AbbieL

Day 11post op & I felt hunger for the first time today. I went too long without eating or having a Protein Shake. I ate 1/4 cup of split pea Soup and was full.... full to bursting and I felt very uncomfortable. My mind wanted a big bowl of soup but my body said no. It's a very conflicting feeling.

Can't stop watching the food network channel! My eyes are bigger than my stomach! (Literally?!)

What kind of mushies are you enjoying? I've been adding home made fruit purees to Greek yogurt which tastes great. I made a big batch of split pea Soup which I will have for lunch. I find I'm not hungry in the evenings at all, so from lunchtime onwards I sip Water or tea. My mental hunger is driving me nuts, I want to eat every thing but feel full!
So far I have lost about 12lbs.

I had my 7 day post op check up on Friday, all is well, the doctor showed me where my port was and I felt it for the first time! It's like a little button right next to my belly button, so cool to feel! Also got to see my xray from the esophagus swallow test, very cool to see my band, the tube & port!
Real food tomorrow, (mushies &purees) omg I can't wait to eat real foods!

1. You are healing, stop watching the weight so closely. Yea, I know it is hard not to, but really stop it.
2. Sodium, I gained 4 pounds over night during my healing phase when I had a can of chicken noodle Soup. It had more sodium in one can than I normally eat in two days.
3. See #1

Can't stop watching the food network channel! My eyes are bigger than my stomach! (Literally?!)

Can't stop watching the food network channel! My eyes are bigger than my stomach! (Literally?!)

I don't have loud burps but I do pass gas... and mine smells horrible. Can't even blame the dog, we don't have one!

I'm going in a few hours for surgery. Nervous, second guessing myself. Thinking about not eating with the family at gatherings. It just seems so final and my sister, God love her, said, "We will just have to find joy in new things and view food as fuel to live".
This pic is me 3 weeks ago. Looking forward to seeing much less of me!
Prayers for all of you for a quick recovery, transition to your new lifestyle and wonderful results to your body and health!

Abbie, that is normal. We are used to eating more and that is why it is so important to measure and pay attention to how you feel after eating. You may be lucky like me and stay full a lot. Good luck!

What kind of mushies are you enjoying? I've been adding home made fruit purees to Greek yogurt which tastes great. I made a big batch of split pea Soup which I will have for lunch. I find I'm not hungry in the evenings at all, so from lunchtime onwards I sip Water or tea. My mental hunger is driving me nuts, I want to eat every thing but feel full!
So far I have lost about 12lbs.

I'm :2 weeks post op and started mashies today. My nutritionist did not mention that I might gain when that happened but it makes sense so I am glad to see it addressed here. I have had an egg and some puréed veggie Soup today and did fine. The single egg kept me full for a long time! I have noticed that I retain Water because of high sodium in some of my liquids ( broth etc) so need to watch that. But I am down 15 since starting the 1 week pre op diet so clearly something is working!!!!!!

Made the most delicious green smoothie to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day (since I'm still on post-op liquid only!)
1/2 c. Water
1/2 c. peeled & chopped cucumber
3 stalks of kale (pull leaves off the stem)
1/2 c. frozen strawberries (or any other berry)
1/2 frozen banana
Put it in a blender, add a little Water if it gets too thick! Without adding Protein powder, this recipe makes a 100 cal smoothie with healthy greens! If you add Protein to this recipe, I recommend 1/2 a scoop or it'll get gross.

Honestly..... it was day 5 post op for me to have the bloated feeling reduce and day 6 for the gas related shoulder pain. I took gas x but for me it did nothing. Now day 9 I feel great, except for tightness around my belly button incision. If I get up from the couch too quick it hurts.

I had my 7 day post op check up on Friday, all is well, the doctor showed me where my port was and I felt it for the first time! It's like a little button right next to my belly button, so cool to feel! Also got to see my xray from the esophagus swallow test, very cool to see my band, the tube & port!
Real food tomorrow, (mushies &purees) omg I can't wait to eat real foods!

I had my 7 day post op check up on Friday, all is well, the doctor showed me where my port was and I felt it for the first time! It's like a little button right next to my belly button, so cool to feel! Also got to see my xray from the esophagus swallow test, very cool to see my band, the tube & port!
Real food tomorrow, (mushies &purees) omg I can't wait to eat real foods!

Went for my 2 week check up on Friday! Everything going fabo! No more gas at all (thank god!) It wasnt really that bad for the most part but on either day four or five i had the craziest, could not find any comfortable position day. If I hadnt known better I wouldve thought there was a knife stuck in my shoulder..
My stomach swelling must be pretty much gone, cuz i have been so hungry since last Monday. Im not supposed to start mushies till Monday, but i did have a scrambled egg yesterday with gravy as mashed as possible and it went just fine. I miss meat so bad and cant get my self to eat the meat baby food lol, yuck! Monday though i cant tell u guys how excited i am to make a pot roast and blend a little piece for myself (never thought i would say that) lol.
My nutritionist did stress to me that the first 6 weeks after surgery, we should not expect to much weight loss, she said it is perfectly normal to possibly gain weight on the mushie stage because the body is basically trying to figure out what is going on. I just wanted to put that out there for any one who is not expirenceing any weight loss or just a little.
So for those of us that are loosing i guess we get to consider ourselves lucky and hope our bodies continue to do what we would like them too! She also told me that I should not be dieting once i hit solid food, for example, low carb. She said to work on what she called the 80/20 rule. What she means by that is making the right choices at least 80% of the time. And most importantly keep the portions at what they have asked and the Water flowing!
Hope everyone is recovering well!

I recently had surgery at Nyu, Dr Kurian was great! I live in Staten island, I would be up for meet ups!

Good luck ! You must feel like you've done your pre op diet forever !

Took my bandages off today and had a shower - boy did that feel good - still have some shoulder tightness and one incision is a little tender but only had surgery Tuesday so not to bad.