Mash potatoes help - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

Debz · 04-06-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mistymee

I agree with you.. know what's funny, though? All my paperwork regarding the five stages of our diet have mashed potatoes as one of the few allowed starches in stage 2 (pureed stage) through stage 5 (maintenance).. odd, don't you think? I found that to be a bit of a head scratcher.

I can tolerate some mashed potatoes, but only a tablespoon or so.. certainly not worth taking the time or trouble to make it.

I think they do that just because it's easy food that goes down without a hitch. In the beginning they just want you to get calories in. But it just doesn't seem like a good idea to me. And those dieticians aren't the ones that will have to live with any weight regain I experience due to bad food choices. I just cut it out right away to save me any problems later down the road.

Phoenixfire · 04-06-2008, 10:29 PM

Debz wrote: You won't want to include them in your diet as you progress, because they are carbs of the worst kind and can slow your weight loss. Why not just get them out of your diet now while your appetite is so tiny? If you really miss the whole potato thing, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than mashed potaoes...and they taste great.

Good advice Deb, and let me chime in with my own potato missing misery: McDonald's fries. Oh how I miss them!

1967mary · 04-08-2008, 05:39 PM

Too many carbs, not enough nutrition.. Try mashed cooked cauliflower. Much better on the carbs.

Mavisavis · 04-08-2008, 07:19 PM

Add dry milk......extra healthy protein.....or even cheese. But as others said....tread cautiously with such a high carb food.

MiladyB · 04-08-2008, 07:28 PM

I was allowed mashed potatoes at 2 weeks postop. The nutritionist in my surgeon's office stated to make sure to make them with milk. So they will have a little protein in them. I personally pretty much stayed away from them. I found that they sat heavy on my pouch and just really kind of filled me up so I didn't have room for higher protein foods.

I still find that I rarely eat potatoes. I would just rather prefer fruit to potatoes if I'm having carbs even at 2 years out.

Godsblessedme · 04-08-2008, 08:24 PM

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If you really miss the whole potato thing, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than mashed potaoes...and they taste great.

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Try mashed cooked cauliflower. Much better on the carbs.

OMG those both sound really yummy with salt and some butter

C_Garcia · 04-09-2008, 02:43 PM

What's wrong with the carbs in potatoes? They're the good, complex kind like what's in pasta. The kind that give you crazy amounts of energy. The kind that runners eat before a marathon. In large amounts they're going to be pointlessly slowing down your loss, but it isn't like we can eat a great deal of them. And while I agree that in the early post-op stages you aren't going to be doing a whole lot of anything to burn the carbs, long-term I don't see anything "bad" about them.

OsoDelDesierto · 04-09-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by C_Garcia

What's wrong with the carbs in potatoes? They're the good, complex kind like what's in pasta. The kind that give you crazy amounts of energy. The kind that runners eat before a marathon. In large amounts they're going to be pointlessly slowing down your loss, but it isn't like we can eat a great deal of them. And while I agree that in the early post-op stages you aren't going to be doing a whole lot of anything to burn the carbs, long-term I don't see anything "bad" about them.

Healthy, complex carbs can certainly have a place in a nutritionally sound diet, but there are a couple of reasons why carbs (even complex ones) are discouraged, at least at this stage post-op, and often in the long term:

1. Protein helps people's tissue heal post surgery (specifically pouches, anastomoses, and incisions) and also helps people maintain their existing muscle mass as much as possible during the very rapid weight loss following WLS. Insufficient protein, especially at this stage, can result in the body's metabolizing muscle rather than fat. Post-op patients have extremely limited food intake and are encouraged to get the "most bang for the buck" by focusing on getting in all needed protein first, then vegetables, then fruits, then whole grains, all of which are "good carbs"...

2. Many post-op RNY patients, because of their shortened intestinal tract, have lost the ability to digest sugars and starches like potatoes and pasta, and will 'dump" after eating any significant quantity of those foods. For those who dump, it is usually a highly unpleasant experience - basically going into physical shock...

monkeygrly · 04-09-2008, 05:26 PM

From what I remember mashed potatos were on the list of soft foods that we could have but careful with carbs because I know they made me really really sleepy. When I was about 6 weeks out I remember eating 1/4 of a small baked potato with a 1/4 cup of Wendy's chili...I don't think I even finished half of it but I lived off of that baked potato and chili for a good week!

SDeRossett · 04-09-2008, 05:47 PM

Like I said I didn't have a structured diet plan to follow, but here's what I ate exactally 1 month out. 1/4 C. Rice Crispies with 2 0z 2% milk. Lunch 1 oz shaved ham, 2oz green grapes. (Threw up the shaved ham and about 2 grapes) Supper - 1 oz shaved ham, 1 oz cream cheese and 5 crackers. Total calories for the day 348. At about 6 weeks I was eatting 2 oz cream of wheat with 1 oz skim milk, lunch 3 oz of roasted garlic chicken, Supper - 2 oz cod. 4 oz sugar free ice cream. 307 calories. I weighed everything. My Doctor told me 4oz three times a day. That's it. But like I said, everyone's treatment centers are different. Looking back now I wish I had done so many things differently. I don't regret measuring everything as I think we really need to learn what proper portions should look like. Most people don't know what 3oz of chicken looks like. You said that you were concerned that you don't know if you're eatting too much or too little, try measuring everything out with a set of scales. Ask your doctor what your correct intake should be. And as always, like I said there are so many folks out here to give you such great advice and guidance. Hope you find your way!

Sharon