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katyb    36

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Aaarrrrggghhhh, I was banking on the unflavored unjury. I really need to find a way to get in more protien. I feel weak a lot and I'm almost sure it's from lack of eating/protien... Just started taking Gummy Vitamins so hopefully that helps.

I'd been at about 300 calories a day, and I'm having to eat 4-5 times a day or more to get 500+ calories. Once I started eating real foods, I started feeling better and less weak. My doctor told me it could be from lack of Protein or lack of calories.

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~Prissy Mz~    13

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I'd been at about 300 calories a day' date=' and I'm having to eat 4-5 times a day or more to get 500+ calories. Once I started eating real foods, I started feeling better and less weak. My doctor told me it could be from lack of Protein or lack of calories.[/quote']

That's me now, I can't take the shakes and as soon as I start eating I'm full, or I feel that pressure. But I'm still in the mushy stage, so hopefully when my stomach is no longer swollen it'll be easier to eat. For now I am averaging 300 - 500 calories a day. I do eat a lot of fish so I'm hoping that helps with my protien. It's also hard to drink 64oz in liquids a day...lol I didn't do it b4 surgery smh.... Hopefully I get my ish together soon.

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katyb    36

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That's me now, I can't take the shakes and as soon as I start eating I'm full, or I feel that pressure. But I'm still in the mushy stage, so hopefully when my stomach is no longer swollen it'll be easier to eat. For now I am averaging 300 - 500 calories a day. I do eat a lot of fish so I'm hoping that helps with my protien. It's also hard to drink 64oz in liquids a day...lol I didn't do it b4 surgery smh.... Hopefully I get my ish together soon.

It just takes time. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks for me, and I'm doing great if I get 40g of Protein a day. I'm trying, though.

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~Prissy Mz~    13

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It just takes time. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks for me' date=' and I'm doing great if I get 40g of Protein a day. I'm trying, though.[/quote']

Tomorrow will be two weeks for me lol, we're a week apart... Got mine done 5/7.....

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katyb    36

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Tomorrow will be two weeks for me lol, we're a week apart... Got mine done 5/7.....

Where was it done at?

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Mamamia59    11

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Hi, I got mine done of 5/8 and since I am having no trouble consuming either my liquids or my shakes I am starting to wonder about when I start on some mushy food. Is that so much different than the full liquid diet in terms of feeling restriction? Yesterday was my two week mark.

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katyb    36

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Hi, I got mine done of 5/8 and since I am having no trouble consuming either my liquids or my shakes I am starting to wonder about when I start on some mushy food. Is that so much different than the full liquid diet in terms of feeling restriction? Yesterday was my two week mark.

For me, and the things I'm allowed on a mushy diet, it WAS a huge difference. When is your first follow up? I'd wait until your doctor progresses you.

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~Prissy Mz~    13

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I had mine done 5/7 my doc progressed've 12 days later. Truth be told i'm still mostly on liquids, I have slowly added in fish, yogurts and cheese mostly really soft foods. I myself am still looking for some alternatives. Still need to get more Proteins & liquids but i'm working on that :)

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Mamamia59    11

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My Dr won't advance me for another week but when he does I hope to feel that true restriction because isn't that what its all about? So far I have been able to drink as much as I want on this full liquid stage.

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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.

        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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