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Sue, I'm eating Dannon Light 'n Fit Carb Control Yogurt, Sugar-Free Fudgecicles, and creamy soups. No one told me how much to eat. Maybe I am eating too much, as it happens only in the evenings after I eat dinner. How much am I supposed to be eating? Please someone help me!! I'm going insane here! For example, I eat 2-3 fudgecicles a day, 1 yogurt a day, and probably 3/4 of a can of soup a day. I guess that is a lot. I didn't really think about it. My doctor did talk to me briefly but did not let me discuss any of these concerns nor did he bring them up. The diarrhea started Thursday night (1 day post-op) and I was relieved that I wasn't constipated. But thought it would pass. It continued and I was too embarrassed to discuss it on the boards. I cut back on my drinking and my eating today and have been fine so far, except for gas. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! I did break down and took some of my prescription pain medication a little while ago. Hopefully that will ease the pain and help me get some rest. Thanks Sue! Any other advice is welcomed!

I am eating greek yogurt, Atkins shakes, High Protein oatmeal from Bariatric Choice, and High protein Soup I got from Bariatric choice. Frankly very tired of all of these things. Girl I would jump into mushies if I could!!! Maybe just try one new different mushie per day since you are concerned. Maybe that ricotta bake from eggface or something like that would be a good start!

Yes there is a lot of difference between Dr. I'm on liquid 3 weeks but if I can 4 says it's better for stomach to heel. Went back to work in a week and a half. Sleeved 9/10 doing good tried Greek yogurt 5 oz could only eat half at a time. Ugh liquids go down easy.

4 days, I am 2 wks post op and I usually only go every 4 days. Unless something doesn't agree with me! Which today is yogurt!!!

Tiny amounts of yogurt, cream cheese, peanut butter and banana blitzed in milk, strained soups etc

I agree with you!! I am so paranoid about eating too many calories and so i under eat! I am 3.5 months out of sleeve surgery and I think my body is in starvation mode. I'm going to try to up my calories to 600 and see if that breaks my somewhat stall. i was drinking a protein shake at night but i figured its like 160 calories before bed.....not sure if that is good for me. I drink it in the morning now as breakfast. Then i will have no fat cottage cheese or greek yogurt as a snack a couple hours after dinner.

It has been hard. I’m not even 9 days in. I’ve found a groove. I’m enjoying chewing on ice as a snack 😂 Also, yogurts have given me something to spoon. Good luck!

Hi everyone. I had my surgery on July 10 and I find some days are better than others. It is taking me a while to build up my eating as I struggle to keep down protein shakes. Interesting enough, I am able to eat Greek yogurt which has been extremely helpful. Getting my water has been somewhat challenging but I keep sipping away. Best of luck to all that had their surgery or waiting to get their surgery.

I can be picky at times, so I get it. I have been writing down things I will be able to eat after surgery at different phases. I will share what I have: First couple of days will be clear liquids such as water, Gatorade/Powerade, sugar free popsicles, decaf tea and coffee, broth or bullion, protein water. After that will come the pureed stage, where you can enjoy things like skim milk/almost milk to make a protein shake with, strained creamy soups, sugar free puddings, Greek yogurt (no chunks), mashed potatoes (soupy consistency), sugar free fudge & fruit bars, cream of wheat (soupy), sugar free ice cream, applesauce with no sugar added, and anything you can puree like baby food such as fruits (non-citrus) and veggies. You can make protein pudding with sugar free pudding and protein shakes. You can make something called Ricotta Bake. I found the recipe on Pinterest. Sugar free whipped cream with sugar free pudding mixed. You can also get unflavored protein powder to add to these foods to get your protein in for the day. Cottage cheese blended smooth. After a couple of weeks, you can graduate to a little more texture like runny scrambled eggs, egg and tuna salad, soft cheeses, refried beans, mashed bananas, etc. I find a lot of useful recipes on Pinterest. This is the guidance from my nutritionist so yours could be a little different.

