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Yes, and to top it off I just made a yummy smoothie! Banana cream pie yogurt French vanilla carnation powdered milk Skim milk Couple of teaspoons of sugar free cheesecake pudding Ice My son is drinking it and lives it. Got my protein up to 80! Great day for us! Now, if you girls can help me figure out exercise, I will be set!

I got 62 grams of protein in today! I am so happy!!

I bought some of those. I dont know how you drink it. haha Its so sweet! I have been adding it to my Water little by little. I also have a hard time getting it all in.

I found some cheez its in my cabinet. They have 3 grams of protein for 14. I ate them with some laughing cow cheese spread on them. I am happy to be at about 15 grams of protein today.

I understand. I have big hopes each morning, and then I can only eat a 1/4 of a serving of my oatmeal. It is really frustrating.

I thought I would share how I made my oatmeal this morning. I used a half of a Vanilla protein shake instead of milk and then added some cinnamon. It is pretty tasty. I still don't think I will be able to finish all of it, but for today.... it tastes good!

agreed!

I will try those things tomorrow. I like the idea of the meatball, especially. Maybe I am cooking the egg too long. I will attempt it with the laughing cow cheese in the morning. Thanks for the ideas.

I am so sorry. I hope that eventually we all get the hang of this eating. Perhaps in a year we will all say it wasn't so bad.

I just said the same thing to my husband. I also read a thread about it on the post op forums.

My new answer when someone asks how much I have lost is... Not enough! They usually shut up after that!

I think I got about 30 grams in today. I am really praying that I get better at the protein. I need to add a shake in the morning as well. I am just sick to death of sweet stuff. (never thought those words would come out of my mouth! ) I try to eat the protein, but it feels like it grows in my mouth as I chew.

I hate the chewing!! Everything starts to taste so nasty when you are chewing it to death! I am working hard to add a little food each day, but I still can't eat more than a couple of spoons of stuff. I am 4 weeks out.

I feel like I am not eating enough. I have had two times of eating too much and throwing up, and I never want to do that again! Of course, I keep reading if we don't get in all of the Protein and the food, then we won't lose weight and may lose our hair. It makes me so nervous! I want to succeed on this new life, but I have failed so many times before. I said all that to say, I understand. haha. I feel full even when I take one bite. I have been forcing myself to eat a little more the last two days. I only saw a loss of 2 pounds last week. It's frustrating!

How far out are you? I am guessing gas pains.

I am going to do this tonight! Great idea!

Well, I don't think I am having rapid weight loss at this point, but I would sure love to have a little of that. Today, the eating is not quite as bad. I don't know if its just something that I have to get used to with the new pouch.

I was wondering if this could be the problem. I had an ultrasound preop, and there were no issues. Can gallstones develop that quickly?

I went out of town at 3 weeks postop. You just need to be careful to get enough rest and get in your liquids and proteins. I went to grocery store after arriving at my destination and bought foods on my approved list. I even ate out a couple of times with no issues.

I ate this on soft food stage. My pouch handles spicy okay.