Has anyone's surgeon given them a calorie goal? I can hit 500-600. Is that too much? I am still on a full liquid diet and really enjoy the tomato soup. I usually have 2 cups throughout the day and 1 premier protein shake. I get to 45 carbs a day.

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What about string cheese?
Once I can have soft foods, is that a bad choice?
And trail mix, minus the candy parts?
Just the nuts and raisins, no M and M?

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1 hour ago, Walter.Sobchak said:

What about string cheese?
Once I can have soft foods, is that a bad choice?
And trail mix, minus the candy parts?
Just the nuts and raisins, no M and M?

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String cheese is a good snack. 5g protein. Limit it to one or two pieces a day. Follow your plan as to when it is permitted (I think I was 8 weeks out before it sat ok for me, since it's so dense).

Nuts and raisins are ok when you get onto regular foods. They aren't soft. Make sure you have a scale that weighs the tiny amounts accurately. Digital that weighs grams is perfect. Limit nuts to one ounce (28g) a day, and raisins to 20g. These are TINY amounts. But it is nice for a bit of variety.

23 hours ago, trying4me said:

Has anyone's surgeon given them a calorie goal? I can hit 500-600. Is that too much? I am still on a full liquid diet and really enjoy the tomato Soup. I usually have 2 cups throughout the day and 1 Premier Protein shake. I get to 45 carbs a day.

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I just passed out of this phase; I was using cream of mushroom soup made with broth, adding in unflavored protein power. That and cream of chicken made the same way (both strained) were about all I could handle.

I just passed out of this phase; I was using cream of mushroom soup made with broth, adding in unflavored protein power. That and cream of chicken made the same way (both strained) were about all I could handle.

What brand of unflavored powder are you using? Was it decent?

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4 minutes ago, trying4me said:

What brand of unflavored powder are you using? Was it decent?

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I was using Isopure-- it was alright, the creaminess factor worked well with the soups because of their creaminess, so I didn't notice it too much.

20 hours ago, Berry78 said:

Thank you for posting this. I'm concerned about your long term caloric restriction. The accepted daily minimum consumption is 1200 calories, you are pretty tall, young, and active.. so you probably need even more than that.

Here's an article. It doesn't give a minimum maintenance, but is a good read, anyway.

https://paleoleap.com/protein-sparing-modified-fasts/

Thank you for your concern! But I promise, I'm just fine I eat as much as my sleeve allows - pretty much every two hours. From what I read on these boards, I seem to have a much smaller sleeve than most - which is fine with me! I'm doing great, running half marathons, all my labs are normal, and I don't deny myself a shared slice of cheesecake on date night, haha. It's not so much "caloric restriction" as it is "I eat almost all the time and this is what my sleeve can hold"

My NUT/Surgeon will not give me calorie goals. I'm sitting at about 1200 calories a day at 9 months out and still losing. 10 pounds from goal so slowly upping my calorie intake. I've asked my NUT several times where my calories should be and she just told me to make good choices and it won't matter.

On 9/10/2017 at 6:52 AM, dashofsunshine said:

Thank you for your concern! But I promise, I'm just fine I eat as much as my sleeve allows - pretty much every two hours. From what I read on these boards, I seem to have a much smaller sleeve than most - which is fine with me! I'm doing great, running half marathons, all my labs are normal, and I don't deny myself a shared slice of cheesecake on date night, haha. It's not so much "caloric restriction" as it is "I eat almost all the time and this is what my sleeve can hold"

Man, people fuss at me all the time for not eating enough but I am a pig compared to you. I was so worried about my low calorie consumption because it will actually slow the metabolism making it impossible to ever eat more without worrying about gain.

1 hour ago, laceemouse said:

Man, people fuss at me all the time for not eating enough but I am a pig compared to you. I was so worried about my low calorie consumption because it will actually slow the metabolism making it impossible to ever eat more without worrying about gain.

Haha, well I ate plenty the two weeks we were in Japan - lots of rice and bread - you only live once, right? And I did the same the whole month we were in Europe - no weight gain to mention. So, I think you're okay!! I do just fine on roughly 800-1000 per day when we aren't traveling, AND I work out a lot. I don't deny myself much, so...who knows?!