Confusing post op info!!

[emily_0192010 168]

I am rather irritated about the post-op diet plan because quite frankly there are 50 different planS!! I can't read mine like it is the bible when I have seen soooo many different ones. Some say three meals a day and to only have Protein drinks for Snacks. Some say 6 small meals.. some say only three meals and NO grazing! Grazing is the devil!! lol I can't see how eating little bits throughout the day could ever be bad. Some people say to write everything down and track your calories... but I don't want to bother with that.. that is why I had the surgery so I didn't have to do that anymore. The point was to have freedom from the diet grind, not be hyper-vigilent about food. Blech. No thanks.

I guess I will just have to see what works for me.

It would have been nice to see that we all have a very similar diet. It would make me feel like the post op diet was based on science and fact rather than surgeon opinion.

That will be all...lol

I am right there with you!! I even received different information from two people at my surgeon's office!! For full liquids my surgeon said it was anything that would fit through a straw. Well, that was pretty vague so I asked my dietitian for some examples and she stressed that it was Protein Drinks ONLY for two weeks. So with everything that I have read, all of the research that I have done I have decided that I will stick to the two weeks of Protein Drinks. And I will stick with their rule of low carbs (under 30carbs/day) until I am trying to maintain. At that point I will probably add in more carbs to my diet and stop "dieting" and just watch my portions and eat healthy overall. It is super confusing. I am being sleeved on Monday and for a while I tried to plan out each stage afterwards... and I can't do it. So i've decided to do it one at a time. For me step one is full liquids for two weeks. Then once I get the all clear I'll figure out the next one

I really do believe it is about finding what is right for us as individuals. The surgical community is heavily divided and you will get opinions one way or the other. Some swear you have to do it the one way and the next swear it is the opposite. I find it frazzling and confusing but it just tells me that I need to pay attention to my body more and rely on myself the most.