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7th Day Pre-op Diet - Beware of Wonton Soup!

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LadyVelvet    9

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I know I posted earlier about the joy of drinking wonton Soup as a part of my 14 day all liquid diet - well I GAINED 1.5 pounds in a few days. I know that the diet shakes that my surgeon has me on is geared toward putting me into ketosis so I was only allowed the shakes, broth and a Protein Bar if I want to replace a shake. Looking back....even though I would only drink the "water" from the soup those nice juicy wonton noodle thingies were floating in the Water so I guess I gave myself a good dose of starch which is really a no no in ketosis. Dangit! Well I know now. The moral to that story is - If you didn't prepare it don't eat it!:D But it tasted so good....

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Valentina    2,642

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what are your thoughts about egg drop Soup? ? :hungry:

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LadyVelvet    9

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what are your thoughts about egg drop Soup? ? :hungry:

I truly would not try it during the pre op diet phase.

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Valentina    2,642

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How about after? Is it good for you or not??

I truly would not try it during the pre op diet phase.

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Hello LadyVelvet, IMO it could actually be that the sodium is more the culprit than anything else. Asian inspired foods are super high in sodium. You're probably retaining Water. You might try to flush by upping your Water intake and that extra few pounds likely will drop right off. The same is true supposing it was the noodles particles you drank. Flushing with water will help with that too.

Best of luck! :)

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LadyVelvet    9

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How about after? Is it good for you or not??

In my opinion - I would not. There is the sodium content (thanks lilMissDiva) that is actually high in all chinese food and if you will be following a low carb diet after surgery - those pesky noodles floating around in the Water eeking out starch will only derail your efforts at staying low carb. I cook (so what the heck was I doing getting chinese takeout) so I will be watching my sodium intake when I make my own. If you don't cook you can buy low sodium chicken broth and just doctor it up with some of the same things that go into wonton Soup like low sodium soy sauce, ginger and chinese rice wine. As you can see this is all still a learning process to me too. Hope I helped.

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LadyVelvet    9

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Hello LadyVelvet, IMO it could actually be that the sodium is more the culprit than anything else. Asian inspired foods are super high in sodium. You're probably retaining Water. You might try to flush by upping your Water intake and that extra few pounds likely will drop right off. The same is true supposing it was the noodles particles you drank. Flushing with water will help with that too.

Best of luck! :)

You are so right - it may have been the sodium. But I have learned my lesson...cook your own dang food!

Thanks :P

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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
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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.

        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!

        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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