I keep thinking , did the doctor cut enough of my stomach? LOL

May day consist of 1/4 cup of broth in the morning, a mid morning snack is a sugar free Jello or maybe a 1/2 of a sugar free popsicle. lunch I start the nasty liquid protien. It's so hard to drink them, they taste gross. I pretty much take the rest of the day to sip on 40 grams of the protien. It's the Isopure 20 oz bottle. dinner is another 1/4 cup of broth & my evening snack is the other half of my popsicle.

I also sip on Water all day. I've been mixing it up Gatorade, flavored Propel water. I'm probably at 55 oz a day.

I just just feel like I'm ready for soft foods. Or maybe the Isopure powder protien with water? I would LOVE an actual premier protien little cartons one. (strawberry N Cream) Mmmmm

I get I'm only on day 5 and my plan says Clear liquids for the first 7 days, but I seriously feel hungry like 30 minutes after I drink the broth or eat the jello.

I'm 5'2 and my is BMI 34

10 day pre op diet weight 197

Surgery weight 189

CW 187 frustrated and hungry!!

Can someone please tell me what they did in the 1st 7 days? When did you start losing get the lbs?

Turtle5559

I was on liquids for 2 weeks and I was starving, and had the same theory as you "did the doc cut enough of my stomach" invest in sugar free ice pops

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Hey, I am 6 days out. I haven't been "hungry" but wouldn't mind some crackers. I did switch to primer Protein and it made a world of difference for the taste. I was actually angry I drank the other shakes, what a difference. I am worried I can drink so much- I am waiting and waiting. I get all my Fluid in, I found the Soup made me bloated. So I eat Popsicles and Water. Tomorrow I get a cracker and deli meat. I sound crazy!

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I only had to do three days of clears and then i switched to "full" liquids until I was two weeks out. I also drank the isopure clear drinks - but I could only get half of one down a day. I did broth and was able to do the unjury chicken soup based powder on clears - it makes for a nice savory change. But yeah, the clear liquids are a struggle to get through and my head definitely played with me regarding cravings and "head hunger". I think you'll feel much better when you can move on to full liquids. But definitely check out taking a PPI - that will help with some of what you may be thinking are hunger pains.

This has been an extremely helpful thread! I am getting sleeved on 09/21 and I'm currently doing the 2 week clear liquid pre-op diet (and struggling a bit!). It's been really helpful reading all the comments here regarding the liquid part afterwards - thanks all

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Hey, I am 6 days out. I haven't been "hungry" but wouldn't mind some crackers. I did switch to primer Protein and it made a world of difference for the taste. I was actually angry I drank the other shakes, what a difference. I am worried I can drink so much- I am waiting and waiting. I get all my Fluid in, I found the Soup made me bloated. So I eat Popsicles and Water. Tomorrow I get a cracker and deli meat. I sound crazy!

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Yesterday I made some crystal light and Gatorade popsicles. I can eat them all day long. I wanted different flavors..lol I bought this ice popsicle maker for 3 bucks at my local grocery store. They make 6 about a 1/4 cup each popsicle. Yummy!! I had a good day yesterday. This app really helps!!

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This has been an extremely helpful thread! I am getting sleeved on 09/21 and I'm currently doing the 2 week clear liquid pre-op diet (and struggling a bit!). It's been really helpful reading all the comments here regarding the liquid part afterwards - thanks all

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I get creative with my broth now. I get the boxed broth of the organic chicken or beef broth. I boil it on low with veggies like carrot, cabbage, celery, green onion and a slice of jalepeno a chunk of garlic with a dash of pepper and celery salt. Strain it and sip!!! It's really yummy. Good luck!!

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That is a great idea with the broth...make it as full of flavor as possible! Thanks

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Nope, no troll, just life in a world of reality. I don't and never did use Protein shakes, ever and probably never will (hate them). I lost 75 pounds in less than a year (about nine months) and have kept it off. One of the ladies I had surgery with went from 240 to 98 pounds eating what she wanted right from the get go (luckily she's up to 115 now and happy and healthy), she was the one I went to for a lot of my information, we did it together. Almost three years out, and I have never looked back! I'm 110 pounds and started off at 185.5 and 5'2. Our NUT said the night we were discharged from the hospital to go back to the hotel and have some of their tomato soup, which I and everyone else I had surgery with did, it was glorious (ordered one bowl and four of us shared it)! Had Surgery on a Monday and this was on a Wednesday night, Thursday our NUT took us to a little place in Tijuana for ice cream, mine was chocolate, it was the best ice cream I had ever had.

Doesn't sound healthy, but I'm not a doctor.

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Nope, no troll, just life in a world of reality. I don't and never did use Protein shakes, ever and probably never will (hate them). I lost 75 pounds in less than a year (about nine months) and have kept it off. One of the ladies I had surgery with went from 240 to 98 pounds eating what she wanted right from the get go (luckily she's up to 115 now and happy and healthy), she was the one I went to for a lot of my information, we did it together. Almost three years out, and I have never looked back! I'm 110 pounds and started off at 185.5 and 5'2. Our NUT said the night we were discharged from the hospital to go back to the hotel and have some of their tomato soup, which I and everyone else I had surgery with did, it was glorious (ordered one bowl and four of us shared it)! Had Surgery on a Monday and this was on a Wednesday night, Thursday our NUT took us to a little place in Tijuana for ice cream, mine was chocolate, it was the best ice cream I had ever had.

That's funny that you said they took you for ice cream. Day two for me the nurse brought me a Lala light yogurt. I said are you sure, I can have this? My paper work says I can't have yogurt for till week 2. My surgery was also in Tiajuna???? Congratulations on your success!!

Turtle5559

I think different countries have very different nutrition plans post-op. I know the plans in Europe are very different to here in the USA and it sounds like Mexico is quite different also. The nutrition plans can vary so much between surgeons!

I think it's quite confusing & confronting when someone has had one plan drilled into them to hear of another plan which basically contradicts what we have learnt.

Different doesn't necessarily mean better or worse, I think it's actually really useful to hear of all the different nutrition plans, especially if something on our plan is really not working for us.

Knowledge is power

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Absolutely!! This is why I love this app:) I get so much information on here.

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I found things so different even in the same country and same doctor. I had to do a two week pre-op, a friend I sent down to the same surgeon had to do a three day pre-op diet. I'm sending another friend down to Tijuana, she's yet to get any instructions, but it will be interesting to see what she's told (by a different doctor).

There's several of us that had surgery in Tijuana that have all stayed in contact, and collectively we all did what was best for us. Our bodies told us what we could and couldn't do, I don't believe in suffering, and I never had a single issue or problem. Good luck to all!

In the UK we are permitted puréed food from day 1 post-op. Tiny amounts obviously. There seem to be no hard and fast rules. I am 5 weeks out and back to eating virtually normally. Just way way smaller portions. And 35lbs down.

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I found things so different even in the same country and same doctor. I had to do a two week pre-op, a friend I sent down to the same surgeon had to do a three day pre-op diet. I'm sending another friend down to Tijuana, she's yet to get any instructions, but it will be interesting to see what she's told (by a different doctor).

There's several of us that had surgery in Tijuana that have all stayed in contact, and collectively we all did what was best for us. Our bodies told us what we could and couldn't do, I don't believe in suffering, and I never had a single issue or problem. Good luck to all!

I saw Dr. alejandro lopez. The staff was amazing the facility was nice & the recovery boutique was my favorite. I had no issues with anyone not speaking English either.

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