MicahD

I am wondering if there are other vegetarians/vegans who are getting or have gotten sleeved? I was sleeved 04/18/2016 and found the process a little more difficult because I am a vegetarian. I am also a nurse and thought that it would be a good research project. I would love some input and anything that I use would be kept anonymous. The direction that I am heading with this is to provide a guide for pre and post op vegetarian eating with the gastric sleeve. Feel free to answer me on this board and I will give you contact information. Maybe this can benefit someone you know who is getting the sleeve and is having trouble knowing what they can and cannot eat. Micah

A Little More Explanation.... I really didn't think that anyone would reply so I kept my statement brief. I wanted to add a little more about my thoughts and why I am doing what I am doing. Thanks so much for all your replies. I noticed when I was starting my pre-surgery diet, it was a low carbohydrate diet. I had not tried this in years since I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 7-8 years. Before vegetarianism, I actually lost quite a bit of weight on the low carbohydrate diet. I started doing some research on "creative" ways to do my pre-surgery diet and still maintain the vegetarian status. Unfortunately, this seemed to rule out a LOT of food which left me with basically, shakes and vegetable broth, and the rare sugar free Popsicle. I ordered some sugar-free vegetarian Gelatin, only to find out that that had a lot of carbs as well! I would like to set up a questionnaire for those willing to answer questions. All on an anonymous basis! My email is micahsvsg@gmail.com. Again, thanks for the input and insight. I have learned a lot. I joined the facebook group and plan to post there as well. By-the-way, Elle09, I use Isopure. It is supposed to be flavorless. It isn't bad. I actually mix it with an Atkins strawberry shake in the morning after my run. I was sleeved on 04/18 and haven't been very hungry so, this allows me 40 g of Protein at one time. I find that if you freeze it a bit, it tastes like ice cream (or to me it does). Later, I usually drink a GNC vanilla bean shake which has 25 g of protein. Both are vegetarian. Micah