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Necter unflavored tastes like nothing in a shake, yogurt, creamed cauliflower or soup. Caramel mixed with a cup of coffee is my favorite. Just like a frozen frappe

I really hope that when I move on to some solids like eggs and tuna fish next week that I begin to feel some restriction. So far with the liquids and yogurt/cottage cheese phase I have felt no restriction what so ever. Has anyone else run in to this?

Hey June Sleevers! I’m a little scared! I’m 3 week’s post op, lost 22 lbs but I’ve stopped loosing in the last four days. I’m still on soft foods - yogurt, protein shakes, tuna, applesauce, getting my protein in okay & eating less than 1000 calories a day! I started out so great! Now I’m afraid I’m going to mess this up! Help’

Full liquids, so protein shakes, jello, soup (just the liquid) yogurt to take my crushed meds 🤢

Yogurt, clear broth, baby food like pureed fruit. Tomorrow day 8, i can start eggs, fish, cheese, etx. Excited for tomorrow!!! 22!!thats a lot in 7 days, thats Awesome! What are you eating.

I am doing mostly good. I had a hard time last week feeling very tired and unmotivated, but happily that has passed. If I can figure out how to share a photo, I will. To meet my protein goal of 65g daily, I switched from protein shakes to Fairlife milk. 13g per 8oz serving. I have 20 oz daily (I love milk) along with 1/4c protein for lunch and dinner, and 1/2 of a Triple Zero Greek yogurt for breakfast. I figure 1/4 c of protein is 2 oz, so that gets me just over 65g daily. I didn't like protein water either. I don't remember how to update my stats, but I'm down a total of 61 pounds now, which is half my excess weight. I feel like an odd duck in that I have a weird body perception. It's distorted. Whenever I see a photo of myself, it is always surprising to me how large I actually am. Even now. Oy vey. Photo in shorts was taken today. Royal blue dress photo taken 5/2015.

I was told all liquids can be grouped together but the full liquid diet is different then just liquids because it has semi solids so you observe the 30-30-30 rule with those (yogurt cream soups cream of wheat etc. Anything you can eat with a spoon ) otherwise I take no breaks between drinking things. I go from coffee to water to tea to water to tea etc.

Balsamic is great, check out the dressings made from yogurt, they are quite tasty! They are usually found with the health food stuff or vegan stuff in the produce section of your grocer.

I stopped all foods that had any sweet taste post surgery. I wanted to reset my gut bugs because sweet cravings come from the bad gut bugs who insist you continue eating sweet things. So my protein was NorCal organic grass fed whey powder, PLAIN. I missed it with raw milk (something I am used to, not for starting anew right after surgery, but it was so good for me and has some probiotics in it naturally). You can mix it with water. It wasn’t about tasting good, it was about eating to live. after a while though I found it was best to mix protein powder with plain full fat organic Greek yogurt. A very small volume gives you SO MUCH PROTEIN. And now almost a year later, it is my go to way of getting in all my protein. Sometimes I will with in some prebiotics like a tbsp of flax seed or inulin. Perfect food that tastes plain and not sweet. You eat it for what it does for you. Gives you strength, gets rid of your hunger. You know how good it is for you.

After 2 days post op, non sweetened apple sauce, greek yogurt allowed and mashed fruits and vegetables (baby food). Honestly the baby food route is not bad...my surgeon has been doing this 25 years, trained most other surgeons. Only went through my belly button and one small incesion above.

I'll definitely look into Isopure and Unjyry, thanks guys! - that's a great idea to add it into soup and yogurt too. I did try adding some off brand "grass-fed protein" (not sure, it was the only flavorless protein I could find when I first had surgery so we grabbed it so I could add it to clear liquids) but it clumped terribly in the soup. I did try some premier mixed with coffee, but I'm not a big fan of coffee so it didn't help too much. Though I was able to get more down than I could normal ones! Thank you! I need to go update my ticker, I was super excited! I started swimming for more exercise too!

Ok so originally the wanted me to do all liquid for 2 weeks because of some other health issues. But after some blood work came back I can actually have food. I'm so surprised. I can have egg whites, leafy greens, 4oz chicken breast or fish. no scratches, no butter, no salt. 1 greek yogurt and 1 cup of pineapple or peach chunks , sugar free jello or popsicles. Absolutely nothing with sugar. Its hard because I am addicted to sweets. But I started a couple of days ago to get the hang of things. It's going ok a bit of a headache but I just down water. 14 days and counting. xoxo

I do the isopure non-flavored as well. I put it in soup and yogurt. I won't lie, it has a bit of an after taste but it is better than the sweet shakes all the time. Premier protein is disgustingly sweet--I can only use it for coffee. If you ever got back to the chocolate or vanilla try the isopure for that as well. Much less potent.

