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Hey, surgery buddy! I had the same thing. I didn't want ANYTHING at first, and it was a struggle to just ge****er and my protein shakes down. On Saturday, I HAD to have something more substantial. The next phase in my meal planner from the hospital says "pureed foods / liquid", so for breakfast I made myself 2tbsp baby cereal with about 4tbsp milk and mixed that with 1/2 scoop of plain protein powder. For lunch, I just had a shake. Then for dinner, I made cream of mushroom soup with skim milk, added a can of chickpeas for protein, pureed that, then poured myself a little less than 1/2 cup and mixed in 1/2 scoop of plain protein powder. It was SO good.
I found that the soup didn't sit well, so I went back to liquids for Sunday breakfast and lunch. Then for dinner I had 2oz of pureed chicken breast mixed with some vegetable broth. That went down well.
This morning I ate two scrambled eggs for breakfast! It went down rather well.
So I think if you just try a little bit of pureed food and see how it goes, go from there. The hospital told me you just try one food at a time to see how it goes down and progress to the different food stages as you feel you can handle them. So for me, it was clear liquid for two days, then protein shakes and water for a week. I started the pureed stage a bit early. Then the next stage is soft food, then the last stage is solid food. I think I will be experimenting with the soft food stage now.
I found that when I haven't eaten in awhile, I start to get little cravings for food. Then I eat what I have planned to eat and the craving goes away.
So that's my experience so far.
Did your surgeon/dietician clear you to try moving onto a new food stage or give you any estimates as to how long until you can try out pureed/soft food?
So glad to hear from you. How are you? Been watching for posts from you.
I am doing well. I get my protein in, but can't eat all the meals every day. Otherwise good. I do struggle with the water too but get very close.
53 years old 5.4 HW 265 SW 248 CW 218
Surgery 2/24/2015 at UVA with Dr. Hallowell.
I had my surgery on 3/1/16 and I haven't wanted a bite of food. It's been water, Ginger Tea and sugar free popsicles the entire time. Today, I woke up and all I want is something real to eat. I don't care if it's mashed potatoes, yogurt, apple sauce or pudding. I need SOMETHING!
Did anyone else go thru this?
Melody
HW: 394 SW: 359 GW: 187
I'm 11 weeks out from surgery. I was hoping I could get a bit of people's stories on when they started to feel less nausea and wanting to eat more.
I've had a difficult time getting the 60g a day of protein in for a few different reasons. Dense protein won't stay down, plus I'm very rarely getting hungry and wanting to eat much. I look at some of the amounts people are eating and I'm a bit boggled by it.
Today I managed to get 72g of protein in, but now I feel a bit ill. My doctor would like me closer to 90g a day for the first year. The only way that would be possible is to drink two Premier Proteins a day, plus meals.
My 3 month check up/blood work is on the 21st.
I would forget about protein for now and focus on liquids. Dehydration causes nausea. You have plenty of stored fat to burn for energy but must drink minimum of 64 oz of liquid a day.
I was never nauseated cause I made sure to drink
I've heard others say that eggs can be difficult early on. I'd probably try a bite of a scrambled egg before going for hard boiled with mayo (or whatever kind of binder) in it. How are you doing otherwise? I'm still trying to get in all my water and protein.
Age: 55. 5' 8" SW 345 lbs. RNY on 2/29/16 at UVA w/ Dr. Hallowell.
Month 1 - 3/29/16: 319 (25 lbs. lost) | Month 2 - 4/27/16: 314 (5 lbs. lost) |
Month 3 - 5/29/16: 303 (12 lbs. lost) | Month 4 - 6/28/16: 293 (10 lbs. lost)
Month 5 - 7/28/16: 289 (4 lbs lost) | Month 6 - 8/28/16: 282 (7 lbs. lost) |
Month 7 - 9/27/16: 278 (4 lbs lost)
Removing food I was allergic to, adding more fat and use food as protein source improved my blood protein levels.
the protein shakes are very easy to absorb and what body does not use for muscles and body rebuild - it can turn that into sugar... or just simple calories. lean - low fat and carbs protein shake may initially increase the BS - and then one hour later - causes it to drop.. making us hungry...
Proteins require insulin and cortisone to be processed. Fat - the good fat - does not.
I use avocado, bacon, butter. olives, nuts, coconut oil and milk...eggs..
google "food insulin index"
I used to get RH after lean protein shakes... Then I learned about the insulin index... the more processed the proteins - the more insulin may be released causing low BS ...
when I finally understood that - I started adding fat to my meals.. my protein intake is now app 70-80, fat - 70-90gr, carb - I try to keep around 50-60.
BTW: SIBO - means taht there are bacteria in small intestine - the good, the bad. fiber can feed the bacteria - and they will break the fiber into gas and sugars... with SIBO - one can't ignore those "fiber" carbs... at lest 20-50% of them are digested - not in a colon. That's why so call "fiber" can cause in some of us BS increase...
Same with SA...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Thank you, this is very helpful.
I go back and forth on whether to use protein drinks or not. I agree with you that they are heavily processed, and I do eat real food the majority of the time. I was taught to eat high protein by a bariatric nutritionist many years ago so that is what I do. But more recent research seems to contradict that thinking... yes, high protein / low carb is supported in the research, but not at the rate that I was taught.
I am going to try it for a month without the protein drinks and see how I do.
Thanks again.
Living larger than ever,
My Bariatric Life
Food intolerances - before or after RNY - I really don't know. Maybe I had them before and taht why I got MO in the first place? Maybe losing weight and RNY just exposed that for me.
Food no longer gets digested - broken down in my stomach - so the "food " reaches small intestines unprocessed. Maybe that brought the food allergies to light... and intolerances.. I will never know...
I do follow low FODMAP diet, low carbs, combined with SCD type diet.
I don't eat most raw veggies...
Testing for SIBO can be dangerous to someone with RNY, my doc and I chose not to do that...(dumping, severe RH, etc. ) and sometimes results can be false negative anyway...
I don't have lactose intolerance - I have allergies to dairy (like - proteins). I also have soy allergy, plus a few others... severe to mild...
I do suspect I have SIBO, Candida and leaky gut... etc... ButI think I had Candida and probably sibo way before RNY... But RNY made it worse - IMO...
I have IBS_C...
I do try to eat as real food as I can... Protein shakes - no matter if organic, vegan, etc - I heavily processed and eventually can lead to additional allergies...
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural-health/vegan-sources-o f-protein/
Check out the link above to get some more ideas maybe. Of some note there is protein in several veggies as well.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
I really like our set of pots and pans. They clean up really well and cook well too. However do not get ones that are white on the inside, they stain really bad especially if used on a flat top. When I moved to a house with a gas stove I've not had nearly the browning in the bottom of my pans though.
Age:40|Height: 5'9"|Lap Band 2/11/08 |Revision VSG 3/14/16
The cake is a lie, but Starbucks is not.
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