Hi, Are there any vegetarians out there who have or planning on having VSG?

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Might have some info for you. Both very successful vegetarian sleeve veterans.

Yep. Lots of choices for Veggies. Just keep track and make sure you are eating enough protein. If you eat eggs and dairy, gluten and soy, you really have a lot of choices. Nuts and beans too.... As a veggie, you can still eats loads of junk and sliders, so just keep on top of that, and everything should be ok. Make sure you take your B Vitamins.

Thank you so much! I am just starting my journey. My surgeon appointment is in Monday.

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Get your Protein in, and everything else will follow. ????

Hi Heidi, i am also a vegetarian with limited dairy, no animals at all. I am presurgery, op scheduled for 4 April. I am a bit worried also in case i can't tolerate salad foods. Also initially in pureed and mashed stages how do we get protein? I have not seen the dietician yet, waiting for appointment. Can anyone recommend a plant based high prot3in, low fat & sugar protein powder please? Very nervous, no support, one working agqinst me, but i feel this is the right path after a very long time. Cheers.

Thanks for the two names, CowGirlJane. I looked them both up then lost this thread and have spent over an hour looking for it again! I am not real computer savvy. I will contact them I guess, feel a bit shy about it but it is so good to read about people who have succeeded long term. When i read some articles about the sleeve only lasting 3-5 years, I get a bit scared. I had a gastric balloon, 2 of them and lost all of my excess weight and kept most of it off for a couple of years when all of a sudden, here I am again. I know it wasn't all of a sudden but it did take only a few months. I had a pretty tough time personally then but now am free and determined. I have tasted slimness recently (first time for 30 years) and I want it back - badly. Thanks to everyone for the inspiration in these posts.

Please search for and join WLS Vegetarians on Facebook! There are more of us out there...

Hi,

I'm vegetarian too and in the pre op stage of my wls.. Surgery date is March 2, 2016.

Hi Heidi, i am also a vegetarian with limited dairy, no animals at all. I am presurgery, op scheduled for 4 April. I am a bit worried also in case i can't tolerate salad foods. Also initially in pureed and mashed stages how do we get protein? I have not seen the dietician yet, waiting for appointment. Can anyone recommend a plant based high prot3in, low fat & sugar protein powder please? Very nervous, no support, one working agqinst me, but i feel this is the right path after a very long time. Cheers.

Whey is lactose free... or find pea or soy or hemp protein powders. I couldn't eat salad for many months, but now can eat anything. Raw was not easy early on... even dairy was not well tolerated the first couple of months. Mashed beans and veggie cheese. Sometimes your taste budds are really off early on, you must get in your protein anyway... treat it like a medicine if you have to. Buy sample sizes if you can find them to try out.

Where have you read that the vsg expires? All WLS become less effective over the years. Over time, our individual choices make or break maintenance. People regain post bypass too....for same reasons.

I am 4 years post op - plenty of others even further out.

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