Retty

Hi, I've just joined. I had a mini gastric bypass June 27, 2018. I'm now around 11 weeks post surgery. My concern is I feel I don't have any restriction on how much I can eat. I feel I am eating more than I should after surgery. I also never have any dumping or have any foods I can't tolerate. Is there anyone else who is the same? I'm feeling like my bypass isn't working at all.

Hi tawny - things seems to be going quite well actually. I've cut right back on my carbs and slider foods and I do seem to have a lot more restriction now. I have also found not to keep trying to eat snacks, not even healthy ones, unless I actually feel really hungry. If I don't feel hungry, I won't look for anything to eat! I think I was actually eating too much throughout the days mainly because my dietician said to have 3 main meals and 2 or 3 snacks per day. I'm finding just having breakfast, a light lunch of say, high protein yoghurt or cheese & a few crackers and a small meal at night is plenty during a day and my weight loss is consistent each week. Some days I don't even have anything for lunch except an extra cup of milky coffee (made with high protein milk). Another thing I've found is to basically forget about the surgery and food etc. Just keep busy with other things and only eat when I feel really hungry. Of course, keeping up my fluids is still very important! As you're only a couple of weeks out from surgery, you'd just be starting pureed foods, I'm guessing? Are you finding you don't feel much in the way of restriction? You might find that may change once you're on more solid foods. I do hope your weight loss journey is a good one. 😊

Thanks UnderTheCaliSun for your answer. So what do you usually have for your breakfasts? No, I never drink with any of my meals. I wait at least 1/2 hour after a drink before I eat. I then wait at least 1/2 hour after eating before I have a coffee or any other drink at all. I am seeing both my Dietician and my Bariatric GP this coming Tuesday. So I'm looking forward to having a talk with both of them to see if maybe I need to have my new tummy revised.

Thank you so much Orchids&Dragons and AshAsh. I didn't remember what slider foods were. I so appreciate you both bringing them to my attention. I've since done a lot of research and reading and realise my errors! I will definitely be cutting out the bread and potatoes and concentrate more on protein-rich foods. One thing that really surprised me was the fact that my breakfast each morning - being healthy cereal or granola is actually a slider food. That certainly explains why I never felt satisfied after breakfast, in particular. For the last 2 mornings I have had 2 boiled eggs and a mixed grain rye cracker with avocado on it and have felt completely sated after that for hours! It's amazing the difference varying actual foods make as to how our bodies react. Thanks again, ladies P.S. Orchids&Dragons, that bread truly is absolutely delicious - either toasted or as is. But now I will limit myself and have it more as an every-now-and-then treat!

Hi Orchids&Dragons. Thanks for your response. Here's an example of what I ate yesterday. As I'm in Australia, I'm not sure if you'd be familiar with the actual brands of foods I've had. Breakfast: 2 Weetbix with 3/4 cup low fat milk and 2 teaspoons WPI powder 1 mug (approx 350ml) coffee with low fat milk Lunch: 2 slices Cape Seed bread (from Baker's Delight) with 95g can chicken with shredded lettuce Late afternoon: 1 mug (approx 350ml) coffee with low fat milk Dinner: 100g grilled chicken breast 3 tablespoons garden salad, medium jacket baked potato Night Snack: 175g Chobani high protein yoghurt 60g Ricci Licorice Pieces Thanks