Laura7

Smyrna, Delaware (Central DE)

Help! During the puréed and soft phase and beyond. I would like to know: POWDERS/SHAKES-What have been your best and worst protein powders? What were your favorite shakes? What was the best vanilla powder to cook with? APPLIANCES/UTENSIL- What appliances did you use? What tools did you buy (example smaller whisks/veggie bullet chopper) Did you buy a small slow cooker? I have a ninja and a food processor and a normal sized crook pot and a food scale.

Do you have a 3 quart instapot or a 6 quart? It looks like the 3 quart would be better.

What’s your pre-op diet? I only ate like 650/700 calories today because I could only stomach half of the pudding (it’s like two cups) and I’m so full now that I don’t want my last shake which would probably bring me to 900 calories. I’m hoping tomorrow when I get hungrier I can eat all the pudding for that day. I ate the soup which again was huge and I had a protein shake and a bar today. I had a diet Snapple and plenty of crystal light (I always drink lots of flavored water). Are there ways to eat pudding? Is there anything I can do with it? I can substitute some of them for shakes which is probably what I will do. But then that’s 3 shakes per day which is a lot of liquid. Hmm I’ll try the pudding again tomorrow. Ah! At least I’m super full.

Yea, so I used to make a big bath of protein waffles with vanilla whey protein. I would make several waffles and put them in zip lock bags for the week. You can even freeze them. They were so good I didn’t need margarine. Some people don’t like them. It was such a great easy breakfast when I got tired of eggs and oatmeal on other diets.

Can you use proteinh20 as your water at some point? Just curious. I like water but it’d be a great way to do two things at once.

I love Premir Protein - my nutritionist gave me a sample I think it’s great. The other two sound good. It’d be good to have a variety. As far as the powder, I used to make protein waffles, I forget what was in them now but they were pretty good. So mashed potatoes and soup, okay thanks.

Congratulations! It feels great!

I also mean long term. I know there are shakes I loved but I honestly don’t remember the names. Also, I wonder if anyone found a small crockpot useful. It’s just my husband and I.

I’m so excited too! I’m on day 1 of my pre-op diet and I have used some kitchen tricks to prepare nun pudding ahead of time. I’m working on getting the soup mix just right. I’m sure I will lose quite a bit before surgery. I’m glad you are having icees as well!

I’m a rule follower BUT I’m also a planner. So, what have you heard or experienced are the things you need do do after surgery before being discharged? All I have heard is possibly being able to walk to the bathroom or a certain number of steps and keeping liquids down. Help! I have surgery in two weeks!

Great thanks. I just bought an inexpensive robe but I also have elastic pants I could pull up and tuck in the ship. The robe seems like something I might use the days following surgery at home so it won’t be a waste. Thanks for reminding me about a long phone charger. Will do!

Thank you. Okay, I have slippers with tread. I’m wondering if maybe I should have a rob to just throw on.

Read it! It’s amazing!

Omg I read this book this Saturday and it was life changing for me. It was so motivational. As soon as I was done with the exercise chapter I was motivated to exercise. I’ve been getting up and moving the last four days and it feels so great. Amazing book, highly recommend.

Bariatric abdomen binder from amazon $34.99 on amazon which is the lowest for this item on any site I found. I ordered it but I have not had surgery yet. It comes in sizes based on the inches around your stomach.

“Robard” diet (shakes, puddings, a soup and a bar per/day) for two weeks pre-op. Post op 7 days clear liquids, 7 days full, 7 days puréed, 7 days soft, then regular diet

I have two weeks of a diet. It’s the “robard” diet. 1 soup, 1 bar and pudding and shakes each day supplied by the specific company. I am also excited to do the pre-op diet because I have struggled with weight loss before surgery. So, I’m glad to have something very structured to follow.

That is awesome news for me! My beautiful rings are in my medicine cabinet from my huge fingers! I’m starting my pre-op diet tomorrow so hopefully rings soon!

Wow! I wish I was at the point where I didn’t crave some of my favorite foods. It sounds like you will have a lot of success. I teach English Special Education. I’ve taught large and small classes mostly high school. I love my students and I’m finally at a great school that doesn’t add to life stress (much). So this is the school year to start focusing on me. I’m a little bummed because I just started exercising and now I need to not exercise for 6 weeks. I guess I’ll be walking a lot. Did your doctor give you recommendations about exercise?

I love the post it idea. I would like to teach proteins and carbs. I’m not a fan of electronic food journaling even with the whole graphs and charts. I like paper for that. I’m actually off work for the summer. I’m a teacher. Have you been able to lose weight since January? I really struggled.

So I started in November. I decided that I needed to do this so that my husband and I could have healthy children. I didn’t have infertility but I was thinking of conceiving and I decided gastric bypass was best for me. Dec-April was so full of appointments I used up all my sick days. May was finally a break just waiting to schedule a surgery date (and some back and forth with the office). No, I don’t have a diary. I kept one for nutrition appointments and they said I would just need a week or two when I go back. I will be keeping one after surgery. Before surgery I think I’m just going to eat the items I’ve been told to eat. What is your diary like?

Hey! I am sooooo excited! I had my pre-op today and I’m cleared! I picked up my “Robard” diet of shakes, pudding, bars and soups! I’m so excited to finally start this part of my journey! I was super worried but I was only up two pounds and he didn’t say anything about it. :-)

Hey! I am sooooo excited! I had my pre-op today and I’m cleared! I picked up my “Robard” diet of shakes, pudding, bars and soups! I’m so excited to finally start this part of my journey! I was super worried but I was only up two pounds and he didn’t say anything about it. :-)

I’m scheduled for July 11th. I’m at my last pre-op appointment now!