7th Day Pre-op Diet - Beware of Wonton Soup!

[LadyVelvet 9]

I know I posted earlier about the joy of drinking wonton Soup as a part of my 14 day all liquid diet - well I GAINED 1.5 pounds in a few days. I know that the diet shakes that my surgeon has me on is geared toward putting me into ketosis so I was only allowed the shakes, broth and a Protein Bar if I want to replace a shake. Looking back....even though I would only drink the "water" from the soup those nice juicy wonton noodle thingies were floating in the Water so I guess I gave myself a good dose of starch which is really a no no in ketosis. Dangit! Well I know now. The moral to that story is - If you didn't prepare it don't eat it! But it tasted so good....

[Valentina 2,642]

what are your thoughts about egg drop Soup? ? :hungry:

[LadyVelvet 9]

what are your thoughts about egg drop Soup? ? :hungry:

I truly would not try it during the pre op diet phase.

[Valentina 2,642]

How about after? Is it good for you or not??

I truly would not try it during the pre op diet phase.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

Hello LadyVelvet, IMO it could actually be that the sodium is more the culprit than anything else. Asian inspired foods are super high in sodium. You're probably retaining Water. You might try to flush by upping your Water intake and that extra few pounds likely will drop right off. The same is true supposing it was the noodles particles you drank. Flushing with water will help with that too.

Best of luck!

[LadyVelvet 9]

How about after? Is it good for you or not??

In my opinion - I would not. There is the sodium content (thanks lilMissDiva) that is actually high in all chinese food and if you will be following a low carb diet after surgery - those pesky noodles floating around in the Water eeking out starch will only derail your efforts at staying low carb. I cook (so what the heck was I doing getting chinese takeout) so I will be watching my sodium intake when I make my own. If you don't cook you can buy low sodium chicken broth and just doctor it up with some of the same things that go into wonton Soup like low sodium soy sauce, ginger and chinese rice wine. As you can see this is all still a learning process to me too. Hope I helped.

[LadyVelvet 9]

Hello LadyVelvet, IMO it could actually be that the sodium is more the culprit than anything else. Asian inspired foods are super high in sodium. You're probably retaining Water. You might try to flush by upping your Water intake and that extra few pounds likely will drop right off. The same is true supposing it was the noodles particles you drank. Flushing with water will help with that too.

Best of luck!

You are so right - it may have been the sodium. But I have learned my lesson...cook your own dang food!

Thanks