Let's make this the official January surgery date thread. I will be having my surgery on 1/31/2020. I was certain that I was going to have the vsg, but I'm learning more and leaning towards the rouxny (rny) gastric bypass. Whatever you decide, let's get this thread started and support one another. I'm just starting it, but anyone can feel free to jump in and keep it going ?.

I am so happy I hitting my goals without Protein shakes!!!!! I am so happy I am done with them! I didn’t enjoy any of them and they where a lot of calories to be drinking!!!

16 minutes ago, Uomograsso said:

Don't worry about calories. Just get your protein in. My doctor recommended 60 grams protein daily. So looks like you are doing well. I am 3 weeks post-OP and averaging about 600 calories and 60-80 grams protein daily. I did my weekly weigh in and I am down 23 lbs from my surgery weight.

Thank you. Wow, 23 pounds since Jan.16th is awesome!

Thought I’d share dinner.
White chicken chili Topped with a dab of yogurt and a couple pieces of avacado

Love my mini dish wear! They r great!!! I probably will only finish a third of this and then save it. The container holds 3 oz!

What is everyone else enjoying tonight?

Thought I’d share dinner.
White chicken chili Topped with a dab of yogurt and a couple pieces of avacado

Love my mini dish wear! They r great!!! I probably will only finish a third of this and then save it. The container holds 3 oz!

What is everyone else enjoying tonight?

That looks great! Can't wait to eat more consistency.

I tried avocado for lunch and it was awesome! Had egg drop soup tonight. Trying to warm my stomach up to eggs before actually trying them!

My dietician didn't give me any macro or calorie specifications. Instead, I was given diet for diabetics. Daily intake is 2 servings of milk product, 2 servings of fruit, 5 servings of fat, unlimited nonstarchy vegetables, 3 servings grains/beans/starchy vegetables and 7 servings of protein.

Have a list of what makes a serving size.

Example, one fat serving
is small avocado, 1 Tbsp nuts or seeds ot 1 Tbsp salad dressing.

One grain/beans category serving is 2 slices of whole wheat bread, medium baked potato, 1 cup rice or pasta

Milk serving is 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt or skim or low fat milk.

One serving of protein is 1 egg, 3 oz lean chicken or fish, hard cheese

43 minutes ago, BadWolfGirl said:

That looks great! Can't wait to eat more consistency.

I tried avocado for lunch and it was awesome! Had egg drop Soup tonight. Trying to warm my stomach up to eggs before actually trying them!

That looks yummy! I'm drinking tomato soup with protein powder thinned with skim milk. It is really good tomato soup with roasted red peppers from Trader Joe's.

34 minutes ago, over65 said:

My dietician didn't give me any macro or calorie specifications. Instead, I was given diet for diabetics. Daily intake is 2 servings of milk product, 2 servings of fruit, 5 servings of fat, unlimited nonstarchy vegetables, 3 servings grains/beans/starchy vegetables and 7 servings of Protein.

Have a list of what makes a serving size.

Example, one fat serving
is small avocado, 1 Tbsp nuts or seeds ot 1 Tbsp Salad Dressing.< br>
One grain/beans category serving is 2 slices of whole wheat bread, medium baked potato, 1 cup rice or pasta

Milk serving is 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt or skim or low fat milk.

One serving of protein is 1 egg, 3 oz lean chicken or fish, hard cheese

That sounds very similar to my pre-op recommendations. We are still posting in a pre-op thread because that's where we started, but all the January folks are now post-op, so we're moving through the different stages. Hope all goes well with your surgery!

On 02/07/2020 at 16:51, BadWolfGirl said:

That looks great! Can't wait to eat more consistency.

I tried avocado for lunch and it was awesome! Had egg drop Soup tonight. Trying to warm my stomach up to eggs before actually trying them!

I can’t do full eggs only egg whites. The full egg makes me not feel too good. But when I ate chicken it didn’t effect me at all. I really enjoy chicken and fish and shrimp

I can’t do full eggs only egg whites. The full egg makes me not feel too good. But when I ate chicken it didn’t effect me at all. I really enjoy chicken and fish and shrimp

How did you cook the chicken? I heard it's like the hardest thing to keep down?

On 02/07/2020 at 16:51, BadWolfGirl said:

That looks great! Can't wait to eat more consistency.

I tried avocado for lunch and it was awesome! Had egg drop Soup tonight. Trying to warm my stomach up to eggs before actually trying them!

Avocado was my saving grace during soft foods I did boiled egg with avocado center. I did avocado egg salad. Avocado with just salt on it so many times. I also baked avocados with an egg white in the pit yummy!!!!

1 minute ago, BadWolfGirl said:

How did you cook the chicken? I heard it's like the hardest thing to keep down?

My dietitian recommended canned chicken on the soft food phase as it is cooked in the can which makes it easier to handle. I have until next Thursday before I can start soft foods, so I can't tell you if my dietitian was right or not. But, the do a lot of WLS so I am confident in their advice.

5 minutes ago, sarahSingh91 said:

Avocado was my saving grace during soft foods I did boiled egg with avocado center. I did avocado egg salad. Avocado with just salt on it so many times. I also baked avocados with an egg white in the pit yummy!!!!

I mixed avocado with refried beans and that was very tasty.

Edited February 8, 20206 yr by Uomograsso

On 02/07/2020 at 17:56, BadWolfGirl said:

How did you cook the chicken? I heard it's like the hardest thing to keep down?

So I bake my chicken. Also I use chicken thighs not breast so they have more moisture. I do boneless skinless. I marinate them and then bake them. The chicken chili was done in a crock pot I place the chicken in frozen. One breast has 3 grams fat and one thigh has 5 grams. So not a big difference.

My dietitian recommended canned chicken on the soft food phase as it is cooked in the can which makes it easier to handle. I have until next Thursday before I can start soft foods, so I can't tell you if my dietitian was right or not. But, the do a lot of WLS so I am confident in their advice.

I start tomorrow and a Buffalo chicken puree is first on my list. I'll keep you posted !

2 minutes ago, Uomograsso said:

I mixed avocado with refried Beans and that was very tasty.

Thanks! I think I've decided on my first pureed meal.