Re: 2 weeks post op CREAMY FOODS?

June 1, 2004

i pureed tuna fish salad and egg salad. pudding, jello, mashed potatoes, mac

& cheese, and i added grated cheese to most anything...lol

June 1, 2004

Do you know that you haven't just lost ONLY 22 lbs but you have lost 22

loafs of bread and that is alot....i am in a group called PeoriaWLSHelp and

on there if you say 'You only lost so much " someone will tell you that you

have lost alot more then just " " only " " .....so think of it this way you have

lost 22 loafs of bread or 2 gals and 1/2 of water.it is a fun way of saying

you lost weight...stacy beck

2 weeks post op CREAMY FOODS?

> Well ya'll, I did it. Finally had my surgery! Lord a mercy, that first

> week post op I was thinking, " what did I do to myself??? " . Now the pain

> is nearly gone and I'm happy that I did it. I haven't really been able

> to exercise yet, except for a half a mile walk last night, so I've only

> lost 22 lbs. I'm supposed to get my staples out tomorrow, so hopefully

> I can start going to the pool again (I love to swim). Oh, and I'm

> starting to dream about food every night. I wake up in a panic...then

> realize it was just a dream. In my dreams, I over eat like a ton of

> food and then get scared that my stomach is going to explode! lol

>

> Can ya'll tell me what sort of " creamy " foods you eat? I'd like to get

> a better idea because the only thing I can think of besides soup is

> mashed potatoes and I'm really not wanting to consume that many carbs.

>

June 2, 2004

I lived on pudding, jello, (sugar free of course!) mashed potatoes, cream of

wheat, oatmeal, what ever went down smoothly.

in Mi

8 weeks post op

317/275/???/

June 2, 2004

Another way to compare it is if you lost 22 lbs you have lost 88 sticks of

butter!!!

in MI

8 wks post-op

317/275/???

June 2, 2004