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Since I am haivng surgery at the end of the month (May 27th) I am trying to get everything together before the big day. I want to know what I should really buy? food scale, strainer, measuring cups?? The doctors gave me a list but I don't want to buy a bunch of stuff if I don't really need it.

Any and all suggestions are welcome! Thanks for the input!

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I have a scale, it's good to weigh your food because 4oz of feathers is alot more than 4oz of bricks but oin the other side of the coin, you want to have 4oz of volume....

As far as food, I brought sf Jello, sf popcicles, I went and got Soups from chili's and divided them into 2oz little cups. Oh, yeah the little cups I got from GFS food services. They are just like the once that you get from resturants with your to go sauces in them. I also saved old sides containers from like kfc, boston market and I reuse those...they hold about 4-5oz of food. sf pudding, Vitamin Water 0, and sobo Water with 0 calories, plus crystal lite hungar satisfaction which has 3g of protein! I still use those! Motts sf applesauce is great! good for when you want something sweet. I had lots of things, some things I didn't want, like my instant mashed potatoes and my cream of wheat cinnabon flavor. I could also use any seasonings I wanted..

Hope I have helped a little. I have found that every doctor is different and that what was approved for me may not be for you and vice versa. But good luck nontheless!

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You'll definitely need measuring cups. I didn't use a strainer at all. A food scale would be nice, yes. I definitely suggest a blender for making your Protein Drinks and possibly for pureeing Soups, etc. If you're really planning on grinding down meats then you'll want a food processor. I've just been sticking to meats that are already ground or shredded during my mushy stage (ground beef, shredded chicken breast, tuna, etc) and it's been fine.

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hi i bought a food chopper for 10 bucks in case i wanted meat which i used only a cpl times ....i have really learned that chewing is a big thing,,,,,if u remember to chew chew chew very small bites u dont really need anything i think all people are different...

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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