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First, Has anyone used Dr. Paragi from West Orange ? What was your experience from beginning to end? No, sorry...can't help there... A more important question, is I have to lose 10lbs quickly ... To be considered for the sleeve , any advice ? pleaseee ..How did you do it ? Is this a requirement by your insurance or surgeon? I am no nutritionist, but most surgeons require a liquid diet prior to surgery...no reason why you couldn't do it now. For example, on mine...I drank 3 Protein shakes a day for Breakfast, lunch, and dinner...in between I had 4 oz Dannon Greek yogurt, 4 oz FF cream chicken Soup (strained), SF Jello or SF pudding....using these variations as 3 Snacks in between. I did this for 10 days and lost 15 lbs.

thank you! I'm working with both a nutritionist and a psychologist, today was good day I try to eat more, even had pasta, Greek yogurt, and finally some shaved meet with olive oil and lemon. I was able to keep it down. I need to let myself gain some weight and be ok with it. Because I had surgery to have a healthy life with my kids and husband.

thank you! I'm working with both a nutritionist and a psychologist, today was good day I try to eat more, even had pasta, Greek yogurt, and finally some shaved meet with olive oil and lemon. I was able to keep it down. I need to let myself gain some weight and be ok with it. Because I had surgery to have a healthy life with my kids and husband.

I'm day 13 and I'm only allowed to eat small curtal cottage cheese 1/2 - 1 oz, egg whites1/2-1oz, suger free pudding, yogurt with no fruit or seed peels. Creamed Soups strained. Didn't your doctor give you a menu to follow Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

@@Thecloude1 Don't let this fear rule you. You will learn quickly if you are going to dump and what causes it. Most people never experience dumping, it is a small percentage of people who do. When you go on your trip, bring along some things you might need. I always travel with ready made Protein shakes, good quality Protein Bars, cheese sticks, jerkey, nuts or seeds in prepackaged portions. When eating out early on I stuck to things like cottage cheese, fish, chicken and stay away from sugary or fatty foods that might cause dumping. Yogurt. Keep one thing in mind, when you order yogurt in a restaurant it is usually full fat, full sugar. I have had yogurt make me uncomfortable for a while. Occasionally the higher end brunch places with have lovely plain yogurt with berries. the only time I ever get sick is if I eat too much of something that could cause a person to dump. So what I mean by that is if I were to have a treat like ice cream, I know that if I eat more than 3 or 4 spoonfuls I am going to be very uncomfortable for a while. I won't get sick but I get a very heavy feeling. I also get this from things like rice, bread, Pasta.....so I simply stay away. I can however have a piece of toasted bread without getting that same feeling. Now keep in mind I am 18 months out and at goal so I am allowed to eat some of these things in moderation. In the first 12 months I stayed completely away. I hope this helps. Have a great time on your trip.

I am 6.5 months out and have not had any dumping at all. I am travelling next week and I also am nervous about what I will find to eat. I eat low carb, I don't add fat to my food and really have maybe eaten out twice since my surgery. I am trying to pre-plan restaurants that I can go too and am bringing along some protein bars/snacks and plan on going to a grocery store to by little things like yogurt/cottage cheese/tuna/hard boiled eggs/peanut butter for breakfasts and lunch.

Over 2 years out and maintaining 10 pounds below goal. I work 10-12 hours/ day with no breaks. I take my Multivitamin, D3, and B12 with a couple spoonfuls of full fat cottage cheese 1st thing in the AM. I have a 20oz travel mug I fill with decaf tea with 1/2 and 1/2 and drink on my way to work. Depending on our schedule I may refill that with decaf coffee and creamer at a local convenience store at some point in the morning. Anytime from 10 to 12 I eat a Quest bar and take a Calcium supplement tablet. Throughout the afternoon I will drink a 24-30oz Protein shake and snack on nuts, Jerky, beef sticks, pumpkin seeds or popcorn and take a second calcium supplement tablet at some point. On my way home from work I start a 32oz bottle of Water and drink that through the evening. For my evening meals, I pretty much eat whatever I feel like, making sure I get protein, fruits and veggies. I always have Greek yogurt with ground flax seed and Kashi go lean or all bran Cereal for dessert. (Gotta have my fiber!). I will take a third calcium tablet in the evening. Usually have 12-16oz of decaf tea at bedtime. Weekends are much more of a free-for-all. I eat 6-8 tiny meals thoughout the day. I don't usually have a Protein Shake on my days off because I actually have the time to eat my protein. I also try to get in even more fruits, veggies and whole grains. If I'm driving a long distance or going on a horseback ride, I do take a Protein Drink with me.

High Protein greek yogurt mixed with you fav flavoured Protein powder Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

Hmmm. I will try some yogurt. And the Isopure Green Tea sounds pretty good for now and maintenance. I just want to know why I'm so hungry. My tummy won't stop growling. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

So this morning i started my liquid diet...i have been keeping myself real busy and after tomorrow nothing after 8pm...we are getting a pretty large snow storm so hoping thing will get postponed... I am able to have pudding, cottage cheese, yogurt and cream Soups strained... Its not too appealing so looking forward to the not eating part for now... I just took the milk of magnesia and OMG stuff is gross...mkaes me wonder what the leak test crap is gonna taste like.... As you can see from prior posts my hair is very long...so i am gonna have my hair braided tomorrow night after my npo starts then off to bed! I hope for a fast night!!!

you might choose something more friendly like cottage cheese or yogurt.

