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goodlife    3

goodlife
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OK...I'm 10 days out from my surgery today. Today I can add creamed Soups, sf pudding, and yogurt to my diet.

Here's my problem.

This is what I took in yesterday..just Protein shakes and Water with crystal light.

520 calories, 24g of carbs, and 90g of Protein.< /p>

Today so far I've had

415 calories, 31g of carbs, and 53g of protein.

Now I totally don't have room (hunger wise and capacity wise) to add anything more so in order to add creamed Soup, or sf pudding (doesn't seem to have any nut value at all), or yogurt, I'd have to substitute one of my Protein Shakes...and then I wouldn't be getting in enough protein and would be adding a bunch of carbs!

I realize I'm probably overthinking this way too much...a classic fault of mine...but anyway...

Can someone tell me what to do please?

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lmmore    0

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some people do not worry so much about the carbs in the beginning. It' getting the Protein and liquids in that help you to heal. You're doing real good. There's nothing wrong with adding SF pudding. I find it soothes the tummy for some reason. Is their any way of changing you shakes out with ones with less carbs? Best of luck.

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slebme    0

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I eat my meals (soups, etc) but at the end of the day if I haven't met my quata of protien I drink 4 oz of Isopure (no carbs) I too am working at trying to balance this part. Over all I see your doing great!

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Catyroses    1

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I'm jealous. My doctor says only Water, broth and Protein Shakes until the 5th week!

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girldep    0

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Wow Catyroses! That must be hard to follow! Best of luck! Btw, I love your user name:)

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Oregondaisy    2,021

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goodlife, I don't know how you're getting so many carbs from just Protein Drinks. I am not saying that's bad, cause I agree that you don't have too worry to much on the post op diet. I am just curious because all the Protein drinks that I used have about 5 grams of carbs per serving.

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goodlife    3

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My PrescriptFit Protein powder (that's what my surgeon's office sells and the stuff I had to be on pre-op) has 10 g of carb per scoop. One scoop is 14 g of Protein and I mix it with 6 oz of Water.

The other Protein Powder I use is Muscle Milk Light banana creme and 1 serving is 2 scoops mixed with 10 oz of Water and it has 11g of carbs and 25 g of protein.

I think I need to find protein powders with less carbs.

I did order some cans of Extreme smoothie chocolate dream which are very low carb and taste pretty decently. They haven't come in yet.

I have a couple of bottles of OhYEAH! RTD which only have 7 g of carbs per 14 oz bottle and 32 g of protein...but it has whey protein concentrate and my nut said that wasn't the best source of protein.

SIGH! lol

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pnw218    14

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I like the Premier chocolate Protein shake from costco.

They have 160 cal, 3 fat, 5 carbs (3 Fiber, 1 sugar), 30 Protein and are 11oz.

I didn't care for any of the protein powders at all.

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Oregondaisy    2,021

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they are okay to drink once you are cleared for full liquid. Most people are on clear liquid for a few days first.

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Oregondaisy    2,021

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A very good Protein drink can be ordered from netrition.com I believe it's 120 calories and 25 grams of Protein. I am not sure of the carb gram but I am sure it's not over 5. It's PVL whey Gourmet Peanut Butter and chocolate. It's very smooth and creamy.

Netrition has 4.95 for their shipping no matter how much stuff you order.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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