FluffyChix

Volume is king. Right? But we need to know in a quantitative way, how much weight we're eating. So I put a 1 cup by volume measuring cup on the scale (think that is 240ml for you?), weigh in 85g-112g of protein by weight, then fill the cup up with veg. Depending on what the veg is, that could be from 28-57g or so of veggies. Hope that helps!

Happy birthday to you too!!! No I'm Virgo. Mr. F. is Libra though.

Holy moly! How excellent! Thank you for sharing this with us. Love James Cordain. (now quickly go watch his Carpool Karaoke with the Red Hot Chili Peppers) Classic!!

You are likely also eating too much portion. At 3 days, I was still on full liquids. I was on 2-4oz of pure liquids in an hour. When I started purees I was on 1-2oz max per meal by volume.

Good luck!

I am firmly in the tracking camp. Unrepentant. LOL. Knowing a cause and effect relationship with food is vital for my peace of mind and sanity. And it takes 2 seconds longer to do something. That way you can actively adjust when adjustment is necessary and you don't have to do a lot of guess work to figure it out. It's call empirical evidence rather than magical thinking and hocus pocus. Cuz I can spit in one hand and wish in the other and guess which one is gonna stand up? No disrespect to your RD and I fully understand your issue.

Yep. After much angst and help from you guys, this is exactly what I'm trying to do--rookie that I am! At the first of the week, I was dismayed to find myself at 139lbs. Yikes! This morning I'm back down to 135.2lbs. I have a lean weekend planned cuz next week is birthday and a small surgery. So I hope to be back to 133lbs before it all starts up on Wednesday.

Blow 'em off hon. Let it roll off your back. You need to be here and you are just as important as any of us. Remember...if you suspect people don't like or get you...

Yay!!!!! WTG! Your menu looks beautiful! What type of spicing do you do on your avocado smoothie? Is it savory or sweet? I was "ok" yesterday but ended up having a sugar free popsicle last night at 9:20pm. Grrrr! Progress not perfection.

Who raked you over the coals? I think Mikey was raking me over the coals. LOL. I think you're doing great!

IKR? LOL. And I laugh every day on my way to the bank in my skinny new healthy body with all my teeth, my new hair re-growth, pain pill free, with very minor chronic side effects from this surgery and supplementation schedule. I know you do too! And btw, you helped turn me on to the need to do more research about adding K2! TY hon!

Crazy? *scratches head* Celebrate Multi Capsules serving size is 3 capsules Celebrate Calcium Citrate serving size is 6-7 tablets to give 1200-1500mg cal cit per day Bifera Iron is for 8-18mg per day by my doc and ASMBS dependent on menopause status B Complex 50 is because I'm low in B1 and B6 without it (very common in RNY pts) B12 per my doc and ASMBS is 500mcg every day Vitamin D3 2000iu per my doc cuz I'm low in D and have had BC and thyroid disease Magnesium Citrate 400mg is so I can poop post RNY Vitamin K2 is cuz I want my calcium to go to my bones not my arteries or vessels. You can do what you want with your health. LOL. But I've been around here and other places long enough to witness the carnage that comes from people being blase about their vitamin and mineral routine. Ultimately I am a super-follower of my doc's orders and plans for me that are based on solid lab testing every 6 months.

I make it with Fairlife Fat Free Milk, not that many more calories but way more protein and calcium per serving. (If you aren't lactose intolerant.) Try your store brands of soups-butternut squash, lentil, any flavor that thrills you. Then puree the heck out of it. Use Fairlife FF milk to thin them to your tolerance and add extra protein. Also add protein powder to the room temperature pureed soup, then gently heat it in micro up to 140degrees. Protein will coagulate over 140 degrees and get yucky clumpy. Also egg drop soup blended to an absolutely smooth texture.

Yeah I take more than most maybe? Per my surgeon and per my vitamin and mineral labs Celebrate Multi Capsules x 3 Celebrate Calcium Citrate Tablets x 6 Bifera Iron 38mg every other day x 1 B Complex 50 x 1 B12 x 1 every other day x 1 sublingual Vitamin D3 x 1 Magnesium Citrate Tablets x 2 Will be adding K2 soon.

Yeah, KISS. Don't focus on food. Focus on drinking your fluids. Go to protein drinks for the drive there and back. The last thing you want is to get something stuck on the road and feel miserable and have to pull over to puke. Make sure you bring plenty of water to stay hydrated. I love iced protein coffee in a huge thermal cup. Or iced protein tea. Premier Protein Peaches and Cream or Strawberries in Cream are awesome in iced tea or iced green tea! YUM! Goes down easy. All you really need in life are your liquids and protein. Everything else is lipstick on a pig.

Part of what you are experiencing is the natural and normal phenomenon of post surgical bowel sounds and gurgles. LOL. I have it and I'm 18 months out. It does usually get a little better. Stick to easy. Protein Smoothies Protein frappacinos and teacinos Iced protein coffee Blended soups (added protein powder) Canned cream soups (added protein powder) Ricotta Bake Cottage Cheese + apple sauce or sugar free preserves Greek Yogurt + apple sauce or sugar free preserves Making tuna or chicken salad then whizzing it up in a mini food processor. So good actually. Just a smooth texture. But taste is awesome!

Go back to eating like you did when you first got WLS forever diet. Follow the do's and don'ts to the letter. Grab your mojo by the balls! And follow your rules. Congrats on losing 140lbs! Congrats on maintaining your restriction.

I swear if you give it 4 days, with water only and unsweetened black coffee and unsweetened tea...try to minimize the sweet--then also go keto. You will feel such sweet relief from the hunger. It takes 3days to 2weeks for some... But once you feel that absence of hunger...man. It's a no-brainer! I still have times when I have to do that...

For sure!

Oh yeah. For reals on the seaweed bulking up at your stoma! Ugh. And food poisoning is like being "a little bit preggers." It generally is never that. It either IS or IS NOT, like Yoda. LOL. Cuz you'll know. You would be spewing from both ends simultaneously. That's how a doc once described how I'd know it was food poisoning versus a 24hr virus.

You are starving all day, cuz you are on a slow drip of sugar (aka cranberry juice). It keeps your insulin elevated and keeps you starving. Which do you want worse? To be thin without constant hunger? Or to not be able to comply with your plan and continue to see your weight go up. It's a very simple option.

I had the go-ahead at 4weeks to move to my forever diet. But my instructs were to follow my dietary guide for quantities, measurements, etc and with tips for success and sample meals. Also had the instructs to try only 1 new thing at a time and wait a few days before adding another new thing. To go very slowly. And if something didn't work, then to try it again in a couple of weeks.

Maybe all of this plus the rice. I've heard rice can be very difficult for some and that it "might" swell in our tums? You might have even temporarily blocked up your stoma with the seaweed or the rice.