2 week update!!

Okay I went for my two week check up and the Dr. said everything looks great, I have lost 27 lbs since I started the two week pre-op diet, 13lbs since surgery.  I can finally start soft foods Yah!!! Now my only problem is i don't really care for yogurt or cottage cheese so does anyone have any idea?  I have tried egg sub and kept it down fine.  Thanks for any ideas and all your support!!! Lisa

Sounds like you're doing great!  When I was at that stage I ate regular  eggs, scrambled with some melted cheese, yougart (you might want to give it a try again), and  peanut butter.  SF pudding and jello are also good at this stage but don't have protein....   keep up the great work!  Alice

Hi Lisa, Great report. Keep up the good work. goldie23

Lisa,

Congratulations!!! You are on your way!

If you haven't found 'em yet, you might check out cottage cheese pancakes. You can google 'eggface' and find them on her website. There are bunch of other things there as well.

Soft foods means different things to different Dr's so it depends on what it means with your program. Here are the 'rules' I had when I started my 'soft foods' stage ...

 

1. Consume about 900 calories a day. Too few will interfere with the weight loss process.

2. Make sure to get 40 to 60 grams a protien in a day.

3. Drink at least 64 ounces a day.

4. Limit volume of any meal to 1/2 cup or 4 ounces.

5. Protien FIRST! A minimum of 2 ounces of protien at each meal. CHEW. CHEW. CHEW.

6. Nothing to drink 30 before or after eating. This is to allow the food that I do eat to stay in the pouch, giving me that sense of fullness.

7. Eat every 3 to 4 hours. This means eating 5 to 6 times a day.

8. Eat slowly. Take 20 to 30 minutes to consume each meal. This means chew completely and slowly.

9. Stop eating when full. Learn to feel full, not stuffed, just full. Stop when full.

10. Start w/high protien soft foods like, eggs, light/low-fat yogurt, flakey fish, crab, shrimp, tuna, fork tender meats/poultry, ground meats, beans and lentils, low-fat deliy meats thinly sliced, low-fat cottage cheese, shredded or soft skim cheeses, tofu. Other foods include oatmeal, chream of wheat, soft cooked vegi's that can be fork mashed, soft fruits w/o skins, crackers/toast (chewed well), low-fat strained soups, and soft lettuce like green, red leaf or bib (no iceberg).

11. AVOID Sticky foods - like bread, sticky rice, pasta, mac'n'cheese, melted stringy cheeses, and peanut butter ... Crunchy Foods -  like raw vegi's, skins, nuts, seeds, popcorn, chips, cocnut and iceberg lettuce... Tough & Rubbery foods - like tough meats, steak, pork, ham, hot dogs and High Fats - like butter, salad dressings, full fat sour cream, cream cheese, mayo, & gravy, bacon, sausages, whole milk, whole milk cheeses, fried foods, processed meats (balogna, salami), chips and desserts.

WOOHOO!!! Welcome to being an official loser!! LOL Doesn't it feel great?? And this is only the begining!! Keep up the great work!! I will tell you now that within a week, eggs will not be so yummy!! LOL

Your doing AWESOME!!! keep upi the good work... I love yogurt and can't do ANY kind of eggs.. just shows how we are all different after WLS.. I love eggs too LOL.. they wil not and can not stay down though.. good luck

Great job! Peanut butter was my joy and my Magic Bullet was my friend. I ground up meat all kinds... with sauces and herbs and just refuses to look at it when I ate. Protein shakes were still my lifesaver. Good Luck Myrtis

Dont forget that we are some of the VERY FEW that are NOT allowed to have protein shakes :(  We cannot have liquid calories for meals!!  Try refried beans with a little pureed salsa and some cheese on top!! This week is hard, but each week after will get easier and easier, I promise :)

Great job!!  I could have protein shakes (although I have been very noncompliant with them.. they dont agree with me)  and if it were not for mashed potatoes and blended Wendy's chili I would have starved to death during that stage.  :)  

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