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At least 2 protein shakes; 2 times a day - I eat chicken or beef. Eat veggies 3-4 times per week. Typically, spaghetti squash, squash, some sweet potato. Snacks include almonds/pecans; strawberries and blueberries with lite and fit vanilla yogurt or sometimes sugar free whippping cream. Thinking it the number of meals and portion size. Don't eat sugar (except a bite or two at parties/month), flour or fried. Don't eat out much at all - mainly cook at home.
that's a pretty good menu. Do you track and measure? Many of us can't eat more than 800 calories a day or we gain. To lose, we have to drop bCk to 600 cals a day.
I am a college student and during this summer time I have testing and student orientations to attend in August. I am going to be getting the gastric sleeve surgery but I don't know if now is the best time.
I will be on my pre-op liquid diet the same week as an important state certification test, and then a week and a half after my surgery I will have my orientations. School is my primary objective, but now seems like the best time to do the surgery since I am in the right head space for it.
Do y'all think the stress of the pre-op liquid diet and the recovery time after the surgery is very difficult? I'm not sure if I can make it through everything since I already have high anxiety levels, but I believe in myself and need this surgery!
I am not qualified to give you advice on exactly what you should be drinking, but I have to think they're going to want you to get protein down in whatever way you can right now, regardless of whether it's soy-based or whatever. Muscle loss after surgery is real and meeting our protein goals can help so much. I lost a lot of muscle, and some of that is inevitable, but I definitely could have done better about lifting weights these last 3 months to prevent further loss (Coronavirus made that more difficult).
None of us were getting a ton of protein down right at first but you're going to be amazed at how fast you make progress.
Hello! Surgery went well, I'm still sore from where they took out my stomach and I still have some gas pain but I'm walking it off. I am having trouble getting shakes down... I think because they are milk based. I tried a pea protein shake and was able to tolerate it. I'm wondering if soy would be good for me as well. I sent a message to my nutritionist. I'm just nervous about not meeting my protein goals.
It is tough...and I didn't do it as well as I should have (Christmas vacation before surgery... So - the saying that helps me - "don't let this be a road block when it is a speed bump." Just keep your eye on July 9th. It will all be worth it. And, the journey after will not be perfect either. For me, after so many failures, I had so much doubt. The end result is worth it. And - everyday give you a chance to get up and try again.
I hope surgery went well, I just joined up a few days ago and didn't catch this. Let us know if there is anything you need to know about the current stage of recovery you're in, and what you should be doing going forward.
The psychology of this all is fascinating. Even as I was losing 10+ pounds a month for several months, I was constantly convincing myself I was done losing weight, or that I was screwing up, etc. The weight comes off so fast right away after surgery than I ended up getting to the point where I felt a lot of anxiety if I went a week without losing. It's normal for all of us to feel we're screwing up, just because we've never had great long-term success with weight loss.
But more on the psychology of it all, I definitely had a negative mentality about it all. When I initially went in to start my program for WLS, I told them my goal was to be under 200 pounds. If I could see a 1 on that scale, I felt I would be happy at 199.9 for the rest of my life.
Well, I hit the 200 pound mark just 27 weeks after surgery. And as far as the pop thing goes, I used to drink at least 3 liters of diet soda per day. I'm just over 8 months out and I haven't had a single drop of soda since. It's possible to stick with changes (I found surgery to be a "reset" of sorts), it's even possible for many of us to not only get out of the obese category, but also get out of the overweight category into the normal category. (All in terms of BMI, and as many others will attest to, BMI isn't a great measure but it's what doctors here in the USA often use)
I didn't have a strict pre-op diet. Basically I just had to go clear liquids for the 2 days prior, though I started eating incredibly healthy about 6 days out. So I have no idea what it's like to be on a liquid diet for more than 2 days personally, but those 2 days definitely weren't fun. I've heard so many people talk about how horrible it is to do that for several days or even a couple weeks. I definitely agree that you shouldn't put yourself through more of that than you are told to.
Starting a week early did not work out for you, so just wait until you really have to do it.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
At least 2 protein shakes; 2 times a day - I eat chicken or beef. Eat veggies 3-4 times per week. Typically, spaghetti squash, squash, some sweet potato. Snacks include almonds/pecans; strawberries and blueberries with lite and fit vanilla yogurt or sometimes sugar free whippping cream. Thinking it the number of meals and portion size. Don't eat sugar (except a bite or two at parties/month), flour or fried. Don't eat out much at all - mainly cook at home.
