I've had my surgery about 3.5 years ago. I was at 285 lbs. After the surgery I lost 60 lbs. But by then I didn't feel that the surgery restricted what I ate, meaning I could eat anything, but not in...
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I've had my surgery about 3.5 years ago. I was at 285 lbs. After the surgery I lost 60 lbs. But by then I didn't feel that the surgery restricted what I ate, meaning I could eat anything, but not in...
For breakfast, cream of wheat (still eating since my creamed food days) sometimes a lite yoplait. For lunch, a small chili from Wendy's or a turkey pita wrap. For dinner, I'll have some Baked Ricota...
Hi everyone.
I'm about 2 months post surgery and so far I've lost 45 lbs, which has been great. But over the last month I've only lost about a pound every other week. For the first month I stuck...
Here's a good site for recipes to try during this stage. I love the Ricotta Bake.
theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2007/08/pureed-foods.html
As my doc says, careful not to eat till you're...
I've been drinking the muscle milks to get in my protein. You can make 3 meals of that. But yesterday, for dinner I got some pea soup. OMG it was so good! It just seemed like having real food again.
Doing better today. I'm able to drink more than 2oz at a time now. So far today I've got 70 gms and 435 calories. I'll be working on the 2nd half of the water now.
I'm 4 days post-op. I have also had a hiatal hernia repair, but I am not experiencing tightening in my chest. That's not to say that's not the reason, just my experience. On the 2nd day I was...
Thanks for all the great tips everyone. That sounds doable :)
Oh... and I'm down 20 lbs so far :D Happy New Year's Eve!
I'm in the full fluids phase for 2 weeks and I'm trying to figure out how to get in around 500 calories and 60 gms of protein, plus 48 oz of water.
I can eat about 2-3 oz per meal so far before I...
I would ask to see a video of the surgery to see what else they removed ;)
Congratulations! Keep it up!
Hi Chuck
Congrats on your weight loss so far and welcome to the group.
Tom
Thank you for the welcome and for letting me know what to look forward to. It definitely helps.
Tom
Thanks Roger. I saw your post and the replies were one of the things here that reassured me.
Tom
I just joined today and wanted to introduce myself. I've been a yo-yo dieter since college and now it doesn't seem worth it to diet anymore. I get to a certain point, plateau, fall off the wagon and...