11 days after surgery n I can tolerate half a cup of puree...

[tanya elizabeth 5]

Hi, im just wondering... im 11 days out of surgery on a puree doet n I can already tolerate half a cup of puree food n not feel too uncomfortable... is that normal? I just dont want to fail the maximum weight loss for going threw the surgery. Can someone plz give me advice on how much I should b having n how many meals a day please.

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

Hi, im just wondering... im 11 days out of surgery on a puree doet n I can already tolerate half a cup of puree food n not feel too uncomfortable... is that normal? I just dont want to fail the maximum weight loss for going threw the surgery. Can someone plz give me advice on how much I should b having n how many meals a day please.

I'm 7 weeks tomorrow and I can only eat about a half cup of food so I'd say yes it's normal. It'll increase to a cup in a few months.

Your doctor should have given you specific instructions on how much to consume how often. If I were you I'd call tomorrow and demand he tell you - he owes you that.

I nourish 5 or 6 times a day. I usually start out with a Protein shake made with no-fat milk that I drink on the way to work. As soon as I finish it, I set a time for 2.5 hours. When that timer goes off, I do my next nourishment. This is usually a half cup of food, be it egg salad, chicken salad, etc. I set the timer again for 2.5 hours. When it goes off again, I'll either have a half cup of food or a Protein Drink (the kind made with water). Set the timer again when I'm done. I don't think I've hit 1000 calories any day since surgery.

[Molly3 495]

Great advice, JM!

[SpaceDust 585]

I just hit two weeks out, and for me it depends on the sort of food. I'm on soft foods since the weekend. I can manage only an ounce to an ounce and a half of dense Protein like chicken thigh. I can do a quarter cup of something like Shelly's Ricotta Bake. However, I can do almost half a cup of something like greek yogurt.

I'm averaging 500-700 calories a day, and expect to stay there for a few more weeks, at least.

I'm not QUITE as organized as DonRodolfo, as my schedule doesn't allow QUITE that level of precision. However, I do get some Protein in every 2-3 hours, and I'm generally having 5 mini-meals a day, usually slightly heavier in the mid-day. For example, this is what my meals looked like today:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup 0% fat greek yogurt with 1 T. apple butter mixed in

Mid-morning: 1 Premier shake (takes me about an hour to finish)

Lunch: 1/4 c. Shelly's Ricotta Bake plus about 1/2 oz. of ground turkey and onion sauteed together. Note that this did take me a bit to eat and was pretty much the max amount I could have eaten without pain. I may drop the amount of the ricotta bake down by a tablespoon next time so I can still add the turkey and stay comfortably under that max point.

Mid-afternoon: 1/2 c. 2% cottage cheese (not gonna do fat free cottage cheese, that's just not good!)

Dinner: 1.5 oz canned albacore tuna in Water, 1 Laughing Cow French Onion wedge, a tsp of spicy brown mustard and some whizzed up dill relish, mixed up as a tuna salad.

Total calories today, 554. I might have some SF Jello or a half of a Syntrax nectar Protein Shake in a little bit, but right now I don't feel the need.

[tanya elizabeth 5]

Thabks so much. N seeing the dr tomorrow so will get it sorted. Thabks again