again diet help

thanks a bunch for the sites, will be doing some reading in the next week or so....

Good luck, I think Praetorian has some solid advice. I'd like to add some other info from experience. I followed the docs orders by the book for 5 years, I got fat and sore, my BP skyrocketed and it made the road to recovery harder then it should be. I am not donating a kidney but I have hernitated disks in my neck and well that is a constant pain.
Eating by the Canada food guide is great if you want to get fat. It is the same diet ratio they use to fatten up beef cows for the market, so if you want to be a beef cow, eat by the book. The high protein diet being hard on kidneys is a myth, it has never been proven. People with kidney disease have different issues then normal healthy people. Being short one kidney is not having kidney disease. You need protein for your body, just avoid organ meats for now, chicken and fish and EFA's are going to help you recover.
As for exercise, do what you can, the first few days you should get up and move around, it helps your body recover faster and adapt. Keep your incision clean and follow the protocol for it not to get infected. Once it scabs over it should be protected pretty good. Don't tear open the stitches, but keeping your body flexible is important, it helps the tissue that is wounded recover better because it is more supple then if you overprotected it.
My recovery time is ongong as it has been 5 years since my injury but since saying fu*k it to the docs advice in December, I have dropped 40 pounds and feel better then I have in a long time.

Don't forget portion control...I lift heavy weights for my size, do cardio, and a Bikram class almost every day, (ie. I burn A LOT of calories), but I eat only 6 small meals a day. 6 servings of 2- 3 oz of lean protein, 4 -5 quarter cup servings of a starch (that's 2 slices of ezekial bread, a small fat free tortilla, or brown rice), 4 half cup servings of veggies, and 3 quarter cup servings of fruit, and 3 -4 Tablespoons of good fat, usually in the form of a whole food like egg, full fat dairy or nuts/avocado/coconut...I don't count count calories as portions size is a waaay better hand-to-mouth guideline for most of us monkeys, and if you're eating high quality protein, starch, veggies and fruit, your food will be pretty nutrient dense and keep you healthy!
The hardest part for most people new to eating like this is getting more attentive to feeling satiated without distending their stomach...From doing intense yoga for so many years, which you simply can't do on a full stomach, I can't stomach a full stomach so-to-speak...Good luck girl, you're doing a great thing from someone in dire need! Make sure you stick to a low sodium diet, and skip protein bars and powders...these things can tax the kidneys...:)

Repped for giving kidney!!!!!!