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Well really your doctor should be giving you more guidance or pointing you to someone who can. You have a unique situation. It's not appropriate to just take advice from the Internet.

You had surgery 5 months ago and you are still on purée? You should speak to your surgeon or dietitian.

Yes it's a great article but might leave singles or people in bad marriages feeling like they have no recourse. If you are in these situations you can find solutions to your isolation too but it might take a lot of work and possibly some therapy. I know firsthand that loneliness can lead to all kinds of risky behaviors.

Me too but no pill skipping was required. I was given medications in the hospital that were pills.

There are some quinoa recipes in the Regular Foods and the Vegetarian section of the Recipe Sharing section of this very forum. You can also use the search feature of the app or website to find more.

You will try it at some point and it won't taste like you remembered and you will feel like crap for hours and you won't crave it as much after that. You guys, you can have anything you want, most of it by two months post-op. There is no never-again unless it's by choice. You probably won't want much of whatever it is because the foods on your plan will make you feel so much better and the carb monster will go away if you don't feed it. It's sweet relief not to have that monkey on my back. I just tell myself "I can have that later if I want it." It's true. They are not going to stop making pizza or Cookies. How addicted was I if I had considered staying obese so I could keep eating pizza all the time? Pizza or cake or pasta all the time are not worth years I can spend with my family. Please have some perspective.

I went through my closet again and weeded out more things that were too big. I also tried on two tops and a pair of jeans that were too small last time. The tops both fit fine now and the jeans are just a bit too snug around the waist. I doubt I will ever wear them because they are already too big in the legs. They are a funny cut and I'm a funny shape. So this is basically it for closet shopping and everything smaller will have to be new now! Kind of a weird feeling. Also a weird feeling to be wearing some size 10s.

Purée should be the consistency of mashed potatoes. I found 1/3 cup to be the max I could hold. Check out the Food and Nutrition forum for lots of recipes for every diet phase including purée.

I'm sorry I will have to miss this one.

I had the Mirena for years and loved it. The hormones stay in your uterus and don't go through the rest of your body. Lots of our hormones are wacky from extra weight, which can cause many of the symptoms you guys are blaming on the Mirena. Not saying you are wrong but it is something to think about.

There is a new android app available for testing: http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/252962-test-our-new-app-for-android/

There is no food you can never have again. So there is really no reason to mourn any food. By all means have our food funerals. But you will realize soon enough that it was a tempest in a teapot.

Why not just have sashimi?

You ladies might want to request one of the hosts of this forum to move this to the Powder Room. LOL

You probably will lose hair but it will certainly grow back.

1 to 3 tsp instant coffee granules (use decaf if your plan requires it) Amount of cold water and protein powder to make up your shake, or a ready-to-drink shake Dissolve the coffee in a small amount of the water. Add the rest of the water and the protein powder and shake! Add ice if you prefer. Add a little more water if you want it thinner. Chocolate protein powder for a mocha, vanilla for a latte. You won't need a sweetener because the protein shake is already sweet.

Not everyone with the bypass dumps and not everyone who dumps does it forever. It also seems like the psychologist is overstepping their bounds. I would mention this to the surgeon if the surgeon referred you.

You need to separate your calcium from your iron and shouldn't take calcium with acidic foods or coffee. Also if you switch to calcium citrate your body will absorb more of it so you won't need as much. I take my multivitamin and iron in the morning and have half my calcium at lunch and half before bed. If the iron makes you queasy take it at night and take your calcium at a different time.

There is a forum for finding info about specific surgeons and you might find mire answers there. Would you like me to move this thread for you?

To get back to the original topic, there are two things to consider when thinking about what the sleeve (or the pouch, in RNY) will and won't do for you. Capacity and composition. Capacity refers to how much volume your sleeve/pouch will hold. This is the kind of thing you measure with a measuring cup, not a scale. Right after surgery, your capacity will be very small. By 6 months post-op, most of is have a capacity of 2/3 of a cup to a cup, or 6 to 8 ounces by volume. Be careful not to confuse this with food WEIGHT, which is what we talk about when we say 2 ounces of chicken or cheese. For capacity, imagine shoving all your food into a measuring cup. Start out with using 1/4 cup ruff after surgery. You won't finish it. When you can finish it easily, move up to 1/3 cup, then 1/2 cup, etc. The goal is to be satisfied, not stuffed to the gills. Don't be alarmed when your capacity does increase (to a point) over time. It seems to stabilize at about two years out for the sleeve. People with the bypass have to be quite careful because their capacity can increase too much if they constantly push their limits. Basically none of us should be pushing our limits. Composition refers to the ratio of Protein, fat, and carbs. This is also where calories come in. Basically, a gram of protein or carb is 4 calories and a gram of fat is 9 calories. So to increase or decrease calories of a given meal, manipulate the protein, far, or calories. These are also known as macronutrients or macros. Simplistically, each macro has some characteristics. Protein makes you feel full, helps your body heal and maintain your tissues, and is difficult to store as fat. It doesn't affect your blood glucose much. If carbs are not available, protein can be turned into glucose for energy by means of a chemical process in your body caked ketosis. Fat makes you feel satisfied, gives you energy, and also (counter-intuitively) is difficult to store as fat. It is the most energy-dense macro, so it is the easiest way to increase calories if that's what you need. Carbs feed your brain, increase your blood sugar, trigger hunger based on blood sugar fluctuation, and is really easy to store as fat. They are also more available for your body to use as quick energy. So go back to your measuring cup. When you are eating less than half a cup by volume, in order to meet your protein requirements, you will need to fill up most of the container with protein and you will need to eat that first in your meal. That's why we have those rules. Later on when you can eat more, you will still need roughly the same amount of protein. But you will have more extra space for other food. That's when you get to make the choice about how much space you give to extra protein, fat, or carbs. Within the carb section, you will choose how much is available for vegetables, how much for fruit, how much for starchy foods, and hie much for sweets. All those choices you make will affect the calories of the meal you are fitting into the limited volume of your sleeve or pouch.

There's nothing that says you can't forgive him without jumping back in with him. Surgery will literally change your life. Restarting a relationship right before surgery might not set it up for the most success. It might be a good idea to consider taking it very very slow and see if he is still around in a few months or if he bails again.

That's still a reasonably small serve. I bet you could eat a 10-ounce steak before surgery. I can eat about 2.5 ounces of chicken plus some veggies if it's cooked right, and I consider my restriction to be great. I'm 8.5 months post-op.

How many ounces of chicken can you eat at a time before you are too full for another bite? It's worth a test to see how much restriction you really have. If you are testing it with sliders it doesn't really count.

If you do a search for forums with "type 1" in the title (include the quotes) you will find a few. I have heard some members with type 1 say that they were able to substantially reduce their insulin. It makes sense as it guides you toward a low-carb high-protein diet like Dr. Bernstein recommends. I am (was) type 2. I hope you find some folks to speak to about your type 1. Have you discovered http://tudiabetes.com?

She did stop. And anyway potatoes in moderation are part of lots of people's plans. No reason to yell.