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Hello Frank,
I got my surgery abroad as well. Who do your follow ups? Have you had any problems with your insurance in the US covering lab, etc?
I'm all about crock pot meals these days. It's a great way to meal prep because you get like a weeks worth of food out of it. It's easy to set up before work and it's done when I get home. Plus, it makes everything nice and mushy so it's easier to digest.
One of my favorites is to throw in a pork tenderloin. Pour a 20oz bottle of root beer in and set it to low for 8-10 hours. Remove the pork and shred in a 9x13 or something. Discard all the root beer. Mix your favorite BBQ sauce in with the pork. Goes great with any steamed veggies. Easy to portion out too. Crock pot chicken cooked with salsa rather than root beer is excellent too. Beef stew is also amazing. You get some carrots and onion in there. It's all good.
Love me some oatmeal too. Helps balance out things too from the protein heavy diet if you catch my drift. String cheese, yogurt, almonds, bananas, and pretty much all kinds of steamer bag veggies are some of my regulars. Oddly, I enjoy Dark chocolate now. I never did before. Its easy to have a little and be satisfied and it's not the worst thing in the world for you.
Hope this gives you some ideas.
Lean cuisine and healthy choice are great for learning how many calories you are eating. As long as you don't have to cook for a family, it is an easy way to take care of meals. If you use My Fitness Pal, you can scan the label on packages of food to get all of the nutrition information easily.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I'm doing my best to get them calories i think i might do better if i buy pre made stuff like lean cusine and healthy choice I'm struggling knowing how many calories in stuff.
Elia Maria Saenz
calories are an individual thing. I would lose on 1100-1200 a day, but some people on here maintain on that - and a few would even gain.
So I went to my surgeon's office for my annual check and to my surprise after my foot surgery I'm only 2 pounds down in a year. I'm struggling with GERD and I feel hungry all the time so she prescribed me omeprazole again and an appetite suppressant. I'm also going to be scheduled for an EGD they want to try the stredda procedure for the GERD but bcbs of Il doesn't cover the procedure. So unless i have Barrets esoesophogus I will not be considered for revision from sleeve to rny. I'm ok as long as I can get relief. I'm praying that the appetite suppressant works. I also started a new diet I'm shocked that she put 1100 to 1200 calories is that too many calories? I never counted calories but one time post op diet. I think it was like 800 to 900 per day.
Elia Maria Saenz
It has been awhile since my surgery. Can we sleevers now take tablet medications are do we still need to take capsules?
I have been taking tablets and capsules since the beginning ,nearly 10 yrs now, with no problem.
I'm not familiar with this rule and have been taking tablet medications before and after surgery with no adverse reactions.