So here has been my 2 days of liquids so far, what do you guys think? dieselraver's Detailed Diary Print View. TheDailyPlate.com May 10th, 2011 Your Total Meal Item Brand Item Name Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber Your Servings Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 2pm Chinese Restaurant Egg Drop Soup 61 0g 10g 2g 1g 0mg 1,122mg 0g 2.00 122 0g 20g 4g 2g 0mg 2,244mg 0g 8pm Chinese Restaurant Egg Drop Soup 61 0g 10g 2g 1g 0mg 1,122mg 0g 2.00 122 0g 20g 4g 2g 0mg 2,244mg 0g 9pm Fage Fage Total 0% With Mango Guanabana 120 17g 18g 0g 11g 0mg 45mg 0g 1.00 120 17g 18g 0g 11g 0mg 45mg 0g 10pm Carnation Carnation Evaporated Milk 40 3g 3g 2g 2g 10mg 30mg 0g 2.00 80 6g 6g 4g 4g 20mg 60mg 0g Breakfast banana 121 17g 31g 0g 1g 0mg 1mg 4g 1.00 121 17g 31g 0g 1g 0mg 1mg 4g breakfast Carnation Instant Breakfast (dry mix) 130 18g 25g 1g 6g 0mg 135mg 0g 1.00 130 18g 25g 1g 6g 0mg 135mg 0g breakfast Smart Balance Skim Milk 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 1.00 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g lunch Muscle Milk Light (100 Cal) 100 0g 5g 3g 15g 5mg 180mg 2g 1.00 100 0g 5g 3g 15g 5mg 180mg 2g lunch Hunt's No Sugar Added pudding, vanilla 60 1g 6g 2g 0g 0mg 115mg 0g 1.00 60 1g 6g 2g 0g 0mg 115mg 0g Totals Calories Sugars Carbohydrates Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 975.00 73.63g 146.06g 19.45g 51.48g 30.00mg 5,184.00mg 5.50g Wrapup Calories Allowed925.67 Calories Consumed975.00 Calories Burned0 Net Calories975 May 9th, 2011 Your Total Meal Item Brand Item Name Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber Your Servings Calories Sugars Carbs Fats Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 9am Chobani Nonfat Plain Yogurt 100 7g 7g 0g 18g 0mg 80mg 0g 2.00 200 14g 14g 0g 36g 0mg 160mg 0g 12pm Progresso chicken Noodle Soup- Light 70 1g 10g 2g 6g 20mg 680mg 2g 2.00 140 2g 20g 3g 12g 40mg 1,360mg 4g 2pm Land O'Lakes Fat Free Half and Half 20 2g 3g 0g 1g 0mg 30mg 0g 1.00 20 2g 3g 0g 1g 0mg 30mg 0g 2pm Nescafe coffee 4 0g 1g 0g 0g 0mg 1mg 1g 1.00 4 0g 1g 0g 0g 0mg 1mg 1g 2pm Smart Balance Skim Milk 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 0.75 90 11g 11g 1g 8g 4mg 120mg 0g 2pm Isolate Advantage whey Protein Isolate- Creamy Vanilla 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g 1.00 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g 4pm Land O'Lakes Fat Free Half and Half 20 2g 3g 0g 1g 0mg 30mg 0g 2.00 40 4g 6g 0g 2g 0mg 60mg 0g 5pm Smart Balance Skim Milk 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 1.00 120 15g 15g 1g 10g 5mg 160mg 0g 5pm JELL-O sugar free Mouse Temptations, chocolate Indulgence 60 0g 10g 3g 2g 10mg 100mg 0g 1.00 60 0g 10g 3g 2g 10mg 100mg 0g 5pm Isolate Advantage Whey Protein Isolate- Creamy Vanilla 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g 1.00 110 3g 5g 1g 20g 10mg 130mg 0g dinner Progresso Light Italian-style Vegetable Soup 60 4g 14g 0g 2g 0mg 820mg 4g 2.00 120 8g 28g 0g 4g 0mg 1,640mg 8g Totals Calories Sugars Carbohydrates Fat Protein Cholesterol Sodium Dietary Fiber 1,014.00 62.35g 117.85g 9.85g 114.50g 78.75mg 3,891.00mg 12.50g Wrapup Calories Allowed925.67 Calories Consumed1,014.00 Calories Burned0 Net Calories1014 Glasses of Water 2011-05-095 TOTAL5

