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By andersonrivera, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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Bufflehead    6,358

Bufflehead
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What do you eat for Breakfast?

In weight loss mode, I eat chicken breast or grilled shrimp for Breakfast.< br />
Snacks?

Protein shakes

dinner?

Protein + a green veggie. Some of my favorites for protein are: turkey meatballs with Sriracha ketchup, sauteed scallops with Moroccan spice blend, small lamb chop. I also use a lot of canned sardines and the flavored tuna and salmon packets. Any kind of fish is really good if you fork-mix it with your favorite sauce (and possibly some avocado or chopped spinach or kale) and bake it in the oven with an egg on top. Scrambled cheesy egg is another favorite protein. Then I add a green veggie on the side, such as roasted broccoli, cauliflower with smoked paprika, or grilled asparagus. I hit the Trader Joe's frozen food aisle hard!

Also what powders or shakes you guys drink?

Syntrax nectar (chocolate truffle and Cappuccino flavors), Syntrax Matrix, unjury (chocolate splendor flavor). Chike (iced coffee and chocolate bliss flavors but really they are all good). I mix my shakes with unsweetened vanilla cashew milk or the unsweetened vanilla cashew/almond blend.

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Bufflehead    6,358

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@ Do you mean how many grams of meat or fish is good for a meal? 150 grams is a lot more than I would eat if trying to lose weight. In fact, I doubt I could eat 150 grams of meat even if I wanted to. When I am trying to lose weight, my typical meal looks like:

85 grams of meat/fish/eggs OR

55 grams of meat/fish/eggs plus 30 grams of green veggies

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Bufflehead    6,358

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@ I am three years post-op on a normal diet and I can tell you I could not eat that much meat (or poultry or fish). My total meal is typically 85 grams of meat plus maybe 45 grams or so green veggies. If eating only meat/chicken/fish without veggies, I have never eaten more than about 120 grams and frankly that was a mistake, I was uncomfortable after that.

If I am feeling low on veggies I will space my meal out -- eat 85 grams of green veggies, wait at least an hour, then eat 85 grams of meat or fish. But that is rare.

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Dashofpixiedust8    1,469

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I'm 4 months post op but I can only eat about 42-56 grams of meat or fish Protein before I feel too full. I eat a lot of Greek yogurt because it's easier for me to get down.

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

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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!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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