Food and Nutrition

I deeply enjoy baking for other people (workmates, neighbors, family), does this end once surgery happens? I usually don't even want or eat the stuff I bake. I just enjoy the process. Unfortunately, I use taste the batter or similar to test flavor profiles. It's my creative outlet. I'm worried that once I get surgery Ill lose this outlet. I'm not over excited about making healthy versions of things for other people. Is this the case?

Hi everyone, I’m 6 weeks out and 19lbs down. I’m not eating much because my tummy can be moody and the idea of eating makes me anxious. I’m trying to build my courage with recipes but I see so much cheese everywhere - and as a patient who had terrible constipation, it makes me weary. So I have two questions: 1) Why is there so much cheese out there? Is it because of macros or nutritional value or taste? 2) What are your non-cheese recipes? Thanks in advance!

Beyond Broth is now available at the BariatricPal Store! Beyond Broth is Instant Organic Vegan Broth with wellness herbs to enjoy anytime, anywhere! Beyond Broth was created to fit perfectly into your daily wellness ritual. These nutritious, instant vegan broths are a healthy and functional solution when you’re managing today’s often too-busy lifestyle, but not willing to sacrifice good health along the way. Made from all-natural organic ingredients, Beyond Broth supports your vitality and well-being. Perfect at home or out and about. Toss a few single serving packets into your purse, briefcase or backpack next time you head off to work, school, camping, hi…

Hey y’all I’m starting my phase 2 I have no clue what to eat any helpers ?

Hey guys! Starting to research the best protein coffee options for when I’m ready to drink caffeine again. Everything seems so expensive and I don’t like buying before I try something so it’s been a tough one to navigate. Does anyone have any recommendations?

"Delicious high protein, collagen and gelatin-rich bone broth in an instant! Add one tablespoon of InstaBroth to one cup of boiling water and stir. It's that easy! You can also use InstaBroth in your favorite recipes. Perfect for sipping from a mug, add vegetables for a satisfying soup. Don’t have 24-48 hours to cook bone broth? Protein Essentials has developed the next best thing — InstaBroth! Protein Essential's Instabroth has more protein than bone broth that has been simmering for 48 hours. Add hot water, stir and enjoy! The taste is superior and the protein is nourishing. One bag has 10 1 cup servings. Gluten Free Dairy Free 65 Calories…

I’ve always been anemic, even as a child. I had my Gastric Bypass in December 2012. As of late I’ve had an increasing problem with my blood levels and several of my vitamins and minerals testing dangerously low, especially my Iron levels. I found an article on the issue and how intravenous infusions may successfully address the issue: http://bariatrictimes.com/intravenous-micronutrient-therapy-imnt-for-gastric-bypass-patients-a-solution-to-complications-of-an-often-unrecognized-problem/ Has anybody else had this problem and if so what option(s) did you explore to address it?

Hello guys, so I’m 9 months post op down 80lbs. This past week temptation won and i had my first diet soda of the year. My doctor said that the “stretching of your stomach” due to soda had notruth behind it, and it’s more of a bad habit that can lead back down to obesity. My question is, who, if anyone, has started back on drinking Diet Coke and how far along our? Has it created negative impact in your weight loss? Had it led down to other negative eating habits?

Zollipops , Zolli Drops , and Zaffi Taffy are now available at the BariatricPal Store! Born from the imagination of Kidpreneur Alina Morse, Zollipops, Zolli Drops, and Zaffi Taffy are delicious organic treats supercharged with Xylitol, Erythritol, Stevia and other smile friendly natural ingredients that are actually good for your teeth! Zollipops treats are a favorite among dentists, teachers, families and weight loss surgery patients and perfect for lunches, parties and as healthy rewards or prizes.

Was headed home from fasting bloodwork and needed a healthy choice. They were delicious! Consistency and portion just right for soft food phase. Sous Vide Egg Bites - Egg White and Red Pepper with Monterey Jack. Nutritional information included https://app.starbucks.com/menu/product/2122117/single?parent=%2Ffood%2Fhot-breakfast%2Fegg-bites Sent from my SM-G965U using BariatricPal mobile app

I'm 2 1/2 weeks post-op and I'm craving pizza. Wondering will it be ok to eat the cheese and sauce off a slice of pizza.

I’m addicted to sugar free hard candy? & I can’t stop. Help?!

Hi all, I am looking for a dietician in the DFW area. Any recommendations? Been stuck in the 310 area, down from 432, but I still want to get to 240. I was back to 325, but started doing Keto, and came back down to the 310 area. Usually floating between 310 and 314. Been stuck for last year and a half, roughly, and feeling frustrated. Thanks in advance.

I had my surgery on 4/19/17. I have had a sore mouth and tongue. My tongue swells and I have severe pain. It burns severely and is dry. I use several dry mouth products to try and help. Well they don't do any good. The Inside of my lips get raw sore spots, too. I'm just taking a shot to see if anyone else had any problems like that.

Life has changed drastically for me as far as how I eat and what I eat. Here are some of my meals I’ve been eating 1 month out. Life is good ? I’m now all about organic /real/ and very clean eating. I refuse to eat processed food with artificial anything. I have great recommendations for very clean vegan protein powder and the best liquid vitamin solution. Send me a note for recommendations.

