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Yogurt again, had to lay down, shower, lay down still waiting for it stop... [emoji738]

My surgery was the day after you. I’m glad I don’t work because my energy levels are still close to zero. Just walking around a shopping centre wipes me out. Not sure if that is from the anaesthesia, the op, the blood transfusions I received or the middle ear infection I currently have! Other than that recovery has been pretty good. No pain. Just trying to figure out what foods I can eat as mushies. I’m tired of yogurt and custard and other sweet foods. Weetbix and oats don’t sit very well. Tuna or smoked salmon with cottage cheese is pretty good but I seriously need new easy ideas that don’t taste like baby food. I have lost just over 4kg since the surgery. I’m happy with that as I’m a revision and don’t have a heap to lose.

Hi SunnyCorner & Allybee, Also, I’m not sure you will see this post but I just came across yours and had to reply. I also had a gastric-band/lap band fitted about a year and a half ago and I’ve lost about 1 stone (14lbs) in total. It has not been an easy journey. I believe in my situation I perhaps did not have a lot of weight to lose but have been trying over the past 10 years since having my children to lose 4 stone and could not seem to get past 7lbs each try. I am not very tall, 5ft 4” and was once a quite petite frame but over the years I had steadily started to gain weight bringing my weight st my heaviest to 14stone 6lbs. I decided to have a gastric band after trying several diets. I and those around me said I don’t eat a huge amount but my problem is lack of exercise and my love of carbs....potatoes, bread etc I went to see the surgeon to have the band fitted for advice and he said I was on the borderline of what they would accept to undergo the surgery (but of course as I was paying for it privately they are hardly likely to say no.....) And yes, he insisted the surgery was only a tool! After the surgery, I also took a while to completely recover and followed all dietary advice to a tee....soups, protein shakes (I found got stuck as they are quite thick)....watery soups and yogurt for the agreed time. It took for me about 6 visits to get my last band adjustment where the nurse filled my band to 6.5 mls to notice a difference. I’m not sure how they go about it in America but at my clinic in London they ask you to wait for half an hour after and have a drink (from the complimentary coffee/tea machine to make sure you can tolerate liquids before sending you home. In one occasion whereby my band was given a ml and a half, I could drink a coffee and swallow after the adjustment but when I tried something more substantial later that day nearly choked on my own saliva....I had to sleep upright that night because I could hardly swallow my own saliva I had to go back 2 days later to have the fluid removed.....I have not enjoyed the experience at all, it’s been more difficult than I anticipated at each stage and believe me, I knew it was going to be hard work but after paying £5000 I was determined for it to work. Now after a year and a half, I’ve just given up, my after care package is ongoing until July but I’ve just given up, i don’t look forward to eating anything anymore and enjoy my coffees more frequently. Eating meals has turned into an uncomfortable chore. I don’t/can’t eat breakfast, sometimes lunch gets missed too and I substitute with a latte to feel full. Food just gets stuck and I spend half an hour to an hour over the sink releasing all the saliva that has built up and I just can’t swallow, our evening meal with the kids is usually me stythere at the dinner table after they’ve all left because it gets stuck and I have to wait even thouyive chewed it for several minutes.....I’ve given up eating bread, any kind, al dente pasta because it’s too painful, most meats, things like shepherds pie and spaghetti bolognese are ok, salad leaves get stuck, it’s very difficult! So yes, I wish I hadn’t had it done. I know it works for a great many people, I must be the 1 in 10 it didn’t work for, so now I spent £5000 and can’t enjoy a meal anymore!

Yes, when I say I "snack", it is a cup of yogurt or cottage cheese to get my protein in for the day. I would consider, in my terminology, a protein shake in between meals a snack. I eat my breakfast at 6:30, have a "snack" (<100 cals) at 9:30, eat lunch about 1:00, have another "snack" at 4:00 and eat dinner at 7-7:30 after the gym. This is the only way i could ever get in enough calories or protein. having said that, I agree with the point that we are all different. I also plan out every crumb of food that goes into my body the night before, so I know exactly how much I am eating, etc.

Store List for Today: GG Brancrisps Wasa Fiber Crackers Almond Butter Raw Almonds Raw Walnuts Raw Cashews Greek Yogurt w/live active cultures Kale Chia Seeds Frozen Blueberries

Those are ESSENTIALS *whispers* like yogurt 😓

your stomach may just not be ready for it yet. A lot of meats can be pretty dry. do you throw up even things like yogurt? If so, another possibility is a stricture. But first try eating more slowly and see if that does the trick. But do lay off the meat for the time being - just try soft things. If you continue to vomit even though you're eating mushy things very slowly, then call your clinic. They may want to check for a stricture.