I've been experimenting with going off my PPI (Prevacid) over the past week and a half and it has been painful! I went almost 4 days without and by the end I felt like a hole was being slowly burned through my chest wall and like my throat was swelling shut. So I took one, then waited 36 hours to take another one and it has now been ... 4 days? since and although I get some uncomfortable burning sensations in the late noontime, if I eat my greek yogurt around that time it helps. I'm wondering if I feed my stomach foods that require a lot of acid to break down, thereby giving it something to do (lol) if that would help?

I at a ton or soups, yogurt, protein shakes. It does get better. Good luck and congrats on your surgery.

Good Morning Friends! Today is the beginning of week three and I was happy to have my first cup of yogurt today. I can honestly say that I don't mind the not chewing as much as I mind all the sickly sweet foods. I know you all said that your taste buds changed, but the Carbmaster Yogurt this morning almost gagged me and it was always my yogurt of choice! I weighed this morning in honor of my sleeve-a-versary and was down 2 more pounds...that makes 11 since surgery...stupid me was almost sad because it wasn't more and then I realized that I would have given anything for a 2 lb loss a few months ago! I guess it is all relative! I am going to measure today...assuming this little seamstress can find a tape measure! I think measurements will come in handy when I hit the stalls! Hope you all have a wonderful day! Cheers~ Barb

You go girl! I went out to dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant last night. Had Beans with salsa...no cheese dip...wanted some but the kids had eaten it all when my beans got there! lol I ate them slowly and they went down easily. I did get full on about 1/2 cup, maybe a bit more. Didn't drink after I started eating. I really miss my Margaritas so I took a tiny taste of my daughter's. It seemed very strong and I didn't even want anymore. Funny, huh? When I do have a drink, I can tell that I'll need to be very careful. Funny how your tastebuds change when you are on liquids only. My favorite thing this week on Thick liquids is my yogurt. Carb Master from Kroger is very tasty and not too sweet. It has 8 g of Protein alone and I have been adding 1.5 scoops ( 20 g of prot) of Bariatric Advantage Unflavored Protein powder to the cup of yogurt. The unflavored powder is perfect fo me. It is light tasting...although it is a bit sweet and vanilla flavored (don't know why they call it Unflavored...not so much!) But I like it! So far, that is my favorite! Just received my shipment of unjury unflavored...will let you know how it goes! Glad to hear that you are doing well! I will be going in to weigh and for Support Group on Tuesday, the 24th. Looking forward to official weigh in! Take care and keep up the good work! I am so proud of us! WE ROCK! Barb

I find that sometimes it's easier to eat veggies as a snack instead of a meal. I like to make a dip out of plain 0% Greek yogurt--add dill dip mix (low-sugar type) or a Penzey's spice mix. then cut up red pepper, cucumber, zucchini strips etc. to dip it in. about 100 calories and really filling. You can do this with PB2, Greek yogurt and apple slices too. When I'm eating a meal, if I have any carbs (which is rare--like a spoon of baked sweet potato), I put that on the bottom of the wide-mouthed mug that I eat out of, then veggies (like zucchini, spinach, sauteed peppers, etc.), then Protein. Then I eat in layers, so protein first, then veggies, then carb last--and a lot of times I won't have room for the carb. I like red pepper strips and a laughing cow babybel lite cheese as a snack too, or cucumbers with the soft low-fat laughing cow cheese on it. I like those mini cucumbers that look like pickling cucumbers. They are nice and tender and digestible. I can also eat about a cup of romaine lettuce with a few cut up veggies on it (carrots, peppers, cucumbers), and some protein on top. I've seen a few people post what they've eaten for the day and sometimes there are zero veggies and then there are things like processed carbs. I say everyone should do what works best for him or her, but I can't imagine a food plan, for me, that doesn't include veggies.

