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After the fluids and mush weeks, my dietician isn't very strict or prescriptive as to what we should eat. We have guidelines of course which I'll stick to. But their thinking is that we should eat as normal a diet as possible so I won't have x amount of grams of this and y amount of that. Just an instruction to make sure I eat my protien first. The pre op diet is the same, he wants us to low fat eat food sticking to around 1000 cals, rather than liquids and again it's non prescriptive.

I lost 9 stone (126lb) last year, quite quickly and put 6 stone (84lb) of it back on this year. I've always been able to lose weight but never keep it off, hence choosing the bypass over the sleeve. I'm happy to lose the weight after the surgery slowly this time, trying to eat as I will eat for my future rather than eating as if I'm on another diet - that way, the losing phase my be longer but I'll be learning how I'll be eating for the rest of my life and (hopefully, please God, touch wood), learning how to maintain :-)

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After the fluids and mush weeks, my dietician isn't very strict or prescriptive as to what we should eat. We have guidelines of course which I'll stick to. But their thinking is that we should eat as normal a diet as possible so I won't have x amount of grams of this and y amount of that. Just an instruction to make sure I eat my protien first. The pre op diet is the same, he wants us to low fat eat food sticking to around 1000 cals, rather than liquids and again it's non prescriptive.

I lost 9 stone (126lb) last year, quite quickly and put 6 stone (84lb) of it back on this year. I've always been able to lose weight but never keep it off, hence choosing the bypass over the sleeve. I'm happy to lose the weight after the surgery slowly this time, trying to eat as I will eat for my future rather than eating as if I'm on another diet - that way, the losing phase my be longer but I'll be learning how I'll be eating for the rest of my life and (hopefully, please God, touch wood), learning how to maintain :-)

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While I understand why each doc does what they do (usually anyway), I totally agree with your program. If my doc said 'you can never eat XXX again' I would totally be dying to have XXX. Healthy foods in moderation that create a healthy relationship with food while still allowing you to have a normal healthy life really would seem to be the goal to me. Good luck!!!

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 198

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While I understand why each doc does what they do (usually anyway), I totally agree with your program. If my doc said 'you can never eat XXX again' I would totally be dying to have XXX. Healthy foods in moderation that create a healthy relationship with food while still allowing you to have a normal healthy life really would seem to be the goal to me. Good luck!!!

HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 198

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Thank you! Good luck to you too. You're doing brilliantly. I will post after I come out of surgery :-)

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Thank you! Good luck to you too. You're doing brilliantly. I will post after I come out of surgery :-)

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well said...

my doc said something at our seminar- the surgery takes the weight off. compliance keeps it off. LOVED that. im going to sticky it all over my house! LOL

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well said...

my doc said something at our seminar- the surgery takes the weight off. compliance keeps it off. LOVED that. im going to sticky it all over my house! LOL

Slower is better

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