WHAT ARE YOU HAVING FOR DINNER TONIGHT? Tell us! And how long is it since your sleeve?

First topic message reminder :

I thought this would be a good thread to give early sleevers some hope that eventually life will be normal again!

I am seven months and 3 weeks out, and tonight I am munching on melted cheese and ham on toast with relish (one piece is all I can manage). I might have a bowl (small) of ice cream in an hour if I get peckish later!

Last night for tea, I had a super yummo Chicken Curry made in my pressure cooker (who doesnt like dinner cooked in 15 minutes! :D

No rice for me, but everyone else had some, I also had half a roti bread with my small bowl, leftovers for lunch today at work - woot!

10 and a bit months out, Half a medium sized red capsicum stuffed with pimped up couscous and diced halloumi cheese. Very nice indeed!

Gee, not many posts in this thread - only 1 since my post a month ago, lol.  I love hearing what others are eating, it's kind of like my love of poring over menus :P

Week 18 (??) now and as it's "Meat Free Monday", I'm making roast pumpkin, baby spinach and danish feta omelettes in muffin trays. Will post pics on my instagram - Sammysleever. They look yummmmmm!!!

I'm 9 and a half months out and I had microwave nachos.  That was about 8 of those Mission tortilla strips with a little tomato and sweet chilli sauce, a sprinkling of grated cheese, then zapped until melty and served with about a 1/4 of an avocado, a rounded dessertspoonful of extra light sour cream and a couple of rounded dessertspoonfuls of refried beans. It was a super yummy treat!  I probably would have eaten double that and even more prior to my sleeve.

I'm day 13 post sleeve and I made  cauliflower, paprika and cheddar soup and ate about a cup of it very slowly.

That's great news Sherie!!

It'll get easier and easier to judge how much you should be eating - and you won't always have to eat so slowly either.

Just thought for those of you who gave me advice regarding my eating... I had success the last 2 nights.. I made a parmigana the size of a credit card and a brussel sprout a small cube of pumpkin, carrot & capsicum I ate it ever so slowly and it stayed down and I enjoyed it.. woo hoo.. today for lunch I had some chicken in a wrap the size of half a piece of bread.. it was awesome... so thankyou everyone.

I had home-made Thai Tom Kha Gai soup (chicken and coconut soup).
I didn't have soup because of being at a certain stage of my post-op (sleeved 2nd Feb) - but because it was warm, tasty, already defrosted from the freezer and only took a minute in the microwave to heat up :) 
Nom nom!
:)

Sherie wrote:

Sherie wrote:

I am7 weeks post op this wednesday and ive lost 14.5 kgs.. im pretty happy but just wondering when i should start trying salads and meats etc...I'm having home made mushroom risotto tonight.. its yummy and I can eat about a cup full.. does that sound about right ?

 I still throw up a fair bit after most meals .. is that because im eating too fast or not chewing properly ? Do you think I could handle more foods if I did that... you see I think im scared to try other foods because I think my stomach is rejecting what I do eat but its prob more about the chewing.. what do you think ?

Maybe your eating too fast/too much/both?

• Measure your portion size, so you know what crockery is what amount e.g. one ramekin I have is 1/2 cup, another 3/4.
  
• Use size appropriate crockery
  
• Use a teaspoon.
  
• Take a piece no larger than the size of a pencil eraser.
  
• Don't have distractions on e.g. TV, computer etc - eat mindfully
  

Now this is from my dietician:

• Chew each mouthful 40 x (!), 20 each side. (This is extremely difficult with purees!)
  
• Put your utensil down between mouthfuls.
  
• Don't load up your utensil while you are still chewing.
  
• Sit on your hands, or put them in your lap between mouthfuls.
  
• If needs be, get up and do something before having the next mouthful.
  
• Try not to get too hungry as this is when you eat too fast/too much
  

Hope this helps.

haha oh thanks Sherie! Very happy with it so far - think it might be better if I could stay away from the wine hehe!

Hope  you stop chucking and settle down to being (the new)normal again!

Thankyou so much for your help.. hope to get to chat to you again. ps, congratulations on your weight loss... you look like your doing really well.

Yeah, I can eat everything. 

Lots of people report that they can't eat certain things, but that (thankfully) hasn't happened to me yet.

Thanks I will try that , im pretty sure I throw up sometimes after a mouthful and  im sure I don't overeat.. But I will pay more attention to volume.

What about pita bread ? can you eat that ? I used to love my wraps for lunch.

Sherie - Hmmm if you're throwing up it's probably because you're eating too much. Try serving yourself half a cup and eating with a teaspoon. Eat slowly and after the half a cup just wait 10 mins and see if you're hungry, otherwise, you may be just content with that!

