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I’m glad someone has addressed this issue as I am 3 weeks post op RNY revision and having the worst smelling poo and farts of my life. The smell drifts through out the whole house and is quite embarrassing! Poopori and sprays don’t cover it. This with a liquid diet and now moving into soft purée only foods. Could it be intolerance to the bariatric protein powder I am using? But then it wouldn’t make sense as I didn’t have this problem during pre-op diet and drinking this powder with no fat milk. Gosh, I pray it’s something that passes but now that I read comments I see others suffering 5 & 6 months post op. Going to try digestive enzymes if I can find chewables? I already take probiotics and eat yogurt. Anybody out there with any other ideas? Please help!

I’m 14 months out and closing in on goal, so am still in weight loss mode. Here’s a typical day: 6am: Premier protein shake mixed with cold brew coffee 9am: Ooikos triple zero yogurt Noon: Frozen meal (I have 4 or 5 I rotate through, only can eat about 2/3 of a meal) 3pm: 1oz roasted pumpkin seeds 6pm: 3oz meat, 1/3 c veggies, sometimes a sm serving (1/4 cup-ish) whatever starch the family is having 8pm 2 cups popcorn I’m usually around 1100 calories or so, waking 15,000 steps/day and going to a kickboxing class 3x/week Although I’m still focused on losing about 9 more pounds I’m just a touch worried about moving in to maintenance and upping calories. I’m fortunate that my restriction is still in full force. I think I’ll have to up the cal content of my snacks and my meals completely fill me up already.

Pretty much everything I eat is either naturally high in protein (like the meat, eggs, yogurt and cheese) or fortified with protein (the coffee and the pudding). Even the almonds have 6 grams of protein. Notice there are no veggies or fruit really - that's because I don't have the capacity to eat things without significant protein and still hit my goal of at least 60 and preferably 75g per day. Over time, hopefully I'll be able to eat more and I can add fruit/veggies back in to some extent.

I think I’m one of the unusual ones as I eat a lot now & eat all day but my metabolism is seriously working over time. Some days I have to make myself eat cause I’m just not hungry so I try to be very routine in what & when I eat. I can lose 500g if I miss a meal or snack over two days. It took me a few months slowly adding food until I where I am now. My doctors have been wanting me to put on a couple of kgs since January but I haven’t been able to. I’ve actually lost about another 4.5kg in that time. (Told to eat more again by doctor last week - don’t know how I can physically do so.) And I don’t exercise - can’t afford to burn the calories. 8:30 - 1 sachet rolled oats + about 200ml lactose free milk + 15 blueberries (10g protein) 11:30 - 300ml green tea + 6 vita weat multigrain crackers with liverwurst (eat over 60-90 mins) (5g protein) 1:30 - string cheese (5g protein) 3pm - 2 cups salad - combination of lettuce, cucumber, pickled onion, 50g chicken or 100g prawns + dressing (eat over an hour) (10-15g protein) 5pm - 160g tub yo pro yogurt 15g protein) 6:30 - about 80g meat (beef, lamb, pork, seafood) & half cup vegetables (mix of beans, sugar snap peas, asparagus, broccolini or cauliflower). (15g protein) 8pm - fruit (rockmelon, grapes, red paw paw) or 1/3 cup chia pudding (made on milk, milk powder & vanilla extract) or protein bar (10g protein) Seems a crazy amount I know but one day my metabolism will slow again & I’ll have to drop the snacks. Hey Jaelzion how are you getting in that much protein with what you eat? I only get in about 60g.

I am 16 days post op (Sleeve) I only lost 14lbs so far. I feel like my clothes are looser but the scale doesn't seem to move. Preop weight was 222. Triple zero greek yogurt for breakfast 2 protein shakes and 1/2 cup of heart healthy pea soup for dinner. I have been getting close to 32ozs of water. What am I doing wrong?? Sent from my SM-N981U using BariatricPal mobile app

Looks like your post was cut little short, but glad to see you are acclimating to the new life and getting around. I have three more days of liquid and can't wait to jump into the next phase. Hopefully the addition of some yogurt will help with the "black tongue" issue I've noticed of late.

Thank u everyone so much I'm going to get back to doing my shakes and go back to eating Greek yogurt and Jello hahaha Sent from my SM-A600T using BariatricPal mobile app

At least you are organized Have to be honest here was yesterday Below is approx times! I am actually trying to gain weight so eating high calorie things - have to get to 2000 a day or I loose weight 7 am Diet Coke 7:30 Smoothie Bannan/Vegie Powder/Fruit Powder/ vitamins powder/ Probiotic yogurt ice Protien 20 oz cup This gives me 3 times the vitamins and minerals i need for the day - Just can not eat eneogh during the day to get to my levels 0 am Eggs/cheese/hashbrowns - Picked at it for over a hour on my desk 10 am Cookie 11 Muscle milk smoothie loaded with protein - cross fit time 11:15 12 cheese and crackers 3 Clam chowder and oyster crackers 5 Two Vodka Drinks 7 Cookie again Lights out EVERYONE DO NOT FOLLOW MY PROGRAM IT SUCKS AND IS NOT CORRECT! BUT AFTER FOLLOWING A RIGOUROUSE MANAGED PROGRAM LAST YEAR THIS IS HELPING ME MUSCLE UP AND PUT SOME POUNDS ON!

