Meals
It has been a week and one day
since I had my gastric by pass
surgery. I have done
great. I thought it was going
to be a horrible week and it
has been a breeze.
Keep in mind that I started
drinking clear liquids on
Sunday night before
surgery....
and I am still drinking the same.
I was surprised to see that the
docs office treat vegetable and
beef broth as
clear.
He is what my day consist of.
Either I have chicken, beef or
veggie broth for breakfast
But I mix 2 scoops of this with
my broth. That gives me
20 grams of protein.
This is my new sippy cup...
thanks Sandra for giving
me the idea to make a post and for
calling this a
sippy cup!
I put 4ozs of water in here.
Love that ozs are marked
on my cup.
I mix my necter (above) with
the water...
SHAKE it,
SHAKE it,
SHAKE it baby!
then I add heated broth.
Using a 1/2 can of broth,
and the water this usually
comes to 10 ozs.
Stick a straw in and
here I go.
It is taking me about 45 mins to
and hour to get this down.
Taste is not bad but I have
to take it all so slow
to not over load
my stomach pouch to fast.
I am required to take in 64ozs of
liquid in a day.
I usually do that with tea.
What TEA? Clear liquid?
Yep...it is.
It has to be decaf, unsweet.
This is the cup I got from
the clinic but it does not
have the ozs on it. So once
I measure my tea I put
it in here and store in the fridge
for the day.
There is a whole list of things you
can have to drink.
Crystal Light being one..
I have tried to stay away
from taking in so many
different types of stuff like
this that contains
artificial sweetener.
However, I brought this home
from the hospital and I
actually mix a bit with
my tea.
Mom went crazy buying no sugar
added jello which I can also have...
still again, taking it easier due to
the sweetener. I have Fibromyalgia
and artificial sweetener and Fibro
don't play pretty together.
Also.....sugar free...
But boy these are so good and its a
nice tasting treat. Plus, it does go
to my liquid intake for the day.
I do the broth 3 times a day.
That gives me 60 grams of protein.
I am supposed to take in 60 to 90.
However, I am so about over BROTH!!!
Doc. apt tomorrow and with that
I should be able to move onto
protein shakes which will be thicker
and more filling so the BROTH can
be gone! Still doing the liquids.
I will do 64 ozs of them everyday for
the next yr.
With the doc apt. I will also start taking
my vits, iron and calcium that
I will be taking the rest of my life.
Thanks for stopping in and
come back tomorrow to see if there
has been a loss (there better be) and how
much.
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Hugs,
Betsy