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Just wondering.... my surgeon/nut's guidelines are for us to only eat 3 times a day...all the rest should be non-calorie containing beverages. And that we should of course eat super slow, tiny bites, ONLY 1/4 cup, taking at least 20 min but no more than 30. Well I've been going way over my 30 min because sometimes it takes me an hour to eat my little 1/4 cup food, depending what it is... is this bad? I don't want to be "grazing" but I am only getting 300-400 calories a day and I feel like if I don't get my whole 1/4 cups in, well I won't be getting anything..then I feel week, tired, and I feel like I'm starving myself.. what do you think?

I am the same way. I have been stuck for the past 4 days...It's like the scale won't let me go below 240! It's very frustrating. I will be 3 weeks out on Monday.

Yes Yes..I'm a scale addict. I weigh everyday, first thing in the morning, nude. It has steadily went down every day since surgery. So why today did it go UP a half pound?? I was soooo sure I was gonna hit that 20 pound mark this morning!!! Grrrrrr.... I know it can fluctuate, but seriously..i'm only getting 300 calories a day, there is no reason for it to go up at all. LOL

I am like you! I hate these puree food suggestions... I've made up a couple though on my own that are tasty to me... 1 or 2 laughing cow cheese triangles (very soft and melt in your mouth- 2 of them don't even equal a 1/4 cup. I kinda dip my little bites in salsa juice and it's yummy. Refried Beans.. I put them in the blender with a little taco seasoning and salsa to make it more liquidy and not as sticky. YUM... although it made me wish for tortilla chips! LOL fresh made pinto beans (made in the crock pot over 2 days very soft..made with ham in there so they had that flavor) other than that, I have added the powedered milk to my Carnation and my other Protein drinks. I added a tbsp of Peanut Butter and blended well to a choc prot shake, made it more flavorful and more prot. I just ordered "Pure" Protein Powder brand off of bariatriceating.com because everyone on there raves about it, it is supposedly flavorless and you can add it to ANY food or drink and get in your protein. Hope these suggestions help! I'm still on Puree too. :-)

Thanks Tiff!

Congratulations!!

did they give you suppositories for nausea? That always worked better for me... yes, I agree with the warm fluids in the morning suggestion..and just tiny sip sip sips.

I'm glad I'm not the only one too! I already have anxiety about getting below 215..that's the lowest I got with lapband. And then the lowest I got before that on weightwatchers (I wasn't nearly as heavy to begin with) was 199. So it makes me feel strange..weird even..nervous...to think I will be lower than that by summer. But it's exciting too! This might be the first summer I'm not feeling humiliated every time I take my kids swimming... now that will be fun!

So what would you consider the soft refried beans I made (blended with salsa liquid)... or the laughing cow cheese (mashed up with a little salsa liquid)...? I considered those puree consistency..but yet they still hurt a little shifting around in my tummy. It's so weird how all docs have different diets. I wish there was just a general diet for all Sleeves worldwide. LOL

Deli meat is considered mushy? I guess that mushy would be what our doc calls "soft diet"? Right now I was trying purees..which is supposed to be consistency of like applesauce, yogurt, pudding, etc...

Yeah, they told me on Thurs I could go on Puree... which was 10 days post op. I just wasn't sure if what I was feeling was normal..like the food moving down?

So I'm on puree/mushy.... Is it ok that it kinda hurts after I swallow? Lets say... refried beans that I blended with salsa to make them softer. Taking small bites, but then a min or so after I swallow there is a mild pain... so I wait awhile before I take the next bite. This goes on the whole time. Takes me almost an hour to eat 1/4 cup... sometimes I even can't finish that. It does that with those super soft Laughing Cow cheese wedge too. 2 wedges doesn't even equal 1/4 cup...takes me an hour to eat them.... little pains as it's moving down the sleeve or something. I have not experienced these pains with ricotta cheese... Is this weird?

ah I see! Thanks ladies! Thanks Tiff for that great detailed post!

You look wonderful!

yes, Benefiber

How big are your capsules? what is Actigall?

Hmm I'll have to try those from Costco! How many calories are in one?

I agree with a previous poster ...the band is a nightmare! I had mine for 3 years, lost 40 pounds but gained it all back and then some. I, like you, never found a sweet spot, it was always horrible one way or another. When they took my band out, they found nothing wrong with it... I was like, "really? seriously?" oh well..I'm glad it's gone and now i'm on my sleeve journey!

Yep..I am the same. I'm having to flavor my water with crystal lite

I'm cross posting this because no one is answering me over on the Nutrition board. LOL Just wondering what types of Vitamins everyone is taking. My surgeons office highly promotes Bariatric Advantage but their chewables are YUCK. I know I won't stick with them. They have these capsules, I am considering ordering them, but hten I worry what if they are too big to swallow? and it is 6 a day of those... I want something I can stick with.. They also have these crystals that you can dissolve in your drinks, which sounds great, but dang they are expensive! Calcium I think I'm gonna have to go with the fruit chewables..had some samples...they taste like starburst from bariatric advantage, but I see bariatriceating.com has some good lookin ones too. What about Iron? And I am freakin out about getting Protein in. I'm only almost 2 wks out..so I only am getting in around 27 per day. I don't wanna lose my hair! Suggestions? Thanks!

Just wondering what types of Vitamins everyone is taking. My surgeons office highly promotes Bariatric Advantage but their chewables are YUCK. I know I won't stick with them. They have these capsules, I am considering ordering them, but hten I worry what if they are too big to swallow? and it is 6 a day of those... I want something I can stick with.. They also have these crystals that you can dissolve in your drinks, which sounds great, but dang they are expensive! Calcium I think I'm gonna have to go with the fruit chewables..had some samples...they taste like starburst from bariatric advantage, but I see bariatriceating.com has some good lookin ones too. What about Iron? And I am freakin out about getting Protein in. I'm only almost 2 wks out..so I only am getting in around 27 per day. I don't wanna lose my hair! Suggestions? Thanks!

ikwym, I keep worrying like "ack what if my sleeve isn't as small or rextrictive as I was told it would be...how will I stick to the diet?" I'm really worried about that..worried about failing, again....

how much does your doc/nut want you eating at one sitting? Ours says 1/4 cup 3 times a day! Is'nt' that so small? lol but they say the stomach only will hold that much... wow

So I was really looking fwd to starting puree food today. I'm 10 days out and sick of shakes. Anyway... I sat down with my little 1/4 cup of ricotta cheese with a little spaghetti sauce and ate it over the 20 min time frame as instructed. I'm still hungry. I didn't even feel hungry after my Protein shakes! But I was drinking 8 oz of those over 1 hour. But I'm scared I didn't feel any restriction..maybe because I was eating so slowly? is this normal?

Stacy160...I totally think that's what happened too. it was so scary and painful. But I'm not sure what the initial stomach pain was.