What did you eat today?

Hello all I thought it would be nice to know what some of us newly post ops are eating drinking etc..... so we can see how eachother is doing and maybe get some ideas! B-1/4 c. cottage cheese S-choice dm shake L-1/4 c. tuna salad w/mayo and 2 town house crackers (chew chew chew) S-choice dm shake& SF fudgsicle D-5 thinly sliced turkey breast deli meat. S-will be choice dm shake 64 oz-crystal light This is the first day I have gotten all my water in....... yeahhhh meeee... Shelly (down 36 #)

I'm still in stage 1, so it's my doctor's version of liquids. 3-4 oz oatmeal w/lactaid milk, splenda, and whey protein vanilla flavor 4 oz decaf coffee 8 oz Roadside lemonade 3 oz no sugar added pineapple applesauce 4 oz four cheese mashed potatoes 6 oz dutch chocolate ice cream (Labrada Lean Body) protein powder with ice, banana, and lactaid milk mixed in smoothie maker-ate w/spoon just like ice cream YUM Tons of water, I haven't been counting everyday, I just keep a sipper or bottle with me at all times. The days I have counted are usually around 70oz.

B-1 egg with 1/8 oz 2% cheese S- 4 oz protein drink SF popsicle L- 1/4 cup black eye peas and 2 ritz crackers S- 4 oz protein drink SF chocolate pudding D- 1/4 bake potato with 1/2 oz 2% cheese S- 4 oz protein drink every hour not eating 4 oz of crystal light. I love the new orange. Walked 2 miles.

Hi Shelly, I am 3 weeks post op tomorrow and I have lost only 12 pounds. I have trouble with fluid retention because of my Congestive Heart Failure. My directic meds have been reduced to a minimal amount and it's hard to keep from having weight gain. I am 51 years old and came out of the surgery 100%. If I didn't have the drain whole and 5 slits on my belly I would think the doc didn't do the surgery. I feel really good and have alot of energy most of the time. I have a problem drinking anything. It feels like it doesn't want to go down and that makes me uncomfortable. I feel like it is stuck in my throat. I take quite alot of meds and I take the whole pills a few at a time and it seems to work. It does feel like they are stuck in my throat and I drink more liquids to get it all the way down sometime. Sorry, got off the subject. My usual days meal when I am not trying something new and paying for it with nausea, pain and dumping! AM - nothing usually, sometime a Adkins Advantage Protein Shake, sometime just juice or crystal light Noonish - 1/2 to 1 cup soup (usually broth mixed with cream chicken or mushroom soup (45% less sodium and 96% fat free) HEB brand here in Texas Snack - 1 serving cup Kozy Shack No Sugar Added Chocolate or Tapioca Pudding Liquid Intake - More Diet or No sugar added Fruit Juice, Herb Tea, Tomatoe Juice Low Sodium, Diet Nestea w/Lemon & Sweet n Low, water, whole milk, whole milk w/sugar free Nesquick chocolate mix Snack - Sugar Free popsicles 2 at a time ( this is the easiest thing to ingest and I sometimes have at least 6 a day) Supper - 1 to 2 cups soup (varies I experiment with ingredients) Snack - SF popsicles or Kozy Shack pudding I have tried mashed potatoes/gravy and macaroni & cheese and after I ate about 1/2 cup of each I felt a cold sweat come over me, I felt like I needed to throw up and tried to, but was not successful enough. I felt like food was stuck and would not go down or up. For about an hour I felt horrible. Thought I was going to pass out. I don't count how much liquid I take in, and I need to make sure it's enough. Maybe that's why I am losing so slow. I can really tell with the way my cloths fit and you can tell when your body is getting smaller. I am perplexed as to why the weight loss is only 12 lbs? The protein is about 30 to 50 per day, not everyday though. Gotta go for now. Keep in touch. Judy B