post op liquid amounts

[ChelseaM 1]

So I am 1 week post op and have moved to full liquids. I went back and read through my book and saw I should be eating "a teaspoon to a table spoon at a time" Uhmm this panics me because I can definitely eat more than that. I usually eat about 4 oz of Soup for a meal or half of a pudding/yogurt/applesauce cup at a time. Am I eating too much??

Today's meal:

Breakfast 1 pudding cup (over 2 hours)

Lunch: 1 applesauce cup

Dinner: 1/2 pudding cup

Snack: 1/2 yogurt cup

Not a half of a cup but half of the little cups they come in at the grocery store. I know I'm totally lacking on Protein but my stomach can't handle it.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

Where are your Protein Shakes you should be still drinking them as well. You have to remember that just because you can eat that more doesnt mean you should. Measure your food all of it.

[So_Sincere 0]

Im with you ChelseaM.

Am I right by saying even with the Protein Shakes, those should also only be about 2oz in each meal along with a minimum of 40oz of liquids a day?

[BaileyRose 13]

I'm on full liquids as well and my doctor wants me eating 1 - 1 1/2 cups per meal, 3x a day. And drinking at least a gallon a day in between.

Yesterday I had:

Breakfast: 6 oz Protein shake= 35 grams of Protein

Lunch: 1 cup of Soup

Snack: 1 sugar free Jello

Dinner: 1 and 1/2 little yogurt cups.

I would say your amounts are fine. I would starve off of a teaspoon to a tablespoon at a time.

Just make sure you're drinking Water in between meals

And try to substitute at least one meal a day for a Protein shake.

[ChelseaM 1]

well I went to my dr and they told me I should be eating 1/2 a cup to 1 cup at each meal (They also acted like I should have known this). I can't help but be frustrated that NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THAT!! That should be written somewhere in the books or they should at least tell me before the procedure! I'm now on the pureed foods and there's information on this stage forward but I really don't appreciate how I was basically on my own for the first two weeks. I hope your doctor provides you with more info than mine =/

[bdjohns 1]

When I had my "nurses teach" before surgery, they gave me a 1\2 cup measuring cup and said I should be eating this amount 3 times a day. Also, sipping Water throughout the day.