Question about tomatoes!
on 12/9/12 8:43 am
Tomato based items, soup, sauces etc. have never bothered me. I know I had tomato based soups in the first month, but I can't remember when. Everyone's different though and some people have a hard time with acidic items a lot longer. I can't tolerate any wheat/flour items, like bread, flour tortillas, flatbread, muffins etc. since surgery and I'm six months out. You just won't know until you try. And bear in mind that a plain tomato soup has no protein and a lot of sugar, as do a lot of tomato based items. Just make sure you carefully read labels. And I don't care what program says it's okay to do juice during the weight loss phase they're wrong. It's just empty sugar/calories in a cup. If you must have fruit wait until you can eat the real thing and not just drink those empty liquid calories.
I add whey protein powder to the soups and juices and I dilute the juice 50% with water to help me get the fluids in. I am also careful not to use high sugar juices. I too would prefer to eat a piece of fruit but since that is not going to happen any time soon, I appreciate the diluted juice. Again, everyone is given different directions based on what may work for them. It is all a matter of options and choice.
I'm a year out and I still haven't. I used to eat Cream of Tomato soup at least 5 times a week. Its not the acid - its just not a good food choice. I prefer to eat my calories instead of drinking them. Theres simply not enough protein in tomato soup - of any variety - to make it worth while.
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160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.
VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: 7/22/2013