I am struggling with relearning how to eat. I find myself fumbling with recipes or resorting back to purée or liquid diet to avoid "making a mistake" with food. My other issue is that prior to surgery, I was a Pasta LOVER!! Well, sad news... Pasta goes down fine post op and I am afraid I will fall back into carb city.

I am wondering if I can have everyone reading this to post a healthy recipe, something you really love or something that mimics food (in a healthy way) of bad choices we were eating prior to surgery. I would love to keep these recipes on hand to start a little post op "cook book"

Thanks!

I know it is a scary time but I promise you will make it through. I am Italian and my favorite dish was any type of Pasta. It is one thing that I have stayed away from entirely because I know I would have no problem eating it and it is a trigger food for me. I can also eat bread, rice, and sweets if I really wanted them. The funny thing is those items no longer satisfy me.

I have worked really hard to stay focused on good Proteins vegetables and fruit. Because I eat those things regularly, they are what I crave. Thank heavens! I have simply found that the other stuff like bread, rice and sweets simply don't stay with you long enough to keep you full and you end up grazing.

Some of my favorite recipes: chicken cacciatore: chicken breast, green peppers, mushrooms, garlic and onions. Saute in a pan with a little olive oil. Brown the chicken first and then add the vegetables. Add your favorite jarred spaghetti sauce. Simmer until chicken is cooked through. It is delicious and very satisfying. I use my vacumn sealer to then portion out the leftovers and I freeze them. You can pop them into some boiling Water for a quick lunch.

Chicken souvlaki - very easy recipe and my family loves it too. Marinate the chicken in lemon juice, olive oil, crushed fresh garlic, fresh rosemary chopped, salt and pepper. Marinate for at least an hour, longer is better. Skewer and grill with zucchini and mushrooms. Or you can leave the chicken breast whole. It is delicious! You can even buy some tzatiki sauce to dip your chicken in. My family likes that extra flavor.

Thank you so much! I will start with those and see how I like them... I can have a few bites of bread, after that I feel bloated and my belly is heavy. Pancakes initiated "dumping syndrome" but did not vomit, only sweaty, nausea, heart racing. I find that same feeling accompanies anything overly sweet as well. My biggest want is just healthy recipes, I'm looking online for a cook book of some sort to guide me.

I bought a cookbook on Amazon.com called "Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery" - It is WONDERFUL!! It has hundreds of recipes and a serving guide for each recipe that tells you how much you can have and if you are in weeks 1-4 how to puree. I have been using this cookbook since day 1 and have been thrilled with the tase and variety AND my husband has even eaten some of the recipes (not pureed) but he like them too! I highly reccommend it - It is so important that we love eating this new way or it will never work for us because we know we had bad habits before. This book is packed with wonderful dishes that will leave you satisfied and you won't crave the bad stuff. Hope you try it

I agree! I am still in that phase looking like the baby bird trying out their new wings... I'm hesitant to jump! I appreciate your feedback and will deff look into that!

I bought a cookbook on Amazon.com called "Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery" - It is WONDERFUL!! It has hundreds of recipes and a serving guide for each recipe that tells you how much you can have and if you are in weeks 1-4 how to puree. I have been using this cookbook since day 1 and have been thrilled with the tase and variety AND my husband has even eaten some of the recipes (not pureed) but he like them too! I highly reccommend it - It is so important that we love eating this new way or it will never work for us because we know we had bad habits before. This book is packed with wonderful dishes that will leave you satisfied and you won't crave the bad stuff. Hope you try it

can you tell me who is it from cuz I looked for it but there's a lot

can you tell me who is it from cuz I looked for it but there's a lot

Here's the book that the other user recommended: http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Well-After-Weight-Surgery-ebook/dp/B001D1Z7UI/

I also recommend anything by Dave Fouts. He's a WLS patient himself and found his "calling" as a bariatric chef afterwards. Some of the titles are:

http://www.amazon.com/Recipes-Weight-Surgery-Success-Step--ebook/dp/B0056H2PIM/

http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Loss-Surgery-Cookbook-Dummies/dp/0470640189/

Good luck!