Re: Impact Carbs Question.....

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Mike & Mindy,

When I went into my three month appointment with my surgeon at the

end of April they said that we could eat pretty much anything we

wanted to and that that was dangerous. We needed to limit ourselves

to only 20-30 minutes of eating, follow the no drink 15 minutes

before, during, 45 minutes after meals and start taking calcium

supplements in addition to our vitamin supplements.

They also said that we shouldn't consume ANY liquids other than water

although they seemed to relax on crystal light a little. Basically no

sugary drinks, no soups that weren't chunky (like chili), no milk, no

yogurt smoothies and no protein shakes. The no protein shakes was

sort of surprising to me. Their argument was that while it provided

you with protein it didn't really fill you up much because it wasn't

a solid in your pouch. Well I don't know about that. Maybe I made my

shakes too big or too thick but they always seemed to fill me up a

great deal.

Anyway, now I don't drink protein shakes (never did drink many in the

first place). I just eat a lot of chicken, cottage cheese, cheese and

tuna fish. I figure I'm getting 60-70g of protein a day in. I'm

probably having more than the surgeon recommended for calories (they

recommended 1000-1200 and I'm probably taking in 1500 or so) but I

figure before surgery I was taking in 1500 per meal and sometimes a

snack.

Another weird thing is my PCP, after seeing me for a physical and my

telling her that all the plumbing was fine, recommended I eat more

vegetables/fiber and drink even more than 64oz of water.

Crazy doctors. I'm supposed to eat massive amounts of protein,

vegetables, fiber, drink 80+oz of water and all that inside of about

16 hours in the day, with a small pouch, the no drink while eating

rules, the calorie limits, etc. On the bright side I used to be (and

maybe still am) slightly bi-polar with racing thoughts/boredom which

probably caused me to eat more. Now I just apply my nervousness and

free time to trying to figure out where I am in the day as far as

consumption of water/food is and where I need to be to get enough in

for the day. It keeps me busy.

> I purchased a Power Bar, Protein Plus Carb Select bar. This is

an

> example but can be true of almost every low carb food out there

these

> days. My question is when you read the lable, it sais there is

30g of

> carbs in the bar, but then states that when you take out the

fiber and

> the sugar alcohol that there is only 2g of " impact carbs " in the

bar.

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> What does this really mean, and being post op and trying to limit

my

> carbs, is this an ok thing to eat? Has anybody out there found a

good

> protein bar? Thanks everybody.

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> Mike in California

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