Dumping? Puking. Blah

I could eat thinned out cream of wheat. Maybe low fat creamed soups- strain if necessary. Greek yogurt was big on my list. The cottage cheese and greek yogurt are good sources of protein. Egg beaters?

I am 5 weeks out and still eat small quantities of anything,

For the shakes, I found I like vanilla isopure 1 scoop added to a cup of decaf coffee. It is not heavy like some of the shakes.

Try to keep up your fluid intake and get the protein in as best you can. My goal was 64 oz of fluid and 64 gms of protein. I now make sure my protein intake is 70-80gms and I feel well with that.

Hang in there.
Nancy

I told my son the other day that I felt like a "vampire" only drinking my food....It is nice not to be a slave to the food, I can honestly say that even though the kids made brownies yesterday, I was not physically tempted, but my mind sure looked longingly at them. I am still on full liquids, which my doc said was anything that would go through a strainer. I found a protein that i like that is a mix of whey isolate and regular so it seems to last longer and doesn't taste awful: performance max protein chocolate made by SEInutrition.com Just hang in there!

Even though your doctor said you can have things like cottage cheese (which is more considered a soft food than a liquid to most of us) maybe your stomach isn't ready for it.  It was about 3 weeks after surgery that I was put on soft/pureed foods and 1 month before I ate regular foods. I remember my doctor suggesting to have Propel water on hand and G2 gatorade because they have small amounts of sugar in them. Also, diluted juice might help. Those would help if you're feeling dizzy or like your sugar levels are low.

It really plays on our brains to be able to go without food, but I honestly don't think you'll starve. All of us WLS patients have plenty of fat reserves to live on for quite a while! The most important things are to keep hydrated and get your protein in. Read up on how your body burns the fat for fuel when you're trying to lose weight.

It's really amazing to me that I didn't feel terrible and totally drained through this whole process. I've had plenty of energy. I never would have thought I was only living on 600-800 calories most days when I was in the losing phase.