I am allowed yogurt,pudding, cream soups, cottage cheese etc....

Are you allowed yogurt? Or soup? I am allowed today but not tomorrow, but I might just only drink protein shakes

Yep that pain for me is gas pain and constipation.. It's lasted weeks for me and is very frustrating never mind uncomfortable.. Now I make sure I get all my water in , take a fiber powder 3 times a day in my water and yogurt and take duralax every night .. It's getting a little better now

I am 7 days post op. I feel exactly like you. Even healthy foods I drool over. I think it is because we are on strict liquids. I am taking omeprazole. daily so I don't think it is acid. My stomach actually has hunger pains. Maybe if your stomach heals quickly it is ready for stage 2 foods sooner. But I definitely don't want to risk it! It sucks! I dream of cream of wheat and yogurt. Only 6 days away.

I'm 9 months out, down 98 pounds, work full days, work out most days, and get 85-100 grams of Protein each day. I do it by meal planning on the weekends. A typical day looks like this: Breakfast - egg and turkey bacon (I cook the bacon on the weekend, then just zap it each morning) Health wise marshmallow hot chocolate (these are 15 grams of protein and delicious) lunch - Dannon Light and Fit Yogurt Sliced turkey with cheese roll-up Snack - Quest bar or quest protein chips dinner - chicken with a bite or two of veggies, ham/cheese omelet, shrimp, or chili made with ground turkey I also use P3 Protein packs that I buy at the grocery store and Smithfield deli meat and cheese roll ups - both are easy to grap as Snacks or meals when needed. I grill my chicken on the weekends, pack veggies and other items in baggies in correct portions. Tracking my food and Water in myfitnesspal keeps me accountable.

For a 'sweet' alternative try mixing a scoop of your fav flavoured Protein powder into a high protein low carb greek yogurt. Delicious and hits the sweet tooth for me Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I was not able to get in my protein and stopped drinking my Protein Drink but my nut told me I should drink at least 2 a day.....Some days I do but mostly I drink 1 before I go to the gym. Have you tried drinking the Protein shakes ? I drink premier vanilla add some sliced banana's a few spoons of yogurt and cinnamon.

I am one month out and had a mini gastric bypass. I can barely get a whole scrambled egg down. I can only eat about 1/2 of a yogurt. I notice I can eat more in the evening for dinner than I can during the day when I am taking in my Protein with one morning shake and one early afternoon shake. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thanks! You're right, can I ask what you were told your calories and carbs should be? Like I said, the NUT that was there and went through the surgery left and I'm not sure the new girl is 100% knowledgeable about all this. Sent from my SM-N920T using the BariatricPal App Here's the thing: my NUT didn't tell me to hit a certain number for my carbs. I had to figure out how my body reacted to them on my own. Some folks do great on super low carb and have no problems. Me, I like food, and I figured out how to read labels and also the difference between good carbs and bad carbs and started testing how much I could eat of (healthy) carbs and still lose weight and feel good (both eating things I liked and overall feelings). I know now that my "sweet spot" is around 50-75 carbs daily. So that is what I use as my guide. If I notice I've stalled out for a few weeks or am feeling bloated, I know it's because I let my carbs creep up and rein them back in. You will have to figure out how your body works with carbs and fat and such once you're cleared to eat all food - but in general, most people do better when they keep their carbs below 100 grams, so definitely start working on things from there and see how you do. I remember at about 3 months out, I was lucky to be hitting 700 calories a day and getting around 60-70 grams of Protein and no more than 50 carbs a day. I had no energy for the first 3-6 months and worried about ever getting real exercise in, but as I got the hang of eating healthy stuff, I also started feeling like moving more. And I have a neighborhood pool, so I started going to swim several times a week and by the end of summer, I was riding my bike round trip there and back (~1 mile) in addition to swimming for a few hours. So that kickstarted me getting active, and I slowly started upping my calories to support the increase in activity. Now at a year and almost 3 months, I'm hitting 80+ grams of protein and 1400-1600 calories a day. I try to keep my carbs around 50-75 grams daily (net carbs, which is the total carb number minus the amount of fiber) but I have had it pop up a few times to 100 grams like when I make a pot of Beans (complex carbs, but they'll still run that number up). Low carb is usually considered under 100 grams a day average, and I definitely try to make that my absolute cutoff. I make sure that the carbs are high Fiber (complex) so at least I know they're the good carbs. But I am also doing yoga twice a week, bodyweight routine twice a week (pushups/squats/dumbells) and ~5 miles walk/jog 5X a week in addition to regular activities like grocery shopping or yard work (and swimming/biking a whole bunch as soon as the pool opens!). I was told at my year appointment back in December that I was eating too few calories and needed to up it due to my activity level. I eat a whole lot of chicken salad since it is easy to make a big batch and eat on it for a few days (I put red grapes, green onions and curry spice in mine and it's fab). I use red pepper strips instead of bread or crackers - tastes super with the chicken salad and give me a nice crunch too. I also make lots of baked fish and chicken with aromatic spices and cook with real butter - I make a side of broccoli/cauliflower or sesame green beans to go with and it's a very nice meal. For Snacks, lots of yogurt (I like Kroger's Carbmaster line as they are only 60 calories and have 4 grams of carbs and lots of flavors), or cheese sticks or hummus and red peppers/carrots. When I do eat a sandwich (a few times a month), I use the Aldi Fit & Active whole wheat bread - 45 calories for two slices with 16 carbs, but with the 5 grams of fiber, that's only 11 net carbs for the two slices and it tastes just like soft wheat bread. I'm still losing weight and gaining muscle so I am definitely not done at this point, but even if I don't lose another pound, I'm thrilled with where I am now and anything more is just awesome.

Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, or leftovers are some of my go-to's for breakfast. If I am eating out eggs are a good choice. I like an egg mcmuffin with an extra egg and eat either no English muffin or half a muffin.

I love the unjury unflavored because no smell (to me) and it mixes really well. I just wish they sold larger bottles with a little savings. I have a 3lb container of Isopure unflavored and it has a smell to me, so I am mixing a half a scoop with my 13gr of Protein yogurt to get more protein and when this tub is gone I will go back to Unjury.

For breakfast you can make omelet muffins. You fill muffin tins with veggies like mushrooms, onions, green peppers, whatever you like and add cheese, meats (like crumbled sausage, bacon, or diced ham) and then bake until golden brown on top. When they're cool, wrap them in Saran Wrap and put them in a freezer bag. Then you can heat them up and eat them for breakfast all week before work. Cottage cheese or Greek yogurt with fruit is another good choice. Or a hard boiled egg and fruit. Peanut Butter on whole grain toast. Avocado toast with sliced hard boiled egg. You can make and freeze breakfast burritos. All kinds of good stuff out there! Just depends on what you like.

Hi Everyone, I used to frequent the post-op sleeve forums daily but have gotten out of the habit. I'm now pregnant and over a year post op so I'd like to touch base with others going thru the same. A little about myself: Surgery Date: 11/14/2014 Current age: 31 Height: 5'6" HW: 310 LW: 193 CW: 214 I am 17.5 weeks pregnant with my first child. I actually got pregnant about two weeks after my 1 year surgery anniversary. I had been on a great track for losing weight, but in august of 2015 we found out my gallbladder was full of stones and sludge. I had it removed on 8/31/2015. I had asked my bariatric surgeon (different than my gallbladder surgeon) if he would remove my gallbladder at the time of my original surgery but he said that was no longer a common practice. Had I know then what I know now, I would have requested a different surgeon. Apparently rapid weight loss causes gallstones. I knew that, but I didn't know it could do it past 6 months post op. Anyways.....the ordeal of having my gallbladder out brought me from my lowest weight of 193 to 199/201ish. I stayed there pretty much from September to December when I found out I was pregnant. I have gained 12 pounds since the day I discovered I was pregnant. That's partially due to my heavy workload that required me to sit at a desk 12 hours a day with a 45 minute drive each way (7 days a week for the next three weeks!). I am also struggling with low blood pressure. My OB insist I continue eating throughout the day because I have already had one fainting spell. I have not seen my bariatric surgeon as he is in another state from my home (I had been working away from home at the time of surgery). Other than that, my docs assure me I am quite healthy and I am expected to have a completely normal pregnancy. They are sending me for a consultation with maternal fetal medicine for high-risk pregnancies just to be prepared though. Ok, there's my "quick" intro. We will find out on 4/4 if it is a boy or girl. I think it's a boy. I am not showing yet unless I suck in lol. I was able to wear a size 10 jeans before getting pregnant but I am in a size 14 maternity jean now. Thankfully what started out as additional weight on my butt has started gathering just in the baby bump area so hopefully soon I'll actually look pregnant and not go up anymore in pants size. I still try to eat healthy but I give in to the need for carbs occasionally and healthy fats. I eat yogurt, fruit, orange juice, meats (not deli), cheeses, and yes, even coffee. I usually have stuff like that throughout the day while I'm at work and then one healthy meal in the evening. I am still really restricted in the amount of food I can consume, so I have to make sure I make healthy choices. I'm not sure what I'm looking for in posting all this or coming back to this site. Maybe just to touch base with others in a similar situation. Any advice or questions, I'd love to hear. Thanks for listening.

While it does have a little sugar, at this point I don't care lol! I'm able to get one down in a 30 minute period and it stays down without causing my stomach to feel like absolute crap! Those with dairy issues will absolutely have a problem with these, but I love them! I even got vanilla ones to make smoothies with. I got sleeved on the 9th of March (: http://www.stonyfield.com/products/yogurt/op/strawberry Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App