Did The Op Without A Nutritionist,help

help me my name is ali and im 22 and i live in the middle east i did the surgery almost 3 weeks earlier with a skillful sergeon and it went all good exept for post-op support I DONT HAVE A NUTRITIONIST and the doctor didnt pass me to one or recommended one all i got is a small prochure with the basics and he even says not to depended on it and with all the simplicity he says USE THE INTERNET arghghghghgh WTF is he talking about i mean of course this wonderful forum became my bible but dont i need a nutritionist help me to put on a balanced diet ?<br /> im in a middle of a storm here and start to regretting not to to preform the sleeves surgry....advice needed<img src="http://www.LapBandTalk.com/images/smilies/help.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Help" smilieid="256" class="inlineimg" /><br />

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I am in a rural area, and I have not ever had a nutritionist. I did rely a lot on this forum, and also my own common sense, and health related information. I learned what foods would be good for me, as well as what would not be....with or without the band. Then I added the band into the eqation.
The amounts, the foods we were told to eat, or not to eat, when to begin eating them---everything is different based on each surgeon. You should be able to find a happy medium, that coincides somewhat with the pamphlet your surgeon gave you--by reading and researching health related articles. Prevention magazine has a good website with health related eating issues often.

Would you have been given any more information if you had had the sleeve? Seems the issue is lack of post op care from your surgeon, not the type of surgery you had.

As I said before, I have never, not one time seen a nutritionist, and I have found great success with my band, and maintained my health through it all---I am sure many of us have---and I bet you can too!!!

Welcome to bandland!
Kat

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First off you should ask them what your post op diet should be. Most surgeons keep you on liquids a minimum of 1 week, 2 more likely. Then you can move to the full liquid stage like creamy soups., then a week or 2 later you need to move to mushies or soft fooods ie. chili, tuna salad, potatoe. Then it is onto solids. When you go to solids you need to eat 60 grams of protein. Chicken, fish, eggs, yoguart, milk, beef those types of foods. At this point you may see a slight weight gain becuase your calorie intake will be more. Try and stick to 800-1k calories a day. You most likely will experience more hunger and no restriction during this time. Once that starts along with slowed down weight loss it will be time for a fill. It may take several fills until you feel less hungry and satisfied. Good luck.

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Julie
banded 6/6/06
Dr. McKeen, San Jose CA

320/213/goal 199. Almost there!

When I was doing a food log for my nutritionist for six months prior to surgery, I found this absolutely GREAT website Nutrition facts, calories in food, labels, nutritional information and analysis &ndash; NutritionData.com whereby I put in the food I ate and it actually gave me a real nutrition label for the food!

The girls in my office have just found other aspects to this website they love, but I mainly use it for specific nutritional information. Good luck!

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You can find some web site for the band manufacturers and some of them have suggested post op diet routines

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Banded 11/27/07
Band removed 8/5/08

Ali

My doc required 10 days full liquids it included cream soups - then 10 days mushies then 10 soft the on 30th regular - so you should be on soft foods if I go by my doc's advice. this equates to anything you can cut with a fork - my doc you are to get 60 grms of protein in daily (1oz of meat = 7 grms protein) and 64 oz of water - low fat & sugar free.
Protein 1st - then veggies then carbs if you have any room..

If you know nothing about proper nutrition - then I would suggest joining weight watchers on line (don't know if they have meeting in the middle east??) - In my humble opinion WW is the best well rounded food plan out there.

Or you can ck with your family doctor maybe he could refer you - your surgeon sound like a butthead - doesn't he care if you succeed or not...

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IndioGirl55 Lucky #7
Banded 7/17/07 - Lost 112 lbs
Eat Healthy+Exercise+Band=Success

I went to Home Page of the Program of Weight Management They have complete post op diet there from day one and on. It even has menus. It tells how many calories and grams of protein you need per day. It gives names of vitamins, protein drinks and protein bars. I have never called my nutritionist since my surgery, I printed this out before hand and I just take a look at it if I need too. This site has a lot of great info on it. However, everyone is different. I am able to eat anything and I seem to be okay, others cannot eat bread and certain veggies etc, etc. If you have any questions let me know, I will be glad to help if I can. Good luck.

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12/6/07 183 lbs Surgery date with Dr. Ortiz
1/8/08 176 lbs first fill 1.8cc in 4cc band
3/11/08 169 lbs 2nd fill .8cc
CURRENT WEIGHT: 129lbs on 9/17/08

I thought the web address would show up, just click on the "Home Page to...." and it will redirect you to the website. Sorry for the confusion.

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12/6/07 183 lbs Surgery date with Dr. Ortiz
1/8/08 176 lbs first fill 1.8cc in 4cc band
3/11/08 169 lbs 2nd fill .8cc
CURRENT WEIGHT: 129lbs on 9/17/08

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thanx katty for ur reply i guess it gonna be on my own in this and the problem here is all the recipies lacking some of its Contents so im trying to have an alternative choices i thing this is the best thing i can do for the moment

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now my diet is all semi creamy stage and i'll right it down to see it -and correct it to me if there is something wrong :

BRAKE FAST- skimmed milk mixed with tea + soft boiled egg
DINNER- meshed beans soap
SUPPER- chicken cream noddles soap

i and i drink apple juice low fat yugert (thinned by water)and a low fat cheese and custard and jell-o and baby food some times
and i dont eat them all just when i got really hungry and the food time is way long
so this is my diet feel free to correct me in any thing or if i can replace any thing thanx

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u r right but for the meat i dont think i can eat it right now couse its a complex food and it would be hard for the stomach to digest but i eat beans mushes instead
and i really think of going to a nutritionist but i dont know if he would help me if he had no idea about the surgery and no feed back from my surgeon and about WW,we dont have them iguess its only in america(coz my sister join them there even that her BMI is 26 )
and iguess my doc is butthead even though he is really skillful:biggrin1: -but ithink the most coz he wanted to preform a gastric bypass or the sleeves due to my weight dunno im gonna surround him with answers the next time i see him for my first fill

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3limalik:
The biggest problem will be simply to access and make sense of all the information available on line. You've already done the hard part, getting a good surgeon. And you can certainly ask him for more direction. He may not have a lot of experience in the post Band phase. Some surgeons just don't give wonderful follow-up.

A nutritionist, while helpful in general, unless experienced with Band patients, really has little to offer, in my opinion.

Prior Bandster here have given good hints on what they have found beneficial. As you can see in our site here, there are many individual paths and issues we face as a group. Fortunately, most of them are just relatively simple although annoying.

I personally postOp was on liquids THREE full weeks, then mushies another THREE full weeks more. Then there was a slow reintroduction to solids. It was SIX months before I needed my first fill.

Read a lot of the archived threads here that deal with your specific questions and stage you are currently in. You'll find lots of tips.

And don't hesitate to ask questions; many people will offer information that has helped them.

:welcome2: to BandLand

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i hate to say but the nutritionist i saw and the bariatric nurse said 2 different things.... so ...i'm going with the nurse she makes more sense!! gl

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thanx jack for the reply and im sorry it took me a while to answer u back and for all the things u said u r probably right i know the web is a great resource -its in the first place helped me to understand the procedure-but as i said b4 im in a different region than almost every bud here -i consider myself luck that i find a surgeon preforms such weight loss ops- so there are alot of different things here but its ok i managed to keep up with the instructions here-i guess- thanx anyway

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I think I spent 5 minutes with a NUT. I was told to eat protein first, then veggies, and last starches if I'm still hungry.

I think just following the basic guidelines of good eating will do wonders.

Good luck to you!
wombat

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