Before RNY, I prepared portions of tuna blended with pickle juice and greek yogurt. It totaled to 10g of protein per 2 oz portion. Today, I used one portion to make an 'omelette' by mixing it up in a pot with 1 tablespoon of shredded cheese and one ounce eggbeaters. The results: A yummy pureed meal with 16.5 grams of protein!

Tuna with yogurt in instead of FF Mayo. Interesting. I just put FF mayo on my shopping list. I have tuna and low carb plain yogurt so I might just add the yogut to the tuna fish. Thanks for sharing. I just purchased a few cookbooks. I'm waiting for them to arrive. I'll share some ideas as well. All ideas help.

_{Did you guys lose alot of weight before your surgery?? I am 3 weeks out and have only lost 18 lbs?? Wondering if this is about average or not??}

The pickle juice will mask the flavor and add liquid for pureeing, while adding no calories. If you don't have any, use olive juice :-)

_{Did you guys lose alot of weight before your surgery?? I am 3 weeks out and have only lost 18 lbs?? Wondering if this is about average or not??}

I lost a total of 18 lbs pre-op, in a span of 6 weeks. After the first three weeks, the NUT asked me to increase my Protein and take it easy, because I had met my first half of the requirements.

What type of machine do you use to purée the tuna and picker juice? I'll need to be doing this in about 4/5 weeks.

I used the chopper blade in the food processor. You can also use a blender. I cooked all my foods 6 weeks before my surgery and froze them in 2 oz condiment containers.

"I cooked all my foods 6 weeks before my surgery and froze them in 2 oz condiment containers."

That is really impressive! What a level of commitment it shows!

Show-off time

Impressive!! But can I urge caution without being a wet blanket? I did the same thing pre op...but I froze them in ice cube trays in One ounce portions and then moved to ziplock bags. Now almost 8 months later I still have most of those cubes in my freezer bc my tastes changes so much. Plus I froze WAY more than I could eat during my purée phase even if my tastes didn't change.

So just don't get too far ahead of yourself! And don't spend too much $$ stockpiling. A little bit is plenty, you won't be feeling too bad for too long, especially by the time you are at purées!

Yes, my tastes changed too. I use the foods to create new dishes, and they are such a blessing to me now. I am 13 days post op.