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Never... well... you don't have to "worry" you just have to take them.
The articles I think you are referring to are based on "typical" anatomy... those that eat a balanced, varied diet shouldn't need to supplement... this is A.) not a weight loss surgery patient anatomy, especially those of us that have a procedure that has a malabsorptive component and B.) Sadly, many with "typical American diets" that are usually lacking in many key nutrients.
Personally, I just Google low carb recipes and kind of look through them and save the ones that interest me. However, I did recently find a site that lets you create daily meal plans.
The free option only lets you do one day (today), but you can "refresh" it as many times as you like and get lots of menus. They have links to the recipes and everything, and you can set your macros for the recommended menus plans. It's pretty cool and I've gotten some good ideas from it.
Hope this helps!
Luckily, okiepirate and the rest of us VSGers don't have to worry about malabsorption issues.
Interesting point, okiepirate. And since you're VSG and not RNY, you don't have the malabsorption issue to worry about. I know I'm not even close to maintenance yet, but it would seem the only way to know for sure would to take what you think you need, and do your blood tests like every 6 months and see what your levels are at, then you can adjust accordingly.
I thought this too. I am 7 years post op basically eating recommended portion size, making healthier food choices and started to slack with vitamins only taking 2 multi-vit. Well as I recently found out, malabsorption is for life. I had my blood work done because I have been dragging, foggy brain and tired, brushed it off as age and stress well I am below low normal on everything. Numbers that I can remember are Vit D is at 9.4, Ferritin is at 6, B12 is 244. So I have went back to B12 injections, 2 Mutli-vit a day, referral to Hemotologist to look into IV iron infusion and they gave me prescription Vit D but now I realize I need something different. Please do not stop your vitamins. I have a friend that is 11 years post op she is still taking all her vitamins. I have learned my lesson.
When I just had surgery and meals were basically what I could get in a shot glass, I worried about supplements. Now I eat a small plate of food and a wide variety of veggies and usually stick to a small amount of berries for fruit. I don't do bread or grains. I have been reading a number of articles which suggest that supplements just are not necessary if you are eating a balanced diet. What do you think, three years out, is it time to just get a regular multi-vitamin and forget about the rest of it?
Does anyone out there have a good resource for meal planning? This part seems extremely difficult to me for some reason. I have all day Sundays to do prep, but I can't seem to really imagine up good ideas for my meals and snacks I should prepare. I think it may just be too many options and me worrying about waste. I should be getting an insta pot today and I just got an air fryer because I want to make some bulk proteins and air fry some veggies for snack.
Any help or suggestions would be welcome. :)
Thanks,
Dwayne
-Dwayne
I thought I would throw you a photo of a meal I had this week.
Shrimp (ok oxymoron because there was nothing small about it), scallops, cippolinis and asparagus!
It is better to travel and get lost...
Than never to travel at all.
Hubby made this for me as a treat. The cippolini's were slowly sauteed in a little olive oil, the shrimp and asparagus were given some brown on our grill (but you could just pan saute them). The scallops were then sauteed in the pan that the onions were browned in, to pickup the brown goodness left by the onions.
Total cook time 10 minutes!
It is better to travel and get lost...
Than never to travel at all.
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