Bon Appetit

I have been making this every weekend for about a year and a half now. My husband asked me yesterday "Why dont you just buy the pudding packs?" I looked at the cottage cheese nutrition info and answered "13 g protein per serving difference". I make this in a blender. Mix the cottage cheese and milk first after spearing the cottage cheese film on the blender blade assembly top to minimize spray on the inside of the lid which helps with clean up. Then add dry powder mix. After removing the pudding from the blender with a spatula I make a smoothie in the "dirty" blender to help clean up.

I'm 1 year post post-op. I had always had a huge appetite. It is more like a normal persons now, post-op, except for CHICKEN BREASTS! They stuff me beyond reason.[emoji215] Hope that helps.

In midtown there is a huge take out salad bar place, I don't recall the name tho

I'm still taking some bariatric vitamins 4 months post op. I'll return to more regular vitamins as I run out. For calcium, pre-op I bought soft gels from Puritan Pride. They are large. I take two a day. Most of their pills I buy cost 3 - 5 cents a pill. I order in spring and fall to avoid their overheating in the weather otherwise.

Sorry I did not realize I was in the plastic surgery forum . I was referring to my Mexican VSG surgery.[emoji238]

I was planning on getting a popular policy that covers for 5 day post op and includes some travel insurance but the company was not responsive when there was an issue at the very end of the online paperwork (everything had been in English except the last page for payment). I ended up not getting it and not needing it. Stateside, for a one month follow-up, I went to my PCP. My regular health insurance would not pay for that doctor visit.

I want to try this. I have been on a grapefruit kick for about 2 years, toiletries mostly etc. I have been avoiding citrus foods recently but now at 3.5 months post op I may be ready for the acid.

My Doc allowed skinless chicken if necessary so I took advantage of that. I ate a small piece just before bed.

You are doing great if you are not famished!

About 2 weeks post op I was worried about blockage or twisting etc and took Milk of Magnesia equivalent. It worked like a charm in a few hours. I started incorporating Benefiber into my shakes when my diet plan was less restrictive, about 4 weeks post op, but I probably should have started it earlier.

I'm seven weeks post op. Raw tomatoes and raw carrots were tough about two weeks ago. I may try them again next week. I tried vinagarete tonite and it was too strong.

My doc said to avoid dried fibrous fruit like persimmons as they can form an obstruction. I suppose large pieces of celery might be bad also. But I have seen small dice celery allowed on my diet.

Missing coffee, for now. I will probably abstain until my 6 month surgerversary. The water at work tastes worse, even with the filter I started using pre-op. It makes me gag. I bought some xtal lite yesterday to make it more palatable. Other tastes are the same, maybe diminished?

I had a 30 minute walking routine pre-op that I think helped me recover. I had a nice surgery recovery and extra time on my hands in the hospital. Surgery Day/Day 0 I probably walked 10 minutes in 3 stints. Day 1 - Day 3 walked 30 minutes to an hour one or two times a day while in hospital. I ordered streaming Netflix for the month and with hospital wifi and earbuds helped the walking time fly. Day 3 hospital release I walked an additional hour of walking blocks shopping pharmacias, trying not to get sweaty which Doc had advised against. Day 4 was all day walking while sightseeing. Day 5 I walked all morning sightseeing in new shoes and developed blisters on my feet. Day 5 afternoon/evening we flew out and there was a lot of walking in the airports. Hubby handled all the luggage. Once I was back home I was back to regular routine of 30 minute walks on treadmill. It took about a week to get used to the treadmill inclines. I reintroduced 2 pound hand weights Week 3 and I'm still trying to get used to that. I'm Week 4 now.

Gosh hope you are well enough to get out of hospital tomorrow! Is the infection related to your surgery? Did you have the plastic pipes for breathing exercise​ to strengthen your lungs after bariatric surgery?