HUNGRY!

[kygirl68 58]

8 hours ago, Alpaca55 said:

I'm now, unbelievably, 11 weeks post op! where did the time go? I'm a slow learner and a very slow loser! ha ha

But, I can confidently say that solid foods make such a difference! I was experiencing everything you have all said during the earlier days of post op. Now, as long as I have the right combination on my dinky little weeny plate, then by the time I've eaten the Protein bit I'm really too full to eat much more. So, I am having some of the veg/salad on the plate as well just so that I don't get completely bored with plain Protein.

Still learning, and still very much in the 'OMG, I'm going to fail at this and do it all wrong'... I'm freaking out every damn time I eat something that isn't 'good'! I've become obsessed and guilt ridden because of my slow loss.

But, I keep having to remind myself that the scale is going down, I did have a band before revision to sleeve and I am freaking old! ha ha

It's a marathon not a sprint for me ... x

Thanks for sharing!

[PattyvSG 11]

Hang in there. I, too, had my gastric sleeve on 1/9. I had to do two weeks clear liquid and two seeks fully liquid. Not sure there is really that much of a difference between the two. Here is what I do every day. I drink 8-10 ounces of Water when I wake up. I then take a four cup measuring cup and pour in 3 cups of Fairlife Skim Milk and pour in a Pure Protein (I rotate chocolate and vanilla). I then drink about about 16 ounces over the course of two hours for Breakfast and then the rest of it over the course of two hours for lunch or dinner (whatever is most convenient given what I am doing that day). Then I also make some Campbells Soup, drain the broth, and drink that for my other meal. Lastly, I have another 8-10 ounces of water (or maybe Tomato juice) before bed. DONE! 60+ grams of protein and 64+ ounces of fluids. Are you getting enough protein and fluids in every day??? If not, maybe this contributes to the hunger??? Obviously no expert here - just sharing what has worked for me so far. I realize tomorrow that may all go out the window.