eating as a vegertarian after surgery
I'm a vegetarian but I'm not sure what you mean by "veggie diets." I eat a lot of beans. I also eat nuts and nut butter. I eat some soy products. I do also eat dairy.
Kelly
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It's going to be all about portions and getting your protein in....have you ever looked at the "Forks Over Knives" cookbook? Lots of good recipes there. You can find all your vegan/vegetarian bulk supplies like raw cashews and nutritional yeast at WinnCo, which will be opening soon over off RufeSnow and 820 but for now there's one worth checking out on Crowley Rd and Sycamore School Rd, in South Fort Worth.
Good Luck!
Cheryl
Just make sure you're getting plenty of protein and not too many carbs. A friend of mine didn't even need wls until she went vegetarian. She went from overweight to morbidly obese in two years, loving all of the carbs that had nothing to do with animal proteins.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I think it would be pretty easy to maintain a vegetarian diet post weight loss surgery. I often have complete days without any meat consumption and I often take part in Meatless Monday's (they have a great website/Facebook page for recipes you might check out) but yeah beans/legumes, dairy (ricotta, cottage cheese, other cheeses), nuts, eggs, soy, protein shakes. I think it would be very hard to be a vegan post op (at least in the early days.)
Some of my favorites: http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2014/01/final ly-another-quinoa-recipe-i-love.html and http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2009/10/party -time-confetti-bites.html
I'd also ask the nutritionist/dietitian working with your surgeons program for a specialized plan. You aren't the first vegetarian in the program I'm guessing maybe they have some good resources for you or a fellow veggie postop local they can connect you with.
~Michelle "Shelly"
I would strongly suggest that you talk with you nutritionist if you want to go on a veggie diet, since protein is extremely important part of weight loss surgery. I was able to get a lot of protein with shakes and cottage cheese. You can lose weight on a lot of cheese, but I don't know if this is part of your vegetarian diet. It depends on which diet that you want to be on. I wouldn't suggest not eating dairy and egg products, which is not a part of a vegan diet. If you want to stop eating white and red meat, you can get enough protein with dairy and eggs. You need to remember that protein is extremely important for people who have this surgery, and it will be for the rest of our lives.
