Chelsi

i was told to not use quest bars that much because of the sugar alcohols. so my NUT suggested pure protein bars. i like the vanilla chocolate baked one, it's like a candy bar! also their peanut butter chocolate one is really good.

sleeved on september 18th. HW: 320 DOC: 297 CW: 270 loving my sleeve

LMAO this made me spit out my diet snapple, thanks! i was just thinking this the other day about all the food commercials. but my go to on puree's was tuna fish. add a little mayo and mash it really well with a fork! it also comes in pouches which were really good for some different flavorings like sweet and spicy and lemon pepper. yummy!

mine is caramel flavored so i should WANT to take it! it's the only thing i take midday, though. so i often forget it. i've gotten better since going back to work, i throw it in my lunch bag.

i had this problem when i started purees/soft foods. especially because we have a hard time getting in fiber with no raw veggies and fruits. i started taking miralax at night in 8oz of applejuice diluted with water and it helped me tremendously! after doing it for a few nights in a row i started going regularly again. but still call your surgeon first just to make sure there's not an obstruction because using anything could make it worse!

my first wedding anniversary was four days before my surgery when i was on the pre-op diet. i was so mad that my husband couldn't take me out to dinner because i knew i would (most likely) cheat! i was so miserable until my mom suggested we do something fun to recreate something we did on our honeymoon that didn't involve food (we went to the san diego zoo, walked around the grand canyon). we settled on doing a spa day like we had done one of the days we were in arizona. we got massages and i got a mani/pedi. so it still felt special, but we left food out of it! it's possible! happy birthday!

i confess i almost always forget to take my calcium.

i'm actually cleared for roughage at 7 weeks, which will be the last thing i'm cleared for. but i would still check with your NUT first!

i usually bring cold cut rollups, meatballs in sauce, grilled chicken breast, hard boiled egg with salt and pepper, mini babybel cheese or a cheese stick/string cheese, a greek yogurt with a teaspoon of sf chocolate chips to add some "dessert like quality" - could add almonds or nuts too, i'm just not cleared for those yet). so long as you have a fridge available, of course!

the day i got home from the hospital i wanted tuna fish so bad. so that was the first thing i had. half a can of tuna with light mayo and a TON of garlic powder. mmm. it was heaven! haha!

my doctor never set a calorie limit for me. all i was told was 60-80g of protein everyday and under 90g of carbs. i see a lot of people have calorie limits, idk why i was never told one!

i'm 6 weeks post op and i have been feeling more "hungry". i know what you mean! especially when i first wake up i know i have to make myself a shake or a scrambled egg because i feel light headed and weak (like low blood sugar). i've just been keeping track of everything i eat with myfitnesspal and making sure i'm definitely getting my protein first. i also don't eat anything in the two hours that i previously ate, because i know i'm not really hungry, it's all psychological! i think our bodies are just adjusting. i know my surgeon said the longer we go post op, the more we can eat and whatnot.

hm, that's weird? were you getting all of your fluids in? luckily i'm six weeks post op so i'm cleared to eat everything except raw fruits and veggies, nuts, and seeds. i'm dying for a salad! lol.

technically speaking for insurance reasons, dr agarwala was my surgeon so I saw him more pre-op. though now I really only see dr corpi (the woman, I think she is internal medicine). I have no complaints except on the actual day of surgery no one came out and told my mom that I had been moved from recovery to a room. she literally waited three hours before she went off on a nurse and found out I had been moved. overall I would say I am very happy with their team. I wish they had support meetings on weekends though because I'm in school and work in the evenings and never have off to go to support group. how about you? you said you had a bad recovery?

hey! we have the same surgeon! glad to hear you're feeling normal. i had a very speedy recovery, i guess i was one of the lucky ones!

high protein snack ideas other than cheese? help?

pre-op was harder because i still had a stomach that was used to taking in WAY too much food. i feel like i was always physically hungry. post-op was harder mentally. knowing there was stuff you could eat but not being able to was hard at first, but when i put it into perspective that my stomach had just been cut out and was healing, it was easier. i would say pre op was harder, but they were both difficult in their own ways. it's all about attitude and how you look at it.

I was told no gummy vitamins because they don't have iron in them. I'm on centrum chewable vitamins the orange tablets. they're the only ones I'm allowed to have.

i was allowed poached and soft cooked eggs (no scrambed) at 3 weeks (pureed). scrambled came last week at 4 weeks post op (soft foods). scrambled definitely settled different than the poached egg. and after having a deviled egg, that settles different than the scrambled egg as well (it was a little harder on my sleeve, at least).

i ate a lot of refried beans, and tuna mushed really well with low fat mayo and just broke it up really well with a fork. i pureed meatloaf once and decided it wasn't going to work out for me. so i basically stuck to tuna. there's also tuna packets in the supermarket with different flavorings (garlic and herb, sweet and spicy) i lived off of those for the week. they were so soft and moist, i didn't bother pureeing them any further. and i could only eat about half a pouch so i got two meals out of it!

day 4-5 is when it got considerably better for me. just keep walking, and getting your liquids in! the more you walk, the better you feel. plus, it gets you up and feeling somewhat normal. it will get better! hang in there!

I've wanted to do yoga so many times. I have extensive wrist problems, though, so I've always been afraid to try it, especially being heavy. I'd love to hear more if/when you decide to try it!

I'm direct care staff and was out for four weeks. I usually do a two person transfer for one of my clients, so the 15lb weight limit of lifting kept me out longer than I had hoped! I went back yesterday and I feel great, though!

i was never told to NOT drink coffee. even during my three week pre-op diet, i was allowed to drink coffee with milk. i think my surgeon's issue with coffee is the amount of sugar people put in theirs.

i'm 4 weeks out and i tried a piece of a spicy tuna roll and had no problem with it. i imagine it will be very filling with the rice, i picked a lot of it off. i was a bit worried about the seaweed, though, so i didn't have a second piece because i'm not cleared for raw fruits and veggies yet and didn't want to push my luck.