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I'll be 4 weeks post-op tomorrow. At 15 days post-op, I had lost 25 lbs. Then I was hospitalized for nausea and dehydration. I was released on a soft/mushy diet and when I went back to work on post op day 20, I had gained 3 lbs (I am well aware that is because of being properly hydrated, finally) since then (August 30) I'm sitting at 22-23 lbs lost. Just hanging out, apparently.

Here are my food diaries since August 30, have a look and see if anything jumps out at you. I'd love to know what you all were eating at 3-4 weeks post-op and if you have any suggestions.

My dietician is concerned about my Protein intake, so for the last few days I've really been working to get in at least 60 grams. 2-3 ounces is really about all I can do at this time.

Anyway, if you have any input/insight, I'd love to hear it. Thanks!

Aug 30 - Sept 5: http://www.fatsecret.com/export/3588352/AD302/14851/week/food/FoodDiary_100830_foods.pdf

Sep 6 - Today: http://www.fatsecret.com/export/3588352/30F8E/14858/week/food/FoodDiary_100906_foods.pdf

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Your calories seem extremely low...300-500. I am also 4 weeks out tomorrow, I am getting around 70 grams of Protein now and eating around 700-900 calories. It looks like you might need more dense Proteins like chicken breasts, ham, turkey or some lean ground beef.

I am new at this sleeve crap so I am only guessing. As far as I can tell getting too few calories stalls the weight loss process. I think I actually need to be closer to a 1000 a day. The information my nut gave me is that at 6 weeks I should be on a 1200 calorie daily diet with me getting 2x more Protein then carbs if possible.

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p.s I am on fatsecret also, my user name there is the same as here. Send me a friend request on there so we can be buddies :biggrin0:?

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p.s I am on fatsecret also, my user name there is the same as here. Send me a friend request on there so we can be buddies :biggrin0:?

I have no idea how to add friends, it seems.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

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