Next Friday starts week 3 and a BIG change in diet, basically moving on to pureed foods and apple sauce consistency. Can someone point the way to resources on meal suggestions for beginning this diet through week 4? I assume there are recipes somewhere but I can't find them. I want to start planning now so I can start stocking up on food.

Also, and this might be a tough one, I'm pretty handicapped in the kitchen. I can do basics, like turn on a blender, haha. Just joking, but you get the idea.

Thanks,

Glenn

I had cottage cheese (low fat), Greek yogurt (Total Farg which is high in protein), fish and chicken, thicker Soups pureed, as well as keeping to the full liquids for a while and introducing a new food slowly. I tended to stick to what worked for me, for a number of days. I chose high Protein foods and made sure they were pureed well.

Did you get meal plans from your bariatric team?

Edited to add eggs, eggs and more eggs.

I loved a bit of chicken or turkey chopped real fine with a plop of ricotta cheese and a bit of sauce (as long as the sauce doesn't bother) and heated it up. I eat a lot of turkey/chicken with hummus, ricotta,- any thing low cal that will moisten the food. I didn't puree or put stuff in a blender because I actually found for me it kind of added air - sound weird I know. I just cur everything real well and chewed like crazy lol And yes lots of scrambled eggs lol

Edited November 14, 201510 yr by sorrynomore

Thanks for the responses. Let's not get too complicated though, haha.

Kate, yes, I did get instructions and some suggestions. It doesn't sound half-bad, but I'm looking for a little more variety and stuff that's easy to have at work where I've gone back to spending most of my life. -(

The basics are in order of highest protein:

1.High Protein - fish, chicken, meat, Beans, soy (all pureed or flakey)

2.Milk, cheese, yogurt

3.Fruits, vegetables (I was excited when I first saw this, but that enthusiasm drained when I read further - "baby food fruits and vegetables, pureed canned fruits and vegetables, low fat creamed spinach, applesauce, pureed squash.

4. Grains, cereals - cream of wheat or farina, mashed potatoes, yummy oatmeal

Pureed fish!! sounds yummy -)

I have a new state-of-the-art Vitamix which I'd love to start using.

Fat free refried beans with some cheese melted on top, hummus (with some unflavored protein powder mixed in), pimiento cheese (with unflavored protein powder mixed in), Greek yogurt (with vanilla protein powder mixed in), sugar free chocolate pudding snack (with chocolate protein powder mixed in). I also had some soups and tried to mix in protein powder or pureed chicken and that was a total fail. (Ugh. Still makes me shudder to think about it. ). I didn't do so well with the eggs. They got cold too quick. I finally solved that with a coffee cup / candle warmer and put my dish on it. That helped. Good luck!