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Post by patngin on Oct 28, 2014 20:38:25 GMT -5
Somedays I have a really hard time getting my 200g of protein in. Today for instance, I was filling out an application for my wife to get early Medicare not all that early she is 62 1/2. It is supposed to take 2hrs. I worked on it last week 2hrs and had to wait to get some info about when she fell and hurt her back and had to have surgery back in 04. Worked on it for 3hrs and just about finished sect 2 2 sect to go but the time just flew by. Now I need 85g so will have one more shake and a 3 egg ham and cheese omlette. Anybody else ever forget to eat till too late for lunch?
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derinoe
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Surgery Type: DS
Surgery Date: 06/04/2014
Surgeon: Dr. Marek L.
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Post by derinoe on Oct 29, 2014 13:20:33 GMT -5
Yes I still forget to eat, I am working on being better about it but still happened. Some days I feel like I don't want to eat at all, some I feel hungry with no desire to eat. I know we have to make sure we eat to get the protein in so I hope it gets better for both of us.  |
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Post by patngin on Oct 29, 2014 14:24:22 GMT -5
Yes I still forget to eat, I am working on being better about it but still happened. Some days I feel like I don't want to eat at all, some I feel hungry with no desire to eat. I know we have to make sure we eat to get the protein in so I hope it gets better for both of us. You got that right it is not a choice I learned that the hard way. Thats why this surgery is high maintenance in my opinion. I had my stomach stapled for over 10years and got so sick of only being able to eat 3 tbl spoons of food at a time but never had any absorption problems because everything else was intact you just couldn't eat anything and if you wanted to go out and drink a few beers you couldn't eat anything without throwing up to be able to drink. Came right up in your throat. I hated it this is better than that believe me. by the time I had it reversed I wanted to eat so bad but within a year I put 100lbs back on. |
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derinoe
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Posts: 75
Surgery Type: DS
Surgery Date: 06/04/2014
Surgeon: Dr. Marek L.
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Post by derinoe on Oct 29, 2014 23:23:05 GMT -5
I can't imagine to be able to eat only 3 oz of food/drink for the rest of ones life. Even now I take small sips once in a wile with my meal. Like you said having a social drink would be always out of the question with the staples. I have not tryed alcohol since the surgery yet, and few times I smelled it it made me almost sick. But in a year or so I would like to have an option if I get together with some friends. With DS we also have so much more food choices then any other wls. I can't say I love it yet but there been good changes happening for me since I had it.
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Post by mark540 on Oct 30, 2014 11:09:01 GMT -5
I forget to eat on time now and then so I will stay up a few hours later to in a decent midnight snack of protein. And as I think about it, it's lunchtime.
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shawnern
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Posts: 52 
Surgery Date: November 24,2014
Surgeon: Michael Kendrick MD
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Post by shawnern on Oct 30, 2014 11:24:59 GMT -5
Yes I still forget to eat, I am working on being better about it but still happened. Some days I feel like I don't want to eat at all, some I feel hungry with no desire to eat. I know we have to make sure we eat to get the protein in so I hope it gets better for both of us. Why don't you set an alarm on your wrist watch or phone just like you would do for vitamins. Then you won't forget |
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Post by patngin on Oct 30, 2014 11:34:36 GMT -5
Maybe I phrased that wrong. If you don't eat with your stomach stapled you can drink as much as you want. Liquids go right through but if you eat it plugs it up and thats it you have to wait till that works it's way through and you have to chew your food till its the cosistancy of being put through a blender. I had to go in and get a procedure can't think of the name where they go in through your mouth with a camera on a tube and clear the obstruction. Not pleasant but at the beginning you really have to be careful. It was new then. I think it was in 88 or 89. I think I might have contracted the Hep C then had to have a blood transfusion and that was before they had a test for it. That being able to take liquids is how a lot of people were able to out eat the op by blending there food to almost liquid form and they could still eat too much then. And the rest of your system worked to process the food as normal. Mashed potatos and gravy went right through steak was out of the question. One of the things I really missed.
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Post by patngin on Oct 30, 2014 11:42:48 GMT -5
With this surgery for me and everyone is different I know if I drink something carbonated when I eat I can eat more and faster and it doesn't bother me. I drink Perrier mineral water with my meals.
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Post by goodkel on Nov 3, 2014 14:38:27 GMT -5
It is never too late for lunch. We are not on any meal schedule. Eat "lunch" any time you want. I eat all day long, whenever I feel like it. On days when I am too busy or distracted to eat, I make it up with a protein shake or two.
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Post by Leonie on Nov 3, 2014 15:16:26 GMT -5
I get the bulk of my protein in by lunchtime. I am ravenous when I wake up, and cannot imagine eating meat after dark. I can do it if I skip the late afternoon snack, though. Think
first breakfast (protein coffee),
second breakfast (three eggs, toast and bacon or cheese),
tea (cheese, jerky, nuts or a protein bar),
lunch (can of tuna, salad for example)
That puts me at 90-120g protein by lunch. Then I have a substantial snack between 4 and 5pm.
Dinner is mainly vegetables with max 20g protein from meat.
This means I have seven meals a day.
This last month I have also been aiming for 200g protein because I had a slow healing wound from a bit of infection from my hernia repair. I could not do it without protein shakes.
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