Munchkin
Full of Fairy Dust
You are doing great! Very few people can get in 100gr protein at this point. You have to drink anyway and if you can drink protein, fine. Just don't push yourself too hard!
I make a shake in my shaker cup, 2 scoops and water and half lactose free milk. I use ice cubes and take about an hour to drink the whole thing. I just add more ice if it gets warm. I drink one in the morning and one before bed. Try the double chocolate flavor it is DELISH!I haven't really been worried about how quickly or slowly I've been drinking my fluids - do I need to be more conscientious of this? Hubby's worried I'm going to stretch out my sleeve drinking my double-scoop protein shakes too fast, lol. It's my understanding that fluid just goes straight on down and won't stretch the stomach - does this include sort of thick, creamy soups/smoothies, too? Some have been kind of foamy (because of the protein powder being blended into them) and I will only be able to drink half or so before I have to give it a break for a few minutes. But I do listen to my body - any bit of discomfort at all and I wait before I drink any more.
Do I need to be focusing on drinking small sips instead of regular-sized swallows? I know everyone says sip, sip, sip, but I haven't really had to do that since my first 5 days post-op. I think hubby's worrying for nothing - but I want to make sure!
Oh, also, good news - today I hit 25 pounds down since surgery, less than two weeks ago, and 54.6 pounds down since I started my pre-op diet less than six weeks ago. 136.8 pounds lost total since January 2014.
That's awful! I wouldn't want to use the egg timer either.The hard part for me is that the three-minute thing with egg timer is actually an eating disorder trigger for me. I've had enough therapy at this point that I'm able to cope with it just fine by making it two minutes and a clock in this situation instead, and reminding myself that the point is that I don't throw up (so there's a reason behind it)! My grandmother who raised me (and who is behind the eating disorder I developed) made me chew each bite 100 times, and wait 3 minutes (using an egg timer) between bites. She did this to me for years. I still can't even look at an egg timer these days without rolling my eyes, and she's gone now.