For what it's worth, after my initial nausea issues, I haven't thrown up once on solid food. I make sure I don't eat too much though.

Sherie wrote:

I am7 weeks post op this wednesday and ive lost 14.5 kgs.. im pretty happy but just wondering when i should start trying salads and meats etc...I'm having home made mushroom risotto tonight.. its yummy and I can eat about a cup full.. does that sound about right ?

 I still throw up a fair bit after most meals .. is that because im eating too fast or not chewing properly ? Do you think I could handle more foods if I did that... you see I think im scared to try other foods because I think my stomach is rejecting what I do eat but its prob more about the chewing.. what do you think ?

If you have the go ahead from your surgeon / dietician then at 7 weeks I definitely would be back to normal eating Sherie. But please make sure it's been OK'ed for you. I can eat a cup too - although I've noticed others can eat much less. I'm still happy though - it's way less than what I used to be able to fit it!!

I am7 weeks post op this wednesday and ive lost 14.5 kgs.. im pretty happy but just wondering when i should start trying salads and meats etc...I'm having home made mushroom risotto tonight.. its yummy and I can eat about a cup full.. does that sound about right ?

Nah, not so much my favourite.  I like most of their stuff, just not the pies and stuff that is pre made into meals.   

I did notice that the cajun things from the people who make notburgers have 23 grams of protein in them, and are smaller.  Will keep them on my go too list.  

Good to know you can still eat quorn sausages etc.  I wondered if they would be...like steak in a belly, hard to digest!

I'm almost 9 months out.

Totoro, it must be the night for takeaway, lol, as I had Thai:

1/3 cup coconut rice
1/3 cup yellow curry w/ mixed veges (slightly shallow to leave more room for favourite dish, lol)
1/3 cup pad puk stirfry w/ tofu and vegetables (slightly heaped as is my favourite)
Total = 3/4 cup of food. I could have fit in half a vegie spring roll too but they forgot to put them in :(

Box of Jewels - I haven't tried the Quorn schnitzel but enjoy 1 or 2 of their dippers, 1 of their sausage or 1 of their fillets with vegies or salad sometimes, or in other yummy ways too, eg; chopped on top a homemade pizza or in a mini bread roll.  They are all a bit smaller (I think), but if schnitzel is your favourite, I would just cook it whole and then eat half for dinner and take half for lunch the next day.

Well, I'm pre op, but I had 

A quorn (fake meat) schnitzel, and a large garden salad with feta and avocado.   It was yummy.  I'm hoping that things go well and I can enjoy a smaller version of this post sleeve.  

Though, it's going to be tricky to halve (quarter?) frozen portions before cooking.  hmmmm.

It's a cold, wet night in Sydney tonight and I've ordered home delivered Chinese. I'm going to have:

a steamed dim sim, a duck pancake and a couple of slices of BBQ pork / mongolian lamb. Yummmmo! 

Family will have the fried rice - that's just wasted space in my little tum!

Oh Dayle!

I would love to be your cousin and go to your Mum's for dinner!  Nom nom!!

My dinner is super boring compared to yours Dayle lol

Half a chicken schnitzel, mash, peas, corn and gravy - and the other half for lunch tomorrow! :D

Tea tonight is a Croatian Themed Family Dinner:

Entree: rockmelon pieces soaked in brandy and lemon juice, topped with prosciutto and prawns
Main: Chicken and beans done Croatian style...think lots of sour cream
Dessert: Custard slice washed down with a shot of chilled limoncello (not exactly Croatian but European...close enough)

Ahhh....gotta love mums cooking :)

I'm 19 weeks out, and I already have cooked chicken and cooked lamb in the 'fridge.

But I had hankerings for Tom Kha Gai soup (Thai Coconut and Chicken).
I have the makings...
Will probably make and freeze it in prep for having easy meals made next week to come home to after having a hernia repair.
I chuck in bamboo shoots, bean sprouts and water chestnuts along with other veg so I feel that the dietary fat bit is insignificant.  Anyway, our bodies need fat.
http://www.drperlmutter.com/dietary-fat-brain/

My dietician is still on the low-fat path so she suggested that I substitute coconut flavoured evaporated mile for the coconut milk.  I'm not so fussy about going low fat, and I don't count calories as I still eat only very small amounts  e.g. most days I can only manage 1 1/2 poached eggs for brekkie, which I have at about 1030 + I am extremely low carb.
I've lost 27 % of my weight since surgery (2nd Feb).

Thanks, I am 5.5 weeks post sleeve now and using Myfitnesspal regularly worked out that 1000 is about what I am now having per day. Could easily get that to 1200 but trying to stick at 1000 ish.