Hey all, I am coming up on 3 weeks post op VSG next Monday. I was allowed to start soft foods such as ground meet/canned chicken, etc. today. After looking through my post op binder, I was wondering if any of you received any sort of calorie limit for when you start more solid foods? The info in my binder mainly talks about protein and fluid daily amounts. I just want to make sure that the foods that I am choosing are not exceeding a certain calorie limit?? Does that make sense? I can give an example of the things that I ate today and calorie/protein total to see what you all think??

Breakfast-small homemade strawberry protein smoothie 165 calories, 37 g protein

morning snack-cup of lipton cream of chicken soup 60 calories 2g protein

lunch-about 2 oz of light and fit yogurt 20 calories 3g protein, a very small portion of cream of potato soup with protein powder 90 calories 13g protein. I ate an early lunch and could only eat a little bit and felt nauseated so I came back about an hour and a half later and had a small portion of sugar free chocolate pudding 30 calories and a couple of bites of chicken salad 20 calories 2g protein

Dinner-1 beef/pork Italian meatball with a small amount of mozzarella cheese on it and marinara sauce 145 calories 14g protein and 1/4 c of homemade unsweetened applesauce 20 calories

I drank approximately 50 oz of calorie free fluids throughout the day as well.

so about 580 calories and around 70g protein.

I know it seems like a weird choices of foods...does this seem normal????? I just want to make sure that my choices seem ok and that I am not going over in calories. I'm getting enough protein everyday along with my fluids.

Sorry for the long post!! Just wanted to see what you all think! Thanks!!!!

no - we were just told to focus on protein and fluids the first few weeks/months. I think that's true of a lot of us. Most people eat so little the first few months post-surgery that once you get all your daily protein and fluid requirements met, the overall calories really aren't an issue. Since I tracked the whole time (and still do, almost six years later), I know I ate in the 600-800 range for much of that first year, but I wasn't actively monitoring that. I really didn't have to.

Edited February 6, 20215 yr by catwoman7

Your daily calorie and protein tally sounds perfect!!

Keep up the great work!!!

Sounds right on track. 600-800 is the standard, with the focus on protein.

Awesome, thanks guys!!! Want to make sure I’m on track!!!!❤️