sparksrn

Ugh! 12 weeks?! That's a long time. I am able to eat more "real" food at 6 weeks, but I know each doctor is very different. I "mostly" have been able to keep pureed/soft foods down but nothing that I am really getting protein from which is frustrating. I tried protein powder in my mashed potatoes - HORRIBLE! Some things that have worked for me (not protein necessarily though) are avocado, pimento cheese, SF pudding (with protein powder mixed in), Laughing Cow cheese wedges (2g protein each wedge - very thick eat slowly), Green Chili Cheese soup pureed, scrambled eggs, refried beans, hummus.... Hope some of those help.

I messed up, it is 6 weeks I get to try real foods, slowly. I was doing ok with several things until about a week ago and all of a sudden everything I eat upsets my tummy. Hope it goes away as weirdly as it came on!! How's the weight loss going? Are you able to do any exercise yet?

Well to add insult to injury, I got a stress fracture in my heel back when I first started this process in February. I was in a orthopedic boot for 9 weeks (including while I was in the hospital for surgery), so the boot is off but I still have pain which they think is plantar fasciitis. I have walked and rode a bike. There is a gym close enough to my home to walk, so Sunday I walked up there and rode the bike and walked back. Good workout but boy did I hurt later. Maybe not quite ready for 45 minute work out. All to say, I have not been consistent for sure. Tough to do when you feel like crap! When I do though, I lose more! Re weight loss not as much since surgery date as I hoped - I think it's 16 pounds? Since pre-op liquid diet, it's like 26 pounds? But all the way back to February when I first had my apt and started the 3 month NUT visits, I am down 42, so I am happy with that number. Just surprised it's not more since surgery given I am only eating about 600 calories a day! Oh well.... it will come off. I haven't seemed to hit a stall like everyone else has week 3, so maybe that's a good sign that it is just steadily coming off. Glad to hear it is only 6 weeks. That's much better! Hope the upset tummy goes away for you soon! Not fun!