HELP!! ON THE FULL LIQUID HAVE ?????

[Guest guest]

Hi all well i am on the full liquid part of my diet and thought i was doing

well but find out i am not eating and drinking enough any tips would be

helpful. I dont like hot cereal and so breakfast i find myself with just my

juice and sometimes my instint breakfast drink, I know all dont have the

same diet but any other things that i may eat on the liquid diet with high

protien would be appreciated I just dont feel like i am doing well with it.

I have lost 22 pounds in one week and feel good that way but feel very tired

and depressed is this normal for everyone??? I guess maybe just seeing

everyone else eating so well and me sitting with my cream of chicken soup

with leaves room for desired taste. lol... I guess I am probably doing

better than some and shouldnt complain; I only had suergery less than 2

weeks ago.

I just feel so weak and lifeless right now, any tips ???????????

Well hope all else is well and thanks for being there all.

Dee Dee

498 pre op

472 post op

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Let's see if we can help some here.

Tomato soup. Milk, expecially the newer high proteon/low fat kind.

SF/FF puddings. SF/light yogurts. There are even clear liquid items

avaiable online which have protein added to them and are very high.

You can add protein powder to Kool Aid if you wanted to. Use your

imagination. Almost anything works.

> Hi all well i am on the full liquid part of my diet and thought i

was doing

> well but find out i am not eating and drinking enough any tips

would be

> helpful. I dont like hot cereal and so breakfast i find myself

with just my

> juice and sometimes my instint breakfast drink, I know all dont

have the

> same diet but any other things that i may eat on the liquid diet

with high

> protien would be appreciated I just dont feel like i am doing well

with it.

> I have lost 22 pounds in one week and feel good that way but feel

very tired

> and depressed is this normal for everyone??? I guess maybe just

seeing

> everyone else eating so well and me sitting with my cream of

chicken soup

> with leaves room for desired taste. lol... I guess I am probably

doing

> better than some and shouldnt complain; I only had suergery less

than 2

> weeks ago.

> I just feel so weak and lifeless right now, any tips ???????????

> Well hope all else is well and thanks for being there all.

> Dee Dee

> 498 pre op

> 472 post op

>

> _________________________________________________________________

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[Guest guest]

, sorry you're going through a rough time. I was off the liquid in a

week, and remember wishing I had something to chew. There's jello. Can't

think of other liquids. I drank a lot of water. I had to force it, watch

t.v. with a glass in my hand and keep sipping. If I put it down, I forget

about it. I've heard many get depressed after surgery. When you see the

doctor, let him know, or if you feel really depressed, a phone call would be

good....don't wait until the next visit. My weak point hit at about 3

weeks, and it scared me, until I realized this happens to many and was part

of the course. Now I'll rest for an hour in the afternoon so I have enough

energy to finish the evening. How long are you to stay on the liquid diet??

Joan

LAP RNY 11/18/03

Dr. Higa, Fresno, CA

282/248/140

[Guest guest]

Being tired is very normal and with the tiredness comes the

depression, you mind and body are adjusting to a new way of life and

this is totally normal...I am 12 weeks out now and eat some kind of

soup once a day because I experimented with so many in the first

stages, I know what I can tolerate...Most of my soups I even throw in

some cheese for more protien(of course it melts, so it stays at the

desired consistency for me)...Grits, cream of wheat, SF instant

breakfast(was my breakfast for the first 6 weeks). apple sauce,

things like that...I was told that at about 4 weeks to make sure what

i was eating was well blended. anytime i try something new i always

take about 3 bites about 5 minutes apart to see how it will sit in my

tummy. I have had really good luck with that strategy and have never

gotten sick in 12 weeks. Stick to what your doctor tells you to eat

and you will be fine! I am not sure how far along you are, but after

about 3 weeks, the tiredness and depression went away, and with the B-

12 I felt like I could conquer the world.

Good luck!

hannah

opne rny

9/29/03

288/224/???

> Hi all well i am on the full liquid part of my diet and thought i

was doing

> well but find out i am not eating and drinking enough any tips

would be

> helpful. I dont like hot cereal and so breakfast i find myself with

just my

> juice and sometimes my instint breakfast drink, I know all dont

have the

> same diet but any other things that i may eat on the liquid diet

with high

> protien would be appreciated I just dont feel like i am doing well

with it.

> I have lost 22 pounds in one week and feel good that way but feel

very tired

> and depressed is this normal for everyone??? I guess maybe just

seeing

> everyone else eating so well and me sitting with my cream of

chicken soup

> with leaves room for desired taste. lol... I guess I am probably

doing

> better than some and shouldnt complain; I only had suergery less

than 2

> weeks ago.

> I just feel so weak and lifeless right now, any tips ???????????

> Well hope all else is well and thanks for being there all.

> Dee Dee

> 498 pre op

> 472 post op

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Get dial-up Internet access now with our best offer: 6 months

@$9.95/month!

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[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Where have you been?? I have not seen you on here lately. I was worried that

you were not doing well or that you were sick. I'm going to send you a

picture at your email of me, my husband and all my grand kids.

A. B.

LAP RNY 3/22/03

Dr. Steve Weinstein, MD.

Mobile, Alabama

BMI 65/46

386/281-105LBS.

59 years old

[Guest guest]

,

This came back from your email so the only way to send it is through GBS,

Hope no one minds. Everyone welcome to see my Christmas picture with my grand

kids. If you do mind just don't download. Thanks, I'm proud of my

Grandchildren.

A. B.

LAP RNY 3/22/03

Dr. Steve Weinstein, MD.

Mobile, Alabama

BMI 65/46

386/281-105LBS.

59 years old

[Guest guest]

HI Dee,

I am only 4 wks post op and came home on full liquids,

I was told I could eat cream'wheat,SF/FF jello, SF/FF pudding,SF/FF

yogurt, chicken/beef broths, creamed soups

(potato,chicken,brocolli,onion..ect)as long as I put them in a

blender and pureed them well,Skim milk, unsweet tea, SF Carnation

instant breakfast that is still my morning drink, I was put on

solids and Vitamins at 3wks.

I hope this helped some, just do as your Dr tells you and dont

hesitate to call him with your questions, I know I have have..My

Dr's nurses know me by name....lol

11/18/03

220/195/120?