MamaTo3inNH

I don't know why, but for some reason, drinking a shake makes me feel full while Water does not. I think our bodies just know there is nutrition in the shake while there is none in the Water.

Lisa,
I appreciate your response and kind words. Thank you
Trever,
Thank you, I am very excited for my WLS!

Hello all,
I am Cindy Vosmera I had my surgery on Oct 17th and I just had a scope done to see if there was any narrowing or ulcers that were making me get sick often after I would eat. I do have an ulcer but have meds to treat it and she said today that it was on the mend. Thank God it wasn't anything more serious. Have a great day. It was a good day to have off here in Colorado, I live in Longmont and it was over 70 degrees today. Back to work tomorrow.
Thank you all for your support.

I'm a little over 3 months out and have been not been waiting in between drinking my Protein shakes and Water, etc. I was at a support group the other night and the nutritionist said to wait 30 minutes before and after! Bummed me out. Wish I would have known this going in!!

I don't feel so guilty now about not eating just the whites, I love the whole egg.

COW used to make me gag but I made it the other night with Premier Protein vanilla and a large dash of cinnamon and it was delightful!

Thanks!!
I literally cannot function without my first cup of coffee in the morning. My energy is zilch! My friend was the same way, she had sleeve back in September and said that her energy is through the roof and she can get by just fine without caffeine. I'm really hoping that's the case with me! Once my k-cups are gone I am not buying more (hubby drinks the weak boring stuff I have no interest in LOL)

Officially down 114 lbs!

@@MamaTo3inNH - cream of wheat was also a go to for me post surgery. If you're allowed - try adding a dash of cinnamon to it for a bit of flavor!

I had no problem a week out with Soups that were ran through the blender. I did find that most were too salty specially the creamed soups. My favorite was campbells navy bean.

The rice may be too much for your tummy to handle. Try straining your creamed Soups.

I cannot (don't) eat rice....
Post-surgery I enjoyed potato leek Soup that comes on cartons -- found in the regular grocery store but health food section, Pacific brand. Also I liked egg drop Soup and even learned to make it. We are all different but just throwing that out there!

Just on a whim I made my chocolate Protein Shake with Isopure Coconut flavor. 30g of Protein, and the chocolate and coconut are better than the mounds bars I remember. I am going to have to do some more made scientists experiments like this

at first I tried alcohol pads, which only moistened the glue and made it stickier. but baby oil def got it off!

I just left mine alone and everything came out with hot showers eventually.

Anything oily should help. People on here have used Peanut Butter, Goo Gone, olive oil, baby oil, chapstick, and as mentioned, Vaseline, makeup remover.

Vaseline worked for me.

i was on the tail end of my cycle and wore a pad/panties with no issues..i told my dr and he said he was a dr and this was not unknown to him LOL
all is well i am sure

I used eye makeup remover, did the trick for me

I also used the baby oil trick. For some reason the rubbing gently part didn't work, but with some careful scrubbing, the goo came right off.

I posted this somewhere else, but my surgeon recommended that once the incisions have healed that using a cotton pad with a bit of baby oil rubbed gently would do the trick, which it did. As with most things, I guess a call to your doc would be in order to see what they would suggest.

The nutrients still are absorbed into the blood. It just doesn't stay long in your stomach.

I guess it really depends on the individual's taste buds. I tried it with Water, with crystal light and it made the crystal light taste different. I ended up mixing it body fortress vanilla powered Protein and used it all up.

When drinking a Protein Drink as a meal you don't need to wait any time after that to drink. A drink is a drink. I can't answer the second part of your question.

1 pack cream of wheat
2/3 cup premier Protein vanilla
Dash of cinnamon
Mix well
Microwave for 1:30
Mix well again
Drizzle a bit more premier on top
ACTUALLY tastes like oatmeal!!
Hubby just said "faux"tmeal!!