Jeni Martin

GOOD LUCK!! you will be fine. Walk as soon as you can

Post op you just aren't hungry so that is what helps keep you from cheating.

I was told no gummies... I am using centrum chewables and Viactiv

now you are lucky to get sushi... I was told three months the same for salad. I told my mom at brunch yesterday that I miss a salad... I got a small bowl of grits and a scrambled egg with cheese. Only ate about tablespoon or two

I had a lot a chest pain the first few days from the gas pumped in. I wasn't cleared for yogurt until 2 weeks out but I don't even eat the stuff, however I do mix it in my protein shakes. I will take a sip of protein then a sip of water.

I am no where near 2 months only at 2 weeks, but in a few weeks I am to be going up to 900 calories a day

I was told no sushi until at least 3 months post op

The doctors should tell you how many grams of protein to have... mine says 50-70 grams of protein for women

If you aren't eating enough calories your body enters into starvation mode and you will not lose weight. I was told to eat 900-1000 calories day of the right foods.

Soft Food (Phase One) Protein Fish/tuna Cheese 2 eggs Deli Meat (no roast beef, bologna, Vienna Sausages, Red Hots, or salami) low fat cottage cheese/part skim ricotta dark meat chicken tofu Dairy Yogurt skim milk/soy/rice or almond yogurt smoothie Veggies must be well cooked and mashed (pureed butternut squash) unsweetened applesauce canned fruit in juice mashed banana mashed sweet/white potato creamed soups oatmeal, cream of wheat or farina, grits melba toast or saltine crackers (hmmm doesn't seem soft to me)

I was told can have grits and eggs... shrimp has to wait until month 3

I had that problem, plain water was like a lead brick. I just started adding some lemon juice or lime juice. I am also able to handle cold liquids. It was just in the last 3 days that I could handle plain water

only preop for me was the day before clear liquids when doing bowel prep. Post-op Protein shakes and water 2 weeks Week 3 Thinned out mashed potatoes, soups, etc Week 4-5 can add ground beef, dark meat chicken, fish 3 months raw veggies, raw fish

I was told it can happen at 3-4 months and could add in Hair and Nail vitamins if worried

Just joined the group... was sleeved on 3/16

Good luck! I was lucky my doctor didn't require a pre-op diet, just was told not to gain and to try and lose weight.

Wow good job

I look forward to going into a store and buying off the rack again instead of having to special order clothes and shoes.... Just had my first weight check and have lost 25 pounds in about two weeks.

My shoe size is up 3 sizes from where I was at 20... I hope I can lose a couple

I was sleeved on the 16th and yes there is a calender that shows up coming surgery. Oh the gas pain was the worst, thought I was having heart failure or something it hurt so bad.

Wow I had my surgery on the 16th and didn't have a BM until the 21st.

One of the things I had read from a doctor said 2 weeks... I guess some of it will depend on how you feel.

How many shoe sizes have you gone down?

Most of the fear hit me when I was in the pre-op room, but once the staff came in with me I calmed down... I don't remember anything past going to the operating room and getting moved the table... they used something like an air bed to move me it was COOL. You will do fine!

8 days out and feeling hungry too (just very slightly)... have you tried adding some sugar free pudding mix to your protein shakes and blending them in the blender gives it more "body"