Hello all I am 5 weeks out from RNY and have started getting nauseous from my Protein Supplements. I am using Premier Protein shakes and Isopure unflavoured powder and another type of powder that is juice flavoured. I was tolerating them in the beginning but they are not sitting well anymore. Anyone else have luck solving this problem?

So I’m on my 2 week preop liquid diet and we decided to go camping this weekend. (Which was its own brand of hell in itself). I decided to freeze a couple bottles of Premier so they could naturally thaw in the cooler Saturday and be cold for today (Sun). Oh man, it did some weird separation in the thawing process and ended up being chunky. So not only did I have to endure my family enjoying grilled hamburgers, corn on the cob, and s’mores around the campfire, I had to choke down chunky peach premier.

Great article. So many of us can relate! https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/

The Increment Bottle is a range of BPA Free Tritan drinking bottles, which are designed to assist you in ensuring that you drink the recommended amount of water each day. All Increment Bottles are BPA FREE, Dishwasher Safe and made of Solid Tritan. Each bottle is designed to be filled two to three times each day All Increment Bottles have a fully removable cap. All infusers are fully removable for ease of cleaning/filling. The entire range of Increment bottles is built as "sweat-free", meaning that your bottles will not sweat throughout the day.

I would love to hear from others who struggle with eating too much sugar and how you manage that. For now, I'm sticking with abstaining from eating desserts, but I continue to hope for achieving the ability to eat sweets in moderation. I'm wondering if anyone has found it possible to do so, but in light of having been a person who has a long history of sweets being a slippery slope- have some, want more and more and more. It has every feature of alcoholism, but the substance is desserts, not alcohol.

I recently started using The Food Analysts to track my daily macros as I wanted to lose weight and was having a hard time tracking my daily intake. Apparently, they count your daily macros just by sending them a photo of my meals - and they even give guidance live on Whatsapp to keep me on track. Wanted to know if anyone has ever tried them before I buy a membership.

I am wondering if I need to suppliment my diet with extra electrolytes. I have noticed increased tiredness as.my couch to 5k training has kicked up into longer jogging intervals. Mowing the yard today, I had an unquenchable thirst (also in a heat wave, but still drank over 48 ounces over a couple hours). I coincidentally found an old stash of electrolyte tabs, did some brief research and it seems that electrolytes will help with water retention (weight stalls?) and when thirst is not easily hydrated. I am extremely active now. At gym 6-7 days a week, 4 hours fencing classes a week, and couch to 5k training every other day. So, could I be putting a strain on my electr…

I am about 8 weeks post op and I have been struggling with making good eating choices this last week or so. I went on vacation and I feel like that really pushed me over the line. I ate a lot of things I know I shouldn’t over the course of the 5 days with the excuse that it was just this week but now I’m afraid of not being able to stop. I need some encouragement and tips on how to vacation without over eating and feel like I’m losing out. FOMO hardcore right now.

https://www.today.com/health/how-lose-body-fat-follow-time-restricted-diet-t136562

Im 8mo post op For my post op diet my nutritionist told me no more than 5grams of total fat or sugar per serving. I want to make salmon for meal prep which is high in fat but even 2-4 oz is higher than 5grams of fat, do i just don't eat the damn salmon or what!?!?! 1oz of salmon is 3grams of fat and 6 grams of protein that's not much! but what the hell do i do!! Somebody help me please!?

Anyone tried the new weight watchers freestyle? It looks pretty compatible with the bariatric diet. Lean protine, fruit, and veggies are free (don't have to track/count) You're given daily points for healthy fats, red meat, and whole grains (to help limit consumption to healthy amounts) And a weekly budget for treats (sugar is very "expensive" on the new program) Anyone tried it? Thoughts?

I have 6 months of bariactiv vitamins for sale- calcium, iron and multivitamin made for post surgery. I am using a different brand and just want to recoup my copay for these. $90 for 6 months. Anyone interested?

Good day all, This is my Preop diet that I will be doing after I’m able to eat again. Pretty simple! Start weight: 262 Current weight: 252 Surgery weight goal: 250 Surgery date: 8/6

So for most of my adult life I have been a huge coffee fan. Like, 3-4 cups a day, and not just for the energy but love of the taste and the experience. Inexplicably, I've lost all desire for coffee post-op: I'm a month out and still no signs of interest returning. I get some caffeine with a bottle of Bai most days (that stuff is good!), but no desire for coffee whatsoever. Has this happened to any of you? And if so, did your taste for coffee return?

I’m on day 5 of my pre-op liquid and have GAINED 6lbs! WTH!? I’m assuming it’s the sodium from the broths.... Totally insane!

I began my 3 month check ins this month and I have no idea what to eat in order to lose the weight required for me to have this surgery. I was only told 2 meal replacement shakes and 1 small meal a day.... Does anyone have any advice on what those meals could be? Please I have no idea what to eat. I wasn't given a menu plan or anything else. Please share recipes and/or advice. Thank you. Sent from my LG-TP450 using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of good apps to download for food recipes that are free. Thanks

Does anyone have recommendations for a veggie spiralizer? Do you have a brand you just love or one you hate cause it broke or is hard to use?