@@Elode I'm sorry, I just got coffee all over my work computer screen from that first line! LOL @@Mel13 - I could not get you more right now...... I currently live with 3 people that only eat once a day and it's normally chips, yogurt raisins, or fried chicken. One of them is my fiance and I will be moving with him in a few days to our own place - only for him to complain that he wants bread with his eggs and why can't he just have his bag of chips. I go to my parents' house 5x a week for my daughter to eat spaghetti with ALOT of grated cheese, and my dad to order pizza when he doesn't want to cook, and my mom offer me chicken nuggets instead cause she "knows I'm off bread". I could not understand the difficulty any more at this point lol. But as I keep getting told by every one of them - they want to support me...... but they already put their foot down with changing everything for me. Which is fine - it's more self control needed on my part. You've got this! Just ignore them lol

@@Countrygrrl dear speedy gonzales LOL old habits die hard but they must die i used to eat fast, fast too my "tool" was a shovel i kept digging myself in a deeper hole eating too fast??? KNOCK IT OFF!! eating too fast - its like hurry, hurry keep eating otherwise someone is gonna grab your plate from underneath you!! I frequently use a baby utensil when i eat you can only go so fast when you are using a baby spoon when i eat my yummy yogurt i have a teeny spoonful then i take a break - move the plate - and restart its great or using regular silverware taking your fork/spoonful after you are done chewing put utensil down for a couple of secs it DOES work/help - but you have to keep practicing you know what they say about practice you can do this you must and you will 41 lbs total down pre and post op that's great keep up the good work kathy congrats

Protein shakes actually can be really harsh on the stomach, not to mention if you're making them with milk, its often a lot more milk in a day than the average adult is used to. Also, liquids in tends to equal liquids out. its a fairly normal post op experience, but you do have to be mindful of dehydration. Things like benefibre and metamucil help as they provide some bulk to the stool and slow down its passage through your body. Also, you could ask your doc if you can have something like Imodium. But also - I was never put on a shake regime. I got through liquids on things like fruit smoothies, thin yogurt, pureed fruit and home made vegetable Soups - with meat blended into them for protein. Protein Shakes just arent such a big thing here, they can be part of a post op regime but are not often prescribed as the be all and end all weight loss. so perhaps try taking in some other foods too - in liquid form of course.

haha i hear ya. I love to bake and i made red velvet cheesecake brownies the day before surgery to bring into work and i didnt even try anything i was very proud of myself. I was extremely sick of clear liquids myself and even started crying the night before my 1 week post op appt because nothing was satisfying me. The next day i was cleared to add in yogurt and pudding and it was the best thing since sliced bread to me! haha Wednesday i was cleared for stage three foods and i can finally feel full and on maybe 3 oz of food. You will progress soon dont worry. as a side note...i think the smell of baking choc chip Cookies is one of my fav smells :wub:

I'm from spring hill. My dr is dr opie from omc. He and his nurse is awesome. Im one month out and I've lost 28 since surgery but a total of 38 since the 1st of december. I cant wait to be able to eat things. Im sick of yogurt, jello, broth, popsicle. I want real food. ????

