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Daily goals
These are sample starting values. Use targets from your care team when you have them.
Supplement schedule (optional)
Add what your care team has prescribed. You can change this later in My Plan.
You can add supplements and edit goals later in My Plan.
Happy Friday, Mary!
Notice your patterns in fuel, protein, and fluids—without counting calories.
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Your journeyPost-op Week 3Day 18
Today’s goals
Today’s reminders
Reminder times appear here. Browser alerts require a separate tab and permission.
What would you like to do?
Public test copy. Checking saved data…
Food Log
Record food and calorie-containing drinks here. Entries count toward your fuel opportunities, protein, and selected fluids; calories are not calculated.
Today’s entries
Today
Portion ounces and protein grams are separate. Enter either, both, or neither.
Reflection Journal
Reflect on successes, challenges, and what you might try next. Log intake in Food Log.
Today’s reflection
Answer any prompt that is useful. One is enough.
Past reflections
My Patterns
Look back at what you recorded. Tap a day to see its entries and reflections. A blank day means there is no intake log.
Last 7 days
Bars show what was logged against your current example goal. They are not a score.
Reflections from these days
Symptom Checker
A guide to the next contact, not a diagnosis.
If you have ANY one of these, seek emergency care now
Severe abdominal pain
Chest pain
Trouble breathing
Heavy bleeding
Vomiting blood
Call 911 or go to an emergency department. You do not need to complete this checker first.
Contact your surgery team promptly for ANY one of these
Repeated vomiting or any unexplained vomiting
Trouble drinking enough fluids
Fever or chills
Worsening abdominal pain
Fast heartbeat
Leg pain or swelling
Concerning wound changes
If symptoms are severe or getting worse, seek emergency care.
Continue with a general concern
If a warning sign is present, follow the instructions above instead.
General concerns
Select what you are noticing. This list does not diagnose a cause.
Record what happened
Describe an “Another concern” selection here, or add details about any symptom. Recording a concern does not contact your care team.
Saved notes
Rudog FAQs
Answers to common questions.
Common questions
Tap a question below to read the answer. These answers offer general guidance and do not diagnose symptoms or contact your care team. Use sample information in this pilot.
Need help with a symptom?
Use the Symptom Checker to find the right next contact.
The Rudog Way
Understand what changed. Use what you know. Navigate your nutrition.
The Rudog Way is a way of thinking through everyday choices after bariatric surgery. Consider your stage, what your stomach can comfortably manage, what your body is telling you, and what the choice in front of you will contribute. Then make a decision that works in real life.
Come here with a question. Use the principle, check in with yourself, and tap a familiar Rudog Way phrase when you want a deeper reminder. Return as your routine changes, and follow your bariatric team’s guidance for your procedure and stage.
Tap an underlined phrase for a fuller explanation.
What’s on your mind?
First weeks after surgery
I just had surgery—what can I have?
The first weeks come with new food and fluid terms. Your surgery team decides your current stage and when to advance. Tap a term for a plain-language explanation, and follow the approved list in your own plan.
As your choices expand
Once your team advances your stage, can help you think through texture and tolerance. Your assigned stage still comes first.
Fuel intake
Am I eating enough?
It is normal to wonder if you are eating enough, especially while your routine and tolerance are changing. A few simple questions can help you notice how your day is going.
The principle
Small, regular opportunities to take in calories help you work toward the nutrition in your care plan. Eating 5 times a day, while consuming your liquids in between, helps ensure adequate calorie intake without overfilling.
Check in
Have I had something with calories at least five times today? Food and calorie-containing drinks count.
Across the day, am I including protein, carbohydrate, and fat as my stage and care plan allow?
Remember
; . When you are eating foods, use to make time for fluids between eating opportunities.
Fluid Intake · Forever Concept
How am I doing with fluids?
The principle
Think of fluids as anything wet that you drink. Water counts, and other beverages contribute to fluid intake too. Give fluids a place throughout the day. Return to your drinking opportunities instead of trying to catch up late or assuming that more is always better. If your intake is regularly far below or above your plan, bring that pattern to your care team.
Check in
Is my total fluid intake matching the goal my care team gave me—or am I regularly falling short or going well beyond it?
Am I spreading fluids through the day, or drinking a large amount at once?
Am I following my team’s instructions for timing drinks around food?
Wondering if you’re drinking enough?
Are you sipping through the day without overfilling, urinating about as often as usual, and seeing urine that isn’t unusually dark? Those are reassuring signs. If you’re urinating much less, your urine is dark, you feel dizzy, or you’re struggling to drink, contact your surgery team promptly.
Remember
Once you are eating foods, Give eating and drinking their own time.
This can overfill your area, and
Food variety
I’m bored with my food. What else can I eat?
The principle
Start with the foods and textures your current stage allows. Then look for variety in flavor, preparation, and combinations. You can build a satisfying choice around protein and include carbohydrate and fat as your care plan allows.
Check in
Am I choosing from foods that fit my current stage?