I had my gastric bypass on May 21st, a little over a month ago. It has been a hell of a ride, in and out of the er, many complications... At first I felt like I was eating way too much and I kept feeling hungry all the time. Once I realized it was an adjustment period and I was having issues with acid, those feelings toned down quite a bit. But now, I'm struggling to get in just my minimum calories. I have to force myself to intake a protein shake or some food, and I can tell when I'm eating that I'm not full at all, but I get this feeling like my stomach just wants to ? for no reason, so I stop eating. Days at end recently are sitting at about 300 to 400 calories, and it…

Okay, so I have decided to get back on to boat and starting measuring my food and counting calories and everything again beings I am eating more. However, I am not sure how to count all calories when I make something more than just one thing such a chicken breast, or such. So if I make a mixed meal like a casserole or something of the sort. Any suggestions?

I’m going through my diet stages from my surgeon and not seeing a lot of fiber. Miralax for constipation. No mention of Metamucil or fiber capsules (psyllium fiber). Is that a big no no like small seeds and nuts until much further out?

Does anyone know of a carb free, sugar free hard candy? My mouth is dry due to medications I take and I usually use Werthers sugar free thinking they were safe being sugar free and was horrified to see how many carbs are in five pieces. does anyone know of any alternatives ? My RNY was done 5/22/18.

Hello, so I had my first post op appointment with my surgeon yesterday. She said my scars healed really good. After surgery I really didn’t have any pain other than gas but that went away pretty quick since I walked a lot. Anyways she approved me for full activity no restrictions. I’m 3 weeks post op and I want to go to the gym but I am a little nervous about maybe hurting myself. I went to reach for something yesterday and felt some pain reaching too high. I’m wondering if I am fully ready or should I just start small? Anyone with advice or things I can do?

About a week ago, I was cleared to start creamed soups. I made a sweet potato soup that lasted awhile, a taco soup (took the edge off from cravings), my fiance and I went out to eat for our anniversary and I tried a lobster bisque, and I tried a clam chowder. Now when I eat I don't get full fast like the previous week and I'm SO nervous about failing. I also gained 1.7 pounds... I'm about ready to just do broth again. Obviously I'm doing this wrong, but what kind of creamed soups should I even eat? I don't want my body to reject seafood later on in life so I'm trying to introduce it early HELPPP[emoji30] Sent from my SM-J327T using BariatricPal mobile app

Gathering info for upcoming surgery and would appreciate any recommendations as to : 1- what are your preferred protein powders and where have you found the best value for obtaining them 2- what vitamins are you taking and where also are the best values purchasing them

Ever since I got sleeved food has tasted so differently, is it just me? Meat especially tastes like the live animal and when I cook it it smells so bad. No one else smells it or tastes what I taste I have to literally choke down all my protein because it’s so gross. It’s almost not worth eating.. anyone else?

Hi, I'm looking for a guide to what to eat after bariatric sleeve. Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using BariatricPal mobile app

My local Sams club stopped carrying them?!?! They never had the Cookies and Cream variety... Anyone still able to find these flavors? HW 270 SW 238 CW 188 VSG 11/7 [emoji471][emoji471][emoji471]

A friend of mine who does Paleo just turned me onto something called bone broth, which despite sounding gross is awesome. Just had a thai curry flavored broth that tasted great and had 10g of protein.

Any tips? Sent from my Pixel using BariatricPal mobile app

Any have a good weight loss journal to recommend? I can only find 90 journals and I don't want to have to buy a new one every 90 days. Sent from my SM-G935V using BariatricPal mobile app

Hey there! I had surgery November 6th and have lost 78 lbs! Anyway the only problem I tend to have is not knowing what to eat! I wake up hungry and don't know what to eat because my stomach hurts and I don't know what to snack on during the day and so on and so forth. I have read a lot of great ideas on here but I am looking for more.. Maybe some ideas for breakfast, some snack ideas.. maybe lunch and dinner ideas? Haha, all ideas. Also, I still have a hard time taking in plain water. I drink crystal light and stuff like that, but are there any other ideas? What do you guys drink? Load on the ideas.

I have a huge container of chewable Celebrate multivitamins and Celebrate calcium. I also have a 5lb bag of vanilla Matrix protein mix. They have been opened and used once and I hate throw all that $$$ in the garbage. I just can’t stomach the taste of any of them. I am located in the Dallas area if there is anyone out there that could use them [emoji16] Height 5’6 HW - 275 SW - 265 CW - 209 GW - 150ish Sleeved 12/14/17 Revision to bypass due to complications 2/13/18

I was just wondering if there is anyone that is thinking of weight loss surgery or has had weight loss surgery that eats a plant based diet? On April 11, 2016 I had the gastric sleeve done. Once I started my liquid diet and no longer was eating meat, I just switched to a plant based diet and never looked back. I still will occasionally have traces of dairy in something I eat, but I'm working on switching to a vegan diet. Would love to hear your post-surgery plant based meals if this is something you are also going through. Brittney