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Hi all I am in need of some information! I am 1 week out and think I am hungry. Is this unusual? Is it just in my mind? I also need something that is not sweet or sour to snack on if possible. I am having trouble getting in all my fluids and protein supplements do you all have any tips? Any help you can give me will be apprecitated! I am thinking of going in the kitchen and finding something salty and all we have are crackers! HELP!

I snack on a cheese sticks and turkey pepperoni chips... Cover your plate with 2 paper towels put the pepperoni on the paper towel cover with another towel microwave for two and a half minutes .. let cool it is like eatting potato chips but it is protien!! OMG they are almost sinful I got hooked on Carmens a few years ago. Linda Kay

Linda I assume you mean string cheese when you say cheese sticks? And the turkey pepperoni chips where do you find these? I have never heard of them! Let me know asap so I can get some they sound really good and just what I need. Also how many can you have per day? Also how much protein do they count on the plan? I do really appreciate the information! Do you think this is good on my first week out? Thank you so much Michelle

Nope you gotta wait a few months for the turkey chips and you find them right next to the regular pepperoni at the store.. Yes I mean string cheese... I wouldn not have made it without string cheese. and it is good after a few weeks... When I was first out and I got my head hunger I had hubby go buy me some mashed potatos and gravey from GRAYS here in Mooresville.. the gravy made it taste like I was eatting the whole meal... but that only lasted a few weeks... I think I had a total of 2 orders... REFRIED Beans with shredded cheese also helped.. got the protien and the taste.. BEST of Luck Linda Kay

THat is what I thought. Thanks for the tip though I am sure I will use it when playing euchre at my mother in laws. I really dig the string cheese too. Could I possibly eat that instead of drinking some of the protein? If I lived where I could get Gray's mashed potatoes it would be all over! I would never had the surgery in the first place because of the coconut cream pie! It is to die for! I guess you could make your own refried beans or did you go to taco bell? I am not much on soup beans or refried but I am going to have to eat some anyway.   I really appreciate the information and I hope that I can pay it forward sometime soon! Thanks again! Michelle

Liquid is VERY important.. each string chesse is usually 7-8 grams of protien.. great for a snack... your protien drinks are better. I on the other hand could not drink the protien drinks so I ate 5 cheese sticks a day and drank 5 glasses of milk. THAT is how I met my protien goals at first... I really didnt eat a meal for the the first 3 months.. I just consentrated on vitamins and protien. I do not reccomend MY way... I reccomend you do the very best YOU can to do what is needed for YOU.Here is to your continued success... Linda Kay

LINDA IS RIGHT THEY ARE SINFUL BUT SO GOOD FOR YOU. WHEN I WAS A WEEK OUT IT WAS HEAD HUNGER YOU WILL GET PAST IT JUST REMEMBER SIP SIP SIP YOU WILL GET IT .. GOOD LUCK  VICKI

Thank you Vicki I am glad that you have let me know that it is head hunger because that is what I thought it surely was! Did you do the pepperoni chips early out? If so did the dieticians know?   Is there a reason for the sippy cups except to slow you down to just sip? I am having a hard time using them. I don't no why but the protein shake thingys are not going through them easy. I have been sipping those out of a small regular cup.   Thank you for all the encouragement and help!  Michelle

Thank you for all the help Linda and Vicki! As soon as I find the turkey pepperoni chips I am going to get some they sound YUMMY!   Michelle

Michelle, I remember when I was told "head hunger"!!!  You don't believe it at first!!  I would fix myself a cup of diet hot chocolate with fat free milk.  That helped alot, plus I got in some protein.  Are you eating the sugar free popsicles?  I got hooked on the Edy's No Sugar Added.  Also, maybe a spoonful of yogurt would help.  The reason they want you to sip is so you don't rip your stitches.  I know it's hard to remember, but if you take a large drink of water, it will hurt! Good Luck Robin