Need Advice: How much should I consume? - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

Phoenixfire · 06-12-2008, 11:21 PM

Wow, what would the reasoning be for filling your small pouch with pasta (basically no nutritional value) at such an early stage? You didn't mention protein shakes but I'm assuming you drink those right?

No, you're not eating too many calories and the intake amounts sound about right. BUT bread, rice and pasta are very filling. They stuff you (and can CLOG you) without providing the fuel your body needs. It's a bad habit to get into, and speaking from my success I will say the best choice I made was to eat no bread, pasta or rice until two years post-op. Maybe longer, don't recall when I started to have a little toast.

Even if it IS on your doctor's list, ask yourself what you could eat instead. Something that isn't empty calorie carbs. If you were a carb junkie pre-op then NOW is the time to cut them out seriously. It's easier now than it ever will be in your entire life. Trust me. As strange as it sounds, I don't get carb cravings. It's like I went through rehab or the withdrawals are done and I'm not hooked anymore or ever again. Our bodies' taste and craving for foods changes dramatically. If someone had said I'd be here today, picking just the meat out of my sandwich and never eating the bread, I'd have called them crazy

I hope you and everyone newly postop are extraordinarily successful after WLS, but this particular issue is one I see coming up intermittently and from my experience and that of others that I know, it just spells F-A-I-L-U-R-E. I hope you'll think about what the content is of what you're consuming. IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. Can't stress that enough

JumboJulie · 06-13-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenixfire

Wow, what would the reasoning be for filling your small pouch with pasta (basically no nutritional value) at such an early stage? You didn't mention protein shakes but I'm assuming you drink those right?

No, you're not eating too many calories and the intake amounts sound about right. BUT bread, rice and pasta are very filling. They stuff you (and can CLOG you) without providing the fuel your body needs. It's a bad habit to get into, and speaking from my success I will say the best choice I made was to eat no bread, pasta or rice until two years post-op. Maybe longer, don't recall when I started to have a little toast.

Even if it IS on your doctor's list, ask yourself what you could eat instead. Something that isn't empty calorie carbs. If you were a carb junkie pre-op then NOW is the time to cut them out seriously. It's easier now than it ever will be in your entire life. Trust me. As strange as it sounds, I don't get carb cravings. It's like I went through rehab or the withdrawals are done and I'm not hooked anymore or ever again. Our bodies' taste and craving for foods changes dramatically. If someone had said I'd be here today, picking just the meat out of my sandwich and never eating the bread, I'd have called them crazy

I hope you and everyone newly postop are extraordinarily successful after WLS, but this particular issue is one I see coming up intermittently and from my experience and that of others that I know, it just spells F-A-I-L-U-R-E. I hope you'll think about what the content is of what you're consuming. IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. Can't stress that enough

I hope you really listen to what she had to say. It's sooooo important.

Between 6 weeks and 11 weeks out from my surgery, I started eating tiny pretzels. At first it was just one here, and one there. Then it grew to eating them with every meal. At first I told myself it was 'okay' ... I mean, come on, it's not like I can eat the whole bag, right? So what's the big deal?
Well, it took me a while to really understand that for every bite of pretzel I took, I was depriving myself of a bite of good nutritious protein. Right now, every single little bite of food you eat, is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
Thankfully I have found a wonderful replacement food ... dry roasted Edamame ... I get the salty crunch I crave, AND it's 14 grams of PROTEIN an ounce. I understand it can take some time for this to really sink into your brain ... but at the same time I just want to sit here and LECTURE YOU TO DEATH!!!!
But seriously, it's only because I, and so many others here truly care, that we stand up here on our soap boxes. NOBODY wants to see anyone here struggle.

Sending you some of my own personal homemade Groovy Juju ...

Dyann · 06-13-2008, 08:53 AM

Wow....I have to agree with Phoenix fire.

Carbs are not evil...only certain ones are, but in this immediate post op period you need to avoid anything that is a trigger food for you and use it as a detox period. As you can eat larger quantities, you will and if you are used to eating potato, pasta etc. it will derail your efforts.

Protein, protein, protein, then veggies, then starch. At your stage, the protein should fill you up and really not have much room for anything else.

Phoenixfire · 06-15-2008, 12:22 AM

"Detox period" ahh...an excellent phrase and a good mental picture, if you think of someone going through the DTs when withdrawing from alcohol

Good phrasing there Dyann, I like that one! (Can I use it?)

miasereli · 06-20-2008, 07:55 PM

beyoncewatchout, is your doctor really named dr callery? ironic

lala46205 · 06-20-2008, 08:09 PM

according to my doc you should eat 4 oz a meal and have a small snack in between...i would stay away from the pasta due to carbs...also i dont think the cucumbers are giving you enough protein for 1 meal..you should fill each meal with protein and eat that first and then veggies and then carbs...gl..just remember your protein!