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Suggestions needed..............
Kaylamh replied to chuswysly's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Use fair life milk as a snack. 13g in 8oz. Cottage cheese and Greek yogurt is good. I make chicken salad with Greek yogurt for the extra protein. You could also add egg to chicken salad for a boost. -
I'm not going to lie to you, it was the worst part of this whole experience and I only had to do it for two weeks. Cream of chicken (don't add liquid), non fat yoplait yogurt, and a ricotta bake (lasagna w/o noodles and meat). Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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I'm one week as of today myself. I'm on what my dr office called stage 3 diet since coming home which includes protein powder shakes, yogurt, cottage cheese, and of course protein shakes. As a vegan, I'm only eating the protein powder shakes trying to put as much powder in as possible to up the protein grams. I can only get down about 6oz at a time (with difficulty). I tried mixing protein powder with soy yogurt but found it unpalatable. I can't even imagine actually eating mashed potatoes right now, though it does sound yummy. I wonder how long it will be till I can drink a 12oz shake in one sitting!
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Complications from advancing diet too soon
theantichick replied to Frenchie1977's topic in Rants & Raves
Wow. As a nurse, that makes me suspect some very unclear communication, either on the part of the surgeon/staff or on the part of what you understood. My surgeon has one of the most liberal diet progression plans I've seen, and she knew from our conversations that she could give me the written lists and some general guidelines and I'd know what to do with them because I'm an RN. She started me on full liquids - which on her plan includes Jello, pudding, and greek yogurt and a couple of other pudding consistency items - on day 2 after I kept Clear Liquids down fine on day 1 coming out from surgery. There was no negotiation on that for the first 2 weeks until my first checkup. Protein shakes, and the things on the full liquids list, period. She entirely skips the puree phase, as she says it's not functionally much different from the soft/mushy foods phase if your teeth work well, and most people hate it and aren't compliant. So I had a list of soft foods that I could START introducing after my 2 week checkup. One food at a time, from the softest and moistest foods first working my way to firmer consistencies. One new food at a time, tested a couple of times before adding another new food. This was for no less than another 2 weeks. At my 4 week checkup, she allowed me to start adding in "normal" foods, except for a list of problematic foods such as raw veggies and things with seeds or small hard particles. Those were allowed after 6 or 8 weeks, I forget. I didn't actually try any of them until well after 2 months. But again, it was adding ONE food at a time, trying it several times before adding another. So if your surgeon really said just "try foods as tolerated" then s/he failed to clearly communicate what the goal of the progressive diet is, and what you're trying to accomplish. That sounds like you can try all the foods in each phase for a day or two and if nothing causes a problem, go on to the next and you're on solids in under a week. Even if that's what s/he *said*, it is very doubtful to me that is what s/he *meant*. Doctors are not the greatest at patient education, it's not generally in their training. A surgeon who is truly advocating progressing the diet that rapidly has very likely not been doing it long enough to lose a patient to a leak or abscess.- 61 replies
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Protein vs Calories what's too much
smith08817 replied to Renea Glover's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
It sounds like you are packing a lot of calories into a shake. Try using Crystal Light for flavor, unflavored protein powder like Genepro which has far fewer calories than flavored whey protein, and water. My doctor says 90 grams of protein a day and stay under 50 grams of carbs. The total calories ends up between 600-800 depending on what my other sources of protein are plus vegetables or small amount of fruit. Portion size is key - no more than 3 oz of meat and then add in a very small salad or some veg. I would eat the yogurt alone for breakfast and have a protein shake mid-morning. This forum is a good place to look for ideas from people who have been through what you are experiencing. Good luck! -
Puree foods any suggestions
heidikat72 replied to NOLAgirl-inTN's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I was going to suggest the blog mentioned in the post above - Eggface has an entire post devoted to puree stage ideas. I had a lot of greek yogurt, cottage cheese, the infamous ricotta bake, refried Beans with melted cheese, pureed tuna salad/chicken salad/salmon salad/egg salad (using plain nonfat greek yogurt instead of mayo). Those flavored tuna pouches got me through the puree and soft foods stage and still are a convenient on the run item to keep in my bag and for when I travel. I used a black and decker mini chopper to make my purees - basically a miniature food processor. Only costs about $10 and was the perfect size for a pouch of tuna or small can of chicken and a tablespoon or two of yogurt. (During puree phase that would be 2 or 3 meals for me) -
Meat sensitivity-is that normal?
