I have never been a big cooker but with this surgery. It seems as though i will have to prepare my own meals. I am not good at following recipes. Are there pre packaged meals that we can eat(Atkins, WW, etc) once we are able to eat regular foods?

Learn to cook... its not that hard. Most WLS recipes I have used are pretty easy to follow.

For instance today I am eating...

5am Breakfast- oatmeal + torani banana syrup

7am pre workout Protein shake

9am post workout Protein Shake

10am Brunch- 2 scrabled eggs + 2 pieces of turkey bacon

12pm Snack-beef jerkey

2:30pm Late lunch- 4oz grilled chicken + honey garlic sauce + asparagus

6:30pm Dinner- 4oz steak + veggies

About an hour or two before bed I might have a late night snack which is usually a hard boiled egg or beef Jerky.

Everything I listed above is very easy to prepare. The above is usually what I eat daily and just mix up the Proteins between steaks, chicken, pork, tuna and salmon. I usually change up the marinades and seasonings of the proteins too.

But like I said most of the weight loss recipes I have founds online are pretty easy to follow and I am no cook. I actually made a pretty awesome pizza last week from scratch.

Here are some links to check out... recipes look pretty straight forward and easy.

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.ca/

http://www.emilybites.com/

http://dashingdish.com/

http://www.lowcarb360.com/

http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.ca/p/favorite-recipes.html

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=123281581

Learn to cook... its not that hard. Most WLS recipes I have used are pretty easy to follow.

For instance today I am eating...

5am Breakfast- Oatmeal + torani banana syrup

7am pre workout Protein shake

9am post workout protein shake

10am Brunch- 2 scrabled eggs + 2 pieces of turkey bacon

12pm Snack-beef jerkey

2:30pm Late lunch- 4oz grilled chicken + honey garlic sauce + asparagus

6:30pm Dinner- 4oz steak + veggies

About an hour or two before bed I might have a late night snack which is usually a hard boiled egg or beef jerky.

Everything I listed above is very easy to prepare. The above is usually what I eat daily and just mix up the Proteins between steaks' date=' chicken, pork, tuna and salmon. I usually change up the marinades and seasonings of the proteins too.

But like I said most of the weight loss recipes I have founds online are pretty easy to follow and I am no cook. I actually made a pretty awesome pizza last week from scratch.

Here are some links to check out... recipes look pretty straight forward and easy.

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.ca/

http://www.emilybites.com/

http://dashingdish.com/

http://www.lowcarb360.com/

http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.ca/p/favorite-recipes.html

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=123281581[/quote']

Thanks all of that sounds yummy! I am only 5 days post op(liquids) How long ago were you sleeved? Does any those foods above give you gas?

I have never been a big cooker but with this surgery. It seems as though i will have to prepare my own meals. I am not good at following recipes. Are there pre packaged meals that we can eat(Atkins, WW, etc) once we are able to eat regular foods?

I agree with Mikeross, Check out the websites that will walk you through some very easy recipes.

Oftentimes, these recipes will be a single bowl, single cooking vessel recipe and very easy to follow. If you don't want to cook all week, take a few hours on the weekend, prepare, portion and freeze meals for a quick reheat during the week.

You'll get the benefit of not getting burned out on pre-packaged diet foods (always a issue for me pre-sleeve) and you can control what is going into your food.

Good luck!!

It is definitely better to make fresh food because of having better control of the ingredients and less sodium and preservatives. The affect of foods on gas varies greatly by the individual so you pretty much have to experiment to find what works for you. If you need to eat frozen foods the new Atkin's meals are good and fit well in the number ranges most of us look for. The ww meals tend to be a lot higher in carbs which some try to avoid, but more importantly a lot of them have pastas which are high in starches and have expansive properties that can cause problems with your sleeve until it is properly healed so I would recommend avoiding them for the first 6 months to be safe. If you like buffalo chicken an easy recipe I have found is to use the canned chicken breast (looks like canned tuna) add some hot sauce, stir together, then add 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese. Put it in a microwavable bowl, put it in for 1 minute, stir and put back in microwave for another minute. This comes out to 140 calories, 2 carbs and 17 proteins and it is quick and easy. I have also at times taken this after making as described above and spread it thin on a baking sheet and placed it in the oven at 400 degrees and flipped it every 5 minutes until it get hard like a cracker.

MikeRoss thanks

I was sleeved on 2/27 and I am cooking more just small recipes. I did a lot of fast food because of my busy schedule. This thread is perfect for me because I really can use recipes and help in this department. Me and my Dh do well at Holiday cooking and weekly cooking but day to day is new to me. I'll just have fun with this new cooking.

Thanks all!

Thanks all of that sounds yummy! I am only 5 days post op(liquids) How long ago were you sleeved? Does any those foods above give you gas?

I never really had gas or heartburn prior to surgery and now post op I rarely experience it either. I was sleeved Jan 22nd, 2013... I advanced through the diet stages pretty quickly though and feel I have a bulletproof sleeve. I was eating and keeping down chicken and steak at 4 weeks. Had no issues getting my minimum Protein and Water requirements 1 week out.

Just got home from the gym and entered in the above daily meal plan into myfitnesspal. Under 900 calories, 115g Protein, 39g carbs, 28g fat, 13g sugar and only 985 sodium. These numbers are including my 2 flintstone Vitamins, 2 upcalD Calcium packs, a b12 pill.and 15g of Glutamine

I actually enjoy preparing my meals in advance now, before I never enjoyed cooking. I decide what I want to eat for the week and usually prepare enough food to last 3 days. I find 3 days in the fridge allows the food to taste as if I just cooked it when I heat it up up to 3 days later.

Here a little trick I do to make my prepared meals taste like I just cooked them. I keep a little spray bottle filled with Water next to the microwave. I take my prepacked meal in tupperware, mist it 2-3 times, close the lid tightly but leave just one corner slightly open. When I microwave it, it almost steams the meal and makes everything juicy and fresh tasting as if I just cooked it.

I have never been a big cooker but with this surgery. It seems as though i will have to prepare my own meals. I am not good at following recipes. Are there pre packaged meals that we can eat(Atkins' date=' WW, etc) once we are able to eat regular foods?[/quote']

Atkins does hv frozen dinners now that are tasty. When you are in The eating stage things like tuna, fish, lean turkey burgers, chicken breast really dont require too much preparing. Cooking chicken/beef/pork in a crockpot makes them very moist.

I have never been a big cooker but with this surgery. It seems as though i will have to prepare my own meals. I am not good at following recipes. Are there pre packaged meals that we can eat(Atkins' date=' WW, etc) once we are able to eat regular foods?[/quote']

Oh and I would be careful buying some premade food. Look at the carb, Protein and sugar intake. Lots of the diet ones are high in carbs. Atkins is not but most are.