Home from surgery on Thursday, am I doing this right?
I just had my surgery on Monday, and Thursday was my first full day at home. I have read a lot about RNY and gone to all my support group meetings before my surgery, but I am feeling kind of blown away after this first day home.
My stomach is so LOUD. After I eat or drink anything it sounds like my stomach is having a protest rally. The only time I felt any real pressure or pain though was when I drank some water a little too fast. Is my stomach actually protesting the food and water, or is it just going to be talkitive from now on?
I know that did not eat too much, and I made sure to only eat pureed foods recommended by my nutritionist. Actually I didn't even meet the goals of 30g protein or 200-400 calories, but I was close. I had 28g protein and 178 calories and felt full and satisfied. I can't get my head around that. Only 178 calories for a whole day and I was full!
Getting the goal amount of protein without stuffing myself beyond capacity does not seem possible. I had cottage cheese for breakfast and lunch and pureed chicken for dinner. I bought plain greek yogurt and fat free refried beans and vegatarian chili as well, but those choices all have lower protein than what I had today.
I did have 42oz of water, more than my current goal of 32oz as set by my nutritionist. I also took 2 walks of about 0.5 mile each.
I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. I know that now is the time to maximize my weight loss because I'm in the honeymoon period and I will never have a better chance to lose the weight than now. I also don't want to overthink everything and get super stressed because I'm obsessing.
Am I doing this right so far?
My stomach is so LOUD. After I eat or drink anything it sounds like my stomach is having a protest rally. The only time I felt any real pressure or pain though was when I drank some water a little too fast. Is my stomach actually protesting the food and water, or is it just going to be talkitive from now on?
I know that did not eat too much, and I made sure to only eat pureed foods recommended by my nutritionist. Actually I didn't even meet the goals of 30g protein or 200-400 calories, but I was close. I had 28g protein and 178 calories and felt full and satisfied. I can't get my head around that. Only 178 calories for a whole day and I was full!
Getting the goal amount of protein without stuffing myself beyond capacity does not seem possible. I had cottage cheese for breakfast and lunch and pureed chicken for dinner. I bought plain greek yogurt and fat free refried beans and vegatarian chili as well, but those choices all have lower protein than what I had today.
I did have 42oz of water, more than my current goal of 32oz as set by my nutritionist. I also took 2 walks of about 0.5 mile each.
I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. I know that now is the time to maximize my weight loss because I'm in the honeymoon period and I will never have a better chance to lose the weight than now. I also don't want to overthink everything and get super stressed because I'm obsessing.
Am I doing this right so far?
I lost about 78 lbs pre-op from the beginning of October through the middle of May. I had been eating very poorly before that having fast food more than once a day. I had been completely ignoring my diabetes. Then in October I had to start a blood pressure med and insulin and I finally stopped ignoring my diabetes. I have been lucky as far as my weight loss pre-op, but I worked really hard. No more fast food, no more soda, no more daily mochas. I also exercised more. Don't get me wrong I wasn't perfect, I had days and weeks where I gained instead of list. Knowing that I was working toward surgery gave me so much HOPE that I never had before. Thinking that I would have help when things really got tough was important for me. Prior to that I never thought I could lose a good amount of weight and keep it off, so why try. Going to my clinics support group before surgery and writing down EVERYTHING I ate helped a lot too. Good luck to you. If I can lose weight you can too. 
My stomach made so much noise for the first few months that my cats stopped curling up in my lap out of terror!! (I feel they were waiting for that thing from Alien to erupt :D
It's perfectly normal. As for the food/water/protein intake. As long as you're following your particular surgeon's plan, I would say you're doing fine. My plan was a bit different than yours sounds. I wasn't given a daily calorie goal, and I was on clear liquids the first few days home, then "full" liquids, the 2nd week, which basically meant thick soups, and so on and so on as the weeks progressed. I wasn't on the chili and beans and such until the end of the 3rd week. So....just follow your plan...and welcome to the other side!! :D
It's perfectly normal. As for the food/water/protein intake. As long as you're following your particular surgeon's plan, I would say you're doing fine. My plan was a bit different than yours sounds. I wasn't given a daily calorie goal, and I was on clear liquids the first few days home, then "full" liquids, the 2nd week, which basically meant thick soups, and so on and so on as the weeks progressed. I wasn't on the chili and beans and such until the end of the 3rd week. So....just follow your plan...and welcome to the other side!! :D
The loud tummy is normal.
I'm a bit confused by your nutritionists goals, because 30 grams of protein and 32 ounces of liquid is far too low. You need about twice that much. Are you using protein drinks? That's probably the only way to get enough protein at this point.
I'm a bit confused by your nutritionists goals, because 30 grams of protein and 32 ounces of liquid is far too low. You need about twice that much. Are you using protein drinks? That's probably the only way to get enough protein at this point.
Kelly
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