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Hi, I just wanted to ask everyone what did u eat at 3 weeks,after surgery! And how much? I'm trying to make my own diet plan.I can't call my surgeon and ask.I had my surgery done in mexico it went great but not enough information...thanks

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Well my post op diet was : first 2 weeks, liquids. I could have creamed Soups. No chunks. Then weeks 3-4 ( I'm at 3 wks now) I can have mushy. I can do tuna salad, chik salad, puréed smooth. Soft eggs. Refried Beans. Anything really as long as its puréed smooth. Then week 5 I can resume normal foods. Solids.

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I am 20 days out and my daily intake is like this:

Breakfast- nectar vanilla Protein shake w/skim milk (30 g protein)

Snack- Hard boiled egg or Babybell Light cheese

Lunch- 3T of FF cottage cheese and 1 or 2 slices of lean turkey deli meats

Snack- Premier Protein Shake (30g protein)

Dinner- Greek FF yogurt with 3T of mashed avocado

Snack- nectar Truffle Protein Shake w/skim milk & 2T PB2 (30g protein)

You can see that I am able to eat/drink A LOT. My NUT wants my Protein intake close to 90g and I work out 3-5x week so I can eat ~500 calories/day and still be ok.

Hope that helps.

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I will be 4 weeks tomorrow. :-). Week3/4 I am on puréed foods. I have a lot of blended Soups. (I LOVE this because I get all the flavor but just don't have the chunks).

6 am Breakfast I usually have a very soft scrambled egg with cheese and hot sauce- takes about 39-45 to eat all of it so I nibble while I am getting ready for work) OR a premier shake

10 am snack - Sargento string cheese reduced fat ( I'm actually not supposed to have cheese until week 5 but I did it for a couple of days by mistake and then realized I had looked at the wrong week! Ooops! Since it worked well I am still including it. :-) OR Greek yogurt or cottage cheese

12:30 ish- ricotta bake from egg face website OR Soup (about 3 oz) takes about 30-40 minutes for thicker soups

4 ish- Premier Protein shake - takes about an hour for 11 ounces

7ish- 1.5 ounces puréed salmon with 1 ounce mashed potatoes

On weekends I usually have a snack a little before bed like cottage cheese, greek yogurt or a cheese stick.

And of course Water. :-). Somedays it is hard to eat at all and will just have the Snacks as my meals. It is usually about 600 calories and 60 gr Protein or more.

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