoma unless you had Gastric Bypass surgery. You just have a smaller stomach, the shape of a banana. You still have your pylorus intact at the base of your stomach. Stalls happen. Just stay on track and you will lose the weight !! Don't stress over the scale readings, it will drive you nuts. Drink lots of Water or other SF drinks and get your protein!! Good luck!! Spaghetti sauce is fine for pureed stage. Try it as a ricotta bake. Take a mini baking dish and spread with about 1/3 c. sauce (meat sauce or marinara) on the bottom, then ricotta cheese mixed with an egg and a little parm, then some shredded motzarella, then more sauce topped with motzarella and parm and bake in the oven until bubbly and starting to brown. It's the BOMB. Tastes like lasagna but no noodles. The bruising and sore feeling will go away with time. Don't do anything too strenous until the pain is gone.

Hi Gina...I'm 57 and I had surgery in April of last year. I have never felt better! I have so much energy and strength I haven't had in decades. My surgery went like clockwork, no complications at all and I am not stressing over what to eat, I eat a fairly normal diet now (somewhat lower in carbs) but just small portions. Lovin my sleeve and hope to make goal this year!!

Sannah....thinking of you. Hang in there girl. Much love

OP you got a myriad of opinions from posters and everyone speaks from their own perspective, some who are giving you a strict admonishment and some who think you're probably ok but don't repeat the behavior. We're all here trying to help and there are NO absoutely right answers, surgeons and nutritionists give different dietary guidelines. Common sense does come into play, you have a brand new suture line that doesn't need to be tested or having solids trying to work thru the seam. Here's the other thing I want to say, just because you can doesn't mean you should. Psycholgically you may have lost your fear of eating things outside of your recommended diet, and this may continue to plague you as you move forward and affect your weight loss. After a while its a struggle to lose, this is the time you should be on the mark. Stock your cupboards with Protein powder and Soups so you always have something on hand, later down the line when you are cleared for solids, keep cheese sticks, yogurt or cottage cheese, beef jerkey, nuts...always have the right food handy if possible.

Sannah, Liz, Iggy...you've all been through so much, I admire your strength and hope you get stronger every day. I too have a wonderful child to snuggle up to, my 9 yr old grandson, he lives with me and worried I would get too skinny, now he says "Hey Nana your butt's not so big anymore, its cute!" Kids...gotta love em.

It takes time to adjust. It also takes committment and stocking the cupboards with healthy Snacks so that you don't totally return to old habits that will result in weight gain. You got the surgery to lose weight, don't let yourself fall into self sabotage. In the beginning there were times when I just cried - missing the comfort of my go-to (food)....but I let the tears come, and deep breathing, and putting into perspective in my mind. We can't depend on that crutch anymore if we want to succeed at this. I find that we eat so little, as long as your snacks are the right ones you will slowly start to come to terms with this new life. My snacks include a few grapes and a couple of cubes of cheese, or a handful of nuts, a cheese stick and sliced apple, or some olives. Good Luck!!

Kaiser patients are recommended to take 50 mg of thamin daily. I use a B-Complex that covers it. We are also recommended to take 1000 mg of B12 (sublingual) 3 X week and a multi-vitamin and calcium citrate. I am usually very diligent about taking my vitamins but once in a while I get lazy and miss a day or two. My labs have all come back great.

I love my MIO sweet too Laura! It's the BOMB!!

4 ounces is about right. At 4-6 months you may be able to handle 6 oz then at a year and beyond 8 oz

If it gets too bad, head to the ER sweetie. At least there they can monitor and respond to what is going on with your heart.

Praying for you, Sannah. I know this is scary stuff. Sending you (((( hugs ))))

Go to urgent care and they will loosen the impaction so that you can allow it all to pass. Its embarrasing but they do it quickly and you'll feel so much better.

Best to read labels carefully, some protein bars are high in calories, fat, and carbs. I love the Atkins day break bars...about 150 calories and 10-15 grams of protein and 3 net carbs, the almond cranberry are perfect for breakfast and the chocolate peanut butter fudge perfect for an afternoon snack. The Power Crunch bars are to die for they are like wafer cookies and the flavors are great, I buy them at Trader Joes and sometimes Rite Aid. I don't like the Pure Protein bars they have 25 grams of protein but taste weird to me. Luna bars are good but only 9 grams of protein and 180 calories. Try a few and see what you like, but again, check the label, some aren't weight loss friendly.