Re: Having trouble figuring out what to eat post op -

[Guest guest]

That's a lot less than I eat and I've never done shakes or bars

regularly. But then I'm 10 months out too.

>

> I had RNY on 09/06, and I am down fifty pounds. I feel great, but

I

> wonder if I am eating enough. I know some people have problems

with

> eating too much and stretching out their pouch, but I feel the

> opposite is true for me. Can anyone give me a run down of a

typical

> day post op-solid foods? Here's a day for me on average (if it's a

> good day and my pouch cooperates) breakfast: Protien shake 27grams

> protien Midmorning snack: Syntrac Nector 23 grams protien, Lunch:

> baked chicken/fish around 2oz nibles of veggies of some kind,

> Midafternoon snack: protein bar 15grams protien, Dinner:

2ozmeatand/or

> veggies, Evening snack: fatfree lowcarb milk made into sugar free

hot

> cocao. Can anyone share some thoughts on this? Does this sound

like

> too much not enough just right? etc??? I don't know anyone

personally

> except for support group who has done this surgery. I don't want

to

> stretch my pouch. Can someone post op give me an example of what

they

> eat in a day? Thanks,

>

[Guest guest]

Mike,

what does your ten months out look like? I am trying to up my

eating. What is a typical day? If you don't mind... thanks lisa

[Guest guest]

Just by guestimating, it looks like you are getting in about 80-90g of

protein a day, which is excellent. I didn't add up the calories but I

was told, protein first, then colored veggies, then carbs if I had any

room left (which I don't imagine I will). More importantly is fluids.

Are you getting in at least 64 oz a day?

I think it sounds just about like what I was told to eat except I'm

supposed to start cutting out the snack after a certain point but I'm

not sure when that is.

in MI

>

> I had RNY on 09/06, and I am down fifty pounds. I feel great, but I

> wonder if I am eating enough. I know some people have problems with

> eating too much and stretching out their pouch, but I feel the

> opposite is true for me. Can anyone give me a run down of a typical

> day post op-solid foods? Here's a day for me on average (if it's a

> good day and my pouch cooperates) breakfast: Protien shake 27grams

> protien Midmorning snack: Syntrac Nector 23 grams protien, Lunch:

> baked chicken/fish around 2oz nibles of veggies of some kind,

> Midafternoon snack: protein bar 15grams protien, Dinner: 2ozmeatand/or

> veggies, Evening snack: fatfree lowcarb milk made into sugar free hot

> cocao. Can anyone share some thoughts on this? Does this sound like

> too much not enough just right? etc??? I don't know anyone personally

> except for support group who has done this surgery. I don't want to

> stretch my pouch. Can someone post op give me an example of what they

> eat in a day? Thanks,

>

[Guest guest]

I wake up and eat a bowl of special K cereal (the low carb high

protein kind) about 1.5-2 servings with a cup of vanilla soymilk. I'm

out of cereal so I eat a can of turkey chili. This is about 4am.

I have a banana and apple at 9:30-10:00am

I have a healthy choice meal about 200-250 calories for lunch at

about noon.

I have 8-12 oz of spicy hot v8 around 1:30pm

Around 3pm or later at 4pm when I pick my daughter up I might have

some string cheese (2-3) and some turkey jerky or a mess of soy

crisps or both.

For dinner tonight I had a massive turkey sandwich. Massive in that

it had red onions, extra tomatoes, pickles. I forgot the two slices

of fat free cheese. I had a lot of turkey in there too from a turkey

I cooked and cut up last week. I had fat free mayo and yellow mustard

on it too.

Sometimes at night around 9pm I'll have a bag of popcorn. Damn it I

have healthy choice fudge bars and I didn't eat one tonight. Oh well,

not hungry, too tired too. I'm off to bed…..

This does vary but not much other than breakfast and dinner

Mike in GR

>

> Mike,

> what does your ten months out look like? I am trying to up my

> eating. What is a typical day? If you don't mind... thanks lisa

>

[Guest guest]

---MIKE great sounding choices.. keep it up.. donna In

GastricBypass-LOSERS , " Mike " wrote:

>

>

> I wake up and eat a bowl of special K cereal (the low carb high

> protein kind) about 1.5-2 servings with a cup of vanilla soymilk.

I'm

> out of cereal so I eat a can of turkey chili. This is about 4am.

>

> I have a banana and apple at 9:30-10:00am

>

> I have a healthy choice meal about 200-250 calories for lunch at

> about noon.

>

> I have 8-12 oz of spicy hot v8 around 1:30pm

>

> Around 3pm or later at 4pm when I pick my daughter up I might have

> some string cheese (2-3) and some turkey jerky or a mess of soy

> crisps or both.

>

> For dinner tonight I had a massive turkey sandwich. Massive in that

> it had red onions, extra tomatoes, pickles. I forgot the two slices

> of fat free cheese. I had a lot of turkey in there too from a

turkey

> I cooked and cut up last week. I had fat free mayo and yellow

mustard

> on it too.

>

> Sometimes at night around 9pm I'll have a bag of popcorn. Damn it I

> have healthy choice fudge bars and I didn't eat one tonight. Oh

well,

> not hungry, too tired too. I'm off to bed…..

>

> This does vary but not much other than breakfast and dinner

>

> Mike in GR

>

>

>

> >

> > Mike,

> > what does your ten months out look like? I am trying to up my

> > eating. What is a typical day? If you don't mind... thanks lisa

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Mike, would you happen to have any before and after pix to share with

us? How long post-surgery are you? And here's a really dumb question

for you: What does the GR stand for, as in " Mike in GR " ? (I'm thinking

perhaps it's Grand Rapids, MI?)