Is there a protein I haven’t had in a while, or a different way to prepare one I tolerate?
Am I making full-fat choices when possible and appropriate for my care plan?
What could I pair with a carbohydrate or fruit to make this a more complete opportunity to eat?
One uncomfortable experience is information, not failure. It may not point to one clear cause.
The principle
Start with the food stage your surgery team assigned. A food that fits a later stage may not fit today. When you try something unfamiliar, keep the test simple, go slowly, and notice what happened.
Check in
Did the food and its texture fit my current stage?
Did I take a small bite, chew well, and pause before the next bite?
Did I drink with my food or sooner than my surgery team recommends afterward?
Was anything about it SUPER?
What happened the last time I ate something similar?
Remember
is a way to pause before choosing or retrying a food. It does not predict exactly how your body will respond. is another reason to think ahead and notice patterns.
If you have repeated vomiting, trouble drinking, or another warning sign, contact your surgery team promptly.
Hunger signals
Why am I hungry all the time?
The principle
Hunger is your body’s way of communicating that it needs fuel. Some surgeries drastically change how your body sends those signals. Hungry means you need fuel. Take that signal seriously and look at how you have been nourishing yourself across the day.
Check in
Am I eating five times a day, with foods or calorie-containing drinks that fit my stage and care plan?
Am I getting enough carbohydrate across the day?
Am I combining carbohydrate with protein?
Am I choosing full-fat options when available and appropriate for my care plan?
Remember
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If you are still hungry all the time after reviewing your pattern, schedule with the dietitian ↗ to talk it through.
Weight trend
Why is my weight loss pace changing?
The principle
Weight loss rarely moves at the same pace every week. A pause on the scale does not mean you have done something wrong. Look at your pattern over time and keep caring for your body while you learn what has changed.
Check in
Am I looking at a trend over several weeks, or reacting to one weigh-in?
Am I eating enough, or have I started cutting back too far on calories or carbohydrates to make the scale move?
Am I still giving myself regular opportunities to eat and drink?
Am I meeting the nutrition and movement plan my team gave me?
Has something in my routine changed that I’d like to discuss with my team?
Remember
A changing pace is information, not a grade. If the trend continues to concern you, bring your weight record and observations to your surgery team or dietitian.
After bariatric surgery, supplements are not optional. With less room for food and fewer calories coming in, food alone may not provide all the vitamins and minerals you need. Some procedures also change absorption. Your products, doses, timing, and lab follow-up should match your procedure and your team’s instructions.
Check in
Do the supplements and schedule in match my current care plan?
Have I been taking them as scheduled, including weekly or every-other-day doses?
Are my vitamins in a form and size that work for me and meet my team’s recommendations? No gummies.
Am I running low on anything?
Are my follow-up visits and labs on the calendar?
Remember
. The best routine is one you can actually follow with products that meet your care plan.
If a product is hard to tolerate or you are unsure what to take after a missed dose, contact your care team for guidance.
What do I do when work or travel changes my routine?
The principle
Use what you know to make the best useful choice available in the moment. A changed schedule does not change your food stage, your need for nourishment, or the amount your stomach can comfortably manage. Plan what you can, then make a sensible choice with what is available.
Check in
What food stage and textures fit my plan right now?
Where can I fit my planned opportunities to eat and drink?
Have I tried this choice at home before relying on it away from home?
What useful backup can I bring or find?
Would a planned calorie-containing drink help when eating is not practical, if it fits my plan?
Remember
Weight tracker
Follow your trend over time.
Weight at a glance
Your weight trend
A view of the weights you entered, without a target or score.
Each scheduled dose is one checkoff. Use the schedule from your care team.
My Plan
Surgery details, care team contacts, goals, and supplements.
Surgery and starting weights
Sample information stays on this device. Your care team determines your plan.
Care team contacts
Rudog’s dietitian contact is prefilled. Edit any contact to match your care team.
My Care Documents
Keep your surgery team’s food-stage instructions, your doctor’s plan, and your dietitian’s plan together here when document upload becomes available.
Document upload is coming after this sample-data pilot. Please do not enter or upload medical records here yet. For now, use the instructions your care team gave you.
Daily reminders
Choose times for fluid and supplement reminders on Today.
Browser alerts require a separate tab and permission. They are set separately on each device and are not background phone reminders.
Set each supplement’s amount and schedule. AM and PM creates two checkoffs.
Settings & Resources
Plans, guides, and sample-data settings in one place.
My Plan
Review surgery details, care team contacts, goals, and supplements.
My Patterns
Review the last seven days of logs and reflections.
The Rudog Way
Simple reminders for real life.
Your sample data
This public test copy saves on this device only. Use made-up information; there is no account or cross-device saving.
Checking where sample data is saved…
Download entries and settings as a JSON file, or restore an earlier download. Restoring replaces the current sample entries and settings. Food photos are included in new backups. Older backups without photos can still be restored. Backup files contain private health information; save them securely.
Prototype settings
Try the controls, then start again when you want a clean demo.