Outside of cottage cheese, protein shakes, SF popcicles, the only other thing i tried was pureed chicken and tuna as it was soft enough but only if mixed with a mayo/greek yogurt almost like a patee. I also blended a few soups, but not many.

I'm 2 weeks post op as well (yesterday) and I didn't lose any weight this week. So disheartening because I'm not eating anything. Just liquids, yogurt and a scrambled egg in the morning. I lost 15 lbs my first week, but nothing this week. You said you're eating too much. What are you eating? Are you on purees or have you eaten actual food? Just curious cause I'm starving!

Hi. I used UMP & Isopure. I like you don't like chocolate that much. These ones come in all kinds of flavor, including a very nice Hawaiian flavor. It's powdered form but you can add it to your coffee, a little bit of fruit, or yogurt, to name a few things. Helped me through the 1st few months after surgery, when I couldn't get much down. Still use it in shakes now & then.

I am mixing one TBLSP of Genepro (30g protein) in my yogurt, cottage cheeses, etc, to get in the needed protein. Its available on Amazon and worth it. Absolutely no taste. I can't drink the protein shakes....ugh! Genepro is my life saver!

I read a lot on here about people having so much restriction that it's still difficult to satisfy your protein requirements each day. Quite a few are lactose intolerant so it's not as simple as eating a protein bar or drinking a protein shake. Others are so sick of protein shakes that they're ready to do dire things! And still others have a lack of appetite (thank you surgery for doing your job--embrace it). But bottom line we ALL have personal responsibility to hack our own bad selves and figure out how to do what our surgeon and RD want us to do! I thought it might help to see just what it would take in a world where you are limited to 1/2c-1c of food per meal by volume (about 2-4oz by weight) in a day. Whenever I meal plan, I start with the basics of things I'm either hungry for, or know are lean/dense protein. I don't try to get tricky. I keep those kinds of cheesy gooey meals for treats and feast days...not every day. So here's how I figure out how to plan my protein to get between 60-70g per day--if I'm trying NOT to use any kind of protein drink/protein cracker or sweet/protein supplement, etc. RULE #1 Log your protein. Begin with only 3 meals: B/L/D and see where you fall. As you can see, in 3 meals I'm getting 51g of protein from lean protein sources alone! Wow! Cool! 51g will do in a pinch, but it's still too low for everyday figures. Looks like we're gonna need some snacks! Ok, let's do it! Breakfast: Microwave Egg Puff (no extra fat needed cuz it's cooked in a glass bowl in the microwave) Lunch: Turkey and Cheese Rollup (no extra fat needed cuz it's in the turkey and cheese) Dinner: Grilled Chicken (add up to 1 tsp of olive oil to cook the chicken with spices) RULE #2 Add 2 Snacks to Your Day and Assess How Much Protein You Still Need. It makes the most sense to add a Midmorning Snack and an Afternoon Snack, but suppose you aren't hungry in the afternoon after your lunch? Well, I like going to bed on a satisfied tummy, so I'm inclined to add a Midmorning and a Bedtime Snack first just to see where we are with Protein Requirements! Here's the protein plan for the day with 2 snacks added into the mix. If you do nothing more than this, most of us will get by with protein until we're able to eat 3oz of protein at a meal. But, it's still kinda low so let's add 1 more Snack! RULE #3 If Protein Is Still on the Low End, Add 1 More Snack!!! If I need to add a snack #3 to the mix, I want it to be easy, low/no cook, maybe more sliderish in nature and be a little more less like a protein chore. So let's make it lactose free fun!?! And voila, for very little effort I'm smack where I need to be to get my daily protein in while only eating about 2oz of protein per meal by WEIGHT and around 1 ounce of protein by WEIGHT per snack. That's about 1/2c of protein by VOLUME per meal and about 1/4c of protein by VOLUME per snack. That assumes you will eat about every 3 hours. Now it's time to add your veggies! RULE #4 You've satisfied your protein, now let's go add those veggies to flesh out our meal! Most of you will be able to eat between 1-2oz of veggies by WEIGHT per meal. So let's start there! That's between 1/8-1/2cup of veggies by VOLUME depending on the density of the veggie and how firmly you chop or pack them into your measuring cup. Here's your immediate "requirements" for protein and veg/fruit: RULE #5. Now let's make it taste good!!! Let's add our fats in although we already have some fats in the form of avocado, and nuts/nut butters, plus the fat in our proteins. So here's the full day! And it's filled with nutrient dense filling foods that taste satisfying and don't add a bunch of extra calories into the mixture! Hope that helps you. The key is to break your day down and systematically look at what you need each meal to get you to the finish line. That way you don't end up at the end of the day and you have only gotten 20g of protein into your piehole! This type of planning takes me about 5 minutes every day to sit down either then night before or the next morning and fill it out. I might deviate from plan, sure, but at least you know where you are in the ballpark in case you need to make adjustments in order to meet your protein needs and keep calories in line with your other macro goals!! (By the way, if you AREN'T lactose intolerant, you save a lot of carbs by using regular Greek yogurt and if you are lactose intolerant, sub out the string cheese for a hard boiled egg or an ounce of lunch meat! How do you plan your day so you get protein in?

