Had week 1 post op check

Hello all and I hope all is well with each of you.  I had my one week post op check with Doc. H and it was great!  I was 271 at begining of liquid diet and now I am at 249.  i feel great.  I have already went down some and still swollen around the abdomen though..  I have just started the monthly so there goes another 5-6 lbs. water weight.  I am craving meat, however I know it is not time and I do not want to screw anything up.  I wonder though my protein powder says 23g of protein, is that just the powder or is it with the 1 cup skim milk?  You can use water too.  i really do not know.  We are to have between 60-80 grams protein per day right.  What if you go over? Will this hurt you?  I am walking 30-45 minutes on my treadmill and am up to a speen of 2.3  Pretty fast clip if you have not done it in a while.  Well gotta go and want to wish each new patient and those haveing surgery soon, this is soooo very worth it!  I would have not changed a thing.

Blessings to each of you,


Kerri

Kerri congradulations on the weight loss , hang on it just keeps getting better ad better.   Your portein powder that is the grams of protein in just the powder. not anything extra you put in it.
the amount of protein you are to have a day is at least 60 grams and that is hard to get in right where you are right now. but no it wont hurt you if you go over 80 grams ....Dr. H. did say that if you get more than 120 grams that it converts to sugar but at your stage i dont think you need to worry about gettting that much . so happy for you that things are all going along great. keep up the walking and exercise. you have sit yourself a good pattern and will be a big sucess. the exercise really does make a difference
please get in you water daily so you do dehydrate.