It worked!

[Grateful_Love 114]

So, I don't know if any of you read one of, what felt like was a HUNDRED, times I kept saying I didn't feel any restriction, was afraid that my surgery "didn't work," or that I was afraid i had popped open all my guts. If you did, I apologize and I solemnly swear to not freak out and obsess over things again (for at least the next ten minutes ????) BECAUSE IT WORKED!!

I'm 17 days post-op. My parents (who I didn't tell before surgery at all, but know all about it now since visiting) came up to visit while I'm still off from work. Easter is coming up, and I won't see them on the holiday, and we had an extra turkey lying around bc my employer is very generous around Christmas time) so we decided to do an early Easter dinner. I just moved on to the puréed stage, and turkey is Protein protein protein, so we slow roasted it all day so it was super moist.

I was a good little post-sleever, and I puréed my 4 oz of turkey into tiny little itty bitty peices with some of the natural broth. And then I proceeded to eat with my baby spoon for 30 minutes. (I'm posting here while I wait for my timer to go off so I can take a swig of Water, lol).

I couldn't finish it. I slaved away at my plate, chatted with my fam, gave a little bite to my beautiful little dog. And the mountain of turkey hardly seemed to shrink.

I weighed it out TWICE before I puréed it because I thought--"there's no way that can be 4 oz, it's like a whole plate of food!" And I had my husband come check the scale, and he confirmed I didn't "do something wrong." (I always always second guess). It just looked like such a huge portion to my fresh sleever eyes.

I ate as much as I could, but stopped when I felt the pressure because I "slimed" on cottage cheese and it was disgusting. ...I ate so diligently.

I COULDNT FINISH IT. It was the only thing on my plate. And I couldn't finish it. I felt so happy.

I weighed it when I was done and there was 2.7 ounces LEFT on my plate.

IT WORKED! I DIDNT BREAK IT ALREADY! IT WORKED IT WORKED IT WORKED! Hooray!!

HW 276

SW 251

TODAY 235 (plus about 2oz of turkey and my other puréed stuffs today) ????

Hooray!!

Thanks for reading, pals.

[Okiebon 61]

Yay! I'm excited for you, and so glad to hear that IT WORKED!

How was the turkey? Did you enjoy it pureed?

[joatsaint 2,814]

Congrats on your first NSV!

[SassyXray 14]

Woohoo!!

[JamieLogical 8,727]

4 oz. of meat at 17 days post-op would have been a LOT. I'm over 6 months out and I rarely can get over 3 oz. of meat in..... I got 4 ounces of pulled chicken in for dinner last night and I was SUPER proud of myself. Even showed off my clean bowl to my husband.

[Grateful_Love 114]

Thank you everyone!! Puréed turkey was..better than any Protein shake!haha. It tasted just like turkey---that was already chewed for me,lol.

4 oz. of meat at 17 days post-op would have been a LOT. I'm over 6 months out and I rarely can get over 3 oz. of meat in..... I got 4 ounces of pulled chicken in for dinner last night and I was SUPER proud of myself. Even showed off my clean bowl to my husband.

Jamie, I was definitely shooting for the moon thinking id get through 4oz. My nut book says 4oz of meat, and the label said 21grams of Protein so I was sooo excited. I can eat 5oz Greek yogurts so I guess I thought that 4oz would be a breeze. NOPE, said the grouchy pouch.

Funniest thing? My mom, who weighs 125 pounds soaking wet and has never been big her entire life polished off three pieces of bread and butter, a cup of cheesy rice, green Beans and twice the turkey I had on my plate BEFORE I got through my measley 1.3oz of turkey. Lol.

[Grateful_Love 114]

Also, my husband just turned to me and asked me if I was hungry. We ate like 4 hours ago. I'm not especially hungry, but I could maybe eat a little yogurt or something but I'm trying to train my brain away from late night eating.

Being a complete nice husband, He offered to re-heat my beautiful turkey purée, but he called it my dish of broth with turkey sand in it. And then I got a little nausea just thinking about "turkey sand."

*Please oh please let me be able to eat more purée turkey sand in the future without being grossed out*

[Elode 8,093]

It's wonderful huh?!

[Grateful_Love 114]

Elode, it truly is wonderful.

I'm so reliant upon shakes tho. I know I'm still a baby sleeve, but I wanna get off the shakes so badly. I'm finding the artificial sugars in them are causing cravings. I did Atkins a while back and once I hit ketosis it was always smooth sailing and I could turn down all the bread and pretzels and chips in the world. But I've been craving weird things like saltine crackers and corn bread and buttered toast. Things I didn't even really "go-to" pre-surgery.

If I had sugar free candy or Jello when I did Atkins in the past, I would knock myself out of ketosis and crave like a mad woman. I KNOW it's the artificial sweeteners so the shakes gotta get outta here as soon as possible lol.

I also hate the unflavored Protein right now--I feel like it smells like cheese and I just immediately notice it when I mix it in stuff. And a person can only do so much chicken broth.

But!! My little sleeve is gonna work her little heart out and we will see how things go from here.

[VSGmary 418]

Wonderful news!

[JamieLogical 8,727]

I can eat 5oz Greek yogurts so I guess I thought that 4oz would be a breeze. NOPE, said the grouchy pouch.

Haha! Yeah. There is a BIG difference between yogurt and meat. I always love the posts that ask how much people can eat. It definitely depends on WHAT you are eating. 5 oz. of yogurt is EASY. But I STILL can't eat more than 2 oz. of tuna.< /p>

[CE24 23]

I can eat 5oz Greek yogurts so I guess I thought that 4oz would be a breeze. NOPE, said the grouchy pouch.

Haha! Yeah. There is a BIG difference between yogurt and meat. I always love the posts that ask how much people can eat. It definitely depends on WHAT you are eating. 5 oz. of yogurt is EASY. But I STILL can't eat more than 2 oz. of tuna.< /p>

I can eat 3-4oz of meat and im a month out. I don't think it's that ridiculous and that's what both my nutritionist and surgeon recommend.

[Grateful_Love 114]

@"ce24" --I think that's great and my surgeon and nut recommend that much too. There's just no way I could do it yet. C'est la vie. I'll keep trying

[LSF 264]

Thank you everyone!! Puréed turkey was..better than any Protein shake!haha. It tasted just like turkey---that was already chewed for me,lol.

4 oz. of meat at 17 days post-op would have been a LOT. I'm over 6 months out and I rarely can get over 3 oz. of meat in..... I got 4 ounces of pulled chicken in for dinner last night and I was SUPER proud of myself. Even showed off my clean bowl to my husband.

Jamie, I was definitely shooting for the moon thinking id get through 4oz. My nut book says 4oz of meat, and the label said 21grams of Protein so I was sooo excited. I can eat 5oz Greek yogurts so I guess I thought that 4oz would be a breeze. NOPE, said the grouchy pouch.

Funniest thing? My mom, who weighs 125 pounds soaking wet and has never been big her entire life polished off three pieces of bread and butter, a cup of cheesy rice, green Beans and twice the turkey I had on my plate BEFORE I got through my measley 1.3oz of turkey. Lol.

My nutritionist told me to eat every 3 hours and has me end my night with a dessert of either SF Jello, pudding or an Atkins bar or Atkins candy. I do find the Atkins bar really hits the spot for the night. I don't eat the "meal bars" just the snack ones and only have them 2-3 times a week.