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Protein protein protein! I'm having a pretty hard time getting my protein in..should I be panicking? I was doing better getting in 60 g when I was drinking protein shakes but my NUT said I have to eat real food! Now I'm finding it pretty impossible..everything I find with lots of protein seems highly caloric..any advice it there? Thx in advance! Ps..I'm four weeks post-op finally feeling pretty good after three weeks of bad bad pain..

Kapu..how do you get so much protein in!? I'm having a really hard time with that :-(

:-) Thx for the cottage cheese test..i never saw that before and I'm going to try it asap! The problem is if I do feel full I can/need/want to eat shortly thereafter. I feel like I eat all day. I'm trying really hard to get the proper amount protein and water in every single day again since I'm pretty new at this..it's "hard". I have followed the 15 before and 30 minutes drinking water after eating rule steadily since I don't want to stretch out my new stomach :-) I figured out that I don't know enough about food..calories..nutritional value etc..thank goodness for Google..and forums like this!

I am four weeks post op as of today! The first two weeks were pretty horrible. I had a lap band attempt that could not be completed and long story short, a week later I got the sleeve. They had to reopen three of the original wounds so healing took awhile and the pain was pretty bad. The third week was better and now I feel pretty good :-) My concern is this. I passed the liquid stage and the pureed stage with no cheating! Now I'm onto the- for 2 weeks eat real food but take it easy stage- yaaaay! Problem..I find that I can eat almost everything without feeling badly. I think I can eat too much. In fact I know I'm eating too much..it's more than I expected and wanted :-( Has anyone else had this issue? I almost feel like my doctor didn't remove the proper amount of my stomach. I am also hungry often. It's not head hunger which I did go through badly weeks two and three. I feel like I'm sitting working only with my shaky self control..oh no :-( I was sleeved April 30th..I'm 5'2" was 250. Between pre-op diet and these past four weeks I am now 230. Did the urge to eat lessen for anyone? Did the ability to eat so much get any less? Thx for your help. This forum has helped me a lot so far :-)

My whole belly is itching like crazy right now and had been for almost a week. I believe it's from the winds breaking and the fact that after surgery my skin got very dry. I moisturize the area surrounding the 'wounds' daily. It helps and as anything else..this too shall pass :-)