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Day 1-3 clear liquids
Day 4-14 full liquid
Day 15-28 soft foods
Day 29+ full diet as tolerated
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I do not limit what kind of foods I eat except those that are fried, no breads, pastas, rice or concentrated sweets or those that irritate my already dinged gall bladder. I cook for my family but of course it is healthier now and I make my tiny plate! I have not deprived myself at all! I do not want to fall back into some of my bad habits: high carbs. I am losing about 2 to 2.5-3 pounds a week. VSG 7/21/16
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Hi All,
I was missing Mexican and so I did a variation on the tex mex recipes I've seen. It's mostly pureed but a tiny bit thick. The one tiny 'cheat' is I added a sprinkle of tex-mex cheese mix. It's not as much as it seems in the picture, maybe because it hadn't melted down yet. One of my time savers is to precook my ground beef (and my chicken, etc), puree once cooked then freeze. Then I can quickly assemble ready-made meals.
I really love using my tiny mason jars as my 4 oz Portion Control. If I finish what's in it, I'm full. They make great tiny serving dishes in the early days. Since my top priority is to avoid stretching my sleeve, this keeps me honest.
Prep time: 2 minutes
Serves: 1
Calories: 175
Carbs: 9
Fat: 10
Protein: 14
Sodium: 139
Layer in a 1/2 cup mason jar:
2 oz refried Beans (I used Old El Paso)
1 oz of pre-cooked, pureed lean ground beef
1 oz of thin, pureed salsa (I used Old El Paso)
A tiny sprinkle of jack or tex mex mix cheese. (I used Kraft)
Microwave 1-1.5 minutes
Variations: If I had sour cream in the house I may have added a teaspoon of that on top of the salsa, then the cheese. If I had some avocados or guac, I may have put a teaspoon of that.
I was able to detemine the nutrition info by plugging in my recipe into Myfitnesspal. It's a great tool for that.
Tell me if you try it and if you like it
Michelle

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Thanks for your support! My nausea has pretty much disappeared (thankfully!!) I'm going ok, recovery is a bit trickier than I expected but not bad considering most of my guts were chopped out
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I had my surgery 9/21 and am doing great! Only 5 pounds lost so far though my recovery has been so smooth, not one single issue. I can drink Water normally and have no pain in my incisions. I hope the weight loss picks up once I get back to work and start working out a few times a week. I started the journey at 256 and am now at 235! I just can't wait to be under 200.
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Sleeved 9/19, awesome recovery; able to get in all protein/water/vitamin requirements, back at work FT, etc., etc., trying to squeeze in a little walking in between hectic schedule.
I'm hungry though! I thought I wouldn't be, but I'm at 2 weeks out and need some sort of solid food. I'm having 2 ounces of smoked salmon, and that holds me. I kind of skipped the week of puree/mush/cream Soups and have one "meal" of salmon or pureed ground turkey mixed in pureed chili -- about one half cup. Then I can get by with the Water and Protein shakes, but I was going crazy on all liquids, and broth wasn't cutting it.
I lost 14 pre-op, 6 the first week, only 2 the second week. I know, I know, healing, not a race, don't compare, yada, yada, yada, but I feel like this is kinda slow for the first big month of loss! I expected a slowdown in month 2-3, not week 2-3!

@Katie09/22/2016. Congrats on your surgery and surviving starting your period on the day of surgery! That sucks! I was luckily 4 days post , thank god! I hear lots of women experience hormonal changes also post sleeve . I was banded previously and had it removed 4 months prior to VSG. I think we can expect mental changes! Hang in there and I hope your nausea has improved!
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*big hugs* I do consider you a success already but - it sounds like you are ready to pick up the exercise and get moving again! and that is a good thing. this is quite a journey we're all on.

