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When your on solid foods after surgery can anyone give me an idea of a prefect meal for dinner as an example.

I am getting excited as I move closer to my big day...

Thank y'all,

Karl

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I found the easiest meals to eat while still healing were extremely wet. If I had chicken I found that rotisserie chicken went down pretty well. Pork was the hardest because it is so lean. For pork I used the crock pot.

So my meal would consist of my meat, mushy frozen veggies and mashed potatoes. I was never a fan of mashed potatoes until I had my surgery.

It's been awhile since my surgery so I don't remember measurements. But try to eat your meats first.

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I took my mushy foods and stopped mashing them. Because I knew that my pouch could handle those foods. Example: refried Beans, just started having them in 7 bean Soup no mushing. eggs, scrambled or boiled. At Walmart in freezer section, turkey Breakfast sausage patties, pretty good. String cheese with deli sliced lunch meat, I buy boars head brand. Fish is really good to, I like mustard on my fish, makes it a little more juicy and no extra calories to worry about.

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I eat a perfectly normal dinner of whatever I would normally feed my family. I have 1/2 of a jimmy deans delight sandwich for breakfast (high protein), a lean cuisine meal for lunch (15 - 20 gr protein) and a normal dinner. Last night I made beef and broccoli in the crock pot and had that with rice. Remember to take an entire 25 minutes to eat each meal and do not drink before and after and you should stay full for 5 1/2 hours.

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For me I was and am very focused on good quality Proteins and veggies.

My favorite is chicken. It needs to be cooked to just done, do not over cook it or it will be dry. Dry anything does not go down well.

I made chicken cacciatore, chicken souvlaki, chicken with cream of mushroom Soup, BBQ chicken, chicken vegetable soup, chicken salad on a cracker. I also was able to eat ground beef almost right away and there is so much you can do with it.

I always have one or two veggies with my meals and skip the starches. I treat myself to starches maybe once or twice a week.

The rule I was taught by my nut was 2 bites of Protein to 1 bite of vegetables or fruit.

In the very beginning you need to start with canned fruits which are soft, wet and mushy.

I am 7 months post op now and finally able to eat more raw vegetables. I love salad these days with Protein added on top. This is my new best meal.

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My nutritionist told us no to starchy vegetables and carbs until goal weight is met. It can cause dumping and decrease weight loss. I'm surprised to see so many people are allowed to have mashed potatoes, rice, black/brown Beans.

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9 months post-op, RNY, Protein is my main focus then healthy carbs (veggies ) then grains if I have room.

I eat 4 oz max at a meal ...2 oz is dense protein meat usually, 1 oz veggies (carrots ,asparagus , green Beans etc.) and 1 oz grain (quinoa, lentils, chick peas etc.)

A day would go like this

Breakfast - 1/4 cup egg white , 1 oz chicken ,fish, or shrimp, and 1oz of hard cheese. I add 11tbsp salsa for flavoring and make a high protein omelet .

snack - Protein Shake with 2-4 oz of fruit added Frozen berries and or Bananna . I use Body Fortress whey isolate from Walmart.< /p>

Lunch- fish of some kind (tuna, salmon, tilapia whatever is on hand, 2 oz.

Plain Greek yogurt (1oz) , I use it like tartar sauce for my fish

Beans (1oz) chick peas, lentil, kidney beans etc

Supper- chicken or whatever dense protein , ( beef, ham, pork, fish, ) 2 oz.

Veggies raw or cooked, 1 oz. right now I am in asparagus mode

Quinoa (1 oz)

Snack - (slider protein) fruit flavored Greek yogurt cup or 2 oz cottage cheese with 2 oz fruit or veggies cut into it.

This is just my menu for today, it will get me around 600-650 calories Around 95 protein. Around 35 to 40 carbs and 18 -20 sugars depending on your choices.

I very rarely can finish all four oz. so I make sure I eat my protein first then veggies and grains.

