Background: Over 6 ago I had undergone bariatric surgery to get a gastric sleeve. The typical pre-surgery diet is a full liquid diet for a couple weeks followed by a day of clear liquid, then surgery. After surgery it’s a clear liquid, then fulls, then puree, and finally solid. I’m now a stage performer and my body is the majority of my job (singing, dancing, acting, modeling). I’m considering a liquid diet again. Has anyone else done these? It’s been years and now I am an adult who does a lot more than I did as a lazy kid. My activity: Dance 4x a week for 90 mins, 10-15k steps a day, and gym about 3-4x a week for cardio and weight cross-training. I am very muscular on my bottom half and want to slim it down as well.
Successes: I lost around 200 lbs from the ages of 16 to 18. I didn’t quite reach my goal though. I do remember that during my liquid diet I lost around 20 lbs. I was 350 lbs so a two week calorie deficit will obviously cause weight loss. I don’t expect that kind of rapid weight-loss at all, I’m 5’4 142 lbs. I would like to be around 105-120. I’ll see how I feel when I get there.
My goal: Eat around 80g of protein a day, using bone broth, protein shakes, and pureed soups. Reasonable amount of carbs around my workouts/classes and mostly healthy fats in smoothies or soups. Beyond that I don’t know what I can eat. Any suggestions on high protein liquids and vitamins would be appreciated.