I have been using food saver bags and creating my meals. They help a lot because they are measured and I can have different meals ready to go or freeze until I plan on those meals for the week. I had the procedure 3/27/12. I weighed 330 and down to 270 now. Lots still to go.

Hi.

I am Gina I should have my surgery in August. Can you give me some meal/ recipe ideas/ I have a food saver, this sounds like a great idea. How are you portioning meals, what freezes well etc. GinaCher1365@aol.com . My surgeon wants me to do the Medifast diet the week before my surgery, it will cost me $98.wk.

I grill chicken breasts and pork chops, then cut into 3 ounce portions. I also steam fish and other seafoods & vegetables and do same. I found that steamed crab legs were easier to chew up than say shrimp or lobster meat. For say Breakfast I have mixed egg whites with 1/2 ground pork and 1/2 sausage and seasoned and cooked in a mini cupcake pan and have little meatballs for breakfast.

The bags I use in the food saver are the ones that you can make two bags each time.