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A vegetarian diet doesn't mean low calorie. You could eat chips and drink sugary sodas at every meal and gain lots of weight, but still be a vegetarian. Calories in, calories out.
5' 5" tall. VSG on August 4, 2015/ Starting weight 239.9/ Surgery weight 210.9/ Current weight 137.4/ Goal weight 140/ No longer overweight, now a NORMAL weight. Now that I'm at goal, it's time to move on to maintenance!!!!!!!!
I made these the other day.. I added rosemary and garlic, so good.. I ended up tossing the rest because as soon as I ate one I wanted another. My mom had two I had one and I tossed the other 3. I made them with ricotta instead of the cream cheese
recipe I used - https://eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/no-flo ur-bread-riiiiiiiiight/
You can be vegetarian, but many of the foods we don't eat in large amounts vegetarians eat quite a bit of, like rice, whole grains, etc. I was on a ketogenic diet pre-op and remained very low carb post op, and my cholesterol was 96 when tested three months ago... yep, total cholesterol and had excellent blood markers.
It really depends what you eat as a vegetarian. I have one vegetarian friend who eats nothing but macaroni and cheese, and another who eats very healthily low carb and was post-WLS (she has a lot of protein powder/shakes). It depends what and how you'd eat. I had a vegetarian day once in a while post-op, and those were the days I was hungriest even with protein. Back to low carb went I.
I think regardless of what way of eating you choose, it's vital to stay away from processed foods and high sugar/very high carb stuff that has no nutritional value.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
Ive done something like that. The recipe I had was from a paleo website. I dont think had bread crumbs, but did have some blue cheese mixed in. Was delicious.
No idea if thats ok for post op, since I'm not there.
I am by no means an expert, but will chime in with my opinion anyway, since you asked. At least after weight loss surgery, being a vegetarian can be very hard. Being vegan, nearly impossible. If you are a vegetarian, but easy dairy products and eggs, it may be a little easier.
We have a certain amount of protein that we need to eat in a day, and if you eat juse veggies, that can mean eating A LOT of veggies to try to get it in. After weight loss surgery, our stomachs are tiny. Soy has a lot of protein, but it is a little controversial because it has a lot of plant based estrogen. I can't eat it because I have a soy allergy.
My husbands doctor recommends he goes paleo, which makes a lot of sense. You will find many doctors that recommend completely different things.
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
Putting this on my wish list for when I hit solid foods. Thank you!!
Lap Band 2002-2005. Surgery Date 03/02/2016 | Current Weight: 311
Dr. Christina Richards MD, Salt Lake City | HW: 357 SW: 324 GW: 175 |
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If you were raised in a culture that did not eat meat, then a vegetarian lifestyle would be a healthy choice for you. If not, then vegetarianism will just be another fad. One member on this site did vegetarian for three years. She gained 100 pounds and her iron went extremely low.
She had weight loss surgery, eats meat, and has lost the excess weight.
I have seen several people gain into the 300's just by eating vegetarian. Listen to your cardio and consider a different GP.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
two more +'s . . .they look soooooooooooo cute and hubby is a pre-diabetic BREAD LOVER (and not overweight at all) and he likes it 
Age: 60 | Height: 5'3.5 | Surgery Date: 07/24/15 | Starting Weight: 292 | Surgery Weight: 267 | Goal Weight:150 | Current Weight: 149 | WL so far: 143 lbs
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