My good friend had her WLS (RNY) over a year ago so she is my "little font of information" and she shared what she thought was the reason behind her continued success (or one of them anyway). food prep. She swears by it and continues to this day to prepare as many (or as much) of her meals as she can way in advance. She basically cooks her dishes twice monthly and freezes in individual pre measured portions. This way she has a perfect well loved meal whenever she wants/needs. She can prepare her families favorite (WLS unfriendly) meals for them, warm her own for herself and sit down to dinner with everyone and still stay on track. I plan on doing the same (I am 7 weeks pre op today) and have started to work on my own possible menus as well as modify hers to my tastes. Some of her favorites include Turkey Chili, chicken and Cauliflower Spagetti and Loaded Turkey Meatballs. She even goes so far as to prep chicken salad in advance leaving out the mayo and then adds that when the time comes. Pretty ingenious I thought ...anyway, I was wondering if anyone else does this or a version of this? Any freezer friendly protien rich recipes or ideas? I know I will be on liquids then mushies following my procedure and I also understand my tastes will probably alter some so I do not plan on doing too much before I learn my new boundries but when once I do, watch out lol .... I love to cook and this seems like a big stress reducer ....

I've done this before WLS -- it's probably a lot the same, just different foods. I like to do pot roast in the slow cooker, shred it and freeze (along with a little of the juice/gravy). My nutritionist actually recommended making meatballs and freezing them flat on a sheet before packing into a freezer container. Then you can just pull out how many meatballs you want. chicken is also good from the slow cooker -- put some broth and maybe a can of low fat cream of chick Soup, then shred and package up in small portions.

I need to start doing this myself!

As a habitual dieter for the past 35 years I have tried all forms of this. Unfortunately I have realized I don't like frozen or left overs .

I plan on preparing meat balls, hamburgar patties and small portions of sauces and freeziing them uncooked. Then my hubby who cannot cook can remove the food and prepare with my directions.

I will freeze all meats individually so we can take out one portion and prepare as required. This includes chicken breast, steak, pork etc.

I also plan on having a menu for each week. Then I don't have to think of what to make for supper each night.

My hubby would be happy with meat and salad every night. I on the other hand want comfort foods with sauce and cheese. I think if I can stop thinking of what to make for supper I will have more success.

I also plan on making a lot of crust less quiche:)