Balloon in...mental battle begins

[DogMom2Doodles 9]

Gastric Balloon placed on Oct 24th. sleep is the only thing saving me mentally right now. I was so good with my preOp diet- and thought I'd be great postOp....nope. Protein shakes- my go to is Protein Premier....and trying Isopure flavored drinks make me feel like barf! Drinking electrolyte Water is good, but Gatorade zero is kinda barf to me too. I guess the thickness of those makes it hard on me. So my brain is like, sip some water to get that thickness feeling in my throat away.

Mental battle is....I want savory- but Bone Broth is nasty to me. I want some protein mashed potatoes- so I ordered some from this websites store. Hopefully they are delicious.

Headed to my followup tomorrow with my surgeon. Praying I get a clearance for my puree/soft food stage.

Pretty excited to see my current weight at 214! I am looking forward to feeling physically up to and not feeling like gaggin' with liquids in my stomach. I look forward to getting back to exercising which will help a lot...especially with my mental health- to get out and feel alive again

Whats your suggestions on pureed meat.. I was thinking some of those bariatricpal mash potatoes and puree up some ground turkey with taco seasoning. nom nom...can you tell I'm eggar for the next food stage

[GreenTealael 25,533]

29 minutes ago, DogMom2Doodles said:

Gastric Balloon placed on Oct 24th. sleep is the only thing saving me mentally right now. I was so good with my preOp diet- and thought I'd be great postOp....nope. Protein shakes- my go to is Protein Premier....and trying Isopure flavored drinks make me feel like barf! Drinking electrolyte Water is good, but Gatorade zero is kinda barf to me too. I guess the thickness of those makes it hard on me. So my brain is like, sip some Water to get that thickness feeling in my throat away.

Mental battle is....I want savory- but Bone Broth is nasty to me. I want some protein mashed potatoes- so I ordered some from this websites store. Hopefully they are delicious.

Headed to my followup tomorrow with my surgeon. Praying I get a clearance for my puree/soft food stage.

Pretty excited to see my current weight at 214! I am looking forward to feeling physically up to and not feeling like gaggin' with liquids in my stomach. I look forward to getting back to exercising which will help a lot...especially with my mental health- to get out and feel alive again

Whats your suggestions on pureed meat.. I was thinking some of those bariatricpal mash potatoes and puree up some ground turkey with taco seasoning. nom nom...can you tell I'm eggar for the next food stage

Speedy recovery and good luck!

[summerseeker 2,321]

Congtatulations. You are doing amazing.

[ShoppGirl 5,067]

I hope you get cleared for purée too but if not Core power shakes are thinner and smoother tasting to me. You can also thin the ones you used to like with milk (probably 2% if your requirements are like mine were). For the puree I didn’t like puree mean. The thought of that grossed me out too much but I did do puree egg salad and that wasn’t bad.