Re: How much am I supposed to eat?

August 29, 2004

how far out from surgery are you? it is important to watch what your eating,

specially you need to get 50-60 grams of protein in a day. we have to be

aware of what our food choices are. protein first, veggies and then fruit. if

your not getting in enough protein and calories you could go into what they

call " starvation " mode and that isn't a good thing. i know how hard it is but

it

does get easier. i'm little over 4 months out and i still struggle to get

all my protein in. best of luck to you.

laurette

4/23/04 open rny

309/290/237/150

August 30, 2004

Kim,

Wishing you a great day and keep your chin up girlfriend.

Laurette

August 30, 2004

Yes, there are risks in not eating, not to mention the anemia you

mentioned in your previous post . If you don't get at least some

nutrients, mainly protein from food you could very well end up with

severe health problems. Are you taking all of your vitamins, including

B12? So at 3 months out (your previous post said your surgery date was

5/25) you can't eat more than a little popcorn and some cheese? No

meats, beans, nothing of substance?

Lap RNY April 9, 2004 (-79 lbs.)

348/269/140 (begin/current/goal)

www.carrieburns.net

> I feel like I am not eating enough. Is there any risk to not eating

> enough? Yesterday for example I had some popcorn for lunch and a

> little for dinner... Today I did a little better, popcorn for

> lunch and then I scraped the cheese off of a piece of pizza, ate

> that, and then picked at the crust... Right now I'm watching a show

> about some anorexic girl who eats more than I do!

>

August 30, 2004

There has been alot of talk recently about how much a person should

eat and how many calories. There are so many factors that affect

that like how far out are you from surgery and what size you are and

how much do you exercise, etc. Obviously our calorie intake will

gradually increase after surgery and my brother-in-law has been

performing ryn surgery for over 8 years and he told me that many

doctors will tell their patients to take in less calories than they

would like them too because they know people will usually exceed

whatever the doctor says. He said they probably will never state an

exact amount for a patient to have. told me that some doctors

are afraid that if they tell you that you should have 1,000 to 1,200

calories that you will take in 1,200 plus. So if they encourage you

to have less you probably won't go over and that looks better for

their success rate. If the average success rate for this surgery

isn't good than insurance companies will use that as a reason to quit

paying for the surgeries and we all know how hard it is to get

insurance to pay for anything. So be sure to talk to your nutrionist

as well as your surgeon about calorie intake. The important thing

about getting 1,000 plus calories is to make sure your adding mostly

protein.

August 31, 2004

I haven't had my surgery yet but I'm in the process of getting it they are

telling me sometime between dec-feb. anyway all the information that I have

stresses that after surgery don't worry that much about food and calories

ect... they say that they are trying to get your body used to eating foods

slowly and that your not counting on the food for nutrition that you are

getting all your nutrision from the carnation instant breakfast ,protein

powder and vitamins ect... thats what my Dr and dietican is telling me I

guess it's diffrent depends what Dr you see I'm just sharing what I'm being

told.

Love Debbie

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