I switched to Unjury brand. The unflavored can be added to whatever you like. *I routinely put a little extra in my greek yogurt to make it "super yogurt". When I was still on liquid diet, I'd make "protein jello" or pudding with extra protein with it (SF, of course). Unjury also has a chicken soup flavored one. It's a little high in sodium, but when you've just had enough of the sweet protein drinks, it's very satisfying. Caution: putting Unjury in liquids >140 degrees makes it sort of curdle. So, I wouldn't cook with it or put it in extra hot water/milk. The hot water dispenser out of the company coffee maker seemed just perfect. If I was at home, I would temp check before adding the Unjury.

I got sleeved In March of 2017, went through a rough patch the first week with lots of nausea, but I recovered after 3 weeks and felt way better. I have gained 10 lbs back but just did a recharge to cleanse body of toxins and sugars I started this week with shakes again and soft foods like yogurt etc...I need to get back to my goal! I look better at 170 since my skin sagged so much after I hit the 160s...thats the issue with me. I would love to take off a month to do a breast lift and tummy tuck makeover to tighten that skin back up....But Im loving my body now thin and tone, working out helps out with the saggy skin so as soon as possible like month 2-3 get out there to the gym! Good luck to all the over 50 sleevers...I am 53 and feel and look the best ever! Botox helps too HAHA!

I had my VSG on May 16th, I am down 25 pounds so far from surgery weight of 205. My HW was 231 in December, so overall a total of 51 pounds. I just started adding solid foods and I seem to stick to the softer vegetables, yogurt and cottage cheese with very little chicken. I can handle tuna but that's about it for meat right now. I can't eat refried beans anymore they gag me now. I still have two protein drinks a day and my calories are between 500 and 700 a day. I feel great and can't believe the changes my body has made. I was wearing a size 18 and now a size 12 is getting loose. I am so thankful I had this surgery and look forward to a long, healthy life. Good luck to all of us!

My taste buds changed but is starting to go back to normal. I'm not able to eat anything too sweet and i'm unable to eat yogurt. Yuck.... my smell kinda changed too. Every smell made me feel nauseated. I had pneumonia right after surgery though so idk if that impacted anything. Sent from my SM-G955U using BariatricPal mobile app

Liquids only until you see the surgeon for follow up average 21 days, mine is 26 days because of the 4th of July holiday. Diet is supposed to be 2 protein shakes (can be mixed with non fat milk or mootopia), 4oz of clear chicken or beef broth (no creamed soup), unlimited sugar free jello, Popsicle. and drink packages. I added protein water and half a shake because they did not provide a calorie limit and following this diet would have put me at 400 calories including the calories in their vitamins, maybe 450 depending on jello and Popsicle consumption. It wasn't enough to keep me walking without being lightheaded. My calorie intake is now around 700 and never over 800. I picked the surgeon based on surgery success stats and location, never looked at pre-op and post-op diet plans. Sticking to my extra shake version though. They also only want you to drink their shake, I had to purchase their kit with vitamins. I will use up all their stuff, but I also use premier and isopure unflavored. I can't believe they want you to eat the exact same thing for 26 days. This is not a life style change, it is a test of endurance. Ten more days until soft food. No puree stage, just says soft, mushy, moist and to start with yogurt and beans for stage 2. Then at 6 weeks it is regular food. I see now in another section of their binder that it says a minimum of 2 shakes to meet protein goal of 80 grams per day. I guess I am not cheating to bad.

Sorry, I tried to only quote the part about how the preop diet prepares us for the surgery. My preop was only 8 days. 5 days of 2 protein shakes and then a healthy dinner of protein and veggies only. Then 3 days of only water and yogurt. I have one day left, tomorrow, and Thursday is surgery. I can’t tell you the emotions and like Creekimp mentioned the mind games I’ve gone through. It is however a definite learning experience and I’m glad that I had to do it. I honestly don’t believe I could have been prepared for this without this preop diet. Preop diets are your practice for the surgery. The more you practice, the better prepared you’ll be. I’m not at all saying that those who don’t have a preop diet won’t succeed. I’m saying that I really needed that kick in the ass. Good luck to all preop or not!

I ate buffalo chicken dip, ricotta bake, pimento cheese and yogurt. Google for recipes. Everything was already soft, so I didn't puree. I just chewed, and chewed. Sent from my XT1254 using BariatricPal mobile app

So far, only smooth soups, like tomato or anything broth like, are sliders, oh, and yogurt too. I don't get that full sensation, I just feel satisfied after eating about a cup or so.