Good to know I'm not the only one! I rarely eat a real meal either. I eat mini-meals throughout the day. It generally looks something like this: 1. 6 AM: Morning latte (made with Kitu Super Coffee, no sugar) 2. 8 AM: 1 scrambled egg 3. 10 AM: Yogurt 4. 12 PM: 1 Chicken thigh 5. 3 PM: Sugar-free pudding 6. 7 PM: handful of almonds 8. Nighttime snack: Cheese stick It usually amounts to about 800-900 calories and 60-75g of protein. In order to hit my protein goal, everything I eat practically has protein in it. I don't restrict calories, but I do try to keep carbs low.

Thanks. I guess pudding, yogurt and applesauce is a snack but duh, it's also a puree and soup or shakes sounds like a good idea to substitute instead of meat for protein. Sent from my SM-G960U using BariatricPal mobile app

Still the same as you Have to set a alarm to force me to eat something - Love making High end shakes for meal repalcements have so many dried powders and fruits and proteins with Pro Bo yogurt - Glad as heck my hunger is not coming back

Finished day 2 of my pre-op today, and I’ve got the worst headache I’ve had in some time. On mine I get one RTD Protein Shake as is, mix one RTD with 8oz unsweetened soy milk, one snack (2 pieces deli meat and a string cheese, 3/4 cup cottage cheese, 6oz Greek yogurt, or a Nature Valley Protein Bar), and one meal (3-6 oz lean meat and 1-1 1/2 cup non-starch veggies). Must have 64oz Water a day. Unlimited sugar free Jello, popsicles, herbal tea, and broth. I have 10 more days of this diet before swapping to straight liquids, but I’ve found adding some dried seasonings to my broth makes it feel a little more filling. Hang in there everyone!!!

@Groovymommy... You're doing GREAT! I'm so impressed with your high losses. How many grams of protein and water would you say you honestly get a day? The faintness and dizzy spells are a concern. Maybe now that the pepcid is helping your stomach you'll be able to eat and drink more. Crossing my fingers for you. And congrats on the new underwear! I look forward to that. I'm moving along. At my slow pace. My hair has started falling out. That's new and unwelcomed since I already thinned out when the early menopause hit. But I suppose it was expected. I'll also expect it to stop around month 8 like many say it will. And try and be clever with my hair styles until then. At least we're all mostly stuck at home right now. I'm 4.5 months post and I've lost 37 since surgery and 42 since the pre-op diet. I'm between 180-181 and Just past my halfway goal to 150. On average I eat about 1000 cals a day with 65-70 protein and about the same in carbs. I get 48 ounces of water a day. No more no less. It seems to be sustaining me. I don'T have dizzy spells or weakness. But I struggle to poop and have a LOT of headaches/migraines. I've started taking motrin now and again always with a prilosec. And started a steroid for a few days sue to several mirgaines in a row. A little worried about how they will affect my stomach but so far so good minus the constant constipation. Not a great deal else to share. No new clothes yet but I'd gained weight fairly quickly the last year so I was still wearing a couple different sizes regularly. Clothes are definitely looser and people are starting to comment on my losses now and the which is nice. I'm eager to hit 179 as that's what I weighed on a vacation we took 4 years ago where I enjoy the pictures I'm in. So it feels like a weight I can start acknowledging that I'm looking better despite having that common resistance to actually SEEING my progress in the mirror. The weather has turned cold here in the midwest so the daily long walks are over for a while. It's onto the treadmill which I don't love. But netflix makes it easier. Whatcha guys eating? I still rarely get fruits and veggies in. Maybe one serving a day. Hope my vitamin covers the rest. But I'm always hitting my protein goal so I'm feeling pretty accomplished. This is a typical day... I have my 23 gram smoothie in the morning which is greek yogurt, banana almond milk and PB2. Just had 2 oz of strip steak for lunch at 17 grams pro and two bites of my daughter's apple. The snack I just finished is coffee with chocolate fairlife milk and 1/4 cottage cheese for 13 grams pro. So I'm at 53 grams. Dinner will probably Chinese stirfry. I'll have 2 oz chicken and a few snowpeas. For another 12 grams protein. Then I'll have a treat... like a square of dark chocolate or a few bites of my husband's dessert. That's a typical day. Plus 48oz water and at least 30 minutes cardio/power walking. Hope everyone else is seeing success. Feel free to share their typical day. ONWARD!

Everyone's plan seems to be a little different. Mine was liquid for 2 weeks, and then "no chew." I ate yogurt, cottage cheese, hummus, protein shakes and sugar free pudding. I could not stomach the idea of pureed meat! Sent from my SM-G975U using BariatricPal mobile app

You will be sore, so you can’t exactly jump to solid food if that’s what you’re thinking , but you can do things like yogurt, pintos and cheese from Taco Bell, I purées a peach slice and it was heavenly. You’ll only be able to eat a few bites anyway at that point so it won’t be too bad.

