How Am I Feeling?
Over the weekend I was still having a lot of pain and was having to really stay on top of my pain meds... which Jon was and still is in charge of because I forget all the time. I am still getting a bit of gas as well and have to keep up with the Gas-X as well. Sometimes I get a very bloated and painful belly and forget that I should try a Gas-X to relieve it. It's slowly coming along though... everyday really does get better in the pain department.
Eating has been a chore. I havent been able to get all of my 45-60 grams of protein in yet and the nasty supplement shakes are very hard to choke down. I am working on it and I know I can do it but it's hard. The one thing I have found that goes down smoothly with NO issues at all is Yogurt. I'm not a big Yogurt fan so Dannon Light & Fit Blueberry it has been for the past week, but it works! I did make a mistake and take a bite of Corned Beef Hash on Saturday and I was a mess. I did experience a very mild Dumping Syndrom and was nauseous and sick all day from eating it that morning.
I'm still looking for good things I can eat to get a LOT of protein. I dont have much of an appetite and wet foods are starting to get to me already. I have 5 more weeks of this diet and I need to find something I can do to get in my protein. I will post my daily foods here as soon as I get them set and decide what is best!! :)
I've found that Sugar Free foods are extremely sweet tasting. I am not allowed to eat Sugar anymore so I have gotten sugar free popcicles and Jello and all kinds of other stuff. It's just so sweet I cant eat most of it anymore... even the unsweetened Applesauce is getting to be too sweet! I just am not a sweets person but if you are and you have this surgery... or heck even if you dont have the surgery... you would love sugar free stuff! I finally figured out a way to have some great popcicles that are sugar free and barely any calories! Jon and I made some Crystal Light Lemonade popcicles with our ice pop makers we have. We made some Crystal Light and poured it in and froze them into pops! Probably would work great in ice cube trays too! The only thing is, is you have to rinse them off before you eat them unless you like a sour lemon surprise! The pops settle and you get a big sour spot on the outside of the pop... but after a lick or two it's gone or if you rinse it under water. :)
Eating has been a chore. I havent been able to get all of my 45-60 grams of protein in yet and the nasty supplement shakes are very hard to choke down. I am working on it and I know I can do it but it's hard. The one thing I have found that goes down smoothly with NO issues at all is Yogurt. I'm not a big Yogurt fan so Dannon Light & Fit Blueberry it has been for the past week, but it works! I did make a mistake and take a bite of Corned Beef Hash on Saturday and I was a mess. I did experience a very mild Dumping Syndrom and was nauseous and sick all day from eating it that morning.
I'm still looking for good things I can eat to get a LOT of protein. I dont have much of an appetite and wet foods are starting to get to me already. I have 5 more weeks of this diet and I need to find something I can do to get in my protein. I will post my daily foods here as soon as I get them set and decide what is best!! :)
I've found that Sugar Free foods are extremely sweet tasting. I am not allowed to eat Sugar anymore so I have gotten sugar free popcicles and Jello and all kinds of other stuff. It's just so sweet I cant eat most of it anymore... even the unsweetened Applesauce is getting to be too sweet! I just am not a sweets person but if you are and you have this surgery... or heck even if you dont have the surgery... you would love sugar free stuff! I finally figured out a way to have some great popcicles that are sugar free and barely any calories! Jon and I made some Crystal Light Lemonade popcicles with our ice pop makers we have. We made some Crystal Light and poured it in and froze them into pops! Probably would work great in ice cube trays too! The only thing is, is you have to rinse them off before you eat them unless you like a sour lemon surprise! The pops settle and you get a big sour spot on the outside of the pop... but after a lick or two it's gone or if you rinse it under water. :)
posted by Michele
| 11:14 AM
1 Comments:
You're doing great, Michelle! Keep it up!
I've found that things sweetened with Splenda are a bit more natural tasting. Since Splenda is actually a sugar first, not sure if you can have it or not.
((HUGS)) Miori
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