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The worst of my head hunger is gone 15 days out from surgery. I can't say it will never come back, but I think a few things are helping: 1. I limit artificial sweetener. It tastes too sweet, anyway, and for me, it just perpetuates cravings. 2. I make a high-Protein "dessert" with non-fat, low-sugar (but not artificially sweetened) yogurt, regular soy milk, unflavored Protein powder, and cinnamon. I use enough soy milk to make it liquid. (My fave yogurt is Siggi's.) 3. Instead of chocolate Protein shakes (which now taste disgusting to me), I use the unjury chicken Soup flavor protein powder. This feels more like a meal than a chocolate shake. When I started eating baby food meats (puree), it helped a lot, too. Before surgery, I could put down fast food, full-sugar soda, and Desserts with the best of them. If someone put a burger, fries, Dr Pepper, and sundae in front of me right now, and I could eat it without sleeve consequences, I would have no interest in it. Of course, none of this helps with the chewing aspect, but it won't be long before you can chew food again. I promise. You will not fail. The liquid phase will be over before you know it.

There is a small taste as nothing is truly tasteless but it can be hidden. It mixes very well under 140 degrees. Thank you. I assumed if I put it in a cream Soup or Greek yogurt it would help cover the taste.

kingdavid757, Congratulations on getting close to goal and approaching the 100 lb lost mark! I think sweet potatoes are a wonderful choice to add if you’re looking for a few extra calories to slow weight loss (or even if you’re not looking for “extra” calories – they’re worth fitting into your meal plan). They’re super high in beta-carotene (Vitamin A in an antioxidant form). They also have dietary Fiber and Vitamin C. They also have potassium, which helps balance sodium and lower blood pressure. They do have some sugar, but not too much. A small sweet potato has 6 grams of natural sugars. That’s less than the amount of natural sugars in a serving of plain yogurt. So to me, if you’re looking to add some carbs, sweet potatoes are a great choice!

Between protein shakes, protein pudding, sugar-free Popsicles, Mio drops, calcium chews, yogurt, fresh fruit, quest bars, etc., I never feel deprived from something sweet and/or chocolate.

I just saw this and hope someone with a bypass offers ideas! I have a sleeve and I can tolerate all the normal fueling options--gu's and such (jelly belly even makes Beans specific for race fuel)--but prefer to use whole foods. I like the cliff pouches that are sweet potatoes or mango. I also use bonk breakers (hey have a high Protein version) and the fruit/applesauce pouches marketed for kids lunches (horizon has one with Greek yogurt in it and no added sugar). They I also make some fueling balls myself with 1c dates, 1c nuts, 1c dried fruit and 1T vanilla--process in food processor till the consistency of the inside of a fig Newton and then roll into balls and coat with coconut flour or unsweetened coconut flakes. I also use bananas or oatmeal prior to a race. You need some carbs for quick fuel if you are running more than half an hour at a time, so don't be too afraid of the carbs, just use in moderation and make sure they aren't sweet enough to cause you to dump!

I know this is old but being a dispatcher as well my schedule is all over the place so I try and kept some Greek Yogurt, egg whites, fresh salsa, instant breakfast with non flavored protein powder and milk around. I don't know if you are able to keep food there.

OMG! I had warm all natural pnut butter with chocolate pudding!! Wow!! Liquid gold after liquids last week. Sleeved 12/22!!! Also Healthy Choice vanilla bean frozen Greek yogurt.... Heaven. Oh, the small things! ????????

Have lots of soups in stock. Clear t start with, I used chicken noodle soup but drained th noodles out with a t strainer, yogurts and jelly. Doesn't sound a lot but u will struggle t eat half a cup of soup or whole yog. My fridge was full of half eaten jelly and yog and soup. U then can start t have slightly thicker soups, but I would water them down a bit t start with x

Hey Inner Surfer, do you have a brand name on the dip mix? I would like to try that, sounds good Simply Organic Greek Yogurt Dip Mix in Mediterranean Herb. I haven't tried it in plain Greek yogurt yet but I will (probably with cucumber). It is really good in cottage cheese.

I done mine in 12/21. I still have pain when I swallow anything. I am still eating faster than I should be , I think. I drank my way through week 1 and had Greek yogurt. I can't tolerate the taste of any sweet liquids.

