total fat, carbs, etc.

I am 2 weeks out today, and don't have my follow up appointment untl Tuesday.  In the meantime, can you tell me what   limits your NUT/Surgeon have you on as far as fat, and carbs?  what have you have been told is the ceiling amount for these two?  i am getting my protein in, and limiting my carbs, sugars, fats of course.  but what should the "limit" be for each?

i will ask these questions of the surgeon on tuesday, but i wanted to see what the consensus was here.

thanks

At 2 weeks out my choices were so limited, it wasn't a question of fats.  All I was allowed to have was:  eggs, cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, peanut butter, couscous, milk.  That's all I ate for my 3rd week.

Hi Dee,

Since Duke doesn't allow anything but protien drinks and clear liquids, we didn't have a lot to manage in terms of carbs, fats, etc... I that the best thing for you to do is call your Nut. and ask them for this information... Not because others don't want to help you with this information, but because the dietary component of the program is probably the single greatest variable you will find from one program to another. Because of this, you find that you will get very different answers from people that belong to different programs. For example, Duke is very conservative and strict and they require their patients to be on clear liquids and protien drink diet only for the first 3 to 4 weeks, but UNC allows you to try whatever you can tolerate almost immediately and another local program falls somewhere in between. 

Even though you don't have an appointment with them, you should be able to call and get these types of questions answered anytime.

Wishing you all the best,

At 3 weeks, the only thing I had to monitor was Protein and liquids.

My general guidelines that I follow now are:

8 grams of fat or less
5 grams of sugar or less
carbs are funny.. I just limit my serving.  I measure all my pasta's rice etc in a 1/4 cup and I usually only eat 1/2. But I don't eat carbs every day.

But, as always, consult your NUT.

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