GallWise gives you a per-meal fat budget, a week-by-week food reintroduction plan, and a safe foods list that learns your body instead of handing you a generic leaflet.
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A calorie tracker counts fat for the whole day. Your digestion does not work in days.
Surgeons usually give a per-meal limit, often around ten grams, because bile now trickles in continuously instead of arriving in a rush. GallWise budgets meal by meal, which is the way the advice was actually given.
Liquids, then bland soft food, then lean protein, then fats one at a time. You always know what week you are in and what is reasonable to try next.
Fat grams for everyday foods, sorted for a body without a gallbladder, so you are not converting nutrition labels at the table.
A few taps an hour or two after eating. Over a couple of weeks that turns into a list of what your own body tolerates, which no generic leaflet can give you.
Loose stools after fatty meals are the most common complaint after this surgery, and they are treatable. Tracking frequency against fat intake gives your doctor something concrete to act on.
Your symptom pattern, your fat intake and the foods that consistently cause trouble, on one page for the follow-up appointment.
No account required. Your meals, symptoms and recovery notes are stored on your device, not on our servers.
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Most plans start with clear liquids then bland low fat foods: broth, plain rice, toast, banana, poached chicken, white fish and eggs that are not fried. Small frequent meals are easier than three large ones. Your surgeon's own instructions take precedence over any general list.
Guidance commonly starts around ten grams of fat per meal in the early weeks, rather than a daily total, because bile now arrives as a steady trickle instead of a stored burst. The limit widens over the following weeks and months. Ask your surgeon or dietitian for your own number.
Because the problem is fat arriving faster than the trickle of bile can handle. Sixty grams spread across five small meals is usually manageable; the same sixty grams in one fried plate is exactly the situation your body no longer has a mechanism for.
For most people the strictest phase lasts a few weeks, with the diet widening steadily from about week four and reaching something close to normal within a few months. A minority stay sensitive to fatty meals long term, which is worth discussing with a doctor.
Bile salts that are not reabsorbed can reach the colon and draw in water, causing loose urgent stools after fatty meals. It is the most common ongoing complaint after this surgery and it is treatable, so it is worth raising rather than quietly living with.
Fever, severe or worsening abdominal pain, yellowing of the skin or eyes, persistent vomiting, or pain that is different from the discomfort you were told to expect. Those are not dietary problems and changing your meals will not address them.
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