i'm on a low protein, low sodium, low chloresteral diet and it sucks. health issues made me watch what i eat, but twice a week i cheat. its hard not to eat any beef, pork, shell fish, butter, salt, fried food, pizza, cheeze, eggs, and so on......
i'm on a buncha meds that help. i have no problem eatin' veggies, turkey, chicken, fish, rice.....i like all foods. but when i pass a pizzaria or a steakhouse on diet days i shake my fists at the sky!

i have lost 45 pounds so thats a plus.

anyone else have to watch what they eat??

Hi!

I have to take dialysis because my kidneys failed last year. And I have a highly restricted diet. I can't have any dairy products, ,most colas, and certain vegetables.I have to watch my phoshporus and potassium and sodium intake (High blood pressure ruined my kidneys) :o i also can't have chocolate, coffee, pizza, pork and beans and organ meats.

It kills me because I love all those things--except pork and beans--but i try to eat them in small portions every now and then. Today I had an iced coffee and a few days before that I had a piece of liver off a platter of it my father was eating.

But the upside is, I've lost 90 pounds.  ;D I went from 260 to 170 and from a size 26 to a 12, which is nice.  :)

Hang in there, you're doing great and congrats on the 45.  :) ;)

THANKS!

i'm at 186 now......i'm happy with that!

WAITER.....GET ME A FRIGGIN' PORK CHOP!!

You're welcome!

How old are you? If you don't mind my asking.  :)


I'm 23 BTW. I know young to be on dialysis, but I'm there.

i'll be 45 in june.........sorry yer on dialysis at such a young age.

Aw its okay. I had ALOT of stress in the time leading up to my illness, which drove my BP up and landed me where I am today.  :) 45 is young too. I hate they stuck you on the bland diet.  8-P

today is a cheat day.....i'm havin' porterhouse steak and brussel sprouts drowned in butter!

oh...............and cheese cake fer dessert!

I sho have totally eaten at your house man!  ;)

today is a cheat day.....i'm havin' porterhouse steak and brussel sprouts drowned in butter!

oh...............and cheese cake fer dessert!


Good grief, right now I feel like one of Pavlov's Dogs! Mmmmmm...Cheesecake!

lol................if yer gonna cheat..........go all out!!!!

I'm extremely neurotic about food because of early years (formula age thru age 4 years) when my parents were wrapped up in the hippie health food kick.  I was force-fed sh*t I didn't like, such as tofu, bean sprouts, kelp, and various Oriental legumes and veggies.  Some of this stuff is generally not favored by children, but some of I think I had bona-fide bad gastronomical reactions to.  My mom admits some of the formulae she forced into me as a baby was recommended by hippie pediatricians but probably too intense for me.

Thus, a switch got flipped in my brain:

VEGETABLES = DANGER

This has caused lifelong difficulties obtaining adequate nutrition, and causes social awkwardness to this very day. 
::)

Right now I'm on a clear liquid diet to recover from Lap Band surgery.  I've been on it for almost three weeks now (had to do two weeks before the surgery), and I have a week to go.  The liquid diet IS brutal, but it has given me a jumpstart on the weight loss.  I've dropped almost 40 pounds in three weeks  After that, I'll be on a liquid/soft/mushy food diet for two weeks.  Then I can progress to regular foods.

After all of this is over, my diet for the rest of my life will be 1200 calories a day, 60-70 grams of protein a day, and light on the carbs.  A small price to pay for the rest of my (hopefully) long life.

Right now I'm on a clear liquid diet to recover from Lap Band surgery.  I've been on it for almost three weeks now (had to do two weeks before the surgery), and I have a week to go.  The liquid diet IS brutal, but it has given me a jumpstart on the weight loss.  I've dropped almost 40 pounds in three weeks  After that, I'll be on a liquid/soft/mushy food diet for two weeks.  Then I can progress to regular foods.

After all of this is over, my diet for the rest of my life will be 1200 calories a day, 60-70 grams of protein a day, and light on the carbs.  A small price to pay for the rest of my (hopefully) long life.


Good luck with the whole process.  Hope it all works out, Jess!
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Good luck with the whole process.  Hope it all works out, Jess!
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Thanks, Max. :)  I plan on doing my best to maintain it, because I've heard stories and seen examples of people that don't follow what the doctors and dietitian tell you to do.  It's pretty sad.

Right now I'm on a clear liquid diet to recover from Lap Band surgery.  I've been on it for almost three weeks now (had to do two weeks before the surgery), and I have a week to go.  The liquid diet IS brutal, but it has given me a jumpstart on the weight loss.  I've dropped almost 40 pounds in three weeks  After that, I'll be on a liquid/soft/mushy food diet for two weeks.  Then I can progress to regular foods.

After all of this is over, my diet for the rest of my life will be 1200 calories a day, 60-70 grams of protein a day, and light on the carbs.  A small price to pay for the rest of my (hopefully) long life.


Hey! I'm looking to lose more weight. What exactly goes into this liquid diet? I'd like to try it. Cause if I could drop 40 pounds in three weeks... :)

Thanks!

i lost 5 more pounds................that  liquid diet must be hard

Someone tell me about the liquid diet please.  ;D Do I just drink water or can I have like soup and broth and that sort of thing?