What did you eat today (thursday)?

[Mike2]

It stretches with time, always remember the malabsorptive component of the surgery. The further out you get the more you can drink and eat.

[jpcello]

Originally Posted by rexanne32

how were you able to drink all that crystal lite at breakfast plus the coffee? I thought with the DS your stomach could only hold 4-7 oz?

I also pee alot in the morning and this is over at least a 2-hour period. I'm also more than 5 years out from my DS. At the beginning it holds 4-7 oz but like Mike said, over the years it stretches (just like before surgery). I basically eat like a "normal" person. I can eat a whole marie callendars frozen dinner or for lunch I can eat a whole sandwhich (most days) and chips or soup. The other night I went out to dinner with friends. Had a salad (ate 1/2 of it) plus 2 small pieces of bread slathered with butter (me bad). Then dinner came -- 10 oz steak with garlic mashed potatoes. Ate about half steak and potatoes. Ah, leftovers -- my milddle name.

I'm amazed at how much I eat but I've maintained my weight for almost 3 years. Some days I can eat alot, some days not so much. Just depends.

[Mileah]

Originally Posted by jpcello

I also pee alot in the morning ...... At the beginning it holds 4-7 oz but like Mike said, over the years it stretches (just like before surgery). I basically eat like a "normal" person. I can eat a whole marie callendars frozen dinner or for lunch I can eat a whole sandwhich (most days) and chips or soup. The other night I went out to dinner with friends. Had a salad (ate 1/2 of it) plus 2 small pieces of bread slathered with butter......
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Thought I would put my 2 cents in........I am 7 years Post-op and read the above post and thought "that sounds so familiar". I use to think that way, up until this last year. I had maintained at 140 until last year and then the scale started to creep up. Alarmed I "refreshed" my knowledge on the surgery and how to "eat". Carbs - some how I missed that our bodies don't by-pass any of them! So - I have returned to pretty much all protein and the weight immediately started to stabilize! (Also got that off Melanie's bio - thanks!)

So - I ate (Friday) Cottage cheese for breakfast (1 cup), 6 oz of tuna with 1 egg for lunch, and 2 slices of pizza for dinner. Ok the pizza was NOT in the plan - so don't follow that advice. I really try to eat a lot of protein for breakfast and lunch.

Mileah
12/05/2000 - DS Open
304 / 148
52/25 BMI

[shrinker]

Joann had asked that we keep posting in this thread to give her hope that real food will come back to her one day.
Yesterday I ate:
B: English muffin with one egg and 3 slices american cheese. coffee
L: 2 (yep 2!!) double cheeseburgers from McDonald's & diet coke
D: Grilled Chicken from Wendy's (OK, that's unusual for me to have 2 fast food things in one day)
S: Hershey's bar (hm... a bad trend that day!)
S: 3 oz chedder cheese with about 6 keebler club crackers, fresca
S: 2 slices toast with 3 TBSP peanut butter. 1 1/2 cups lactaid milk

SO the fast food stuff and the hershey's bar are realy unusual for me, but the volume of food is not. I have peanut butter every night for extra protein and fat.

[jpcello]

Today so far I've had:

Breakfast (before 6AM):
Several cups of coffee
2 16-oz glasses of crystal lite (one with my fiber the other will my vitamins)
2 eggs
1 slice american cheese
4 slices bacon
1 toasted croussand (can never spell this)

Mid-morning snack (I had my infusion this morning so they ordered me breakfast at the hospital)
Hollowed out bagel with fake eggs (would have preferred oatmeal)

Lunch
Left over chinese food from yesterday (a couple of dumplings, egg drop soup and some mongolian beef)

Mid afternoon snack
2 more dumpling

Dinner
Gonna be leftover chicken with smashed potatoes

Evening snack
banana post dinner
couple of slices of cheese (every night)
about 8 little cookies and a glass of milk

Night night

[shrinker]

B 3 egg omelette with 4 slices american cheese
2 slices wheat toast with lots of butter
L peanut butter (3 tBSP PB) and jelly sandwhich
1 can chicken noodle soup (ok, I didn't grocery shop all last week so it was scrounge in the cabinet day)
S 1 soft pretzle
D 1/4 rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole
S 1 bowl double fiber oatmeal.

[Joann]

Oh, these food posts are soooo very encouraging. I can hardly wait to eat normal food again. Keep up the posts, I am sure I am not the only one enjoying reading them. Hopefully it won't be too long before I can eat and actually enjoy it afterwards! Joann

[shrinker]

B 2 toaster strudel bacon egg & cheese 4 g protein each, coffee
L Marie Calander Fried chicken w/ mashed potatoes 30 g, diet coke w/ lime
S Protein bar 15 g
D Pork Tenderloin, 6 oz 36 g w/ sesame noodles and beet/mandarin orange salad, raspberry crystal light
S (planned, eng muf w/ 3 TBSP peanut butter & 2 cups lactaid 14 g + 16 g)
119 g protein today. Ok - now this is a normal day for me.

[rese]

I am amazed at what I can eat it is getting a lot better with certain foods has this happened to others? What gave me problems last month I am having little problems with this month.

Breakfast:
Vits
2 cups coffee with a lot of cream
1 6 oz yogurt
vits
1hour in between
3 pcs bacon
2 eggs
vits
Lunch Panera bread half chicken ceasar sandwhich with greek salad xxfeta
vits
Dinner: Taco salad all the fixins
vits
Snack: 4 pcs of assorted cheese handfull of blueberries
and a bite of fudge
vits

[jpcello]

Originally Posted by rese

I am amazed at what I can eat it is getting a lot better with certain foods has this happened to others? What gave me problems last month I am having little problems with this month.

I feel comfortable saying that this happens to everyone. The farther out you get from surgery the easier it is to eat (your tummy is healing). That's why those of us long-term post-ops tell newbies to keep trying different foods. One day something may not agree with you and the next day it's fine. Before you know it's you'll be eating foods without really having to think about it.

Patience is the key word with food.