Hi new life - I started at 238 and a BMI of 35 and went into surgery at 231 on 12/18. I dropped to 203 in about 5 weeks . Am losing around 3lbs per week on average . I do at least one but often 2 pure protein drinks a day (160 calories , 35 G protein , 1 g sugar , low carb). Usually one in am warmed with decaf coffee before I spin. After spin I have a poached egg . I drink 24oz of water while spinning . I have a little tuna salad midday. More water after . Then usually a string cheese stick or laughing cow wedge in the afternoon and a shake as I drive home . Dinner is 2-3 oz of fish normally or a cup of soup and some steamed veggie . Last I have a plain yogurt with some sugar free canned fruit cups mixed in, or Occasionally a sugar free outshine bar . Done ! Hope this helps . Usually I log in at 560 calories , 50% protein

Oh gosh a subject near and dear to my rear! Hugs to you sweetie. It's no fun. Like Rosemary's Baby kind of no fun!!! Sorry to hear you are also suffering from "occasional irregularity" *snort*!!! So for me (we're all diff), I don't know much diff in when I take something (morning or bedtime) other than MOM, I pretty much time it for 12 hours from ingestion. And Dulcolax may be like that for you? You will just have to wait and see. My daily protocol now (and it's still spotty at best -- like every 2-3 days--but at least they aren't painful deliveries) is: 17g Miralax in coffee 3 Colace (docusate sodium) 11g Whole Psyllium Husks (NOW brand), dose split in half in mid-morning and mid-afternoon. I dissolve it in Celestial Seasonings Cinnamon Apple Spice Tea with a squirt of liquid vanilla stevia. Stir and drink. Then follow with a bottle of water. 1/2c of Greek yogurt with live cultures I also try to get in as many greens as my tum has time to process. 100+ oz of liquid each day Then about every 10 days to 2 weeks, I end up needing either MOM or a glycerin suppository. The goal would be to stop the use of MOM/supps and be able to ween off of Miralax. But dunno if that's ever gonna be possible. Hope it gets better for you and that some of this protocol works for you!

I need to get back into cooking, I do the same thing sometimes which is when I get into a rut of I guess I’ll just have a cracker and cheese. My husband and I are separating; we are two weeks out from the big decision and while we’re taking the process slowly it’s been a wake up call of all the things that I stopped doing because I just counted on him to do it. Cooking is a major one of those, along with doing dishes. So I need to start getting motivated to do that regularly again, which is exciting but also somewhat daunting. I don’t want to resort to cheese and yogurt and live off of easy, prepackaged things, or worse off of take out which is just bad for me all around!

I feel like I'm in such a weirdo in between space. I don't care as much about food these winter months. SAD? i swore this was when all the cooking would happen. Not for myself anyways. I'm like it's just food, I'm hungry. I'll just eat yogurt. I like yogurt. I need to get back in cooking track

Ok, well I'm gonna try your protocol! Hell you're already winning me over to dark side: match yogurt bowls and I've been considering adding kale salads...and thinking of beans. *snort*

