Crystal Woods 193 Posted March 28, 2012 Thank you everyone for your encouragement. I started this morning with a Protein Shake which I am still working on 2 hours later...lol. I am aware that I need to get the fluids and Protein in. It is just really really hard for me right now. Anything with a significant amount of sugar makes me feel horrible, I have been trying grilled chicken which is the meat that my tummy tolerates best but still hurts. I just don't feel good after I eat. Whether it is just a few bites or I try to squeeze in several ounces. I get to where I gag and heave and I feel light headed... I crave fluids but it hurts when I drink them. My tummy tolerates gatorade much better than Water but I don't want to stay on gatorade because of the calories... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
june13sleever 223 Posted March 28, 2012 It didn't stop becoming a chore for me until my 7 month. I am probably an extreme case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kayte819 95 Posted March 28, 2012 Thank you everyone for your encouragement. I started this morning with a Protein shake which I am still working on 2 hours later...lol. I am aware that I need to get the fluids and Protein in. It is just really really hard for me right now. Anything with a significant amount of sugar makes me feel horrible, I have been trying grilled chicken which is the meat that my tummy tolerates best but still hurts. I just don't feel good after I eat. Whether it is just a few bites or I try to squeeze in several ounces. I get to where I gag and heave and I feel light headed... I crave fluids but it hurts when I drink them. My tummy tolerates gatorade much better than Water but I don't want to stay on gatorade because of the calories... Have you tried G2? No cals or sugar! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crystal Woods 193 Posted March 29, 2012 Have you tried G2? No cals or sugar! Yes. I have tried the G2 but it isn't as good as the regular gatorade. It has that artificially sweet taste I hate. I grew up playing fastpitch softball through college and have always been a gatorade addict... It's all I would drink if I could fall in love with the G2....lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spadesmcloven 8 Posted March 31, 2012 It feels like a huge chore for me. One main reason is just about anything I eat makes me nauseous. I could care less to eat again. Ideas a band to sleeve revision. I drink with no problem but the doctors say it sounds like I Am experiencing dumping. Anyone else have problem at the beginning? I need hope... Will it get better?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dooter 1,457 Posted April 1, 2012 Thank you all for the feedback and support! On another note, it was probably bad, but I ate a pickle today....it was AWESOME! Tasted so good and my sleeve apparently loved it. For lunch I had cream of chicken Soup......my sleeve didn't love that so much. I'm just stoked about pickles, I know a lot of sodium, but in moderation those should be ok at 3 weeks shouldn't they? Oooohhh I know those pickles are delicious!! I was not allowed something that solid at three weeks. I'm hitting 7 weeks on Monday, and I just had pickles in this last week or so. I'd try not to eat the skin if I were you. That's the part that would be bad I think. I don't know what rules you've been given though. I was VERY excited about the pickles!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jlo77 11 Posted April 1, 2012 Yes it is a chore, for years I been shoveling food in not caring about nutrition. I too get sick from things I can eat one day and not the next. Water can make me nauseaed as well. food was my best friend and that relationship was unhealthy time to move on. I hated Beans and fish before surgery now I love those items. I too experience the eat it one day it's great next it is not. I also experience the I can eat 1/2 Protein bar today next day can only eat a bite. Everyday things get better and I am soo excited to be healthy my whole life. With Easter coming my husband made a comment about not having easter dinner bc I can't eat anything. This hurt me bc I still have kids to Celebrate with, I love to cook. If I can't have holidays I will feel lost. He doesn't understand what I go through emotionally everyday. When I go out to eat w friends I order the smallest healthiest thing and hope I don't get sick. We went to a fundraiser and I was totally braced for it. I ate half Protein Bar before w left. I got a pate went through line got buffalo chicken dip and potatoes. I filled the rest of my plate for everyone elese at our table. Everyone wa drinking and of course juice was not included in free well drinks. I bought a drink and you would have thought I committed a sin, why buy when other things are free. I can't have pop or beer, is my health and happiness not worth $6? He even offers me a bite of his mini chocolate cake. I tell him are you trying to make me sick. I am almost 7 weeks he should understand by now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheles 75 Posted April 1, 2012 I am 3-months post-op. I can tell you from my experience it is a chore to eat. I always try to get a protien shake in for the morning to get at least 1/2 my protien in for the day. Then I have some cheese cubes about 5, some tuna or chicken salad with 5-crackers for lunch. dinner, well, I don't cook anymore so it's either some protien or a salad with some cheese, bacon bits, and fat free dressing. I guess the worst part is remembering to eat for me. Sometime I don't remember and it's my sleeve that reminds me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenbr14 12 Posted April 1, 2012 Crystal I was also sleeved 3/1 and because I can't eat much I've lost 43 lbs already. No way I can get in 65 grams of Protein yet. I have just started experimenting solid foods and it's not easy. Drinking the required amt of Water is also still difficult. Btw 17 of the 43 lbs was from preliquid diet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