JupiterinVirgo replied to xoxococojay's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I was always a big meat eater before surgery. At my weight, not only did I need a lot of Protein just to stay upright, but I needed specifically animal Proteins. I remember one year I tried to go vegetarian and after a month or so I was nearly falling over just trying to walk across the parking lot. I felt as if I had become anemic. After surgery, I of course attempted to follow the bariatric gospel diet I was given to the letter. After a while of eating meet at almost every meal and eating at first, and getting very little else inside my body I started to feel quite sick and I knew that the diet they gave me was not away for my body to be healthy. I became less and less interested in eating meat. And sometimes, the thought of it made me nauseous. As my stomach healed, instead of meat I started eating high-end cheese, nuts, whole milk yogurts and limited actual meat consumption probably take 2 to 3 times a week tops. The weight fell off quickly, and I felt much better. I started using high-end, tasteless collagen protein to compensate, and keep hunger at bay. I cannot stress enough, that there is no one-size-fits-all healthy way to eat when it comes to bodies. It really truly depends on where your ancestors came from, your personal bodies specific needs. Sometimes it is hard for us to trust ourselves because we are taught to outsource authority, and because we feel like we must not know how to eat if we got to the point where we need the surgery. But I don't think that that's really the truth. I think the truth is that only you can know what your body needs from day-to-day minute to minute to be healthy. Guidelines are fine, but the final authority needs to rest with your body and it's intelligence. I'm a big fan of intuitive eating, which is the regular practice of tuning into the messages of your physical body. If my body wants me to give it meet. If my body wants nuts or fruits or greens that's what I give it. But I choose the best version: organic, less processed, more Whole Foods. And it has worked so far. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
Counting Protein carbs fat AND calories will make you insane Formula: 1gr of protein or carbs=4 calories 1gr fat= 9 calories For the first week had three shakes a day. I made then with unsweetened cashew milk (125 calories each) and 1/4 cup of cottage cheese or yogurt with 10 grams of added protein (140 calories) 78 grams of Protein and carbs (79x4)= 326 calories. By day 10 I was getting in at least 90 grams of protein and about 10 calories in carbs (100x4) =400 calories When I had my one month NUT follow up I hadn't lost any weight in 8 days. I was OKed to start mushy food and start eating fish and chicken (i was avoiding meat). The NUT looked over my food diary and suggested I add some fat to my diet. So I switched to 2% fat cottage cheese, full fat yogurt, started to have one shake a day made with 1% milk and added avocado, mayonnaise and olive oil to my diet. 80 grams protein and 20 grams of carbs (100x4) = 400 calories 10 grams of fat (10x9)=90 total=490 calories Now at 9 weeks out I have a Protein Shake in the morning, two meals of "regular" food and a high protein evening snack. My goal is at least 100 grams of protein no more that 25 grams of carbs I don't monitor fat at all since my portion 3-4 oz size makes over doing fat nearly impossible. That comes to 700-800 calories a day depending on how much (unmeasurable) fat there is in the meat 25 gr of carbs and 100gr protein (125x4)= 500 calories + 25 grams of added fat (20x9) = 189 calories A total of 689 calories- plus the unknown amount of fat calories in meat or fish , total is also higher on days I eat cheese. Hope this helps!
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4 days post op and I've advanced my diet
Aggiemae replied to CakesItUp's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I was allowed to have yogurt, sugar free pudding and cottage in the hospital. I looked forward to puree but when it was ok I still couldn't tolerate it so stuck to shakes and cottage cheese for another week. -
Taking pills, how far apart?
AnaDmom3 replied to TiredOfMyself's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I was told not to take full capsules until day 30. I do chewable or liquid right now because even crushed multi were nasty even in yogurt. I am mixing calcium powder from the capsule into yogurt for now and do take that 2 hours after Multivitamin Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
Puree foods any suggestions
Stephanie replied to NOLAgirl-inTN's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
depends on your pickiness. If you have a bullit you can puree almost anything you liked prior to your sleeve. Veggies cooked very well and thinned with some chicken or beef stock is yummy. I particularly liked zucchini that way. Deviled eggs with a little of the unjury powdered chicken broth is really yummy. I didn't not particularly like it made into a broth however but it did make for a really good seasoning for things like deviled eggs and pureed veggies. I added the powder dry to the eggs with a bit of Water to make a paste. It is also good to have some tomato basil Soup, pureed cottage cheese and a little canned fruit pureed into it, Yogurt, go thru some bariatric websites for some great ideas. -
Sleeved on 12/19. I still do mostly shakes. I also eat Dannon Light & Fit Greek yogurt 1/3-1/2 of a container at a time. I am supposed to be able to have mushy/soft foods as of now, but I may hold off a bit. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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Blend a pack of Salmon Creations lemon and dill with Fage 0% yogurt is great for puree stage.
