New to these forums, day 4 after surgery

[tkelizabeth 0]

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum and I haven't really had a chance to look around on here, but thankfully my fellow bariatric roommate told me about the great support she's gotten on here.

I started out this whole journey in January, that's when I went to my first meeting and decided that this was the right choice for me. I weighed around 315 and I was miserable. I was borderline diabetic, had chronic back pain, and was just uncomfortable in my own skin. I went through everything I needed to and was all set to schedule my surgery in July, but unfortunately I had some insurance issues (my insurance ends June 30 and begins again in October 1) so I had to start up again in October and prove I still wanted to do this to the obesity clinic. I dropped my weight to 260 during the year, which was so hard to do but I was extremely determined. Finally I was scheduled for surgery December 10th. I had no issues and apparently my doctor told my family I had perfect anatomy and it was a very easy and smooth surgery.

I am now 4 days out and I am on my full liquid diet. I haven't had any issues tolerating anything, which is great. Do any of you have creative ways to get Protein in though? I only got 32 yesterday, so I need to double it without hurting my pouch by taking in too much. Is there anything I should watch out for? Any advice for newbies?

[deaddemmama 474]

I drank Protein in just about all my liquids at first...I still do 2 Protein Drinks everyday...had surgery on 4/29. I rapidly switched to unflavored protein so I could add it to crystal light...protein and liquids all in one. Flavored shakes were just too thick for me...I couldn't stomach 4 sweet shakes a day.

[Truckerchic 171]

At 4 days I was only doing about 40 and wasnt til around 6 or 7 days I got my full 60 grams plus....I know you said full liquids but some docs allow greek yogurt, cottage cheese sf Jello and sf pudding....I made sf pudding with Protein and also used Unjury chicken Soup flavored protein to break up the sweet but my favorite was adding unflavored protein to sf swiss miss ....they say to sip no more then 8oz an hour so go for the highest protein counts helps like Premier shakes have 30 grams of protein, they are premade come in chocolate and vanilla....my first week or so was spent Water 1 hour protein next hour and so on all day, I even set a timer lol...good luck