Good luck to you!!! Great way to describe it- Liberation Day!
This body has served me well and made four beautiful babies. But now it's time to find me again, lurking somewhere under all these soft rolls. Had my pre-op appt today, and am all set for 26th! 5 days to go!!!
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My surgery was 09/21 & I just got home yesterday. I'm going to be honest & say recovery is a lot more difficult than I was expecting.
I'm having the most trouble with nausea- I can live with the pain but the constant sick feeling is horrid! Meds help & it gets easier as time passes.
Oh and this is probably TMI but my period decided to arrive early - about 20 minutes before I was due in surgery!! Yes, they can still go ahead and did. I get nausea at that time normally so that on top of surgery has really knocked me around.
Im feeling thoroughly miserable but i still have no regrets & im happy I have other people's stories to read on here or i would be feeling a lot worse mentally.
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Hi all new to site so I hope I joined thread correctly. I just had sleeve done on 09/20, so just got home yesterday. Trying to concentrate now on getting the 64 oz in. Have had hiccups so realize why & slow down more, has helped. Just sore still, worst pain is still some left shoulder pain from gas during surgery? Any body else have & suggestions that helped. Walked over mile between day 1 & 2 in hospital & got better but some pain still there. Thanks for setting up thread. Good luck to 09/21 & 09/22 people.
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Greay idea!! I would love to be apart of this thread. I was sleeved on Sept. 2nd I didn't have the gas pains, but for the 1st 3 days I had left shoulder and neck pain. My chest and throat had the flem feeling. It was so hard to cough!! Not sure if that was from the trach tube or I had an upper hiatal hernia repair.
I was on Clear Liquids for the 1st 6 days and HATED the liquid protien drinks. I was lucky if I got 30g a day. Yesterday I said screw it, I want a real protien shake & had no problem drinking 12oz of my powdered chocolate Isopure with Water 50g of protien. It was delicios!! It took about 3 hours to drink it. I'm feeling great I'm down 6 lbs from surgery date. Good luck Ya'all!!
5'2
SW 189.9
CW 183.3
Turtle5559

My surgery is 9/20 and I'm yet to hear anything about a pre-op diet
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Sept 19. New here!
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I got the chewables for the first month. Can't wait till they are gone. I chew them quick and wash them down with Water.
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This is exactly my experience!! The nausea really destroyed my soul...it's much better now but I'm struggling with this sad, lonely feeling. This was so unexpected...I'm still only 5 days post-op so in hoping to turn a corner soon.
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Post op depression happened to me too. I'm still there a lil bit but soooo much better. My hospital stay was rough but what helped me the most was being active. Not nursing my wounds so to speak. I was back at work 2 days post op. Also once your off a liquid diet it will get better. liquid diet made me mean... lol I'm still depressed about my food breakup but it's slowly getting better. I'm sure once I'm off soft foods it will be even better. Good luck to you! Hang in there! Not sure where you are located but if were close we can totally connect!
ChelsiCurrently

Thanks for your reply, glad that im not the only one. I feel so upside down! I don't have a lot of family support (they live in another country) and not many friends close by....I underestimated how lonely I would feel at this point. Im really not good at asking for help or showing vulnerability so I'm hoping I can find help at the support group....or on here
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I am loving this thread! I was sleeved on 09/21 and I can relate to just about everything everyone is saying here!! Except for you lucky people who didn't get the pain or nausea...I wish that was me
I felt like I was really prepared for everything going into surgery - a proper know it all! I was even reading some of the posts of people in this thread last week before my surgery thinking: "how on earth could they feel regret and misery? Surgery will be wonderful!" ....haha well, I learnt the hard way that it's not always smooth sailing!
I still believe knowledge is power going into surgery, but it can be much harder initially to deal with....I'm still in the "initially" phase (getting better).
I haven't even attempted Vitamins yet, just grateful to get fluids down!! So grateful for the support of the forums
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Different for everyone, two weeks out and you should feel someone normal again
FYI, what I didn't know is that your hormones go crazy, like as if your prego, at least that's how it was for me!!! So feel free to cry!
Best of luck... Hang in there !!
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Try liquids at different temps - it might help. broth, tea, sf popsicles, crystal light, infused Water - try different things and see what you can tolerate better. You need to stay hydrated or you'll end up back in the hospital!

225 to 140
size 20 to size 6
reached goal weight at 7 mths

8 months out. 154 lbs and finally fit into that little black dress!! So happy I made this life change even though it was difficult, I've never felt better or been healthier in my life!!

Ok I finally found a pre picture so I will try to upload them.
The teal dress is a size 10!