Katie713

I had surgery 3 weeks ago today. It was the same for me at first then slowly I could feel hunger return and I was happy to feel normal...but as others have said, you will be easily satisfied with a tiny amount of food. Spacing liquid intake with shakes and meals takes some getting used to. I am great with liquids. Last week I invited family over for tostadas and I still loved cooking...I had 1/2 cup of refried Beans with cheese and a little salsa and sour cream. I got a little overly full (just one bite too many) so I took a walk and felt just fine. Good Luck!

Of course all hot cereals, fat free refried Beans with melted cheese, scrambled eggs with cheese, canned chicken cooked in chicken gravy on top of mashed potatoes. Sweet potatoes, bean Soups pureed in the food processor or blender, all creamy soups, tuna fish. Cottage cheese with fruit, yogurt. As long as its very soft and chewed well, remember you'll get full on very little. Go slow.

Jimmy
I'm having my surgery on Good Friday 4/6 and hope to be home before Easter Sunday.
I feel pretty ready. I was in the Kaiser Options program for 12 weeks which was basically all done in the Fall of last year. It's education classes with a nutritionist and a behavioral specialist. I was cleared for surgery in January but selected April due to family commitments and work - and now I am just around the corner.
Bought my chewable Vitamins, started buying some of the items I am going to need once I get sleeved, Soups and Protein shakes.
I'm not afraid of the procedure itself - just hoping that all goes well and that I don't run into any complications.
How about you? What are you feeling?
It's a journey, for sure.
Katie

By now you should be on full liquids moving toward pureed foods from what I've been taught. Mornings might be cream of wheat or oatmeal made with milk or soy milk, creamy Soups for lunch, full Protein shakes in between, and of course lots of fluids.
Your body IS hungry. Of course it is, and it's probably wondering what happened to it's fuel source. This is one reason you lose so much weight in the beginning through this process of healing.
Good luck!

I checked the nutritional information online and it indicates it is a hyrdrolized blend with whey isolate. This meets the guidelines and should be easily absorbed by your body. Go for it.
I plan to do the same thing and use a variety of Protein supplements!!

Last week I also clicked on The World According to Eggface...and I really feel that I am going to enjoy my new lifestyle once I'm sleeved...most of her recipes sound so good!!!

Ingredients:
1 pack of mushrooms, stemmed and washed
1/2 cup of soft cream cheese
1 can of drained crab meat
1 can of drained shrimp
1/2 cup of chopped green onion
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup of parm cheese
Mix together cream cheese, shrimp, crab, green onion, and parm cheese. Blend in a processor. Fill mushrooms with the filling top with extra parm cheese and bread crumbs. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Awesome high Protein appetizer.

What an inspiration you are. Congratulations!