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[christymrod 10]

I was sleeved May 20th about 6 weeks out and I'm having trouble coming up with things to eat. What does your daily food intake look like? Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Snacks? How much Water should I be drinking a day? Caloric intake? I've tried calling and reaching my nutritionist and can't get a hold of her. Help!

[tigerbelle 328]

I was sleeved May 6, and I have somewhat of a "routine" as far as eating...per my NUT, I am supposed to be getting in 60-80 g of Protein per day, but if I am lucky I hit 60...fluids I am supposed to be getting 64 oz daily, I rarely get in more than half of that though (that is my most difficult goal each day)...my NUT tells me not to worry about calories because if I am following the dietary plan--and given the capacity of my stomach--I shouldn't exceed 800 calories per day...she is right because most days I am between 600 and 700 calories

for breakfast, it's either a scrambled egg, boiled egg, some cheese squares, yogurt or an occasional Protein shake

for lunch (during the work week), I either eat leftovers from previous dinner or have deli meat and cheese roll-ups, Soup or chili, maybe some Peanut Butter or yogurt

for dinner, I have some sort of lean Protein (turkey or chicken usually with some cheese sometimes and some type of veggie or Beans, such as green Beans, carrots, steamed broccoli or cauliflower

when I can tolerate them I occasionally have a Protein Shake as a snack or supplement (my NUT wants me to do this more often)

Snacks consist of mainly sugar-free Jello or popsicles, a tablespoon of Peanut Butter, some cheese squares, unsweetened fruit such as diced peaches

it is somewhat boring at this stage but that is OK because I am trying not to focus on food as a pleasure source...also my NUT (not all are like this) tells me that for at least 6 months, I can have no starches at all--no bread, Pasta, rice, potatoes, corn, oatmeal, Cereal, crackers...and of course no sweets at all

[Miss Piggy 30]

I was sleeved 5/28 and my typical day looks like this:

Wake up: Protein shake - 30g Protein, 200 calories

Mid morning: 1 scrambled egg or 1 nutria rain low fat waffle w/sf Syrup - 7g protein, 70 calories

Lunch: broc cheese Soup with added unflavored protein or WW chicken ranchero wrap (sooooi good!!!)- 12g protein, 100 calories

Snack: Protein Shake or Protein Bar - 30g protein, 200 calories

dinner - small portion of whatever we are having...usually marinated chicken but I was able to eat some tortellini last night- ?? Protein, 200 calories

Will add a cheese stick or incorporate unflavored protein if I need more protein and around 800 calories.

[Miss Piggy 30]

I also only drink Water and an occasional glass of hot green tea with lemon.

[cms213 119]

I was sleeved on May 28th and officially on a normal diet. I haven't met with my nutritionist yet to know calories but I'm guessing it'll be get your Protein and Water in.

I've started to become pretty creative and I'm not too worried about carbs but I also only get 20-40 in a day so I think in all that isn't to bad.

Last night I made a Cajun black bean quesadilla on a small corn tortilla. I also make a egg, ham and tiny bit of cheese scramble. chicken salad and through an egg in for extra Protein. A lot of deli meat and cheese. I also made a pizza using the flat bread sliders with reduced sugar ketchup, cheese, and turkey pepperoni.

Check out Pinterest for VSG, Bariatric or even RNY recipes. I always look for the boards and come up with a lot of ideas.