Hello All, I have searched the threads for shakes but most that are mentioned have milk product in them (I'm lactose intolerant) I have also contacted my nutritionist and I have tried the ones that she suggest like plant based, I tried "Plant Head" a vegan protein shake and I thought I was on to something, two weeks later it was not agreeing with me anymore...Anyone out there have a very sensitive stomach like myself and have found a shake that works well for them please let me know. I'm 5 months post op and having a problem getting all of my protein in so a good protein shake would be great for me to add into my meal plan. I've tried yogurts and also a lactose free yogurt that I found at walmart and they make me ill. Right now my appetite is very low, I eat my 3 meals a day and every now and then I may have a snack in between meals. I can only eat between 2- 4 oz. at each meal and feel full. (It's funny because I DO NOT lose weight fast eating such a small amount) I'm okay with that because with thyroid and menopausal issues I' m so grateful to have lost what I've lost in 5 months Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Gosh girl. It really sounds like your variety is still there? What people observe through their own biased filter does not affect reality. You prepare some of the most thoughtful, beautiful meals--whether that's a cup of yogurt, or one of your kale salads, or a hard boiled egg protein snack. I think people want us to revert to eating like before or eating like them to reassure themselves that there is nothing wrong with them and that it's pointless to go your route, cuz sooner or later, you are just gonna revert to eating pancakes again and regaining all your weight. You know? I think people expect that of me as well? I do feel people watching. So do YOU feel like you're developing a problem?

Yogurt is just easy, and protein forward. I vary the profile depending on what I have available. But also just the other things I'll eat or not eat also. Nuts, seaweed, kale, salads, boiled eggs, tea... etc - safe foods. Small amounts at that. I'm careful for multiple reasons. People are constantly giving scrutinizing looks or subtlety checking in to see if I ate... Like yeah y'all seen me eat. But they want to see me eat pancakes, Doritos and turkey bacon... With a vodka soda chaser For their comfort, but I didn't eat that way before...

I'm trying to resist MOM or smooth move tea in the hopes that the yogurt and psyllium will normalize me. I just found out that MOM can become addictive! Who knew? I sparkleheart it and used it every couple of weeks!

What is it about yogurt that has you focusing on that for meals? Is it always matcha flavored? Or do you vary the flavorings and toppings?

Hi y'all, sorry to be MIA. Super swamped here and having a bit of SAD I think? I just am finding it really difficult to get my head back in the game after the holidays. Welcome to all the new kids on the block and hello to all my dear friends!!! @Orchids&Dragons-I break for brownies. ((hugs)) @ummyasmin-The secret to lovely matcha is...wait for it...a scosh of Crystal Light Lemonade drink stick. me=unrepentant, or using the Better Stevia lemon stevia liquid drops. So so so good! I also mix it into yogurt with blueberries, almonds, and poppy seeds. Addicted. (TY @GreenTealael for turning me onto that game!) @sillykitty- I want to become one with that sammy! It looks so dang delish!!! Nom! Ugh so a few perils of Pauline here: my blood sugars have been pretty low lately--like in the upper 60s. So I have been trying to "fix myself" by eating 6 small meals a day and staying between 600-800 cals. My B6 has been low as well and I started a BComplex supplement, plus some extra Vitamin C and Zinc for hair loss. The results from something are that I am famished! Like starvin' marvin' hungry--all the dang time! And I'm terrified. So far, I'm up from 144.8lbs to 148.4lbs this morning. How can someone gain weight eating 600-800cals? Ugh! Life can sure be a bitter pill at times! I'm also having massive poop issues. The GI doc started me on 40mg of PPI rather than 20mg, and wanted me to start Linzess. We're trying to get rid of the esophagus pain and inflammation and he thinks I may be so backed up that it's putting pressure on my pouch and tummy and keeping things backed up. But Linzess and I do not play well together, and instead, I'm trying taking 11g of psyllium husks per day along with more green veggies, etc. I think I'm filled with poop! LOL, but at least I am going a little more regularly and it isn't Rosemary's Baby bad. Sorry for the book. Bottom line is I haven't been IFing cuz of blood sugars. But maybe the high 60s are just my new normal? I feel fine until my BGs get down into the low 50s. Then I feel like crap. And right now, I don't even know if I can IF cuz of the hunger! I'm gonna stop the BComplex and Zinc and C to see if that makes my hunger level go back to normal. Maybe I'm drinking too much green tea? I'm drinking a cup of matcha + 1 Chinese-size tea pot of green tea a day in addition to decaff coffee. Thoughts on this? Too much ECGC driving my blood sugar down? Hugs all around!!

I’m doing the protein shots because nothing taste right, and I’m having a hard time finding really soft or mushy foods. I’m also doing yogurt.

Could you stir a pinch of cocoa and some stevia into some yogurt?, the vanilla usually enhances the chocolate,taste. That's the first thing that comes to mind, I think maybe Hershey might make a sugar-free syrup, I know Smuckers makes a diet version of their caramel ice cream topping, so why wouldn't a big place like Hershey/Reese Cups do the same?