gmalinda

not sure if I am in the correct forum and if not,please direct me..I had my surgery Oct.3rd and am having problems with my diet-am still on clear liquid diet so I am drinking muscle milk light 3-4 times a day for protein and broth and water in between. can't drink the powdered drinks as they taste too sweet for me and I am hungry!!! I have been on the liquids for almost 5 weeks now and it is getting hard to be creative with such limited choices..tomorrow is my 2 wk post-op and am looking forward to pureed foods and other then the 5 lbs lost after surgery I am staying the same-getting discouraged though. :-(

thanks for the response! I checked the carb content on the Muscle Milk Light and it is 7grams but I have to say that I haven't found any other protein drink that I can stomach right now. And ! I am waiting,as I type this, for my order of unflavored protein powder to arrive..I found a delicious broth on a VSG site that I plan on adding the powder to and also my jello and I will be looking for other liquids I can sneak it into. Thanks again for the suggestions-I was getting a little discouraged so it helps to have someone else acknowledge the struggles you can have with a new life-style. Linda

good luck! this chat is a little awkward for me but I hope to catch on -one minute I may be here and the next I may unknowingly sign out :-/ I am really looking forward to getting this over with but not looking forward to the 10 day liquid diet! but that's ok cause it is going for a good cause-glad to see that other people feel like I do ; tried so many times to lose weight that I don't really trust it-do you you know if it is harder to maintain the loss after the fact?

I'm going in October 3rd

and I figured it was time to check out Bariatric Pal and see if it is a good fit for me..being as I have tried lots of diets and lost lots of weight and gained it back every time plus..well, to put it mildly I go into this very cynically. It's a drastic move for me and I feel as if it is a last ditch effort. Its' exciting to look at before and after pictures and read the stories behind them but I don't want to get my hopes up. This will probably be more of an emotional situation for me then just a dieting thing- I can do diet with the best of them but hate limiting myself forever. I don't sit around eating bags of chips or quarts of ice cream or pkgs of oreos but I could eat healthier and exercise more except I have gotten into a rut as I've gotten older-eat out too much and I have so many aches and pains that I shy away from serious exercise. So..what's the success rate with this attitude? I have 6 weeks before the big day,I've read a BUNCH of books on the sleeve-recipe books,spiritual readiness,and a couple of funny ones about personal experiences and how they dealt with the ups and downs of this life-changing step (no pun intended) Look forward to learning how to navigate around this site and meeting some kindred spirits, gmalinda

my date is Oct. 3rd-you go 1st and let me know I just donated about 15 books to my Dr.s' office and will have to look up the names on my Amazon account because that is where I bought everyone-I will let you know. And after all the books I read and Youtube videos I'm pretty sure I could assist you with the surgery! Thanks for replying to my post! Linda M