First attempt at fast food

I took the kids to the mall today and had my 1st post op meeting with the dreaded food court. I sort of just grazed off my kids plates because I didn't think I would finish a whole anything on my own and I was right. I picked Wendy's since they have some soft options. I was able to fully tolerate 2 nuggets, 4 fries, and 2 spoons of chili. I did order myself a small lemonade but I only had maybe a quarter of the cup and the rest went to the kids. Let me tell you I was soooo stuffed you would have thought I had a full Thanksgiving dinner lol. Thankfully I had no pains, no problems and of course the endless walking around the mall helped burn some of those calories right off. And yes, I already had my protein and vitamin requirements for the day before we got there.



On the side note....I'm already down 24lbs and I can feel it. My clothes are fitting better and I can almost fit 1 shoe size smaller even my wedding ring is starting to fall off. Feels great to be on this downward spiral.

Glad you were able to handle it - it is hard when you have kids and need to feed them quickly. I had my first fast food recently as well - I wrote about it on my blog here - I had fast food, I also chose Wendy's as my option too and went with the chili everyone always talks about. I have yet to eat and french fries and they were always my favorites. I miss fries.....

After not eating anything fried for a long time, I found that when I finally "stole" a French fry off of someone else's plate, all I could taste was grease.  It was disgusting.  I periodically have fried shrimp, but that's usually the only thing fried I eat.  I do occasionally now eat  just a couple of French fries if they are hot and crispy and not very greasy, but even then 2 is usually enough.

Lora

JUST the chili at Wendy's would have been a much better choice than fried breaded nuggets and French fries.  It is high in protein and low in fat.  Just because you can tolerate fried foods does not make them good choices.  Please take advantage of this early post-op time to really change your eating habits.  If you don't, you will probably regret it down the road when the malabsorption is gone and you are trying to maintain your weight loss.

Lora

Do I understand right that your surgery was just over two weeks ago?  Are chicken nuggets and french fries on your surgeon's meal plan already?  You're not on pureed foods or anything like that?  I try not to play food police with people, but sometimes I'm really surprised by what people eat.  The chili wasn't a bad choice but I don't understand why you would choose french fries this early out.  yeah, I do eat four or five fries sometimes off my partner's plate, but I was at least several months out before I started doing that.

I did not notice how early out she was...  Wow.  Having a mild KFC Bowl flashback...

Lora

Bwahahahaha - I remember that one!  Didn't she eat that at like 3 days out?

I have to agree with Kelly here. I'm not the food police either but.... nuggets and fries this early out?

I know I have liquid diet when i get out of the hospital followed by puree followed by soft followed by "regular" food and no carbs until 75% of my excess weight is gone.

I understand all doctors are different and some don't offer any post classes or diets but this post made me go hmmmm?!

Curious to know what your aftercare plan suggests food wise... not to be the police but because I am seriously interested in what different doctors choose.

 Even my surgeon, who had a very liberal post-op plan (soft foods on Day 3 or 4, all but hard to digest HEALTHY foods by about 6 weeks out) would  NOT have approved of fried chicken nuggets or French fries anytime during the first six months.  We did not count calories or carbs... Her emphasis was on getting enough protein and on changing the bad habits.

Lora

 Man that is wild!  I am almost four weeks out and still on puréed!  I think I would be to chicken to try that even now.  Glad you did not get sick.