Greenize42

I felt like I had good in my throat so to takeu own advice and the advice I was given I made my bites the size of a pencil eraser and it works marvelously ! It's hard to eat that small of bites but I have many more things to learn as I travel this road of a walnut size tummy! With all of you along side me of course. This forum is the first thing I look at when I pick up my phone! Glad you are all with me for this ride.

Just eat what your tummy likes right now and try the fish later!

I ate flounder not sure if haddock is a light fish! Did you take too big of bites or eat it with anything else?

Terry my book from my surgeons office says like flounder 3 oz is 30 G protein but I can't eat 3 oz ! It's just between taking vitamins, calcium etc it seems daunting!

How in the heck are we to get 60 gms of protein per day? I have been pondering this for when I eat reg foods! I am on soft foods til jan 16th then reg !

How unfortunate that you did not get all the tools along with your pouch! I am sooo scared of stretching mine that I get to feeling guilty for eating! Grant you I am not eating that much and I have to eat !

How did you cheat the rny? I don't want to gain all my weight back after I lose it so gives us a no no list! Your experience could help us alot

I am only suppose to walk right now and then at six weeks add weights!

It will get better snuffalufugus just remember you had major surgery! Use those pain meds!

Rdc guess what? I found muscle milk last night at one if our big heb stores! I got chocolate is that good? I am 27 lbs down from pre op and 23 from surgery! Yea for us!

Jules have you tried bariatric advantage? I didn't find them too bad! In fact I still have one for breakfast several times a week! You might try that! They have strawberry, dreamsical, and chocolate! Their calcium chews are awesome!

The liquid just flows through! Think about it like this: are you hungry? If you are it's head hunger! Once you get on puréed stuff you will feel different and the fullness is not like before you had surgery!

Kathryn it's ok to be nervous! I was just ready to get the show on the road! You will be glad you did this

Good luck everyone I look forward to hearing how great you are doing!

Michelle I can have oatmeal but it had to be puréed and I did not like it! This thing is do trial and error especially on foods! So far I have only felt bad after refried beans but did not throw up (I know tmi) just felt very nauscous

Make sure when your surgery is over to come visit the December post op forum!

Prayers for you tonight! We will see you on the other side with a smaller stomach!

I have found that now that I don't have to drink the protein shakes I don't mind drinking one for breakfast! I drink bariatric advantage strawberry!

How did the bacon look puréed that sounds good!

Funny how things change! I hated the crystal light in the hospital but now I drink it all the time! I too have had an increased sense of smell! I am not sure how great that will be since I am an asst director at a daycare!

Oh and I am to have 32 oz water and then it will increase to 64

The feeling full feeling is hard to describe but i listen to what my body tells me . What I have been told that when I start eating it should not be more than a cup which will include meat, veggies etc. You can stretch out the stoma which I believe is the bottom part that goes to your intestines. Also remember that your stomach is still healing!

Actually my daughter and sil pan fry it without grease just spray Pam and she does sprinkle a very small amt of flour on it so I want her to show me how! I am however gonna have hubby grill me some fish on grill! I do not like to cook but finding different ways to eat seafood could prove to be fun!

Hopingnomeds I am going to buy filleted flounder from a seafood market so hopefully no bones! Also later I can't wait to have me some shrimp boiled of course and crab! I think I also discovered that my pouch doesn't like refried beans! I just ate the middle out of a soft taco and it didn't make my stomach react the way beans did!