Hey all! About a month out from surgery I went in because I had an unusual series of events happen. Out of nowhere, I was able to eat significantly less than I had been (just yogurt and cottage cheese), and I had even vomited after a few occasions of simple drinking (Water only). So, I went in and had a swallow study done. That confirmed my new stomach was slow to empty, and my surgeon suggest a scope to go in and verify and if needed, dilate the closing connection to allow me to eat. I got called the next day, offering me a time on Monday to go in, or I could wait about two weeks. Since my symptoms had gotten better by this time, I said I didn't need to rush in and get it done, and that I could wait for two weeks. That was another big mistake. I found my symptoms would be ok in the morning and then at night, they'd flare up and I'd end up vomiting and being unable to keep anything down. This eventually morphed in to being able to consume no Protein shakes (I was put back on Clear liquids and protein by my doc regardless of when my procedure was, UNTIL I had my procedure.) I felt fine though because my body was still burning fat. But all things being the same, I put a note in my online chart for my nurses to see Monday, asking for the next available date to do the scope. Monday I was called and told to come in Tuesday. Everything seemed very routine, and the overwhelming feeling was this procedure would fix my issue and I'd be back on track. Wrong! I got up after the scope ready to walk out and feeling refreshed from what I'd just call a nap. The nurses had different plans for me. As they wheeled me back to recovery, I asked where my wife was. They told me she had gone to get something to eat and would be up soon, in the meantime, I should order some food. I was told that I could "have whatever I wanted," which I immediately questioned. I also asked why I needed a meal if I was leaving shortly. The reply was that I wasn't leaving shortly, I was being admitted overnight. I was literally shocked. Confused, and now wishing my wife was there to answer some questions, I tried to get whatever I could out of the nursing staff. They had limited information because they're all just staff in surgical recovery, they don't know all the details of every patient, and there were a lot of them. I got ahold of my wife who told me she had actually gone home because they said it would be 2 hours before I'd even get back to a room. She told me the dilation was only mildly successful, and that I was malnourished and had to stay overnight for observation. Long story short, I ended up with a PICC Line, a massive bag of TPN, and orders for home health to help me with future daily bags of TPN for about the next 4-6 weeks until they can go back in and do another scope. I'm feeling a lot of things right now, most of that is disappointment that this hasn't gone as easily as really everyone led me to believe. I understand every patient is different, but it's so hard to hear things like "you're an ideal candidate for this now because you're so healthy and your only comorbidity is hypertension, so you're mostly healthy aside from that," or, "we don't anticipate any complications in your case." The moral here is if you think you're having issues, call your surgical team ASAP and tell them. I have no clue if there was anything I could have done to avoid this, I honestly doubt it, but here I am with a 2 liter bag of Fluid I'll be toting around for the next month and a half either way.

Hello all; I'm 5'3 HW 245 SW 235 CW 211. I'm 1 month out and cant seem to find a variety of soft foods. I'm so tired of eggs, beans and yogurt. Any suggestions?

30 days post . I'm still doing 2 shakes a day. Yogurt for snack and chicken or fish for dinner . Next week I start diced foods

I am 19 days post op and Im eating tuna, yogurts, eggs, any kind of soups, and of course shakes.

I traveled out of my area for surgery - my surgeon approved soft scrambled eggs and yogurt immediately. My local doctor, however, is much more strict with her patients. So I actually regressed when I got home and followed my local doctor's instruction of liquids, then puree's. Did it suck? Yes. But I said I would follow her plan and that's what I needed to do. I know it's tough and you want to eat regular food, but you need to follow your doc/nut plan. Just because someone else's doc says to eat food immediately, doesn't mean that's the right thing for everyone.

What brand of protein powder? I usePhD ? The Belgium choc I'd delicious and I bought pb2- peanut butter powder to mix with it...tastes like a Reese peeves and ups protein intake...Greek yogurt...cheese string...refried beans...add non flavour to a protein shake you have already made?

Hey everyone, so I am here feeling a little fustrated. I am 10 days post op and I am supposed to be still on a full liquid diet until monday. Well today I was able to eat 8oz Protein shake 4oc Cream Soup 4oz Greek yogurt (plain) 2 string cheese Then again 4oz of cream soup And 4 oz ricotta cheese I feel like maybe this is too much to soon?!? I know I wasn't supposed to have the string cheese and ricotta... How was able to fit all this in though? I am calling my nutritionist Tomorrow and ask if that's normal. What do you all think?

