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My surgeon is very careful and I am now 5 weeks post op and I am just moving into the pureed stage, not the soft foods phase. I am having problems finding high Protein purees. I can have refried Beans and cottage cheese. I need something else other than Protein Shakes after 4 weeks of them. Does anyone have a way to deal with this? Or any tips?

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eggs

Soft Tofu

Greek Yogurt

Plain Kefir

Cottage cheese

SF NonFat pudding or Custard

Cream of Wheat or Rice

Malt O Meal

Reduced Fat Cream Soups

broth or Bone Soups

Low Fat Chili

Non Fat Refried Beans

pureed tuna or chicken salad

pureed soft cooked veggies (non gassy)

Unsweetened Applesauce or Pureed fruit (no seeds or skins)

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This looks like my post op guide. Lol! All great suggestions. Here's a little of what I've been doing.

I made Turkey chili for the family yesterday. Set some aside for myself. Threw it in the blender, threw a little shredded cheese on top. Made a great lunch and dinner for the past 2 days. Good Protein source. (Ground turkey, Beans, cheese)

Scrambled eggs w/cheese

oatmeal. I use evap milk and a little Splenda for flavor.

fruit smoothies w/greek yogurt.

Id like to do a Premier Protein vanilla or strawberrywith a banana blended to give it a little more thickness to make it like a milkshake

I also do baby foods 1st and 2nd stage. chicken, turkey

Fruit (apples, peaches, banana)

Squash, veg medley,

Mashed potatoes w/ sour cream

Sweet potato pureed of course

Just remember most things can be pureed.< /p>

I have no problem throwing tuna and a little mayo in the blender.

Salmon w a little olive oil

Protein first!

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Everyone keeps mentioning tuna and eggs but my question is this. Are you cooking them and then pureeing them in a blender? To me purée means an apple sauce consistency (that falls off of a spoon)... How can tuna or eggs ever get like that?

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Everyone keeps mentioning tuna and eggs but my question is this. Are you cooking them and then pureeing them in a blender? To me purée means an apple sauce consistency (that falls off of a spoon)... How can tuna or eggs ever get like that?

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I'm still full liquid but I think puréed can be a creamy consistentcy as long as there are no chunks. Be sure to chew and chew.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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