I am 6 days post op and still on protein shakes and jello. I will begin stage 2 in a couple of days and am in need of some good meal ideas. I don't want to be stuck with eating eggs, cream of wheat, and cream of potato soup every day! Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:smile::smile2:

My favorite is 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup. So yummy! Another snack I had no problem getting down was dill pickles with the outer layer potato-peeled off (still afraid that part will stick in the band).

I was in that stage not to long agao. I would just mix really any thing I could and made it in a soup form. I would blend avocados with lowfat cream cheese , cottage cheese, and chicken broth. Sounds Yuk but it was really good.

<---- Like to experiment alot!

I would also take tuna, chicken broth, and some mayo and blend the heck out of it!

Sorry for not being much help.

Good Luck!:smile2:

Sorry not much help for you as far as recipes other then my fried who had it said she had instant mash patatoes.

Can you help me? I am having sugey on 7/28 i literally found out my surgery was approved on 7/22 had my preop visit on friday 7/23 and I am doing terrible sticking with my pre op diet do you think I have blown it?

Do you know how many calories I can intake?

All the ideas sound good! Thanks for all your help.

I didn't have to do a pre op diet, but unless you are eating a whole bunch of regular foods I doubt you blew it. Call your nurse at the Dr. office and tell her your concerns and hopfully they will guide you though!

I just moved out of part 2 diet. I ate refired beans (fat free) with a little shredded low fat cheese......heavenly. Also, puree some chile from Wendys (small cup) awesome! best of luck to you!

Non/low fat ricotta cheese and tomato sauce - heat it up in the microwave - tastes just like lasagna. Yummy! Lived on it during this stage.

i just went out and got a bunch of baby food. the meats are good if you salt and pepper it and the veggies need some butter and salt and pepper. they really weren't bad at all and it saved all that puree work.

After I had my surgery and registered with My Lap Band Journey, at www.lapband.com, I found a lot of recipes on that site for every stage in the post op diet. There are a lot of recipes for refried beans, and there is even a pureed broccoli soup that looks really really good. There are also websites out there that have recipes from dieticians expecially for people with lap bands.

V8 butternut soup

goat cheese

hummus

frozen grapes

I seemed to get hooked on things for a few days so it went fast.

Good luck

I loved pureed mac and cheese! My family's recipe for it is great anyway, and I was so glad to get away from protein shakes. I like the butternut squash soup too and also had some hummus. I just used what I normally eat but pureed it. Not bad at all! Start 'real' food tomorrow and re-learning how to eat and drink. I made about 1/2 box and it lasted for several days. Strange! Used to eat about 1/2 box at one sitting.

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Isn't stage 2 Mushies? I ate soup, but not the liquid part, just the chunks because they are really soft. Applesauce, Oatmeal with babyfood fruits in it (it is actually pretty good), if my soup has less liquid I would blend it all up, hope this helps. My doc says no dairy so I had to stay away from it, but yougart is pretty popular and so is cottage cheese.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you all for your help! I took a egg, a cherry tomato, and a slice of red pepper and pureed it an cooked it in cooking spray. It was pretty Yummy! Keep the post going and I'll add ideas when I come up with them. Tomorrow's idea is to add relish, low fat mayo, hard boiled eggs mustard and purree them for egg sald. Now I was told I can have low fat cracker but I still might hold off bc if I eat on all eat 1/2 the box!