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Hi. I had my surgery on sep 14. Lost 30 up to today . I am stalling for 3 weeks maybe more. I meet my nutritionist for the first time after surgery . She told me I should take fruit and vegetable with my Protein. My surgeon was so against fruit . She told me no fruit or just few berries only. But the nutritionist said the reason I do not Loos weight is because I had too much protein and no fruit or vegetable . How about you guys? Do you eat fruit ? How much a day ? Thanks

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Generally I had a half a banana blended in with my Protein shakes. Stalls are a common occurrence. The three most important requirements after surgery are meeting your Protein, Fluid and Vitamin requirements. food is secondary because your body is converting your stored fat into the energy that drives your body. Thus you lose weight. Just concentrate on meeting and not exceeding your meal volume requirements and let the magic happen.

Sometimes medicines can interfere with weight loss. At 2 months post-op, your meal volume is just beginning to increase. If you concentrate on high protein meals, it means that you can begin to reduce your reliance on protein supplements (Protein Shakes, protein bars) and the calories they contain. This can help you break out of stalls. Remember your daily protein requirement is met by the protein you obtain from meals combine with the protein from supplements.< /p>

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I eat very little fruit, simple because once I finally get my Protein in, I don't have any hours left in the day. I have never heard of someone not losing weight because they were getting too much Protein. Are you able to get all of your protein in a typical day?

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If you are getting too much Protein then that simply means you are eating too much.

I've never heard that bit about not losing weight due to not eating fruit.< /p>

Vitamin supplementation comes into play to take care of the lack of fruit.

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I'm supposed to limit fruit to one serving a day because of the sugar in it - but I *do* eat a serving almost every day.

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During my liquid weeks, my surgeon too told to emphasize in Protein and no fruits.

I was having three Protein Shakes (90g protein). Also 3 protein Water, which each had 15 g each. So I used to finish my day with more than 100g protein. The problem was that I was constipated all the time and I lost 10 pounds very slow. As soon I eliminate the store shake with a homemade shake I began to lose weight.post-265588-14484632264663_thumb.jpg

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