Today I Learned.......

[retired-loser 13]

I am 5 weeks out today and thought I was doing pretty well. Nothing I have eaten has really caused me problems. My problem is making sure I get enough calories, specifically Protein into my diet. This weekend I had a couple days where I felt really nauseous......day and night. No new foods added; couldn't figure out what the problem was. After much back-tracking I realized that I had not eaten much those two days, and NOT eaten enough Protein.< /p>

The next day, I made sure I ate enough protein, and ate more frequently. Ta-da...no nausea! OK....lesson learned. I HAVE to eat...and that's a new one for me .

[Luisa4ever21 16]

Glad ur doing better.. I'll have to remember that

[Lissa 2,631]

Yeah, it's definitely weird that now we must make ourselves eat rather than haunt the kitchen constantly like I did pre-op!

[Pookeyism 1,143]

Yup! I go into the kitchen more now to feed my rabbits than I do myself...but they are HUGE rabbits!

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Good to know! Glad to hear your nausea is gone!

[AllForMy4 58]

I am 5 weeks out and deal with the same thing. Although I am doing good lately about getting in my Protein, it all comes from shakes mostly. I eat maybe 2 ozs of food on a good day. I really hope I can start eating more soon bc I know I am not getting close to the recommended amount of calories in that I should be daily and it is giving me a slow(but steady) weight loss. I think I would be losing more if I could up my calories a bit and get my body out of starvation mode. lol.

[AliveAgain 283]

It's funny, my doctor told me at my two week check up to go to mushy foods and up the Protein. Which would naturally up the calories. I was averaging 550 per day in the first two weeks. He said 600-800 is goal for the next month. I've been struggling, too, to just hit 625. And yes, I find I feel worse on days I don't eat enough. THEN, I talk to my NUT today and she's telling me to keep it under 600. WTH?!? Do they not talk to each other? I'm losing - slowly - but I'm losing. So I'm just taking it day-by-day and trying not to get stressed out by their conflicting messages

Glad you figured it out and are feeling better!

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Good for you! Glad you are feeling better!