Eating learning curve

ddkVSG · January 13, 2017

I'm two and half weeks post op and finding that eating again sure is a learning curve. I'm in the "soft mechanical" stage now. Yesterday I could eat two boiled eggs with 2 T of guacamole. Today, nope. And since I wasn't eating mindfully I had a bite too much and earned myself 15 min of discomfort. So now I know just because something worked yesterday does not mean it will work today.

A couple of nights ago I was eating a ricotta bake and again, not eating mindfully, I didn't chew well enough and was rewarded with that painful stuck feeling.

The other learning curve area I'm finding is juggling food intake. I go back to work next week and hoping I have this figured out by then. My pattern pre op and now is Water, Vitamins, coffee before solid food. Post op I've also be having a Protein shake. At this point I am not hungry and not interested in solid food so not actually eating till after 11. So Breakfast is at 11, lunch is around 2. Late afternoon is another shake, dinner is 7 or 8. As I type this out, it doesn't seem like an unreasonable schedule. I am reaching Protein and Water goals.

This rambling post is mostly for self analysis but feel free to chime in.

Surgery 12/27/2016

DK

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Vee16 · January 14, 2017

29 days post op- 191lbs

The learning curve is insane. I forget how much to put on the spoon and end up taking too much and then the stuck feeling or eating to fast.... Right now the mental part is the worst. Remembering how much I have to chew to get into the habit for when I'm finally on the solid stage.

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