Sleevers 1+ Year Out. What Are U Eating?

[Luckystar12 51]

For all sleevers 1+ year out: what are you eating and how much? What is a typical day? What are you eating now that you could eat pre op? What can you not tolerate anymore? Thanks!!!!

[Indymom 132]

Too much!! The scale is stuck still at 18 lbs from goal. I've gotten much too lax about tracking my food and exercise. I'm about 15 months post-surgery.

Here's today - pretty normal, although there are times when I find myself grazing/picking more than I should.

B ~ 1 egg, 1/8 oz shredded cheddar, 1 pc wheat toast with a small amt of Peanut Butter & jam

L ~ salad with grilled pesto chicken (probably 2-3 oz), chickpeas, chopped hardboiled egg and assorted veggies (this is one of my go-to lunches, another is a turkey/cheese (3 oz meat/.75 oz cheese) sandwich with only 1 pc of bread - eaten open-faced - with sliced Tomato and a small amt of miracle whip - I have this with a bag of baked lays)

D ~ tonight was chicken stuffed with goat cheese, about 1/2 of a small baked potato and a small salad.< /p>

I did have a scoop of lowfat vanilla ice cream for dessert - I don't usually do sweets but my daughter wanted some so I treated myself to a bit.

I will caution all of you, though - the restriction does ease up about the 1 year mark; I still have good restriction when I eat my Protein first, but I do have to work hard to maintain my daily calorie intake.

[iegal 460]

Indymom - thank you for being honest and letting others know that the restriction you feel at 5 months is not the same at 12 months. I have learned how to "trick" my sleeve and get more in, sadly so I have regained over 8 lbs. Yuck. Fervently watching everything I put in my mouth so I can drop those 8 lbs to so I can eat a treat of two during the holidays.

So, what can I eat at two years out? EVERYTHING. bread, Pasta, spicy foods, ethnic foods,...I love it all. Once a foodie always a foodie. My surgeon only reduced the size of my stomach neglecting to change my physiological view of food. Hunger urge came back after a year and a half. Before VSG I could pass up sugar, chocolate all day long (chips were my drug) yet now I crave sweets.

Today for Breakfast I had a Protein drink w/ 15 gm Protein. Lots of Decaf tea. Handful of tortilla chips (because I couldn't say no and I ate them without thinking)

lunch - Open face egg salad sandwich with no mayo. Spicy egg salad (2 egg whites) on one slice of whole wheat bread.

snack - 1 celery stalk with chunky natural Peanut Butter. Lots of Water.

dinner - Turkey hot dog, 2 gm carb 14 gm protein. Will make a Protein shake for a snack tonight to ensure I get in enough protein.

Listen, we all are different so you might not have my experience. I suggest you follow the VSG diet plan set by your surgeon & NUT almost to the letter until you hit goal. I didn't let more than 30 carbs pass my lips a day until I hit goal...carbs are my trigger to gain weight.

Good luck - I love my sleeve and have no regrets.

[Luckystar12 51]

It seems that you stay strict until you hit goal and then just maintain while throwing in some different foods. Obviously carbs are the major trigger to weightloss. I just want to make sure that if i do indulge in some no no food, my stomach will tell me when to stop.

[Luckystar12 51]

Too much!! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> The scale is stuck still at 18 lbs from goal. I've gotten much too lax about tracking my food and exercise. I'm about 15 months post-surgery.

Here's today - pretty normal' date=' although there are times when I find myself grazing/picking more than I should.

B ~ 1 egg, 1/8 oz shredded cheddar, 1 pc wheat toast with a small amt of Peanut Butter & jam

L ~ salad with grilled pesto chicken (probably 2-3 oz), chickpeas, chopped hardboiled egg and assorted veggies (this is one of my go-to lunches, another is a turkey/cheese (3 oz meat/.75 oz cheese) sandwich with only 1 pc of bread - eaten open-faced - with sliced Tomato and a small amt of miracle whip - I have this with a bag of baked lays)

D ~ tonight was chicken stuffed with goat cheese, about 1/2 of a small baked potato and a small salad.< /p>

I did have a scoop of lowfat vanilla ice cream for dessert - I don't usually do sweets but my daughter wanted some so I treated myself to a bit.

I will caution all of you, though - the restriction does ease up about the 1 year mark; I still have good restriction when I eat my Protein first, but I do have to work hard to maintain my daily calorie intake.[/quote']

How many oz of meat are you eating??