:help: A quick glance through the "food" section has me confused. The answers provided seem to be all over the board. Could you please suggest some daily food diets? How much is normal at each stage of the healing process.

Are people eating hot dogs and chili b/c that's what they are craving or are they simply limited to specific foods? Should I be concerned that my diet will now consist of broth and whatever I can eat that will stay down (regardless of it's nutritional value)?

I plan to get back into long distance training and if I can't eat fruits, veggies and quality Protein, I think I'll be in trouble. I realize I have lots of stored fat but I will/want to eat good food. What about Water? I drink at least 10 glasses of h2o a day. Maybe my need for water will decrease when I've lost some wgt? I'm constantly sweating up a storm and drinking lots of water to replenish my system. Anti-depressants also cause dry mouth so I predict an issue with that too. In the summer I work at a greenhouse and spend 8hrs+ in the heat. I drink a Gatorade and fill that same bottle with water every hour.

Now I'm freaking out!! I don't have kids and usually make my own dishes (my husband is out of town quite often). The food referenced in the main page link and the speed of wgt loss varies greatly. I read about food getting stuck, unfilled bands and terrible heartburn and really wonder if I should be doing this? I'm sure I'll flip flop the closer I get to my surgery date. "Okay...carry the wounded and shoot the slackers!" Which one am I? I would think that if you are limited to a certain amount of calories per day, you should/would make the best choices with nutritional value in mind.

Still freaking out.

Is it anything like a Monte Cristo? Sounds like it, but mine has ham, turkey and cheese.

LOL Mandi....

Is it anything like a Monte Cristo? Sounds like it, but mine has ham, turkey and cheese.

the monte cristo has swiss, I believe and the stuffed french toast had cheddar

ahh... not my Monte Cristo's! :cool:

Mmmmmmm I'm hungry, and those sound good!!!

mmmmm RIGATONI QUATTRO FORMAGGIO oops, does anyone know how to get drool out of the cracks in my keyboard?

Kewl Neenagh...didn't know you spoke Italian!!!

*hands Neenagah a teeny straw*....here ya go...u can suck up the drool that way!

hey if it was cheese flavoured i would!

Cheesy drool?! Groooosss!

I slimed cheezies the other day... how'd you like that?! You sickies! LOL

takes a sickie to know a sickie, me thinks!

i know you are but what am i?