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Have you been having Soup? A lot of people put cottage cheese in Tomato Soup to bump up the Protein.< /strong>

You should be able to on mushie foods now, and there are a lot of choices for soft mushy food.< /strong>

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I'm with ya blues:001_rolleyes: I'm having food envy:drool5:...LOL. The Tomato Soup and cottage cheese is a great start. I'm 2 weeks out and do a protien shake in the morning, Soup (tomatoe or 99% fat free chicken broth which really tasty)

For me it's getting some other taste besides the "sweet" from protien drinks. I also bought unflavored protien power from a health food store and put that in my Soups as well. I"ve put clam chowder in my bullet adn it was really good. The only suggestion I would give is to let it set as it has a lot of "air" in it after being blended. I'm also eating string cheese and chewing the heck out of it....

Don't forget we need to change our thinking...remember, right now is a temporary moment in time...remember how good you are going to feel. I know that I personally am going through some grief about not being able to eat when I'm stressed or need some comfort...this journey is making me deal with that issue...

WE ARE GOING TO DO GREAT AND WILL GET PAST THIS OKAY:001_tt2:

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Although some thought it sounded gross and others really liked it -- I blended cottage cheese and an egg with just a smidgen of mayo when I was on full/mushies -- added a touch of pepper and it gave me a lot of Protein and a different taste - I couldn't do (and still can't do) the Protein Drinks - they are way way too sweet for me still 2 months out. Egg drop Soup with tofu is really good too - I posted that recipe as well.

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I am just a little over three weeks out. I am eating solid foods but chew chew chew. I still have a Protein Drink if I am low on Protein. I have been doing fine. But all surgeon are different with the diets. Mine said at 3 weeks to try and add one new food a day and seee how thing go.

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I'm still pre-VSG but trying out recipes. Try putting 3.5 ounce diced up roasted chicken breast minus skin (I use Sam's roasted chicken) in your blender, with 1 cup of fat free milk. Liquify well. Strain it through a strainer to remove any lumps if you are up to the blenderized/soft foods stage. Heat it up in the microwave. Voila, cream of chicken Soup. Easy. Fast. Delicious. Enough for multiple meals. Can be frozen and used later.

I plan to make some and freeze it in ice cube trays for after I have my surgery. Then all I'll need to do is heat it up! (Not allowed on Clear Liquids phase.) Total Prot=40gm Carb=13 Fat=45 Cal=253

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      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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        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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