maggiekay949

I think I should have said pre surgery the doctor said wouldnt put me on meds because I was having the sleeve shortly. Guess I will be reaching out to my endocrinologist. Thanks for your input. You seem very knowledgeble!!

Hi all. Little surprised and cocerned about my blood sugar. Before surgery 9-26-17, it would come in at fasting a.m. 106-120. First week out was 80-95. Then rising slowly and yesterday was 125 today 134. Im having 3 Protein Drinks, one of them with Fairlife skim milk. Three 2 oz meals of low fat, no sugar yogurt or pureed chicken w/ricotta cheese and sauce. How concerned should I be and anyone have this happen?

would be very happy to see what you have. Am a 3x now but cruising in January so expect to be in that range Thanks

Oops just saw recipe. Sorry

Thanks so much for your responses and insights. Very helpful !! Read something last nite that made me think. I did have a Luigis no sugar added ice yesterday and saw some posts about sugar causing diarreah. Was thinking the ice was sugar free but was only no sugar added with 70 calories and 1 gram of sugar but 20 gram carbs. So I'm wondering now was the Protein? the ice? or just day 4 after major intestinal surgery. Lol Well time will tell. Hope you are all having a wonderful day

Hi all. Surgery Tues 9/26 so 4 days out. Still trouble getting 64 Fluid in. 45-50 yes. Started Protein Shakes today and had diarreah. Don't know if is related. More pain in incision area today and more weak than yestrday. Not able to do full half hour walk but I did get few little walks in. Tire easily. Am going to Irish festival tomorrow to watch and enjoy. Will of course bring my Water, Protein and walk often. All in all think I'm doing well and looking forward. All of your posts have been so helpful. Thanks for sharing them and good luck everyone as we tread and skip through this exciting journey.

Thank you. I am peeing a million times a day, lol. I feel ok just a bit weak but guess is ok since surgery 2 day ago.

Hi all. Surgery Tues 9/26 so 4 days out. Still trouble getting 64 Fluid in. 45-50 yes. Started Protein Shakes today and had diarreah. Don't know if is related. More pain in incision area today and more weak than yestrday. Not able to do full half hour walk but I did get few little walks in. Tire easily. Am going to Irish festival tomorrow to watch and enjoy. Will of course bring my Water, Protein and walk often. All in all think I'm doing well and looking forward. All of your posts have been so helpful. Thanks for sharing them and good luck everyone as we tread and skip through this exciting journey.

Hi all. Surgery Tues 9/26 so 4 days out. Still trouble getting 64 Fluid in. 45-50 yes. Started Protein Shakes today and had diarreah. Don't know if is related. More pain in incision area today and more weak than yestrday. Not able to do full half hour walk but I did get few little walks in. Tire easily. Am going to Irish festival tomorrow to watch and enjoy. Will of course bring my Water, Protein and walk often. All in all think I'm doing well and looking forward. All of your posts have been so helpful. Thanks for sharing them and good luck everyone as we tread and skip through this exciting journey.

Thanks for your help !!

Thank you. I am peeing a million times a day, lol. I feel ok just a bit weak but guess is ok since surgery 2 day ago.

You are all so right, I'm being super hard on myself. If this was an easy process I wouldn't be here in the first place. I guess I'm just struggling with the belief that I can do this and be successful when all the other times I haven't. But you guys are right I need to go in hopeful and also re look at my connection to food. Also most of my overage is due to just snacking too much and always feeling like I need to have dessert with dinner.

The easiest way to stick to a strict diet is to figure it out ONCE and then eat the same exact thing every day. Boring? Sure. But it's good training for the boring, restricted diet postop.
Sample menu:
Breakfast: 1 cup full fat cottage cheese and 1 small fruit (320 cal)
Lunch: 2 eggs and 1 cup pinto Beans with 2 T. Salsa (400 cal)
Dinner: 1 4oz skinless chicken thigh, 1.5 cups green beans, 5oz sweet potato (426 cal) you can add a total of 1 teaspoon of butter if you want for an additional 34 calories.
There you go. Salt, pepper, cinnamon, and herbs are all ok. Each meal features Protein, carbs, and fat. No Snacks (if you MUST have a snack, save the fruit from Breakfast and don't add butter at dinner. Now you can put a teaspoon of Peanut Butter with your fruit.)
Chicken thigh is 206 calories, can switch out for other equal-calorie meats or fish.