I get between 64 - 80 oz. of liquid daily.

Good luck on your journey.

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Also when you say you take in 64 oz of liquid is that Water or what other drinks do u have other then Water or do we have to take. In 64 oz of water only per day

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I thought after surgery sugar was not good for us. Maybe I am wrong but isn't 18-20 sugars a day a high amount? I think I'm confused can we have sugar or no.?

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I don't eat added sugar at all and keep my carbs fairly low.

I had a couple of incidents where I had a type of dumping from eating ice cream( yep couldn't resist lol) ... a Xmas lollie gave me the same effect.

Although a piece of chocolate was fine!...

my diet is fairly clean now.

For example breakfast -1 egg with cottage cheese

lunch - avocado - tuna or beef mince or chicken with cottage cheese

Today was a beef rissole.

Arvo snack - avocado n an egg

dinner - will be an omelet with veg

No starchy veg no bread no Pasta n rice or Beans...

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I eat a perfectly normal dinner of whatever I would normally feed my family. I have 1/2 of a jimmy deans delight sandwich for Breakfast (high protein), a lean cuisine meal for lunch (15 - 20 gr protein) and a normal dinner. Last night I made beef and broccoli in the crock pot and had that with rice. Remember to take an entire 25 minutes to eat each meal and do not drink before and after and you should stay full for 5 1/2 hours.

I second this. I eat what my family eats. I just watch my portion sizes. That having been said, I serve my family food I can eat. No Pasta and potatoes on our table. We have scrambled eggs and ham for breakfast, I eat a P3 for lunch, and dinner might be salmon with mashed cauliflower and a green salad.

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I eat a perfectly normal dinner of whatever I would normally feed my family. I have 1/2 of a jimmy deans delight sandwich for breakfast (high protein), a lean cuisine meal for lunch (15 - 20 gr protein) and a normal dinner. Last night I made beef and broccoli in the crock pot and had that with rice. Remember to take an entire 25 minutes to eat each meal and do not drink before and after and you should stay full for 5 1/2 hours.
I second this. I eat what my family eats. I just watch my portion sizes. That having been said, I serve my family food I can eat. No Pasta and potatoes on our table. We have scrambled eggs and ham for breakfast, I eat a P3 for lunch, and dinner might be salmon with mashed cauliflower and a green salad.

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What's p3?...

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I eat a perfectly normal dinner of whatever I would normally feed my family. I have 1/2 of a jimmy deans delight sandwich for Breakfast (high protein), a lean cuisine meal for lunch (15 - 20 gr protein) and a normal dinner. Last night I made beef and broccoli in the crock pot and had that with rice. Remember to take an entire 25 minutes to eat each meal and do not drink before and after and you should stay full for 5 1/2 hours.
I second this. I eat what my family eats. I just watch my portion sizes. That having been said, I serve my family food I can eat. No Pasta and potatoes on our table. We have scrambled eggs and ham for breakfast, I eat a P3 for lunch, and dinner might be salmon with mashed cauliflower and a green salad.

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What's p3?...

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http://www.proteinproteinprotein.com

meat, cheese, and nut packs. Basically, they're Lunchables for low-carbers.

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It is important that when you start eating solid foods, you eat your Protein first. I was not allowed to eat starchy veggies or potatoes or rice for several months. So green veggies and protein. Be careful and cut your meat in very small pieces and eat slowly so you don't get it "stuck" and then get the slimes. If you start doing thus right, then you will be fine. The first time I had steak, I didn't chew it well and it got stuck and threw it up and got the slimes. Didn't want to do that again!

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I'm not sure how typical 600 calories at 9 months out is. It sounds really low.

I'm 8.5 weeks out and can eat for a meal:

1. 4 oz of tuna salad

Or

2. 3 oz refried Beans and one egg

Or

3. 4oz cottage cheese and 1 oz avacado

Etc.

I'm getting 1100-1200 calories a day.

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