ivonneh

I am on puree right now and today I cook some ground beef and added some tomatoe sauce, I really liked it. Also I made chicken broth and blended the chicken with it's own broth. Refried beens are great too!

I also bought soome baby food lol

I had a tough time with the fluids at first, really until I was on the full liquid diet. But I did get everything in - I had a timer go off every 15 minutes (boy was THAT fun) to remind me to sip, because I just couldn't remember. That helped a lot - an sip or two every 15 minutes got me up to my required count.

I know!!! I would keep forgetting too but I did it! Now I am on a puree diet. It was amazing 2 days ago when I got egg for Breakfast, I wanted to taste some food so bad because I was tired of just liquids but it was great that only after 4oz of egg I was fully satisfied.

I'm 6 days post open and I'm having a horrible time getting all my liquids down

It's been only 4 days since mine and so far I have been doing ok. I'm sipping all day to get at least 64oz of liquids and so far I have been tolerating Water,deluded juice, fortified milk, Protein shake and chicken broth. I also can eat sugar free popsicles and sugar free Jello. For The First 3 days it was a little harder to keep up to intake the 64oz of liquids but today I felt appetite and was easier. I also really like having one or two popsicles a day I think that has help with the swelling because I feel great eating them.

Myfitnesspal' date=' as suggested, is excellent. I also used 8 oz bottles of Water to start. I'm not a huge fan of bottled Water, but it helped me keep track when I was delirious for the first week or so, as I could just count the number of empty bottles when I was feeling lucid.[/quote']

Did you struggle a lot during post-op liquid diet? Did u feel hungry at al during this time?

My fitness pal is great!

Thanks I will check it out!

My surgery was last tuesday and I have to keep track of every oz of liquid I intake every hour and the amount of Protein. So far I have been using a grid my doc gave me but I was wondering if anyone here had any creative suggestions to keep track of food intake or knows about an app that might be useful.

Almost there!

Ivonneh - where are you from.

Hi. I am from Chicago! I am new to the site but I am so happy I found it. It's been great reading about others experiences!

I think we can add each other to our friends list, like in Facebook.< /p>

Sometimes it is very hard to keep up with the meal plans but thinking about the change I want encourages me to keep trying. We should definately keep in touch!

Mine is on 12/11!!

My surgery is on Dec. 11! I start my liquids on Nov. 28th. I hope it doesn't get too hard being around holidays!!! I am really glad I found this site, because I was feeling I was all alone on this but I have found some of the post and blogs very encouraging and I am back on excitement!

I can't wait to wear smaller dresses and a nice pair of high heels. I also can't wait to be able to skydive! I just want to feel lighter and have the energy to be more active in general. My surgery is in less than one month and I am very excited. But I can't help feeling a little nervous also.