some help please

well I am totally at a loss as to how and what to eat I have one sheet in my packet which tells me when to move on to the next stage like right now I am in the soft foods stage..... someone please tell me how I am suppose to be eating! this morning I had a poached egg...runny(yumyum) 30 mins later I started a protien drink it takes about an hour to get it all down wait 30 mins to start icechips....sips of water seem to be to big and soni****chips are soo yummy lunch was 4 bites of pimento cheese spread...waiting to restart the ice chips....or maybe I will have a sf popsicle. I need some kind of schedual and typical menu for the day....I feel lost and how do you get the walking in when it is soooo HOT outside? I am walking inside but I have no idea how much Im getting in....would one of them walking thingies from Wal-mart help? if I buy some bullets to mix into my ice I would just drink it like I am? its considered my liquid for the day with protien as a plus? please help. thanks so much

nutti

 

nutti sounds like you have the confuseditis that most of us have when we get home and no longer have someone bringing us stuff to eat and drink. I thought i had sudied and knew what to do but when it came time to do it on my own i felt like you .....

Anyway there is probably not going to be much of a schedual that you can adhere to at the moment. Just concentrate on the fluid you are able to get in and try to add the protein a little at a time. believe me it will come to gether soon.

I am almost a year out and still have days that i cant or dont get in all of everything.

the two things i do remember above all eles is getting in my vits. and my fluid. I know how dehydration feels and it aint pretty. especially with us . we now will get dehydrated so much quicker than you ever could have before surgery.  I know im not being much help but you sound like you are on top of what you are to do. If you have too much confusion call your dietitian accociated with your doctor. and have her to make out you a menu and times etc. I have never been able to wait all the time on the water like you are suppose to and i know i should but my mouth gets so dry that i just cant stand it at times.  the sugar free popcicles are what saved me more than anything when i was a new post op like you.  You will do fine. just dont let up on the amount of fluid you try to get in. get as much as you can as often as you can.  the walking. stay in the house and just walk in place seveeral times a day like 5 minutes at a time put on some of your favorite music and walk to it. Love and hope you are feeling well. Jan

Lynette, I was just at the Nutitionalist and asked basically the same questions.  I asked if I have to drink water all day and the protien powders are less then tasty couldn't I just put it in the water I'm drinking anyway and drink it all day.  She said Yes!  She also said you can't digest more then 25 grams of protein at a time.  My plan is ...34 oz of water to one scoop of Isopure protein powder.  It's not gritty or gross.  Just kinda lightly flavors the water and only the last mouthfull is gritty.  I add ice to the water so it will mix well.  I shake it all the time before drinking.  If I can drink 2 a day thats 50 grams of protein plus whatever else I can eat for the day.  Soft cheese..peanut butter...etc. Hope this helps, Bel

Nutti~ I am reading WLS for dummies and it has some sample menus for puree/soft diets....if you want to msg me your snail mail address I would more than happily send you some copies of the book if you don't have access to buy it.  It also has some yummy looking recipes for those stages as well....I haven't checked to see how it compares w/ Dr. Baker's food plan but I glanced through it and it seems to go right with what his packet says.... Let me know if you're interested. On a different note, did you have lap or open?  How was it?  How was Dr. Baker?  Tell me everything!!  I have 7 days to go!! **hugs**

I would definatly be interrested in the book! I feel pretty confused.... I dont think Im doing bad but it would be nicer to know if I was doing good or at least on the right track. I had an open procedure. Dr Baker is not the kind of Dr to hang around and visit. he does his job and does it well but you are expected to take it from there...right from the start. I guess I cant read his packet well enough to get any usefull information from it. I appreciate any help at this point! nutti

Well msg your address and I'll send ya some recipes/menus from the boo****il you are able to get it.... I got mine on half.com for like $6.....I was excited. His packet wasn't very helpful at all...all they suggested was oatmeal and scrambled eggs basically.....while i like both things I don't wanna live on them :)

hey Rianna, u can email  me recipies if u have time [email protected] and thanks,,,,,i week to go !!!!! i bet ur so excited!!!!! Sheila

Hey Sheila!  I don't have the recipes on my computer....though I did get some from the recipe forum. But I was specifically talking bout the ones from my WLS for Dummies book....if you want me to snail mail them to you just pm me your address and I'll mail them to ya!! **hugs**

Rianna,   you are such a doll and a great friend, which there was more people like you, bet ur getting real excited about now arent you? i probably wont be able to sleep once i get my date hahaha snail mail is great sheila Hammons po box 106 Marshfield MO 65706  and as to the smoking gals..........well its not going good but not bad either,,just didnt stop cold turkey have had 3 the last 2 days but thats better than what i was doing...so keep me going and hopefully i will completely quit in next few days

love ya all

Sheila

Sheila, Thanks so much :-)  I've enjoyed getting to know ya....you're a good friend to have!  I will mail you and Nutti those copies as soon as I get the chance....but also send me your email address and I'll email ya some things people sent me....*hugs*