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Hello everyone, I'm just looking for some suggestions on foods and diet plans. I'm about 3 weeks post op and my nutritionalist has not given me many examples. Currently, I am able to eat soft and mushy foods. I still drink Protein Shakes daily as well. I usually add Protein Powder to my solid foods and use Premier Protein for my liquids. Do you have any better suggestions for Protein Drinks? Which work for you and which ones do not? I know I am only a few weeks out, but I don't feel that much progress is being made. I just started going back to my gym a few days ago, and if you have work out suggestions I'd definitely like to hear from you as well! Thank you!

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My pureed and mashed stages were very boring and I had some of the following. I tended to stick to meals that sat well in my sleeve and keep to those for a few days before introducing anything else.

Very soft cooked scrambled egg with a little grated cheese on top.

Soft plain omelette/poached egg/ soft-boiled egg

Very finely minced or pureed chicken or turkey in gravy

Mashed fish in a thin sauce, tuna, salmon or mackerel

Chunky Soups

Mashed cauliflower cheese in a low-fat cheese sauce

Mashed casserole such as chicken stew of a thinnish consistency

Soft Beans and peas, pureed or mashed

Soft mashed avocado

Small portions of home-cooked mashed/pureed main dishes like cottage pie or fish pie.

But then your NUT might disagree. Youd be best getting back in touch with him/her and asking for more examples. S/he should point you in the right direction. As for the gym, when I joined at 8 weeks I explained about the surgery to them and they worked out a great exercise routine for me. I am about to change it up a notch but only after meeting the main trainer at the gym for an assessment to make sure I am okay for it. I guess we all have different areas we want to work on, apart from overall general health benefits and I would rather be safe than sorry

Hope that helps!

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Agreed. My puree and soft foods stage were pretty limited. I didn't mind since I viewed them as temporary. I just stuck t eating things I liked.

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Agreed. My puree and soft foods stage were pretty limited. I didn't mind since I viewed them as temporary. I just stuck t eating things I liked.

I don't necessarily mind the limited options, I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing. I feel like I'm moving pretty quickly through the stages. I'm worried that since I don't appear to be making progress I might be making some wrong choices. I think I'll get in contact with my nutritionalist.

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one of my favorite soft foods was mashed avocado mixed with a medium boiled egg and tuna. I would also add a bit of Sriracha mayo (I've never had an issue with spicy food pre or post op)

I also enjoyed roasted cauliflower mashed up with a wedge of laughing cow cheese

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Cottage cheese, avocado, salmon, baked sweet potato and regular potatoes, Vietnamese pho with tendon is a great (rest your gut)option. Don't eat the tendon. It just adds collagenous Protein.< /p>

Homemade chicken salad made in the food processor until it is smooth and add anything you want for flavor. Be creative!

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I am getting my sleeve in two days. Could I please ask for some post op diet ideas. I do not eat meat (11years now) i do eat dairy and eggs. Thank you.

Redmond

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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