Hamilton's new food program

Just did the "Food for Life" class in Hamilton. 

We had a question on here earlier in the week about fat/carb/protein/calorie counting. So the new protocol is this:

60 g protein - everyday for the remainer of your life - no concern about fats/carbs/calories until you can eat normally.  Eventually - they want you to stay at 1200 calories per day with 60g of protein. 

That was all they said about it.

They have a new diet progression - but I don't know the old one so I can't compare.  They will feed us protein shakes in the hospital, full fluids as soon as you go home for 2 weeks, then a soft diet introducing different things each wee****il week 6 is over.

At the end of week 6 - you should be able to eat anything - about a cup at a time - 60g protein a day up to 1200 calories.

Seems simple enough - let you know in about  6 weeks how it is going....

Ann

Thank you Ann, that was me   

Great to know, less figuring out for now about carbs, fat and calories. Makes things less complicated. 
Marcia

I was a guinea pig patient for this new protocol when I had my surgery in early March. The dietician (Adam) was very open to personalizing it to my needs as a DSer and as someone who eats both low carb and nearly gluten-free which meant both more protein and more fat for me and he was very helpful in going through the plan. I think it's great. Much simpler than dealing with purees or minced foods, just a natural progression of full fluids (which has a generous definition) to soft foods to regular foods. My main criticism of it is that they are still too focused on low-fat eating, which drives up carbs, but there is at least an understanding of encouraging healthy fats. Enjoy!

Pat, so they don't want us to go over 60 gr of protein period?  I eat 80 to 100 per day and aim for 100. 

No, no, 60g is set as a very clear minimum in the new guidelines. I think 80-100g is awesome and the dietician I spoke to didn't think this was a problem for RNY and VSGers either. My minimum is 100, aiming for 120g daily for 3 months out and at 6 months, 150g!

Thanks, that's good.

WoW, what a switch. I had my surgery in late January and just started diet for life last week. I found there was very little difference for me between purred and minced. Good luck as you go through the various stages!

 Thanks for the info. Sounds better already lol

 Sound great

I for one am thrilled to see that Hamilton is now encouraging protein from the start - the clears for 2 weeks thing was scary!