Avoid Gaining Weight When With Mushies???

[Missy05.29.12 13]

I have transitioned to mushies and will be starting soft foods soon. I have read lots of post about people gaining once they start eating mushies/soft foods. I am trying desperately to avoid this. Any tips from those that were able to avoid the gain?

I know this is time for healing, but I not ready to see my scale go up.

Thanks for your help.

[2muchfun 8,927]

Don't put butter and sour cream on your mashed spuds. Don't pour sugar all over your oatmeal. My nutritionist recommended I eat soft deli meats like turkey and i did which helped fill me. Tomato Soup just pours right through the band so I needed something semi solid. I make some mean refried Beans so that sticks around for a while, just don't be adding a bunch of lard to it.

Lots of mushies also have a high sodium content which can make you hold back Water which appears as weight gain. Try to keep that sodium content low.

Good luck.

tmf

[Cazzy 725]

lots of low calorie/low fat/low sugar mushy food will see u ok .. this time is for healing u 'might' put on weight but its not disaster if u do, be patient with your body and let it heal, then u can go to town on it by exercising it

[Jackie's girl 32]

Im going through that right now, just transitioned to soft foods today. I know it is easy to say dont concentrate on losing weight, but it is really true. I lost 10 pounds within the liquid phase, but I also was only able to consume about 500 calories a day. You cant really get excited about that because now that Im on mushies i know I have put that back on. I am eating things I never would as part of a regular diet of solid food. The Soup is full of sodium and things like potatoes and eggs i normally avoid. I am also overconsuming calories because this mushy crap does not fill me up and my band is pretty open so I don't have good restriction yet. It will get better on solid food. Before surgery I lost 40 pounds eating anywhere from 1000-1200 calories, but i was eating healthy hearty food. Since we cant do that right now, Im not focusing on losing for the entire 6 weeks of the healing phase. It has been hard, but 2 weeks left. I am also not exercising really yet and that makes a difference for me. So be patient and just try to eat good. Like my nurse said to me, you have the rest of the time to lose weight, there really is no rush. As long as you are following your doctors orders, it will come off eventually. Weight gain is not uncommon and we do know it can come off again.

[Kate rules 43]

Focus on Protein intake. Start, if you haven't already been, reading nutrition labels. I fell into a fast food trap during the mushy phase and didn't lose as much weight as I could have.

[ladyjfloral 1]

I recommend a Magic Bullet.....you can mash any cooked veggie or fruit in it and play with the consistently by adding Water, milk, butter, yogurt, stevia, broth or whatever......this way you get some produce In cooked or raw, and lay off the added salts and preservatives. find a cold Protein Powder that can go sweet or salty and add that in too! I like the Simply Complete non dairy Protein powder.< /p>

[bbbanded 70]

I noticed once I started the mushies I wasnt gaining but I did stop losing. By the time soft foods came around I had gained a good 3 lbs back. At that point I determined my recovery was over and started my two miles at the park a few days a week. So far I've been able to maintain my 20 lbs loss.

[Jennifer LaRusso 3]

My diet is low carb/ low sugar/ low fat. It is 1000 calorie, 60 grams of Protein, 20 grams of carb, 20 grams of fat.

3 oz of lean Protein (turkey, chicken, fish). And 1 cup of vegetables.

The thing that helped me was to weigh and measure foods. Even with little or no restriction it will keep you on track.