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Gas pains 3 weeks out
Twnsmama replied to Twnsmama's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Just abdominal region. I had absolutely no gas pains following surgery (this was my tenth surgery so unfortunately I know what those feel like lol) Dr has me on Slim Fast Advanced and the New Whey and I've also been having Powerful Yogurt (the Slim Fast has 20g of Protein and 5g of fiber. Powerful Yogurt has 20g of protein and zero fiber, and the New Whey is 42g of protein and doesn't mention fiber) Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
Fresh fruit (apples, grapes etc..)
Ssze1109 replied to Kmccusker127's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was allowed to mix strawberries, blueberries and bananas into a smoothie with stonyfield plain yogurt. I have not had apples yet so not sure. But that sure sounds good! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
December 13th sleevers!! Lets all update and see how we are doing. I am trying to get a sense of what is normal, average, ect. I am 3 weeks post op today and down 16 lbs. I thought I would be down more, but seem to have stalled at day 13, losing only 1 lb in the past 8 days. Is this normal? Is this possible? My calories are between 600-800 per day. No issues with the Protein or liquids. Soft food stage for me, fish, yogurt and soup. I know its crazy, but I was not anticipating a stall for at least a month or two. My surgeon said the first 6 months is where the weight will fall off, after that its up to me. Hoping to hit a milestone in January.
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I'm Tabitha this is my first post, my surgery is scheduled for Jan 6th and I'm totally excited and a little scared. The last time I spent the night in the hospital was to give birth 12 years ago I can't wait to start this journey but I'm also trying to be prepared I found a handy gadget for Christmas called Yonanas - it makes ice cream out of frozen bananas with no dairy needed. I made the first batch tonight and it was awesome and totally on our diet plan Probably can't have it every day because you are eating 2 bananas and whatever other frozen food you add but it will be a nice substitute to yogurt or popsicles Anyway I look forward to my journey and all this great stories you have shared continues to motivate me Thank you Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
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Protein powders/drinks/ideas
Callie714 replied to smaller's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Try unflavored Protein powder. You can mix with crystal light or add to yogurt or soup. I use the Isopure unflavored protein because whey isolate is easier on my stomach. I also like the Syntrax nectar flavored powders. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App -
I know it can be frustrating. Seeing as I was in the SAME boat. So this is what I did...after the appointment where I was sure they were going to approve a surgery date for me my doctor told me I was shy 6 lbs of being approved. I was DEVASTATED, instead of being discouraged I IMMEDIATELY went on strict diet and drank TONS of Water. I lived off Protein shakes for Breakfast, hard boiled eggs for snack and baked or sautéed chicken on a salad and drank LOTS of water throughout the day. I also tried my best to incorporate at least a half hour of some type of "workout" even if it was just dancing. I lost 14 lbs within a week and a half! Just stay strong and think about why your doing this whenever u feel like "cheating". But don't beat yourself up, keep your head up and stay determined. It will happen. I also did turkey wraps or sandwiches (on wheat bread) for lunch! And had Greek yogurt as well! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using the BariatricPal App
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Almost one week post op....
Stephinae Howard replied to Mike Dumas's topic in Duodenal Switch Surgery Forum
I'm so jealous. I had rny on 12-28-16. Was 337 day of. 343 next day. And just now getting back to 337. Today was my first day getting all my fluids and protein in. I added fage 0% plain yogurt and PB2 powder to 4oz of Premier Protein chocolate shake. Helped me get it down easier. Good luck ???? RnyM -
Food addiction How do you deal
Renea Glover replied to Renea Glover's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Are u still on puree foods or solids? In the beginning I could only tolerate small amounts of creamed Soup, Jello, broth, yogurt .. Its really trial and error Go at your own pace. Good luck Sent from my N9518 using the BariatricPal App -
Full liquid diet help
White Sale replied to mstrice's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hiya, @@mstrice! Strained is not the same as pureed. They want you to strain the cream of vegetable soup to get the veggie chunks, noodles, etc out, leaving behind only the soupy liquid for you to drink. I am on my full liquid diet right now. I have Water, premier Protein shakes, sugar-free Jell-O, thinned out Greek yogurt, sugar-free popsicles, and all kinds of Soups which I strain first and then thin out if I need to. I also add flavorless protein to the soups. When in doubt, always ask your doctor or nutritionist. Best to you!- 1 reply
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I went. Just had a little yogurt with a couple pieces of fresh fruit. Went well! Thanks Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App
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I rarely leave the store without yogurt, cheese, Vitamin Water zero and cashews!
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10 days post op want to cheat [emoji30]
farah32 posted a topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
hello.. so i am still on my liquid diet only clear liquid.. and if i want plane yogurt from time to time just like my dr recommended. am sticking to the diet.. but am having a hunger feeling from day 7 and now all i want is to eat real food is this feeling normal? didn't the say that they remove the place were your stomach gets hungry? or is it just a myth? and did you cheat on 10 days post op... love to hear your experiences Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
