GretchenInDE

Zucchini, Tomato and Onion Soup: This is delicious and low-fat! I'm also in the pureed stage, and this Soup got me through this first week. I have discovered that baking everything first adds a richness and depth that most other methods of cooking (before pureeing) don't offer.
2 zucchini, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 small jar basil pesto
1 C non-fat cottage cheese
1/4 C parmesan cheese
Grease a 9x13 pan. Layer the zucchini, tomato and onion. Combine the pesto & cottage cheese and pour onto veggies. Sprinkle parmesan on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Dump all into the Vitamix or blender and puree. Enjoy!

Zucchini, Tomato and Onion Soup: This is delicious and low-fat! I'm also in the pureed stage, and this Soup got me through this first week. I have discovered that baking everything first adds a richness and depth that most other methods of cooking (before pureeing) don't offer.
2 zucchini, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 small jar basil pesto
1 C non-fat cottage cheese
1/4 C parmesan cheese
Grease a 9x13 pan. Layer the zucchini, tomato and onion. Combine the pesto & cottage cheese and pour onto veggies. Sprinkle parmesan on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Dump all into the Vitamix or blender and puree. Enjoy!

Zucchini, Tomato and Onion Soup: This is delicious and low-fat! I'm also in the pureed stage, and this Soup got me through this first week. I have discovered that baking everything first adds a richness and depth that most other methods of cooking (before pureeing) don't offer.
2 zucchini, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 small jar basil pesto
1 C non-fat cottage cheese
1/4 C parmesan cheese
Grease a 9x13 pan. Layer the zucchini, tomato and onion. Combine the pesto & cottage cheese and pour onto veggies. Sprinkle parmesan on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Dump all into the Vitamix or blender and puree. Enjoy!

UPDATE TO 2-WEEK STALL:
I met today with one of the nutritionists at Christiana PMRI, and she said a stall this soon is totally normal. She reviewed my FitnessPal food diary, and said I was doing great at 600 - 800 calories and over 60 grams of Protein a day. She said one month post-op, I'm still recuperating and detoxing the anesthesia (I'm also allergic to Dilaudid, and they insisted on giving it to me anyway). Because I'm still sleeping a lot (I go to bed at about 8-8:30 and sleep straight thru until morning, whereas my normal bed time pre-op was about 10:30) and am not moving with as much energy as I did pre-op, my body isn't burning what it will be in a couple of weeks.
In addition, the stall seems to have passed, as of today. I got on the scale there and have lost 4 lbs. in the last 3 days.
So, yay!
I hope it's passing for everyone else, too!

I'm so glad to see others experiencing a weight loss stall so soon after surgery! My surgery date was June 23 (2 weeks + 5 days ago), and I quickly lost 15 lbs. in the first 2 weeks post-op. Since going on the pureed diet 6 days ago, however, I have only lost 1 lb. I don't understand it. I am eating so little (2-3 powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury Protein supplements a day for about 50 grams of Protein daily + some fruit & cooked veggies). I've tried meat (baked a chicken and pureed it with chicken broth), but I'm uncomfortably full after 1 - 2 tablespoons. I also made black bean Soup with some pork shoulder (delicious), and I can only get about 2-3 tablespoons down before feeling very full for hours. I can drink 1/2 cup of milk in about 15 minutes, however. That probably means the meat mixtures I've made aren't thin enough. I'm going to mix them into the Healthwise protein Soup mixes and see if that makes it easier to get some meat down.
So, my question is, have we stalled because we're not getting in enough protein?

I'm so glad to see others experiencing a weight loss stall so soon after surgery! My surgery date was June 23 (2 weeks + 5 days ago), and I quickly lost 15 lbs. in the first 2 weeks post-op. Since going on the pureed diet 6 days ago, however, I have only lost 1 lb. I don't understand it. I am eating so little (2-3 powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury Protein supplements a day for about 50 grams of Protein daily + some fruit & cooked veggies). I've tried meat (baked a chicken and pureed it with chicken broth), but I'm uncomfortably full after 1 - 2 tablespoons. I also made black bean Soup with some pork shoulder (delicious), and I can only get about 2-3 tablespoons down before feeling very full for hours. I can drink 1/2 cup of milk in about 15 minutes, however. That probably means the meat mixtures I've made aren't thin enough. I'm going to mix them into the Healthwise protein Soup mixes and see if that makes it easier to get some meat down.
So, my question is, have we stalled because we're not getting in enough protein?