I am super confused about what to eat, I'm post op day 12 and I saw my surgeon for follow up yesterday. He advised me to start drinking green smoothies, and the nutritionist said to eat pureed veggies. She said take advantage of while there is a lot of swelling and try to eat mostly plant Protein to feel full. Most of all they said to stay away from carbs. I would really like to eat atkins style and I fear if i just do green smoothies and veggiesI will start freaking out and eating bad things from hunger. That has already happened to me a few times. As I am food obsessed, this unfortunately did not end with my surgery. I have eaten crackers, a shrimp and a few croutons over the past few days late at night after my resolve ends. The strange thing is that i have had no repercussions. the crackers slid right down, no feeling of fullness. the croutons (I ate 3) made me feel very full and burp. And the shrimp, I didn't even think about it, my little boy put it in my mouth, he likes to feed me, so I ate it. I felt a little yucky but no barf or diarrhea. I had non stop diarrhea when I progressed to full liquids. And I am also concerned that I can still gulp liquids. I am already up to 8 oz Protein shakes again. And I can drink a bottled Water like I used to. Bottom line is i need to figure out what to eat so I stop messing with dangerous food! i only had a 3 hour nutrition course and have now been told my my surgeon/nutritionist not to follow what the post op instructions say. My post op instructions say I should be eating mash potatoes, grits, eggs, ground meats. If I do the green smoothie thing I am going to be taking in a lot of carbs. I guess this is o.k. for a while but i know I will be hungry and start doing bad things. My hunger has decreased significantly as well as my cravings, while still there, they are reduced. I think If I knew I had nice cheesy meatballs to look forward to for lunch I would not be sneaking crackers and croutons. But a green smoothie? don't think that is gonna cut it. If the ground meat is safe I should be able to eat turkey meatballs, but I am confused. Only post op day 12 I go back to work soon, need to get an eating plan together quick!
