I am 17 days post RNY surgery. Tired of protein shakes. Feel like my nutritionist and doctors expect me to figure out what to eat. Usually get so hungry I wolf down food. Need help on safe snacks and cookbooks to guide me. I eat too much, burp excessively. I don’t want to stretch out stomach. Please help.

I haven’t had surgery but my bariatric dietician recommended “The Complete Bariatric Cookbook and Meal Plan” and I’ve found it very informative. Some ideas they suggest in week 3 include soft scrambled eggs, refried beans, high protein milk, low fat yogurt and then point to some recipes I’d think you want to puree like chicken and tuna salad, split pea soup, Turkey meatloaf, etc.

On 8/4/2023 at 3:02 PM, Tx RNY Gal said:

I am 17 days post RNY surgery. Tired of Protein Shakes. Feel like my nutritionist and doctors expect me to figure out what to eat. Usually get so hungry I wolf down food. Need help on safe Snacks and cookbooks to guide me. I eat too much, burp excessively. I don’t want to stretch out stomach. Please help.

You might want to ask your dietitian to let you know which stage diet you're on. If you're on the soft foods diet then you can have soft scrambled eggs, tuna or chicken salad without pickles relish or onions. Just tuna or chicken mixed with a little mayo salt and pepper. Do you like cottage cheese? That's also a good one. Yogurt is too! I'm 1 year post op. I also love eating ricotta cheese, I make my own goat cheese too that's awesome and doesn't hurt my stomach. I still have issues with digesting meats unless it's really really small bits. I still do the chew til it's liquid lol but that doesn't work so well for meats.

I started buying the 60 gram protein shake powders to help me get all my protein in for the day as well as using MCT oil in my coffee to help keep me in ketosis. I know you're at a point where you want to eat something solid because you've been on a liquid diet now over a month between pre-op and post op, but you can do this. Try some soft scrambled eggs or cottage cheese. And remember not to drink anything 30 minutes before or after you eat... And don't drink anything with your meals because it pushes the food down into your intestines and you don't feel full so you will continue to eat.

The surgery is a great tool for helping lose weight, but we have to do the hard part of self control, and perseverance to let the tool work for us.

Sadly my sister also had surgery but she didn't stick to her dietary restrictions and didn't lose as much. She had hers a couple years before me and turns out she's still in plus size clothing.

I'm now down to wearing a size 2 to 4 jeans.

You can do this. Remember why you're doing it.

To be healthy