--Cat

> >

> > Mike,

> > what does your ten months out look like? I am trying to up my

> > eating. What is a typical day? If you don't mind... thanks lisa

> >

>

[Guest guest]

The pictures are here = http://tinyurl.com/ygttrz The before picture

is in the upper left and after, most recent, would be on the next

page. I'm sort of small in that picture but the ones of me in a suit

are from Oct 14. I think I might have lost another 15-20lbs and have

been working out steadily since then for what that's worth.

I had my surgery on Jan 20, 2006. My doctor counts the " start " as two

weeks prior to that.

GR is indeed Grand Rapids, MI however there is a Grand Rapids, OH

which I have pictures of from a visit this past summer, a Grand

Rapids, MN which while bigger than OH is quite remote and I've heard

there's a Grand Rapids, ND that I might be able to visit this coming

summer if we go to the West Coast by van.

> > >

> > > Mike,

> > > what does your ten months out look like? I am trying to up my

> > > eating. What is a typical day? If you don't mind... thanks

lisa

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the url, Mike. Wow!! There was a really cute guy hiding

under those size 6Xs. I'm glad you've let him come out to play.

Congratulations on a job really well done. You look absolutely

wonderful. That must have been a sweet reunion.

--Cat

>

> The pictures are here = http://tinyurl.com/ygttrz The before picture

> is in the upper left and after, most recent, would be on the next

> page. I'm sort of small in that picture but the ones of me in a suit

> are from Oct 14. I think I might have lost another 15-20lbs and have

> been working out steadily since then for what that's worth.

>

> I had my surgery on Jan 20, 2006. My doctor counts the " start " as two

> weeks prior to that.

>

> GR is indeed Grand Rapids, MI however there is a Grand Rapids, OH

> which I have pictures of from a visit this past summer, a Grand

> Rapids, MN which while bigger than OH is quite remote and I've heard

> there's a Grand Rapids, ND that I might be able to visit this coming

> summer if we go to the West Coast by van.

>

[Guest guest]

I agree, Mike, you look great! You are quite the cutie! Thanks for

the response, because it helps to have a picture of what post op

looks like. I am trying to add more food into the picture, but it

is a slow process for me. lisa

>

> Thanks for the url, Mike. Wow!! There was a really cute guy hiding

> under those size 6Xs. I'm glad you've let him come out to play.

>

> Congratulations on a job really well done. You look absolutely

> wonderful. That must have been a sweet reunion.

>

> --Cat

>

>

> >

> > The pictures are here = http://tinyurl.com/ygttrz The before

picture

> > is in the upper left and after, most recent, would be on the

next

> > page. I'm sort of small in that picture but the ones of me in a

suit

> > are from Oct 14. I think I might have lost another 15-20lbs and

have

> > been working out steadily since then for what that's worth.

> >

> > I had my surgery on Jan 20, 2006. My doctor counts the " start "

as two

> > weeks prior to that.

> >

> > GR is indeed Grand Rapids, MI however there is a Grand Rapids,

OH

> > which I have pictures of from a visit this past summer, a Grand

> > Rapids, MN which while bigger than OH is quite remote and I've

heard

> > there's a Grand Rapids, ND that I might be able to visit this

coming

> > summer if we go to the West Coast by van.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mike, Your pictures are amazing!! You look great! You are a good

looking guy. You have nice looking kids too.

Do you notice now that people that would have never looked at you or

given you the time of day now will look at you and even speak? I

have!! I will have men waiting for me to hold the door open for me

when before they would have let the door slam in my face! Amazing! Now

if I could only find Mr. Right??? Oh well.

No one can say this surgery isn't amazing and life-changing, eh?

I was also wondering, how can you eat so much food over the course of

the day? I can barely eat anything. In the morning I will have a

packet of instant oatmeal then for lunch I will usually have some

wheat thins and cheese and for dinner maybe a yogurt. I am never

hungry and never crave anything. Should I be worried?

Ok I look forward to hearing from you. Take Care, ~ in CA

[Guest guest]

If you want to hear details of all the wild stuff I dream up for the

couple of dates I've had with this lady send me an email. I'm quite

detailed, planned and elaborat. I get the feeling she's playing me a

bit though because she just comes out and tells me what she likes and I

action it. But if that's being played then bring it on.

I'm 11 months out that's how I eat " so much " which I see as a normal

amount. I'm hungry sometimes but it's usually if I don't eat for an

hour or so after when I usually eat. I don't really crave anything.

Sometimes spicey food or soy chips. I like vanilla soymilk too.

Mike in GR

>

> Hi Mike, Your pictures are amazing!! You look great! You are a good

> looking guy. You have nice looking kids too.

> Do you notice now that people that would have never looked at you or

> given you the time of day now will look at you and even speak? I

> have!! I will have men waiting for me to hold the door open for me

> when before they would have let the door slam in my face! Amazing!

Now

> if I could only find Mr. Right??? Oh well.

> No one can say this surgery isn't amazing and life-changing, eh?

> I was also wondering, how can you eat so much food over the course of

> the day? I can barely eat anything. In the morning I will have a

> packet of instant oatmeal then for lunch I will usually have some

> wheat thins and cheese and for dinner maybe a yogurt. I am never

> hungry and never crave anything. Should I be worried?

> Ok I look forward to hearing from you. Take Care, ~ in CA

>