I've been doing really good -- 'cept I'm sitting here watching the clock (doctor's orders are to eat every 2 - 2.5 hours) and I can't think of anything I WANT bad enough to truck on in there and get it.

chicken broth

Cream of Chicken

Cream of Potato (blended)

Protein shakes

Pudding/Jello

Popsicles

With three weeks total of that stuff, I'm really bored with it.

I'm eyeing a can of Bean and Bacon Soup and thinking of adding extra Water, blending it to pulp and then straining it....but its "not on my list".

:cry

Yeah, ya caught Nana doin' a full on pout!

I'm eyeing a can of Bean and Bacon soup and thinking of adding extra Water, blending it to pulp and then straining it....but its "not on my list".

As long as it doesn't have a lot of fat - I say do it up! :guess

Just make sure you get out the bean skins.

I'd add some chicken broth instead of water to thin it though. (For flavor)

What about Cream of Broc?

3 Soups I just tried that are really good!

Butternut Squash Soup - Campbell's Select in a box

Progresso Split Pea w/ ham & Healthy Choice Chic Tortilla Soup (both blended and thinned with chic broth)

Hey! Hey! DH and I split that can of soup tonight! I did think it with broth, spooned his out and the took my THUNDERSTICK!!! (Immersible blender, that sounds like a porn movie!) and whirred the rest of it into liquid.

Yummy! Tomorrow I'm gonna venture out to the supermarket to pick up a few more things and add more variety of flavors to my menu!!!

Pam<---happy once again!

Nana--I agree with you. I am gettng bored with this liquid diet. I have 6 days to go to surgery. I am getting a little depressed about not eating at this present time. I find myself not even leaving the house.

Tomorrow, I will go see my sister. She is in hospital. She is taking chemo for leukemia. Since we are both kind of stuck in our own suitation, might as well keep each other company. It is 100 mile round trip to see her. I don't mind the trip, but I have to drive through Dallas and I will have to fight for my life with these Dallas drivers!!

Oh, Claramae -- I'll be praying for you and your sister. I'm glad you're able to be with her, because you might not be able for a while after your surgery.

I got an email from a childhood friend. Saturday afternoon her SO died after a lengthy illness -- then Sunday morning her father passed away!! I'm SO bummed that I can't make the trip to be with her for his funeral. I SO wish I was another week out. I'm doing good, but I'm just not up for a 6 hour car trip each way and staying in a strange place overnight.

Nana --

I was banded the same day as you and am facing the same boredom. Luckily my doc is a bit more liberal with the full liquids: anything thin enough to go through a straw, but no chunks. You can maybe call your doc and see if he/she can loosen up the restrictions a bit? Yesterday I tried mixing not-fat plain yogurt with fruit juice to make a kind of smoothie. It was much more interesting to drink than the Protein shakes.

the mad frog lady.

Nana---Sorry to hear about your friend's loss. When it rains, it pours. I called my sister this morning. She had a bad night and is running a temp and feeling kind of achy. She did not know I was planning on coming and she said they were giving her something to relax and sleep. So, I will not be going. She is my only sibbling and I am so worried. Please pray for her. Talk later.

You can maybe call your doc and see if he/she can loosen up the restrictions a bit? Yesterday I tried mixing not-fat plain yogurt with fruit juice to make a kind of smoothie. It was much more interesting to drink than the Protein shakes. :mad:

I DID get the go ahead to move forward a little yesterday when I called to make post-op check up! So I had some bean soup last night, but had my first -- ALMOST -- golf ball today trying to eat some grits. Got in too big of a hurry cause they were SOOO good. Had to lift my hands over my head and pray for a few moments!

When I need to slow down, I turn my spoon over and my "bites" turn to licks. I'm venturing out to the store today to examine everything on the soup aisle that might be good blended.

btw -- what do you have against frogs??

:mad:

Clara, I'm sorry to hear your sister is feeling worse and I know you're disappointed. I will continue to pray for you both.

Nana--Thanks, we all need prayers. Sometimes more than other days.

I have a really "nasty" question. When you were on your liquid diet--did you have a problem with "liquids in and liquids out". I am having a real problem with that. What do you suggest????

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LI-LO and then Stitch -- it could be a LBT cartoon!

No, everyone will experience it if they're own liquids long enough. It seems to somewhat stabalize after a few days and become a less....er....urgent? problem. Or at least it has for me.

Ah, Heaven!!

I just made some chicken salad for dinner. Used two cans of Deviled Chicken (already minced super fine), a little dill relish, a touch of mayo and a couple of eggs I boiled and grated to a fine powder.

Made DH a nice sandwich with it and filled one of my little 3 oz cups with it -- I just took miniscule bites and chewed chewed chewed what little there was to chew and savored it.

It was YUM!

Also bought some Braunsweiger since Alex put it in my head the other day!! Gonna have that tomorrow.:hungry:

I was banded on August 15. DO yourself a favour and AVOID those grocery store Soups as they are FULL of sodium and preservatives. SInce I am not spending much on groceries, I have been going to high end restaurants, and ordering a bowl of there homemade Soup. The bowls are huge and usually make about 3 meals for me. SOme do require a little blending at home with broth if they are thick or chunky. I have also been avoiding the Jello and diet popsicles, as I cant imagine that all that aspartame is fantastic for me.

I am having a fantastic time, eating very top quality food, and not spending a fortune, cos I just order soup.

Whenever possible I'm buying low sodium -- which is all relative because all 'prepared foods' are high in sodium. But resturant soup wouldn't be any better -- all resturant food is notoriously and noxiously high in salt.

My husband's been hypertensive since he was a teen.....and in my many, many years of Weight Watchers, I could not eat out within 24 hours of weighing in because I could not get an accurate read.

Only way to really control that is to cook everything from scratch.

Nana, I was reading one of your previous posts from the other day. My dr. recommended we use a spoon that you would feed a baby with. Perhaps that would help with eating too much at once. I will get my band on the 27th of August. I am getting a little anxious.

I DID get the go ahead to move forward a little yesterday when I called to make post-op check up! So I had some bean soup last night, but had my first -- ALMOST -- golf ball today trying to eat some grits. Got in too big of a hurry cause they were SOOO good. Had to lift my hands over my head and pray for a few moments!

When I need to slow down, I turn my spoon over and my "bites" turn to licks. I'm venturing out to the store today to examine everything on the soup aisle that might be good blended.

btw -- what do you have against frogs??

Right there with you again. :phanvan I ate a bowl of cheese soup today. (An old fav from my days in Wisconsin.) About an hour later I took the dog to the dog park when my .... ummm.... Lower digestive tract ... decided that I had not had anything that thick or fatty in weeks. And of course there is no bathroom at the dog park. I barely made it home in time. Very scary and I still feel sick. :sick

As for the name, it's because I am mad (as in crazy) about frogs, not mad (as in angry) at frogs. I love 'em. I have them all over my house. I even have a French Bulldog which are often called Frog Dogs because they look like frogs/toads.

the mad frog lady.