Re: nausea at almost 2 months out /

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Salty and tomato-ey things went down really well. Here's a list of things that went down well with me at 2 weeks to 2 months out and a few excerpts about food from my journal:

From 1 week journal entry:

Carnation Instant Breakfast

Yogurt

Life Cereal

Oatmeal

Pancake/syrup

Cheddar cheese

String cheese

Macaroni and cheese

Ham lunch meat

Crackers

Jerky

Cashews

Vegetable soup

Diet Iced Botanicals (made with Splenda) – VERY good – find at Sam’s/Costco

Bean/bacon soup

Eggs/cheese/bacon

Jello

Pudding

Snow cone (that Hawaii Ice machine is GREAT!)

From 3 week journal entry:

Have found a couple high protein things I like to eat. One being an anti-pasta salad – use a little bit of lettuce, salami, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, tomato, onion, Italian dressing (pre-op used to ad olives and pepperocinis – but haven’t done this yet). Also taco salad with lettuce, meat, beans, cheese, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, sour cream, hot sauce. Another old low carb item I used to make and had one night is crustless pizza. Put mozzarella cheese in the bottom of a baking dish – sprinkle pepperoni and crushed red peppers (and any other pizza toppings you would want) then broil in oven til cheese is melted and crisp. Egg salad’s tasting pretty good as well.

From 5 week journal entry:

Some of the foods I tried recently that go down good are: Texas-style chilli w/cheese, sour cream and onions – with a toasted piece of bread with melted cheese, Tuna salad (made with tuna, mayo, onion, sweet pickles), and just tonight tried Creamed chipped beef on toast – yummy – and the creamed chipped beef had 10 g protein per ½ cup.

From 2 months journal entry:

My appetite is getting better (it was not too hot during the pneumonia). We went to the Outback the other night and I had about a handful of bloomin’ onion with sauce, a half a dozen bites of salad w/ a teeny piece of bread, about 1/3 of my filet mignon, about 1/3 of my baked potato and a couple grilled shrimp.

I am trying to just eat like I “normally” (with this surgery normal, that is – not like my pre-op normal) and not worry too much about my intake, as long as I concentrate on protein. I have thrown my food in dietwatch to calculate the protein a couple times and both days averaged around 1400 calories and 73 protein grams. I decided not to be too obsessive about tracking my protein and food, unless my first bloodwork does not come back okay. If it comes back okay – I can just continue doing what I’ve been doing and not obsess about tracking things – what a (BPA) switch from the diet days. No more dieting – EVER!

, as for the nausea -- are you getting enough liquids? One of the symptoms of dehydration is nausea -- so be sure and get in as much fluid as you can. Also, how often are you eating? I found that by eating a little something every couple hours kept the nausea at bay and it also, I believe, helped in the more rapid weight loss. One thing I have found to be true, along with many others, is that the more I could eat, the more I would lose. So bizarre! But, true.

I tried to call you and spoke with your Mom since you were out and about. Ya know, , your weight loss is really good -- you're averaging well more than the 10 pound a month rule. Don't sweat it -- you're gonna do terrific!

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Kris G Cincinnati, Ohio5'7", 40 years old8/22 - 283 - BMI 44.37/22 - 141 - BMI 22.1Reached goal set by Dr. of 147 at 9 months/3 wks.ciao to 142 lbs. & 149.75 inches in 11 monthsOpen BPD/DS 08/22/00Bowel obstruction surgery 4/21/01Dr. Maguire, Kettering OHHumanaFreedom Plus Planiwillbefit@... http://www.newlifeteams.org

nausea at almost 2 months out

HI i had my ds/lap almost 2 months ago and find that i get very nauseated after eating , especially meat , has anyone experienced this ? When can i advance off cottege cheese which i am sick of ? if anyone out there has experienced this please share. thanks alot nyc down 27 in almost 8 weeks DS/lap Dr Gagner ----------------------------------------------------------------------