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Sodium in all my liquids . . .

christasha

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christasha    0

christasha
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I'm one of the people still on liquids after surgery . . . and man all the sodium in the Soups and premixed EAS drinks and even some in the Propell . . . this has GOT to be making me retain Water or something . . . since this is almost all I'm living on (well SF Jello and popcicles) . . . you would think I would be waisting away . . . but this week my scale isn't moving . . . I wonder if it is something to do with the sodium . . . can't wait for mushies on Monday!

Chris

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try to get Soups with low sodium seeing is how low sodium can retain Water. but i dont really see much of a difference with it since even though you make a cup you dont always finish a cup. i used wylers bullion cubes instead of the campbells Soup. that way i didnt have to worry about taking out the chunks during my liquid phase. im now on pureed/mushy phase . and i can barely eat a half of cup and im satisfied.

but i love it cause before i never knew when to stop.

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Chris...I recently noticed all the sodium in my Sf waters (propelle, nutrilite) and started just drinking plain Water. I was stalled for a few days, and since just drinking water..I lost a few lbs more...I know its hard, when all you can have is liquid. Im in the same boat as you. You get bored easily. I think you can get some low sodium broth as well...

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can't wait for mushies on Monday!

Well Chris I have a confession ... I moved to mushies a few days early. I've been on a week long trip and kind of got pushed into it. It's easy to do Protein drinks when you're home, but when you're driving for 12 hours it becomes more difficult. I know I'm supposed to wait until Monday but I ended up having a cup of Pintos and cheese from Taco Bell and some mashed potatoes from KFC while on the road.

And yes, they were DELISH! YUM. ;)

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christasha    0

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Oh Heavy . . . Good for you! I've moved on to mushies now too . . . and ff pintos with cheese and salsa are GREAT! Haven't done mashed potatoes yet, but will on Christmas day . . . It isn't easy traveling I'm sure. I went to Breakfast this morning with some friends - first time since my surgery. Had a scrambled egg with cheese and some grits . . . and that was GREAT!

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Chris,

I'm on my 2 week pre-op liquid diet and when I got weighed the other day for my pre-op I nearly fell on the floor because I actually gained 4 pds. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why since I have been on liquids for about 10 days. It finally clicked when I got home that it was from the sodium in the Soups and some of the other liquids I have been drinking. I do have some of the low sodium soups but the cheddar brocolli is my favorite and it's loaded with sodium. I'm going to be careful from this point on. I thought it was just me!

Jenn

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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