Hello. I had my sleeve gastrectomy on June 13. I lost 30 pounds prior to surgery and have since lost another 72 for a total of 102 pounds. I am ecstatic except I can barely eat anything. Initially, I figured my progress was just slow, so I didn’t rush the stages. Then it was discovered I had a stricture as I was throwing up any solid food. I’ve since had two endoscopy procedures, but things don’t seem much better. I am mostly on a soft diet as a lot of solid food, even if eaten in very small quantities and chewed very well, will cause me to throw up. Many foods cause diarrhea. In fact, I’ve had chronic diarrhea this entire time. My doctor says to wait another month before a third endoscopy. I am taking Imodium a couple of times a week to curb the diarrhea because it’s getting to be extremely irritating. I am barely eating because I can hardly tolerate anything, and I am having a very difficult time meeting my protein goal. Protein shakes cause extreme fullness and diarrhea and sometimes vomiting, so those are out. I do drink protein shots which go down well, and I pretty much live on fresh mozzarella cheese and yogurt. Even the thought of a lot of foods is a turn off because they aren’t appealing and make me gag or I’m afraid of how I’ll react and psych myself out. I am at a loss as to what to eat. Luckily, I am getting my water in, 64+ ounces per day, and I do eat Pedialyte popsicles to help with electrolyte loss which my providers are concerned about. I’ve researched and researched, but I’m finding nothing. Has anyone had this issue? How did you solve it?

Super quick question for my fellow sleevers..........For breakfast I ate an entire container of yogurt (I was doing a bad thing, eating at my desk while I was working, so it was probably over a 20 minute period).......it seems like a lot at one setting (5 oz)........is that anyone's normal now, or is that a lot? I didn't feel full nor feel the restriction (I'm loving my sleeve....but miss the 2 or 3 month mark where you could only eat a bite or two LOL) I had a little freak out this morning when I got on the scales, and it looked like I had gained 10 pounds........then I put my glasses on and everything is good except my eyesight LOL .....PHEW!

I had my surgery 11/17. Was on clear liquids Wed. and Thursday, then moved to full liquids, which really helped the little bit of hunger I was starting to feel. I am just taking it kinda slow. There is no way I can eat the 1/2 cup of yogurt or sugar free fat free pudding im allowed! Am already loving this band thing...lol I feel a good amount of restriction. Its probably due to swelling, but hey, ill take restriction any way I can.... Pain wise, im doing well. A little pain when getting up from something low but other wise not bad. Never have had pain in the stomach area, just in the port site. Goin back to work Monday, but I have a desk job for the most part. Got my pedometer ready to walk on my breaks.. MD says work up to 2 miles a day asap! Well... off to get 1/2 cup of decaf coffee..... Everyone have a blessed day!

Re: rotten gravy yogurt: I blend 1/4 cup okios greek yogurt( 20 calories, 3.75 gm protein, 0 fat, 2 gms carbs) with 1/4 cup nonfat Activia lo fat vanilla yogurt (27 cal, 2.75 gm protein, 0 gat, 4 gm carbs) and it is very good. Tangy taste. Lots of probiotics !

What are your plans this weekend? My plans this weekend are hanging out with Vegas Angel Bearded Italian and Ruthi. We went to downtown Las Vegas last night and that was a real eye opener. It was a lot of fun. There was music playing and a dome over the whole area with Woodstock music playing and a moving video of scenes from Woodstock. It was really cool. This afternoon Vegas Angel Ruthi and I went shopping. We found the Fage yogurt at Trader Joes which I am anxious to try. I wish I had a Trader Joes. I also bought a scale at Jennie Craig and I am having it shipped home. Tonight we are going to see a show and to the Strip. That should be a lot of fun. Tomorrow I have to fly home. 2) What's your favorite movie and why? My favorite movie is Forest Gump. I don't know why I love that movie so much, other than it spans the entire time of when I grew up. 3) How many states have you visited? Lived in? Your favorite? I have visited so many states I couldn't list them all. When I was 17 my parents dragged me around on this trip across the United States with their RV from Chicago to California all the way back to New Orleans. The only states we missed were the Northeastern ones. I was a teenager who missed my bf at the time, and was not pleasant to be around at the time. The only states I have lived in are Oregon and Illinois. I would love to live in San Diego because I think the weather is perfect there. That will never happen though, because I know how expensive it is to live there. I do like Oregon better than living in Chicago, although I miss Lake Michigan a lot. It's like a big nice warm ocean. The ocean in Oregon is freezing cold and pretty to look at but not much good to play in.