Hi everybody so yesterday was my 6 week post op gastric sleeve date. I have lost 20 lb in the six weeks. My question is this, my doctor is not allowing me to eat any real food! He wants me to stay on two protein shakes and one protein bar a day with 1 oz only of egg or yogurt or cottage cheese. 1 oz is two bites. Have others doctors had them on this after the surgery? Is this normal? Help!!!

I only eat shakes if I'm at work - it's a quick and convenient way to ingest protein and I don't have to rush it. The rest of the time, I eat proper food. I am currently snacking on an apple and a chunk of mature cheddar...mmmm…

I eat the bars fairly often now as a quick go to when I'm out that I know I can eat and feel good about the choice.. I've tried a few different ones recently.. the best was the quest s'mores bar... that thing was actually pretty tasty.. 21 gm protein 14 gm fiber 190 calories. Pretty good numbers for what I'm trying to achieve.

I would say this differs per person. I still drink two shakes a day. That said, I am a large man and will always be a large man. I'm just not a fat man anymore. I workout and I need 190 grams of protein a day. There is just no way I can eat that much food to get to 190 without protein supplements.

Obviously, I am an exception and not the rule. If you only need 90-100 grams of protein, you can easily do that via food. That is basically chicken for lunch, steak for dinner, eggs for breakfast and a cup of cottage cheese somewhere along the way. It becomes a lot harder when you double that.

190 seems like alot..