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I am having a hard time getting in my protien post op. I have been on Soup, Jello, yogurt, apple sauce, Carnation Instant Breakfast, broth, protien drinks.

I know I am not getting in what I need in a day. I maybe am eating 500 calories a day.

Any thoughts on post op full liquid foods?

Also looking for soft food thoughts.

Thanks,

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I drink the Hood's low carb milk. Michelle recommended it some time back, and it tastes really good, and has as much protien per ounce as an Atkin's shake, with less calories. It comes in chocolate, strawberry and plain white milk. Haven't tried the strawberry, but the chocolate is good and the white milk tastes real creamy.

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Split Pea Soup has slot of Protein in it just add a little Water and blend it. Also Hoods Carb Countdown Dairy beverage has lots of protein, it is in the dairy section of your grocery store , it is thick very satisfying and yummy.

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If you check the labels on the Soups you are eating, plus the Protein Drinks, you may be getting more than you think, remember you can't absorb more than 20grams at a time, but a scrambled egg has either 6 or 9 grams of Proteins, don't have any right now to ck,,, bean soups have lots of Protein, a slice of cheese, , etc, a small spoon of Peanut Butter (I use about 9pm if I feel a little hungry,small) canned salmon mashed up, again, just read everything your eating to see what actually has protein in it and then supplement it with the drinks if your short on total for the day.

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my mom is here taking care of me and she makes me cream of potatoe Soup w/ milk and takes a hand mixer to the potatoes so it is no thicker then broth it is delicious she also puts shredded cheese in it--it is sooo good not just tolerable---try the same with bean soup w/out the milk--good luck

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I am having a hard time getting in my protien post op. I have been on Soup, Jello, yogurt, apple sauce, Carnation Instant Breakfast, broth, protien drinks.

I know I am not getting in what I need in a day. I maybe am eating 500 calories a day.

Any thoughts on post op full liquid foods?

Also looking for soft food thoughts.

Thanks,

I just got started on soft foods yesterday and I had a bit of mashed potatoes with some salt, pepper, and butter. SOOOOO FILLING, so delicious, and it got me A LOT closer to my carbohydrate and calorie goal. I still am not eating enough to get my goal but getting closer every day. I go for HIGH CALORIC beverages to try and get the calories I need. Once you get on soft foods, try the Chick-fil-a chocolate milkshake with NO whipcream or cherry (bad for us), throw two scoops of Protein powder and some skim milk in... one of those lasts me for two days but it's a great way to get TONS of Protein (because of the powder and all the milk), it tastes DELICIOUS and it gets me some fat and calories. Keep in mind, once we can eat, that'll be bad, but for now, it's AWESOME to get us closer to our goal nutrition.

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Had to chime in on the New whey shots shown previously. I have these, I acutally buy them from my doctor's office. They're really sweet and kind of sour, but they go real quick and it's nice knowing I got down a ton of protein! :thumbup: They're real popular. GNC down here can't keep them in stock.

I actually don't worry too much about Protein, haven't since being banded. I just choose foods that are higher in Protein and eat those first. :thumbup:

Immediately post band I enjoyed cottage cheese- maybe with a little oj concentrate to sweeten it, tuna, cream cheese, goat's cheese with chives, sugar free popsicles, certain Soups. The cottage cheese felt like the most terrific meal when I was allowed to go past liquids. :thumbup:

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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!

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