awesome! you are an inspiration Kelly!

Congratulations on your 5th surgiversary Andrea!

try rouge valley gastric bypass group on facebook too. Its a new group starting out.

 

Congratulations Joyce!

put it over crushed ice if you find them too strong..yum!

use a little liquid to help moisten the meat, I loved souvlaki (pc angus,pork or chicken). Bake/bbq it, then puree with tzatziki-yum. Just make sure the meat isn't over cooked.

Congratulations and Happy Surgiversary Erica! You look fabulous! I love your posts and have to say that all of your points above ring true to my experiences as well.

that's cool, I love that about fitday, now my fitness pal too!

The NUT at Barix told me that carbs should be roughly double your protein (in gms) intake.So for me,my maintanence protein was set at 70 gms/protein...so 140gm carbs. Sounds like a lot but when I track on fitday the carbs add up fast, and I'm not a bread or cracker eater. Veggies,fruits have alot of carbs, as does milk and yoghurt. What ever you do, go slow and find your sweet spot so to speak. Congratulations on you success!

processed foods,like canned anything always has more sodium. However,early out, they do in a pinch as your healing. You may find you need to "soften" the tuna and chicken with no fat mayo or yoghurt because if it is too dense it might be difficult to get down early out. I used alot of yoghurt with protein powder the first few weeks-soft and grek yogurt has alot of protein too. Cottage cheese is another idea. Do you go on pureed/soft/ or straight to soft foods? I still at nearly 5 years out, buy skinless boneless chicken(on sale-I fill the freezer) and roast it so I have it all week. I make chicken salad(yoghurt as the sauce), chicken ceasar salad..you get the idea, but it is real meat so less additives. As for protein/fat...did you get a ny info from your dietician on this?otherwise tracking programs like fitday.com or myfitnesspal.com will calculate that for you-there are even apps for smart phones too. I believe the average amount of sodium an adult is supposed to eat is 1500mg day. Hope this helps. See you Tuesday at te meeting?

while your eating tons of protein to get rid of the carb cravings.....remind yourself of all the positives; how far you've come; your size now;things you can do now. Embrace what you have accomplished, then you'll be able to move forward.

Go on facebook, look up gastric bypass support group of ontario. Both groups pop up. The facilitator can add you to the group and give you the address (it is at his house). If this doesn't work let me know.

Happy surgiversary Karen! You look amazing and are an inspiration!