So ladies and gentlemen, I have thought of a pretty good idea. I went to the store (Target) but also you can go to the grocery store or Walmart. I bought:

a binder

page protectors

dividers

highlighters

colored pens

one folder

I sat for two hours on my computer and looked up recipes for all different stages of our post-op diet. I separated all the different diet recipes that I liked. And also separated them into Breakfast, lunch, dinner, Desserts, and drinks. This makes it easier for quick reference to make meals. Also it is easier to plan a week's worth of meals. And also for food shopping!

I put all my important paperwork gathered so far from all my doctors and specialists regarding the surgery into a folder. Lists of food groups and nutritional information from my nutritionists, I put in page protecters and put them in the front of the binder for easy reference. I also put loose leaf paper in the back to write things down if necessary. I plan to make a to-do list before and after surgery and a to-read list as well for good books to read regarding our surgery.

Everything is in one place, clean, and organized just the way I like it. Hope this helps all of you busy bees!

I love your enthusiasm. I was super organized pre-op too. I had a little brown book I wrote questions in and a folder that I kept everything in. I had lists of food etc;

I'm 6 weeks post-op and life has settled in and unfortunately my organization has fallen off. I think life takes over. Post-op it's an emotional, mental and physical recovery. I think my frustration with the stages threw me off track. LOL

However, keep it up I applaud your efforts!!

Everything is in one place, clean, and organized just the way I like it.

girlfriend

You are doing such a great job keeping stuff organized/ and keeping track of everything.

Paperwork from dr., notes, just all that good stuff . green with envy

You probably have a blog too, right?

When i started 6 months ago i was definitely going to do a blog. Well one day went into another...never got it started. Wish i had stuff written down like all you bloggers, oh well.

you are doing great. i can do the recipes at least.

good work with your continued organization

sure you are doing well with your weight loss too

kathy

ps - to all you other bloggers (didn't forget you ) congrats to you too

kathy

I even have an Excel spreadsheet I set up for calculating nutrition per serving for recipes. It takes a few minutes to enter all the ingredients, but after a bit of use, your most-used ingredients are already in there with nutritional values. It's been a real help.

Anything that gets and keeps us on track is good!