Liquid..well not quite

[gypj 3]

I'm not doing the mushy well at all...todays menu:

1 6oz Protein Shake for Breakfast

lunch

4 oz broth

2 meatballs chopped finely

2 teaspoons mashed potatoes

dinner

1 6oz yogurt

2 teaspoons chicken salad blended well (was fabulous)

3 crackers

4 8oz glasses of Water w/lemon

Totals cal 607 fat 25 carb 57 Protein 38

Neither mushy nor fully liquid but i'm not hungry...I probably won't lose anything at this rate either though. I'm really trying hard to do mushy (just passed total liquid altogether...the antibiotics were makihng me sick w/just mushy)...I know i'm going to have to make major changes - I just don't know where to start.

[Alexandra 55]

That sounds like you're doing great to me, Gypj! If anything it's light on the calories and Protein. Add another Protein Drink or two and you'll be right on target! What is your concern?

[gypj 3]

that i'm eating too much of the wrong stuff and maybe that i'm not more liquidy....my stomach feels fine (though my port still hurts) and i'm just trying to take it slow but I don't seem to feel likei'm slow...also I know we can eat potatoes but potatoes and the meatballs....I felt like I should be doing the more righteous thing like others and eating 8 8 oz glasses of Protein a day...glad to know it doesn't look so bad...yes the calories are low and I don't reallly feel hunger at all...I know thats going to change when I start working out again though.

[Alexandra 55]

If you've been given the go-ahead to move on to mushy foods, then there's nothing wrong with meatballs and mashed potatoes. The potatoes aren't helping you nutritionally at all, so you want to save them for last. You were only banded a few days ago so you want to take good care and stop if anything feels at all uncomfortable, but otherwise you're doing fine! :cool:

[gypj 3]

Thanks Alexandra...most of the women who got banded when I did are still doing straight chicken broth and Jello and gagging on that...I feel like I'm tryign to do too much too soon...thanks for the response.

[princess_n_thep 2]

((jumping up and down stomping my feet)) I want mushiesssssssss! This sucks, she gets 1/2 solids at only 7 days post op!! Waaaaaa! Damn this creamy/liquid crap, ughhhhh. I am so darn hungry that I can barely stand up straight during the day from the hunger pains!!

But alas, I want this to work!! And I don't want my doc telling me I did anything wrong so I am sticking.

[gypj 3]

Pats Princess...take heart...you'll lose WAY MORE WEIGHT than I will in the first few weeks...the half mushys mean more calories...more caloris mean less option for weightloss...odd though...my patient coordinator told me she has had patients eat SHRIMP after surgery...I'm thinking...where did they put it...I guess a blender can do wonders on anything!

[princess_n_thep 2]

okay, i feel a "little" better I guess. BUT YOU GET TO EAT!!! Ughhhhh, I just want to sleep the rest of this next week and don't even worry about it!