twistedkitten25

I get 60-80g of protein a day and 900 calories, but sometimes i gain and the weight loss is so slow. I exercise every other day, but try to keep active by moving around on non-exercise days...wth is up?!?!

Good luck!

Im glad ur doing better! I have my ct on tuesday to see if my drain in my abcess comes out.

Sorry, my email wasn't letting me know there were responses. I had the second CT and went to the surgeons...the computers were down so they couldn't look at the scan. They said they would call me but haven't. The surgeon did say that the fact that my pain is gone is a good sign and gave me the ok to go off the antibiotics. Been feeling ok and started exercising finally. Thanks for the support and positive thoughts everyone!

Well, the pain has subsided for me. Had ct scan yesterday, find out today from doctors what the results are. Here's hoping abscess is on its way out.

I just baked some tilapia for my whole family..it only needed a bit of seasoning, you can even put lemon slices on while baking..its quick and easy. I made some steamed zucchini slices with it and rice for the hubby and son. I could only fit maybe half a filet and two zucchini slices minus the skin, but it was nice to have something that I could eat with my family.

If you have an iPhone there's a Nike training app that gives you 30 minute workouts on target areas it's really cool I'm sure any other smart phone has it as well

I never noticed just how many food commercials there are until I got home from the hospital...even the commercials telling u to lose weight show food! I felt like I was bombarded by "eat, eat, eat, eat, LOSE WEIGHT FATTY, eat eat eat"

Thanks for all your suggestions and assistance

Just posted this to another thread. It has ricotta but mixed with spinach it's not really noticeable. You could also use cottage cheese instead of ricotta.
Sauté fresh spinach in vegetable or chicken broth (I also threw in some garlic and shallot), when done add nonfat ricotta and a bit of Parmesan cheese and blend/purée with an immersion blender.
Spread puréed mixture in bottom of a small casserole pan and cover with prepared spaghetti sauce (no sugar added) and top with a little more Parmesan cheese. Bake until bubbly. Good for the puréed or mushy stage. I also sometimes add in a small bit of prepared pesto to kick up the flavor a bit.
Is a nice relief after all the sweet Protein shakes. My hubby says we'll use this recipe even after I back on regular food!

I have a better substitution. Make your own sour cream with cottage cheese:
2 Tbl. milk
1 Tbl. lemon juice
1 cup cottage cheese
Blend until smooth. Refrigerate.
That's it.
It's super easy and really tastes like sour cream. And of course, you can use low-fat/non-fat versions of the milk and cottage cheese. Generally, it has about half the calories and twice the Protein of sour cream, depending what products you use.

Thank you! Thank you! I would never have guessed some of those.

I just baked some tilapia for my whole family..it only needed a bit of seasoning, you can even put lemon slices on while baking..its quick and easy. I made some steamed zucchini slices with it and rice for the hubby and son. I could only fit maybe half a filet and two zucchini slices minus the skin, but it was nice to have something that I could eat with my family.

Congrats!!! That is quite the loss!
A full body massage and trip to six flags sounds like an awesome reward for reaching Onederland.
I'm 23 and also love rocking my sleeve My goal now is to tone up!

I will join that club .... I have a few more days before I move into the soft stages and I can't wait. Running out of things to eat or should i say drink and it's frustrating

I also had that problem. I had to change over to gummy vitamins, per my surgeon it is not a problem.

I am a week post surgery and I had many of the same issues -
A headache for 4 days - I was a diet coke addict and kept drinking up to the day before my surgery. I think I was having a caffeine headache. I took some tylenol and bullied my way through it. By day 4 the headache was gone.
I had diarrhea for the first 5 days. The nurse at the hospital said that happens to a lot of people. If it went more than a week then make certain to call the doctor. Bowel movements are still not pre surgery but they are better.
The scaping of your throat may be correct. I have post nasal drip and everything I coughed up was bloody. It took a few days to get through that also. Give it a few more days. Bring it up with the doctor if it does not go away.