Protein bars are a huge slider for me. And it sucks, cause I love them. Had to put a hard limit on protein bars of three a week...cause sometimes I'm not that interested in cooking or assembling something healthy and it's just too easy to pick the delicious double chocolate answer. (and then pick it again a few hours later). I know that if I eat food with texture, I'll stay fuller longer. Want to get fiber, work on staying off supplements and crap, eat real food..... Need to keep up good habits...so I limit protein bars now. (Still keep one in my purse always) Oatmeal is a slider for me unless I make it pretty stiff, do steel cut oats, and put cherries and pecans in it. If I do my delux super oatmeal...it doesn't slide so much:) Same with refried beans...if I add the cheese and salsa and avocado and junk...I stay full. By themselves, they slide a little...but not as bad as other things. Yogurt with fruit, nuts and whole grain granola...same. Lot of soups slide...which stinks, because I love soup. My veggie soup doesn't slide so much. Split pea and bean soups are pretty decent to keep you full, too. Nuts are delicious and naughty. I love them and I eat them daily, but portion control sucks with nuts. SO densely caloric! I measure nuts in Tablespoons. And those suckers slide like crazy by themselves.

What are your sliders? Mine are yogurt, nuts and protein bars. Eventually I will feel restriction but I've consumed so many calories by that point it's like sabotage (never tried this, decided to be cautious when I saw the calorie count and my tolerance )

Well I can sip on water but the chewing gum I can’t do. My surgeon’s preop is very strict and he only allows yogurt and water for the three days before surgery. I’ve pretty much made it through Day 1, I have just 2 more days of this left. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Summer vacation is a highlight of the year. It could be your chance to spend time with friends or family and get away from the stresses of your daily routine. While you may be looking forward to your vacation, keep in mind that it offers opportunities for weight loss success and backsliding. Here is a checklist that can help weight loss surgery pre-op and post-op patients stay on track during vacation. Essentials to Pack After packing your clothes and toiletries, make sure you pack some items that will make your plan easier to follow. Protein foods – such as Protein Chips and Protein Cookies for snacks. Protein Bars and Shakes. Workout clothes and good shoes. Your headphones and your playlists if you normally listen to music while working out. Portion control aids, such as compact Portion Control Rings. Planning for Exercise Myth: You cannot exercise well when you are on vacation away from home. Fact: Your vacation may offer many opportunities to get active. It is true that you will be out of your regular routine and will have to work in activity a little differently than at home. Excuses end here. While on vacation, you can: Walk to explore the town or beach. Use your hotel’s fitness center or pool. Take a surfing, kayaking, or other class – many tourist destinations have them. You do not have to work out alone, although that works, too. Ask your travel companions to join you on hikes or walks to explore, or hang out with any kids in your group – you are sure to burn quite a few calories if you swim with them or join in their games of volleyball or tag. Hotel Breakfasts – Starting the Day off Right Hotel breakfasts can range from the simple to the expansive and are often all-you-can-eat. Change it to, “all-you-should-eat,” and you’re already making progress towards starting the day off right. Go right past the doughnuts, muffins, waffle-making machine, and danishes. You can look for some better options and helpful modifications if your hotel has a continental breakfast. Fat-free yogurt. Fresh fruit. Unsweetened whole-grain cereal or plain oatmeal. Ham instead of bacon. Hard-boiled egg whites. If you are not sure that your hotel will have healthy breakfast options, just bring your own. You can easily pack enough Protein Bars and Protein Shakes for breakfast. Protein Oatmeal is another option since you can make it with hot water from the hotel. Restaurants 101: Review Eating out on vacation is not much different than eating out while at home. You probably already know the rules: the goal is to get some protein and fiber, without too many calories or grams of carbohydrates. Simple? Maybe. It can be easier in the U.S. if you are familiar with menus, but you can probably do okay in foreign countries with even a small amount of communication. Look for: Grilled or plain baked fish, shrimp, or chicken. Take the skin off yourself if necessary. Cooked vegetables without sauce. Salads with dressing on the side. If the menu does not include foods you can eat, do not be shy about asking. Be clear about what you need. You can ask for a plain piece of chicken or fish with some steamed or grilled vegetables or a side salad. Or, you can point to a menu item and ask for it without sauce and with vegetables instead of the standard sides such as potatoes or rice. No matter what the restaurant serves, you can always eat less, chew more times, and bring your own snacks. Tracking Tools Vacation can be an escape from technology and daily routine, but spending a few minutes of each day to track your food and activity can keep you from straying from your plan. Use your favorite app or, if you are going to be completely offline, take an old-fashioned notebook and a pen to jot notes each day. First and foremost, enjoy your summer vacation! Recharge and recover…and if you can, stay healthy during it. You will feel even better when you get back and gain confidence that you can stick to your plan no matter where you are.