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What surgery did you have ? What your doc program recommended?
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I'm six months out and can't imagine eating a cup of anything! I max out at about 4-5 ounces depending on the density of the food. At 10 days, my instructions were to eat 1-2 ounces.
Check with your program, surgeon or dietician to see what is suggested.
Congratulations on your surgery!
RNY 1/7/2014 with Jeffery Lord, Pensacola, FL
Rather depends on the surgery! At 10 days out with my band, I might have been able to. Can't really remember but I think I was probably having about that amount at a time IF it was not too thick and totally smooth. But it sounds a lot for the other surgeries,
Highest 290, Banded - 248 Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.
Happily banded since May 2006. Regain of 28lbs 2013-14. ALL GONE!
But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,
I can't imagine eating 8 ounces of anything at 3 months out, much less where you are. And cream of wheat seems like a poor nutritional choice in general.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I agree about it being a poor nutritional choice, but it was on my plan, too. Just not a whole cup!!
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Mashed potatoes were on my plan. Heh. I skipped them :P
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
Not a great choice, but many RNY surgeons have it on the plan for the first couple of weeks because it does down easily, you can add protein powder to it, and it digests easily. It is the same reason they allow soupy mashed potatoes.
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I think as others have stated, it depends on your surgery and what YOUR plan allows.
I am 14 days out VSG and I can't eat that much of anything. However, honestly I am not sure if I have even tried.
I know that I cannot truly feel hunger yet, my nerves were severed in my stomach - therefore I can't trust anything " I think" my sleeve is telling me.
Plus, I am trying to practice early out to under eat my sleeve since this is what many successful vets really live by.
I know my plan suggested Cream of Wheat and such especially now early out. I just won't eat it after I looked at the carbs and calories. I know I wouldn't be eating a lot, but I just don't want a whole bunch of carbs back in my life. I'm going to try to keep them low as I go toward my goal. I just felt it wasn't worth it. Not enough bang for the buck!
I would look at your plan again, and find out how much you should eat per sitting and go from there. If you feel you can handle it based on everything / go for it. I just couldn't.
5'6" 44 yrs old Heighest Weight Ever - 295 (Pregnancy)
SW-270 lbs Pre-Op -242 lbs CW -224 lbs Goal Weight- 147lbs
