I'm in my 4th week post-op, I'm already walking about 5 km per day, I'm eating all real foods and getting my 70 + g of protein in a day, without protein supplements. The foods I'm eating are eggs, beans, tuna, milk, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, chicken, beef, frozen spinach (heated), frozen berries (heated), mashed potatoes (white and sweet), squash of all kinds, peeled apples (can't wait to have an apple with the peel!), I seem to be able to eat just about anything. Before surgery, I got in really good shape. I did 60 minutes of cardio per day (walking around 7 - 10 km per day, stationary bike 16 km per day, and 30 minutes of strength training 6 days a week (alternating upper body and lower body). I lost 75 lbs before surgery. Since surgery, I've only lost 5 lbs, but my clothes are getting looser all the time. Anyway, other than not being able to eat more than 1/2 cup of food at a time, or having to sip my water rather than guzzling it, I don't feel any different than before surgery. I feel great!

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That's wonderful! Congratulations on your journey thusfar! Thank you for sharing what you're eating as well. I need to increase my walking distance a bit more. I've had to be careful doing it gradually due to health issues. Which surgery did you have?

Edited October 22, 20178 yr by OmaJ

The three most important elements after RNY gastric bypass surgery are to meet your daily 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.

Weight loss is achieved after surgery through meal volume control. You begin at 2 ounces (1/4 cup) per meal and gradually over the next year and a half increase the volume to 1 cup per meal. With this minuscule amount of food, it is next to impossible to meet your protein daily requirements by food alone, so therefore you need to rely on supplements such as protein shakes.

At 4 weeks post-op, my surgeon's guidelines said 2 ounces per meal (1/4 cup). Weight loss is achieved during the short weight loss phase through meal volume control. The two operative words here are short and volume. So if you want to maximize your weight loss during this phase, you need to adhere to the program guidelines. I slid into the maintenance phase at 7 months.

That's wonderful! Congratulations on your journey thusfar! Thank you for sharing what you're eating as well. I need to increase my walking distance a bit more. I've had to be careful doing it gradually due to health issues. Which surgery did you have?

I had the RNY. The first week was painful, but I found walking helped relieve the pain. Slow walking. But don't go crazy... You're not in a marathon. But I think that my walking helped me heal faster.

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I agree with everything you said about walking. I'm 6 weeks out & have been at a stall for 3 weeks. I haven't weighed this past week, as it would go down a pound, up a pound. I made a commitment with another person to weigh weekly instead of daily, as they were struggling with it too. I am following all the Dr.'s guidelines.