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01-18-2012, 08:04 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 15
Weight Statistics 12/27/2011 Start Date:
December 22, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
291 lb Start Weight:
245 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
46 lb Weight Loss:
80 lb Lb Left to Lose:
15.8075601375 % % Lost:
June 4, 2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.5720650479 BMI Start:
38.3682334596 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  HELP ME! I can't do the puree diet anymore...
I swear this is absolutely KILLING ME. Four weeks on puree is ridiculous. I have absolutely had it with this dumb diet. I don't feel full AT ALL, I can't chew and after only a few hours I'm STARVING! I cannot take it anymore! OMG! ANYONE have anything to share?! I am only 1 month post-op and I haven't become sick from anything I've eaten (good or bad)! I was really trying to stick it out for another week and a half but OMG I want to throw up when I think about puree!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!! I have been getting all of my protein shakes and things in but I can't understand why I'm so hungry and not satisfied! Not to mention these CRAVINGS!  | 
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01-18-2012, 08:12 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Washington
Posts: 46
Weight Statistics 12/28/2011 Start Date:
1/11/2012 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
273 lb Start Weight:
219 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
54 lb Weight Loss:
79 lb Lb Left to Lose:
19.7802197802 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index44.0585399449 BMI Start:
35.3436639118 BMI Current:
22.5941230487 BMI Goal:
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The doctors here only have you on pureed for 2 weeks. 2 liquid, 2 pureed, and 2 soft foods.
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01-18-2012, 08:18 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Apple Valley Minnesota
Posts: 2,085
Weight Statistics 2 Feb., 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
252 lb Start Weight:
131 lb Current Weight:
149 lb Goal Weight:
121 lb Weight Loss:
-18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.0158730159 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.2509765625 BMI Start:
22.4836425781 BMI Current:
25.5729980469 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hang in there, you're almost done. Some docs make you go a little longer, I guess they really want your staple line to heal well so nothing interferes with it.
Keep your eye on the prize, it's worth the wait (weight). 
__________________ Cindy "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon
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01-18-2012, 08:18 PM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,081
Weight Statistics August 15th, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
176 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.690647482 % % Lost:
August 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.8844897959 BMI Start:
25.2506122449 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodSleeve Gastrectomy
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I was able to have cottage cheese/yogurt/pinto beans and scrambled egg whites on my "pureed" portion of the diet. I did get some sugar free frozen vanilla yogurt and that tamed my cravings a bit. If you're truly at the end of your rope, or can't have some of the variety above.....I would email or call your nutritionist. Mine listened, gave me some ideas but didn't really cave to my demands  . It is nice to have people that understand. She gave me some ideas that offered some different tastes, but I understand that you crave the crunch. We hear you and feel your pain- but it's best for your healing (try to think of that instead of "diet") to not go there. You can make it!!
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01-18-2012, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Orting, Wa.
Posts: 2,597
Weight Statistics February 2011 Start Date:
August 16th 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
283 lb Start Weight:
157 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.5229681979 % % Lost:
June 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index40.6018367347 BMI Start:
22.5246938776 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I know it's hard but you need to follow your surgeon's rules. I was on liquids a full month before getting to move on to pureeds. There is still a lot of healing going on inside of you. Have you tried mixing your shakes with less fluid to make them thicker? You will stay fuller longer if you do. And for your crunch craving have you tried ice? My dentist would kill me if he only knew! lol | |
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01-18-2012, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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For the crunch factor, try crunching on ice. That will add a little to your water intake as well.
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01-18-2012, 08:39 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 15
Weight Statistics 12/27/2011 Start Date:
December 22, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
291 lb Start Weight:
245 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
46 lb Weight Loss:
80 lb Lb Left to Lose:
15.8075601375 % % Lost:
June 4, 2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.5720650479 BMI Start:
38.3682334596 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks everyone! I know it's imperative for my healing but I don't have many options. I'm lactose-intolerant, allergic to eggs and love refried beans but they give me nasty cramps and gas. That's the biggest problem though, I can't eat much because most options make me sick. And the ones that don't leave me staving. My nutritionist is definitely getting a sweet call tomorrow because I really AM at the end of my rope! I don't know what else to do! The only protein thing that has definitely helped is my banana yogurt protein shake that I freeze in order to eat it slowly. The only problem with that is I can't eat protein shakes 5 times a day for every meal. I'm really not trying to be dramatic, it just reaaaally sucks to be in the place I'm in right now!
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01-18-2012, 08:40 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 15
Weight Statistics 12/27/2011 Start Date:
December 22, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
291 lb Start Weight:
245 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
46 lb Weight Loss:
80 lb Lb Left to Lose:
15.8075601375 % % Lost:
June 4, 2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.5720650479 BMI Start:
38.3682334596 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
| Thank you all...
Thanks everyone! I know it's imperative for my healing but I don't have many options. I'm lactose-intolerant, allergic to eggs and love refried beans but they give me nasty cramps and gas. That's the biggest problem though, I can't eat much because most options make me sick. And the ones that don't leave me staving. My nutritionist is definitely getting a sweet call tomorrow because I really AM at the end of my rope! I don't know what else to do! The only protein thing that has definitely helped is my banana yogurt protein shake that I freeze in order to eat it slowly. The only problem with that is I can't eat protein shakes 5 times a day for every meal. I'm really not trying to be dramatic, it just reaaaally sucks to be in the place I'm in right now!  | |
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