I would stick to your protein drinks until you know for sure. My plan includes veggies, oatmeal, applesauce, yogurt, jello and pudding. Also to have 4 protein drinks, 2 with milk and 2 with another liquid.

Being Vegan its kind of hard to get a high number of Cal. in but I'm getting between 400-600 I try hard to reach as close to 600 as possible. I do not take in any sugar of any kind and I do not snack at all. I actually have an alarm set for my meal times. I have not gotten in fruit yet because I do get dumping syndrome and I'm actually scared fruit will be to sweet...for anyone who has not gotten that..OH MAN :-/ I think the closest I get to sweet is unsweet soy vanilla yogurt and that seems to settle well with me. I have actually started lifting weights today, not to much but just trying to tone. But when that scale says I gained it actually makes me cry..I did not have a good experience with my WLS so to not lose is heart breaking.

I ate Greek yogurts, soups, applesauce, puréed sweet potatoes, cauliflower mash, black beans, avocado. I was able to handle over easy egg and ate that too. Hope that helps.

Hi DivineRN, What really helped me were my Premier protein shakes about 30g of protein per serving really helped me get a good amount in quickly. I also kept a large bottle of water with a natural protein flavor packet with me all day and sipped as much as I could! Lastly, greek yogurt, cottage cheese and pureed chicken pot pie were go to's. Hope had helps! The scale moving kept me pretty motivated during that time.

@@Kathy Coop I find it better to avoid it like herpes. Hollow calories, no reason to eat it. Splenda works fine in my coffee. Asides from coffee and yogurt I do not eat anything sweet. I signed up for a lifestyle change and I am going to stick to it. Weight loss has been amazing this past month, nearly a pound a day. My NUT will faint on the 6th when I see her.

Had my 2 week post up today. Doc said im ahead of the curve doing better than they expected. I still have 2 weeks left of full liquids. It's funny im so hungry when i see pizza or burgers or real food, but when it comes to my meals, my yogurts and stuff im just not hungry. Lol swelling has definitely gone down, doing better with gent fluids in. Still horrible at protein though. I mean less than 20 grans a day. I just can't do any more shakes or powders. I have to get better with it i know. Im going back to work tomorrow. Incisions healing nicely. No complications, nausea or anything like that. But expecting to experience that once i start real food or mushies. I really want eggs and cheese and avocados. Lol

@@Kathy Coop I have come close 3 times now. I have a firm understanding of what is okay, and what is too much. And by close I mean one more bite, and I would have been gone. I got sweats and a rapid heartbeat. A bit of nausea, and the desire to lay down, but no vomiting or volcano ass! Phew! I do not imbibe sugar, however some things contain natural sugar, like an apple. 1/2 an apple is my limit. The yogurt I eat Oikos Triple Zero has Stevia in it, which apparently the body thinks is sugar, one I can get away with, two and I am right on the border. Plus full, so I never went for a third, lol. Dumping as I see it is a blessing. I CANNOT eat sugar. That is a good thing. Although my NUT said the oddest thing to me last time I saw her. She said after a year or so, dumping is not as bad, you might be able to eat like a 1/2 a cupcake. I nearly exploded at her. I was like do you tell everyone who comes in here to eat cupcakes after a year? WTF is wrong with you? She tried backpedaling, but by then I was all over her. I nearly stormed out of her office and complained to the staff that this moron is telling RNY GB that Cupcakes are okay after a year. I was FUMING. She is new and I told the desk staff to never schedule me with her again.

As a rule (pre-surgery) I don't like refried Beans but they're packed with Protein and I add some shredded cheese and light sour cream and I can eat them. It's a break from cottage cheese and yogurt. I whip the cottage cheese with some sugar free blackberry jam and it tastes better. I also do ricotta instead of cottage cheese sometimes. I am at almost 6 weeks and yesterday was the first day I could hold down scrambled eggs. I had turkey sausage with it and ate that first and I think since is was higher in fat it smoothed the way down for the eggs. I still can't eat chicken, tuna comes right up. Crab with a little mayo stays down and so does lobster. The softer the food the better. I struggle to get to 60 grams of protein daily but found a 30g unflavored protein powder that I add to the refried bean or to stewed lentils today that got me up to the right amount. The brand is GENEPRO Medical Grade Protein which I purchased on Amazon.