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I'm still in the "pre" phase awaiting approval for a sleeve (hopefully later this week per my insurance co today!). I've been to my preoperative classes, have my lists of clear liquid, full liquid and soft/puréed foods and am wondering if anyone gets bored with their food choices? How do you change up your foods to avoid boredom? I'm a little worried because in my previous low carb diet attempts I have been successful by eating the exact same thing with very little variation. Seriously. I still cannot bring myself to eat spring mix with chicken breadth, cucumber and tomatoes, and I haven had it for 2 years! Anyone have recipe tips tricks or sites to look at? I realize there's not a whole lot to do with Clear Liquids. I guess I'm mostly concerned about where you go after the Protein Shakes and Greek yogurt??

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if you find one let me know! I have mostly been searching on pintrest and finding some great ideas

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Pinterest has a lot of great ideas

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I don't need much variation in my food flavors. Between eating out once a week and the free Cereal at work, I can do fine with my pork loin and lentils for most meals. Although I have to admit, since doing some taste test videos for Quest bars and OhYeah! Protein bars, I'm getting kinda addicted to eating a bar for dessert. :o

But Eggface is highly recommended for those that would like to add a lot a variety to their post-op diet.

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I'm still in the "pre" phase awaiting approval for a sleeve (hopefully later this week per my insurance co today!). I've been to my preoperative classes, have my lists of clear liquid, full liquid and soft/puréed foods and am wondering if anyone gets bored with their food choices? How do you change up your foods to avoid boredom? I'm a little worried because in my previous low carb diet attempts I have been successful by eating the exact same thing with very little variation. Seriously. I still cannot bring myself to eat spring mix with chicken breadth, cucumber and tomatoes, and I haven had it for 2 years! Anyone have recipe tips tricks or sites to look at? I realize there's not a whole lot to do with clear liquids. I guess I'm mostly concerned about where you go after the Protein shakes and Greek yogurt??

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I found and ordered several books on Half.com for recipes and ideas from people who have had Bariatric surgery. I haven't started cooking from them yet, but I plan to!

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Visit bariatriceating.com, she has a lot of yummy recipes. also I'm a member of kindle unlimited and there are scads of books you can "borrow" for free.

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Check out some of the YouTube videos by Dr. Matthew Weiner, especially the ones regarding nutrition. He offers practical advice and some recipes. He also has authored a book called A Pound of Cure" which supposedly includes recipes. I ordered it from Amazon yesterday, so can't vouch for the recipes yet.

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I found a few weight loss surgery cookbooks on Amazon.

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    • Theweightisover2024🙌💪

      Question for anyone, how did you get your mind right before surgery? Like as far as eating better foods and just doing better in general? I'm having a really hard time with this. Any help is appreciated 🙏❤️
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      1. NickelChip

        I had about 6 months between deciding to do surgery and getting scheduled. I came across the book The Pound of Cure by Dr. Matthew Weiner, a bariatric surgeon in Arizona, and started to implement some of the changes he recommended (and lost 13 lbs in the process without ever feeling deprived). The book is very simple, and the focus is on whole, plant based foods, but within reason. It's not an all or nothing approach, or going vegan or something, but focuses on improvement and aiming for getting it right 80-90% of the time. His suggestions are divided into 12 sections that you can tackle over time, perhaps one per month for a year if a person is just trying to improve nutrition and build good habits. They range from things like cutting out artificial sweetener or eating more beans to eating a pound of vegetables per day. I found it really effective pre-surgery and it's an eating style I will be working to get back to as I am further out from surgery and have more capacity. Small changes you can sustain will do the most for building good habits for life.

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        That sounds awesome. I'll have to check that out thanks!

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