BANDING DAY 7/15/11 (SCARED)

[aNEW_me2011 0]

Hey everyone,

So i got good news the morning.. I'm being banded on the 15th!!! YAY!!! but i wasnt expecting that so soon. I need help with the food list. What am i supposed to eat!! I know i have a little guide that i was sent home with from the nutritionest but it definately doenst give me very many options. So if anyone would like to share what they had preop diet that would be great. Or if you can direct me to the forum that discuss this topic that would be great too. Im still very new to this site and havent really figured stuff out!

Brayleigh

[HeatherinCA 10]

Haha I totally read your post wrong, but I typed this out so I'll leave it. My pre-op was Clear liquids and Protein shakes for a week.

Well, in the end you eat normally. Just watch your calories. But the first few weeks are pureed foods, soft foods and liquids.< /p>

For me I had liquids the week before, Clear Liquids and Protein Shakes only. I'd have my Protein Shakes 3-4x a day, then I'd have some broth or sugar free Jello if i wanted something else.

Then after surgery for 7 days I was aloud full liquids, So I had lite creamed Soups, sugar free pudding, but still pretty much just the Protein shakes. My advice PROTEIN first. If you then want broth or whatever have that, but make sure you get the protein shakes down, they have the nutrition and will keep you from being hungry.

Then I had pureed food for 10 days, which for me I did a LOT of oatmeal, I did stuff like tuna salad, egg salad, chili, small ground meat, thicker Soups. (I know some people are even stricter, but that stuff worked for me, just make sure it's things that are really easy to slide down and digest), I would only eat maybe 1/2 cup at a time

Then I had soft foods for 10 days, which is pretty much everything, just no veggies, or things that are hard to digest like tough protein. I could start crackers, I had eggs, and more of the things above. Same here maybe 1/2-3/4 cups

Then regular food on day 28. Now, I eat regular meals, I just keep them small maybe a cup, cup and a half of food. Make sure I eat lots of protein. You just have to watch calories and fat. Especially when you eat out, those meals can have thousands of calories. I generally have 3 meals maybe 350 calories each, then I'll have a snack 150ish calories.

[happygirl65 5]

HeatherinCA always has awesome advice and I have to second everything she said....I would add that you need to have a variety of things becuase you may get bored with what you are allowing yourself...and that is where the temptation to stray comes into play.

Congratulations!

[JourneyGirl 10]

Great news on the surgery date!! My LRD is 2 weeks clear liquids and 3-4 Protein shakes per day. Surprisingly it isn't bad (being banded on the 22nd). As for after what is stated above is what I have to do as well.

Good luck!!