Requesting your 2 cents on eating FATS

TStew · December 1, 2010

I've been reading and reading about anything and everything concerning the sleeve and when it comes to diet it seems that most of you are using low fat items.

I know low fat = much higher sugar/carbs content. It's the only way they can make it tasty after removing the fats. In terms of post surgery diet - is high sugar considered a little more acceptable than high fat? Everyone seems to be watching carbs so I'm surprised that they will go fat free.

Please chime in with your thoughts on this and what your nutritionist recommends. I'd really appreciate it!

sleevesearch · December 1, 2010

For me, after VSG, I chose to go back to full fat cheese products, as they are more satisfying and I'm eating so little at each meal that I would rather be satisfied than be concerned about fat/calories. And for me, having to cut carbs, fat, sugar, calories etc, is why I could never keep the weight off, it was miserable. I want my food to taste good and feel good, I need to be satisfied. So I pretty much eat whatever I want, I have learned after VSG, that my tummy is happier with Proteins and veggies, so I choose those first, before any junk. Junk food is not as appealing as it was before surgery.

I drink full half/half in my coffee, snack on nuts, cottage cheese for bkfst, turkey/ham or tuna for lunch, and maybe the same for dinner or I might heat something up (Soup or beans/cheese).

Tiffykins · December 1, 2010

Had zero fat guidelines to follow, and only worried about carbs/protein during my losing stage. The only low-fat/fat free food I ate was non-fat greek plain yogurt, and I ate 2% cheese because I developed slight lactose intolerance post-sleeve. I ate lean meats, and really didn't eat a lot of fat-laden foods even during my losing stage, and I super low carbed it with no more than 30gr of carbs per day. Our bodies need fat, and when I was eating such small quantities, my nutritionists (all 3 of them) agreed along with my surgeon that as long as I stuck with lean meats, green veggies, that I would be fine. I guess it worked. I never had cholesterol issues pre-op even at 270lbs, but my bad cholesterol dropped into even more "normal range" and my good cholesterol went up because I started eating lean fish even though I hated it pre-op, but my surgeon insisted I at least try to incorporate it 3-4 times a week.

When I lost my gallbladder, I had to go non/low fat, and despised it because I hated the fat that I could taste the additional sugar/sodium added to it. But, once my gallblader came out (8months post-sleeve), I had no choice. I couldn't eat a lot of my normal foods, and I felt like crap.