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So, in other words, with me a month and a half out, focus on just getting the protein minimums and the weight will come off. Anyone know why stalls happen?

So, my Nutritionist hasn't given me a calorie goal or a minimum or maximum calories to go for. Instead, I just have a calorie goal of 75-85 grams of protein with a minimum protein to hit around 60 as "okay," so long as I target that 75-85 range. This usually ends up with me easily as less than 700 cals per day. According to MyFitnessPal, to lose 2 lbs a week, I should be eating about 2020 calories, so that's kind of a significant difference. Yet somehow, stalls happen. Were you given a calorie goal? Or were you simply given protein goals?

Don't think I've got the right equipment to get hormonal that way I'm 31 and male, after all.

I'm about a month and a half out from my surgery, and I've lost 43 lbs. My scale number on Friday morning said 315 lbs. This morning, it was 317-318. Think this is just normal fluctuation? My diet hasn't changed, and I'm getting in my 60-80 grams of protein a day and all my water. I did try something this weekend that I ordered from the bariatric pal store, the guilt-free brownies that have 22 grams of protein in them per brownie. (Could only eat half a brownie at a time) I still ate under 700 calories per day. Weight gain makes little sense to me at this point unless it's just fluctuation or retaining a bit of water

I think I might be retaining a bit of water the past couple days. My calorie count's been low and I've been hitting my protein goal, but I managed to gain 3 lbs on my scale. Could also be a stall and my scale's been acting weird.

360.8 day of surgery (March 26), 318.2 this morning.

Honestly, what I'm planning on doing for "treats" is making things that kind of taste like treats but in reality have the necessary protein and low carbishness for my plan. Or buying things off the bariatricpal store. I don't want to risk dumping if I can avoid it.

Depends on the program. My liquids went to purees after the first week follow-up, then I went to softs ten days later and "real food" two weeks after that. That said, I'm kinda still doing mostly soft and pureed food.

when I was on full liquids, they still wanted me to get in the habit of 30 mins before and after.

Down to 2x shirts this week from 3x.

oddly, sashimi goes down fine. First place my wife and I went out to eat post-surgery together. Unfortunately, second place did not sit well. Holding off on that one and a few others until I'm more situated. Turkey burgers sound like a good idea though.

So, I'm supposed to be on "normal" foods again by now, but I'm still having issues eating over 2-3 ounces of food at a time. Additionally, some so-called "normal" food refuses to stay down because my pouch just doesn't like it yet. I was told by my nut that I need to hit 75 grams of protein a day, and unfortunately, most of the food I can keep down doesn't quite have me hitting that goal. I find myself reaching for protein shakes again and again because I know that they can and do help me get the required protein I need. I've tried making higher protein recipes, like putting protein powder in hummus to make it more protein, but maybe I'm not putting enough in. I also throw it into things like Wendy's chili, which stays down quite well. Fish and chicken are both a bit hit or miss for me. Same thing with Jerky. Most of the time it goes down fine, but sometimes that changes. Any recommendations on how I can consistently hit my goals?

My doc said something about the microwave drying things out when something similar happened to me with chicken last week. Of course, that didn't explain the hour and a half of NOPE that day.

Anyone else have this problem? Yesterday I was able to eat beef jerky from this bag of jerky just fine. Today, well, it came back up. Did it somehow dry out too much overnight or something?

6 weeks out, bit over 40 lbs lost. Fluctuating a bit, so up a bit today.

Anyone try this? I know they sell it at the BariatricPal store, but I want some perspective from other bariatric patients before I make the purchase. Is it any good? Does it sit well with your pouch/sleeve?

Wendy's chili has been my go-to food.

Doctor's scales are always 5-7 lbs off from home, if only partially because of clothes and the other part is because of them sometimes having consistent inaccuracies. I was 7 lbs off on Wednesday. 329 in office. 322 at home. (320 this morning)

Honestly, I'm mostly happy with my journey so far. 40 lbs down from surgery day. I can actually use my wife's dial scale rather than my digital one. Still 20 lbs to go before I hit my first goal milestone.

Surgeon said he wasn't sure. Since I can keep fluids down. I don't have pressure there, just a nausea that's actually at the bottom of my gut. The nurse practitioner attached to the practice though the vomiting might just be because of reheating my chicken on Tuesday, meaning it lost moisture. I'm a bit better now. New nausea meds are mostly working, and I'm keeping fluids down.

My issue right now is that I don't know if I have a stricture or if it's just some sort of norovirus gastroenteritis. Since switching to full liquids, I haven't vomited, even though I've definitely felt nauseous.

You're definitely not the only one. I tend to fluctuate every couple days though overall it's a downward trend.

Chicken salad and hummus did well for me. Along with a buffalo chicken puree, but if you want bland, you might want to avoid the buffalo. Also, don't discount protein shakes.

My doc's plan is Clear liquids till the day you get home from the hospital. (2 days), Full liquids till the 1 week visit. 10 days of purees. 14 days of soft food. Then you add in regular food.

I'm in the soft food stage now, myself. My Nut said "Crock Pot consistency". So I tried crock pot meatloaf last night. Nope. Pouch did not like it. Pouch evacuated a short while afterward, and ever since then I've had a taste in my mouth that won't go away.