SF popsicles, SF greek yogurt, SF jello, SF pudding, ricotta cheese with cocoa powder or peanut butter and sweetener, SF hot chocolate, protein cheesecake. try bariatric foodie for recipes. not sure what diet you are on but good luck!

Sugar free pudding, Light and fit yogurt, a protein bar (these work for some people but they slow my weight loss for some reason). Say Cheese diet cheesecake is really good. It has 95 calories, 6 grams of carbs and 8 grams of protein. What's the catch? It's crazy expensive: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BFWP912/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 One of my favorite treats is Kitu Super Coffee: https://shop.drinksupercoffee.com/products/maple-pumpkin-super-coffee I heat it up. add a dash of sugar-free flavoring and a couple of Splendas. It has 70 calories, 3 grams of carbs and 10 grams of protein. it tastes like a latte and is very satisfying. Be careful though, it's real coffee with caffeine so treat it like you would any other coffee product. Personally I don't do well with sugar-free candy, like Atkins peanut butter cups and similar products. My weight loss slows considerably if I eat them regularly. Hope that helps!

You're a gem, helping your mom ❤️ The "full liquid" on the plan my surgeon does is not pureed food, it is stuff like pudding, cream soups with no bits, protein shakes, yogurt, etc. My plan has a "soft foods" stage in between full liquid and pureed, too. I'd ask the surgical team or dietician for the guidelines they recommend, because they all seem to be different.

I ate soooooo much yogurt during the purée stage because I simply couldn’t handle puréed meat. Instead I did yogurt and pudding and applesauce and all things puréed that were allowed except meats. I basically was getting all my protein from high protein yogurt (like Greek or Skyr) and protein shakes.

Reading this has made me feel better, I am 3 months and 2 days, 20kg loss so far. Struggle to keep most foods down except yogurt and water Sent from my SM-G986B using BariatricPal mobile app

Like the others, I was not able to advance my diet as quickly as my plan prescribed. I relied on protein shakes and bone broth as my staples and very gradually added in cottage cheese and yogurt, then some refried beans thinned with broth. Meats, fish and eggs did not agree with me for months. You have to listen to your body on this, as far as how to advance to the soft foods. HOWEVER, fluid is NON-NEGOTIABLE! You have to get the fluids in, period. 64 oz was prescribed on my plan. Then the protein. You just have to sip the protein shakes all through the day if you need to. Premier Protein has 30 gms, and other nutrients, so even if you don't eat anything else, getting 2 of those shakes down each day will at least get your protein in, as well as more than 300 calories. As far as vitamins go, if you use capsules, you can open them and mix with your shakes if you have to. Otherwise, try to swallow the capsules. Don't use pills. There are also chewables. After the fluids and protein, you start adding the pureed and soft foods very very slowly, as you can tolerate them. A few bites is enough if that is all you can tolerate. I could only eat about 2 oz of anything at first. 1/4 c of cottage cheese or yogurt was more than enough. This is your work. Fluids, protein, food as tolerated. Sip, sip, sip. One little sip at a time. One spoon of broth at a time. It's how you have to do it. It will get better with every month, but

BANANA ALMOND MILK is my savior. I love it so much. Far less carbs than bananas which I love in smoothies and have missed terribly. I mix 1/2 cup with Chocolate PB2 and a single serving Fage Greek Yogurt along with a couple drops of chocolate stevia. This is my 23 gram protein shake I drink every morning. 180 calories 13 carb 23 protein. The other things I eat at least a few times a week and always need in the house: 1% cottage cheese with a teaspoon of REAL Ranch dressing and a small finely chopped tomato. Crack An Egg with the ham or bacon added only. Peel and eat shrimp with cocktail sauce from Whole Foods. Old Wisconsin Turkey bites Rotisserie chicken. Riced cauliflower Fresh Apples or right now Pears (perfect this time of year but a lot of sugar so just a slice or two at a time) 93% lean cooked Ground beef and crunchy taco shells with a good fresh pico. Brie Pretzels This is pretty much my diet at 4 months post op.

Buffalo "chicken" salad. Half a Morningstar Farms buffalo "chikn" patty, Frank's red hot, lettuce, and homemade ff Greek yogurt blue cheese dressing. No after picture. I ate it all. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Taco salad from leftover tacos: 2 oz. Leftover ground turkey breast with homemade taco seasoning, 1/4 cup lettuce, 1 T Fage 0% plain greek yogurt, 1/4 cup salsa, Cholula hot sauce, and 1 T reduced fat cheddar. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

I had mine October 2nd! I'm supposed to stay on protein drinks, jello and yogurt until 3 weeks post op, but I was so tired of them that yesterday I had 1/4 cup of grits and today I am having horrible nausea and heartburn, which I haven't had since the surgery. Now I'm worried i damaged my staples.