Week 2 Foods...what Should I Be Eating?

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I feel like perhaps my instructions for food may be ahead of what I can eat. I was sleeved 2 weeks ago Wed. evening. Individual opinions greatly appreciated - what should I be eating? What shoulod be my calories goal/water and or liquids?

[Dooter 1,457]

This is how my diet is going to progress when I get mine done. My surgeon is on the conservative side when progressing to the next level, and he has a very very very low leak rate. He will have me on full liquids, as you can see, up through week 3. Then blenderizedfoods for 2 weeks after that, then so on.

Phase One Bariatric Clear liquid Diet (The first few days)

Phase Two Bariatric Full liquid diet (Weeks 1-3)

Phase Three Bariatric pureed Protein Diet (Weeks 4-5)

Phase Four Bariatric Soft Protein Diet (Weeks 6-8)

Where you are right now, this plan would have you at 60 oz. of fluids per day, and 40-50 gm of Liquid Protein. His reason for that is that is protects you from early complications, and gives you good nutrition for healing. Heres what he suggests:

What to Drink

All phase 1 liquids (clear) (also, kellogs k20 is clear and has protein)

BariEssential™ protein supplementOptifast® protein supplement (contains lactose)

Bariatric Advantage™ protein supplement

Milk or Lactaid (lactose free) milk

Soy milk

Strained fat free cream Soups (American Heart Association green label with heart)

Strained cold cereals (oatmeal, farina, cream of wheat)

Im just giving you all of this, so you can see another docs perspective on it. I havent had this done yet, so I cant personally comment, but this is an example of a more cautious approach than some Ive seen on here.

You hangin in there, sweetie???

--danielle

That was weird! When I clicked this in, it splayed out a bunch of code or something! Forgive my lack of punctuation, but it made everything all freaky, so I have to take out the apostrophes. Weird man. Probably because I copied and pasted from an emailed doc. Oh well...

[leonor020leo 0]

hello this is my first post, my sleeve was on Jan.4 2012 and i am a bit lost too.... my doctor still has me on Clear Liquids :0 i hope you get more reply's soon

[Dooter 1,457]

Here's the way I see it: Doing clear liquids or full liquids for too long won't do damage. Eating too soon has the potential to do damage. Better safe than leaking. It may be more stressful to your mind to keep on liquids, but it'll be worth it.

leonor- 2 weeks on CLEAR?? That does seem mighty excessive from what everyone says here on this forum. Is this particular to your case? Maybe there's a specific reason he kept you on clear, have you asked? Does he do this with everyone? Were you given a patient packet with instructions?

[Pookeyism 1,143]

This is how my diet is going to progress when I get mine done. My surgeon is on the conservative side when progressing to the next level, and he has a very very very low leak rate. He will have me on full liquids, as you can see, up through week 3. Then blenderizedfoods for 2 weeks after that, then so on.

Phase One Bariatric Clear liquid diet (The first few days)

Phase Two Bariatric Full liquid diet (Weeks 1-3)

Phase Three Bariatric pureed Protein Diet (Weeks 4-5)

Phase Four Bariatric Soft Protein Diet (Weeks 6-8)

Where you are right now, this plan would have you at 60 oz. of fluids per day, and 40-50 gm of Liquid Protein. His reason for that is that is protects you from early complications, and gives you good nutrition for healing. Heres what he suggests:

What to Drink

All phase 1 liquids (clear) (also, kellogs k20 is clear and has protein)

BariEssential™ protein supplementOptifast® protein supplement (contains lactose)

Bariatric Advantage™ protein supplement

Milk or Lactaid (lactose free) milk

Soy milk

Strained fat free cream Soups (American Heart Association green label with heart)

Strained cold cereals (oatmeal, farina, cream of wheat)

Im just giving you all of this, so you can see another docs perspective on it. I havent had this done yet, so I cant personally comment, but this is an example of a more cautious approach than some Ive seen on here.

