Hi all,

I'm new here - just started the process toward getting a sleeve with Kaiser Permanente in Southern CA - but I'm already wondering about food options. I know that, even now, I sometimes get in food ruts and make the same 4 things over and over and it gets old. After the surgery my food options will be so limited anyways that I dont want to feel further limited by my lack of creativity.

Help me out. What are your favorite things to eat? Especially in the first months before I can really eat with my family again (but obviously with portion changes and carbs left out).

And if anyone else is doing Options at Kaiser in Panorama City starting next week - hi!

What I eat most: chicken, beef, shrimp, veggies, yogurt, fruit, nuts, cheese.

I don't feel like it gets old, because I'm not a slave to food anymore. It's nourishment, as it should be.

For a few months eating was a "chore" Now it's just necessary for life.

I love chicken and all kinds of sea food. I have also noticed that i have a serious obsession with peanut butter now, reduced fat peanut butter of course. Just LOVE the taste now. I used to hate peanut butter.

It's so true that food has a new meaning. It really is like just something you have to do. I have caught myself calling it consumption or that I consumed because I truly feel a disconnect. Meats become so good. Breads and rice are less enjoyable. Shrimp is good. I eat a lot of deli meat and cheese rolled up. Let me also warn that crackers are really good but a slider food and can be eaten easily which is bad! Enjoy the journey and be careful. Some things you will regret that they ever seemed like a good idea (mine was Hawaiian punch! Thought I was going to die!)