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Try this one and add 1/4 cup of soy protein and do not put the sugar! You will love it! Promise! If you don’t find an ingredient, just skip it! It will be good anyways! http://www.cilantroandcitronella.com/vegan-thai-coconut-soup/

Sure! 1/4 of Cup of soy proteins has 23 g of proteins! You can make a light sauce with a little bit of almond milk and the soy proteins and add salt nutmeg and cook some small vegetables! You can eat edamame! It’s delicious and very high in protein, tofu! You can blend the tofu very well with herbs, salt, black pepper then empty small tomatoes and stuff them with the blended tofu. Hummus, lentils (1/4 cup red lentils have 13-14 g of proteins! Super easy to cook) , almonds... trust me! With plant based diet it’s super easy, tolerable and effective. My starting weight was around 285 pounds, at the surgery 245 (sept 2017) and now I am 172. I am male, 32 yo, 5’11”... please let me know if I can further help!

I had my gastric bypass on sept the 5th. I am vegan and I started to have solid food 4 weeks after the surgery. Since then I never missed my protein goal (60g/day); not a single day.

Just an update . July/ August vs today. Vegan diet + bypass = perfection

Hi! I had my bypass on 9/5. I am 5'11' and in February i was over 285 lbs. On September the 5th, thanks to the pre-op diet i reached 250 lbs (-35lb in 7 months). I also became fully vegan in June. These past two months, since my surgery day, have been really interesting to me. Bean soups are my best friends as well. I can have 1 full cup of them easily. I still drink 1 plant based protein shake a day (breakfast) and/or 1 plant based protein bar a day. I can eat more than I expected, and I tolerate small amount of sugar and fat. When i eat solid food, unless it is crunchy i can tolerate less than half a cup. I hurted my self 2-3 times by eating too fast and it was a very unpleasant sensation. I keep track of nutrients and calories. My surgeon is impressed by the fact that I daily reach around 70g of proteins in less than 1000kcal. I am pretty happy. This morning my weight was 199 (-51 lbs in two months, - 86 since February) and I am about to get ready for my cycling class. Tomorrow I have another checkup and I'll go through some blood tests and stuff and I am confident they will be great. The past one were perfect and I have no issue with my vitamins or water input. Good luck to all of you. Here a couple of picture of before/after

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I agree!!! That's why I am worried!

And what about the amount of food I am able to eat ? Last night I was able to eat in 40 minutes with no problems: 1/2 cup of split pea soup with 1/5 Block of tofu in small pieces + a small 100 kcal of guacamole. I eat it comfortably with no problems. Waited my 30-40 minutes before and after for the liquids.

Also... I don't know how much food are you able to eat but I comfortably eat 1 cup of soft puree with no problem. Soft food might fill me up faster but I am impressed by pureed food or peanut butter I am able to eat. Obviously I do not abuse of this and I count every single calorie... But I don't know if this is normal!

Hello! I had by pass on the 5th, 18 days ago. I did 7 days post op of just liquids, 7 days purees and now I am on soft food. On the 4th I was 239 and after 1 week after I went down to 226. It was the 12th. Since then I didn't lose a single pound. It is a little depressing also because for me it's difficult to reach 1000 kcal a day as my surgeon told me to do.... I am pretty active and i walk every day: I don't feel like going to the gym doing cardio unless I hit those 1000 calories. Is this normal???

Bari life offers powdered vitamins. The regimen Is pretty easy: One scoop in the morning and One at night. That's all and it has all the things that are required. They suggest to dissolve the scoop in 8-10oz, my nutritionist suggested me to do it in 2-3 oz and it works just fine. Get the lemon or cherry version because the plain one taste terrible.

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Vegan here! If you use 1/3 cup of plain soy protein that accounts for 20g of protein. They dissolve nicely in a small.volume of 10oz of soy/almond milk (unsweetened!). Add one or two ice cubes and some unsweetened juice (1oz) and you are good to go!

I am completely confused. I received so many information (some discordant) about vitamins that I don't know what to do. I have been told from the department of surgery to start with the vitamins. I received gastric bypass on 9/5 and in this moment I am not allowed to swallow big pills and I do not tolerate the powdered vitamins (8-10 oz twice a day it's a lot of room in my new small stomach). -What should I take? I mean to be fully covered? -Where do I go to buy them (I need them ASAP, so no online order)? -which is the easiest regimen to follow at my stage (phase II, puree)? Thanks for the help

Driving two days after a surgery like this is irresponsible. And dangerous. Not only you risk to injure yourself but you risk to injure also other people. We all start a new chapter of our life after this surgery, we need to rebuild strong mental neuronal nets that make us think in a responsible, wise way. Please be safe and make good choices.