You hangin in there, sweetie???

--danielle

That was weird! When I clicked this in, it splayed out a bunch of code or something! Forgive my lack of punctuation, but it made everything all freaky, so I have to take out the apostrophes. Weird man. Probably because I copied and pasted from an emailed doc. Oh well...

Thank you. Yes, I am doing my best to hang in. My Hubby has, again, been a Lighthouse in a storm. He is with me nearly every second, and my friends have been so supportive - I am including you guys here!

I cannot say that it has totally sunk in that my Mom has passed away. I am glad now that I had not told her about my WLS - I would always wonder if she had been worrying about me when she passed. I have noticed a trend mentally to focus on my foods and Water a bit more, so I think the initial shock is wearing off, and my mind is getting back into the here and now. Enough to take care of my healing.

God Bless!

[Pookeyism 1,143]

hello this is my first post, my sleeve was on Jan.4 2012 and i am a bit lost too.... my doctor still has me on clear liquids :0 i hope you get more reply's soon

Hey there! Did Danielle's post help? Don't hesitate to post questions, and I encourage you to let me know if I can be of any assistance to you.

Good luck!

[Dooter 1,457]

Thank you. Yes, I am doing my best to hang in. My Hubby has, again, been a Lighthouse in a storm. He is with me nearly every second, and my friends have been so supportive - I am including you guys here!

I cannot say that it has totally sunk in that my Mom has passed away. I am glad now that I had not told her about my WLS - I would always wonder if she had been worrying about me when she passed. I have noticed a trend mentally to focus on my foods and Water a bit more, so I think the initial shock is wearing off, and my mind is getting back into the here and now. Enough to take care of my healing.

God Bless!

That's good to hear. Still praying for you.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Dr. Aceveshas done many many sleeves and has only had one leak to my knowledge.

His patients do 10 days of clear liquids. He said it doesn't have to be completely clear, just thin. I know he allowed soy slender, and putting unflavored Protein powder into things like gatoraide, crystal light, etc , broth, Jello, Isopure

Then 10 days of full liquids You can have Protein shakes, pudding, Soup that is blended, thin cream of wheat, and basically anything you can get through a straw.

Then 10 days of mushie foods. tuna, string cheese, cottage cheese, refried Beans,

ground beef or turkey, etc. There is a good recipe in the food forum for the ricotta bake which is a great mushie recipe. I hope this helps!

[Indymom 132]

I had 4 days of clear liquids, 4 weeks of full liquids (my full liquids included cottage cheese, yogurt, applesauce, etc.). Then I had 4 weeks of purees/mushies (including canned tuna/chicken, soft cheeses, etc.). Then I progressed to normal soft foods for another month.

My liquids target is 72 oz/day and Protein 75-90 grams/day.

[AllForMy4 58]

I had to do clear liquids for the first week post op. My 1 week post op was today and they told me I could move on to soft foods like scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, etc!! NO WAY! I am moving myself up to full liquids for another week,then pureeds for a week or so,I don't want to get a leak! If you are 2 weeks out I would say,in my opinion,you can proabably be on full liquids or even pureeds.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I had to do Clear liquids for the first week post op. My 1 week post op was today and they told me I could move on to soft foods like scrambled eggs,cottage cheese,etc!! NO WAY! I am moving myself up to full liquids for another week,then pureeds for a week or so,I don't want to get a leak! If you are 2 weeks out I would say,in my opinion,you can proabably be on full liquids or even pureeds.

Allformy4 - thank you for responding. I am on week 4 now but unfortunately I am still on liquids for a yet-to-be-determined period of time.

I am in Houston, and my Mom passed away a week post-op. I flew in and tried my best to handle everything, and pushed myself too far. I finally unravelled as I returned home. My last flight I became so violently ill they thought I may have created a leak in my sleeve (it was one of the most turbulent flights I have ever been on).

I am recovering and return to work tomorrow.

Good to see you are taking care of yourself!