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REYLR-The reason you are able to eat more blended soup is because it empties VERY quickly from your pouch because if its high liquid content. Because you are eating very slowly, these types of food are leaving your pouch before you finish eating them so you are able to eat more before feeling...

Leah-Another thing to consider is to attend live support meetings. I'm sure there will be others there who have faced the same situation you are in and can offer ideas on how they dealt with it. If your surgeon does not provide access to a live support group in your area another good resource is...

FBBLONDIE-Sorry for not responding earlier to your initial post but I had had surgery recently and spent 3 weeks away from home and my computer while in the hospital and rehab. It looks like your question regarding protein and clear liquids has been answered. As for wanting to eat when you know...

Congratulations Leah. The only way I know to stop losing weight is to increase calories. This can be done by simply adding 1 or 2 small meals / snacks to what you are already eating. Doing it this way will not cause your pouch to stretch out. As for the tye of food, just continue to eat what you...

After reading a post from another member, Laurieann, regarding having a ruuny nose after surgery, I found this article about the vagus nereve on the Internet. Damage to this nerve during gastric bypass is what causes the runny nose a lot of us are now having. Like many other people I just...

CAL-Ask yourself why this jerk was at the cardiologist if he was so darn healthly himself!!! Some people are just idiots. Congratulations on completing the pre-surgical testing part of your journey. As you continue you will most likely experience a lot of emotions, not all of them will be good...

Laurieann-Interesting comment about the post nasal drip. I've been having this problem since shortly after my WLS last year and never made the connection. So much so that I was considering buying stock in Puff's Lotion tissues *LOL* Atkins bars taste great to me. But you need to be careful...

Laurieann-Is there a reason you chose a high carb protein bar? You mentioned you suffer from dumping and the sugar in your protein bar can and eventually will trigger that. I just hate to see you put yourself through that when there are so many options for low carb bars. Like Frank said, Pure...

Frank-your issue is similar to mine. I lost the majority of my weight during the first 6 months and the rest has been creeping off. I too had a difficult time eating in the beginning then all of a sudden wanted to eat more. Not a lot more but more than I should be eating. After going for a check...

Here's another Hungry Girl recipe. This recipe is for 4 servings but will easily make 6 to 8 bariatric servings. Ingredients • 3 1/2 cups peeled and cubed butternut squash • 1/2 cup chopped onion • 1 pound raw lean ground turkey • 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic • 1/2 teaspoon salt...

I found this recipe on Steve Harvey's website from the Hungry Girl's recipes. The original recipe was for 2 servings but I made changes to make 4 smaller servings. Hungry Girl Calorie Count: 1/4 of recipe (1 cup squash with about 1/3 cup + 2 TBLS. sauce and 2 meatballs): 164 calories, 3g fat...

Reylr-Congratulations on your decision to have WLS. I can certainly empathize with so many pokes to find a vein. I forget exactly how many times I was poked but I'm thinkin' it was around 28 before they found a good vein. They rotated 3 teams of 2 people so that each team had no more than 2...

This thread is a cooking forum. Just post all bariatric friendly recipes here. If everyone posted one recipe every other month we would have quite a collection.

Linney-Sounds good; I'm going to have to try it except I would leave out the olive oil because I end up dumping when I eat anything with more than a very small amount of oil or any other fat. I have never seen artichoke sauce and might end up making my own if I can find a quick recipe on the...

Since almost everyone has a microwave it would only take a few seconds to warm up your food once or twice during your meal. I walk very slow and by the time I get to where I eat my food is almost cold. I am thinking of taking my small microwave out of storage and plugging it in closer where I...

Thank you Susie. Congratulations on your 100 pound milestone and keep up the good work.

Teri-Welcome to the forum. Which surgery did you have that allowed this to happen? Since gastric bypass (RNY) requires complete seperation of the pouch from the remaining stomach and both are stapled shut I don't know how this could possibly happen. Maybe you could provide us with more detail...

Dennis-I had a total hip replacement with pelvis reconstruction on 4/2. I was sent to rehab on 4/5 and spent 2 weeks there. I just got home Friday. The surgery went perfectly. The only problem I had was a LOT of pain during the first couple of hours of recovery then again when I first tried to...

Donna-You are only a little over a month past surgery and will start to get you energy back soon. I think most of us had a depression stage. Between the surgery, pre-surgical starvation diet, rapid weight loss, low energy and not being able to eat much it's no wonder we feel depressed. With us...

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