I got my surgery date today, not the approval though.

I started this path around July 2016, please understand that I'm not the type of person to wait for statistics or anyone's approval or to do some much research I could write a book about it. I understand that this is a lifestyle change forever and that there could be complications.

My oh $h!t moment is: am I seriously ready for such a big change?!?! Also, lord knows I don't cook, when I try it doesn't turn out good, how the hell do you learn this skill? My mom doesn't have the patience to teach me . And I don't have the mental capacity to learn the way she teaches. I'm going to starve when I get this surgery. I guess at the end I have the usual reservations, but seriously for those non-cooking people how do you survive this change?

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It doesnt take much skill to make the basics for this diet. You can oven roast most meats and roast/steam a lot of the veggies.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 331 (54lbs down!) Sleeved 10/5/16

I travel a lot so there isn't a whole lot of cooking.

Once you are about a month out. Hopefully you can cook an egg. Add some cheese to it. This is pretty much my Breakfast. I do slot of turkey and cheese roll ups with a smere of hummus or guacamole

I might get a chicken rotisserie and eat over a few days. Or if traveling order a good meal, take back leftovers.

You won't starve. There are also many easy recipes online for Wls patients.

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My go to breakfast is 3oz of liquid eggs, 1 oz fairlife milk and 1 wedge laughing cow cheese scrambled.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 331 (54lbs down!) Sleeved 10/5/16

Two words: crock pot. Seriously though, you can make some delicious on plan foods with it!

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I use my counter top George Foreman grill a lot. It is super easy to cook small portions on and takes no real cooking skill. Just throw on some lean meat a little veggies and seasoning and let it do till the meat is done through.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I will be trying them out pre-surgery as much as I can.

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Cooking?

We get those boxes that include everything for 3 meals for four people. We use green chef because it's organic and not over packaged but there are others like Gobble, Blue Aprion and Hello Fresh. Gobble is the easiest, te verifies mostly come cut up and all their meals are "one skillet"

The cooking is easy. There are low calorie, low carb and even Paulo options.

I make my 2 meals of 2:1 Protein and low deal carbs and there is plenty enough for my husband and son for dinner and left overs for lunch the next day.

I have vouchers for free trial meals if anyone want one PM me. I don't work of these companies and don't get anything at all from giving out the vouchers.

I have used hello fresh, blue apron and freshly. The meals do push you to try things you would likely not do on your own. If you are cooking for one and dont mind leftovers, they coukd be a good option. You would likely get 4 meals out of each 2 person meal.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 331 (54lbs down!) Sleeved 10/5/16

18 months out, I still never cook, lol. Even if I had the time (which I don't), I just hate it and don't bother.

I eat all ready made stuff or at best things I can pop in the microwave. Fast food? Pretty often, but it ends up being beef patties with cheese and ketchup with almost no bun, or beef/chicken with cheese in a tortilla, etc. Occasionally I'll indulge with some fried chicken breast. I steer clear of fries, pizza, all those carb side items, though! Chik-fil A with their diet lemonade and lean meats are awesome!

My usual diet?

Breakfast: Hard-boiled egg and fruit for breakfast (occasionally a little pack of instant oatmeal instead)

Lunch: seafood (sushi with most of the rice cut off, or sashimi, or grilled shrimp) or burger/taco

Dinner: chili or a lunchable (the pizza lunchable has like 300 calories, 17g Protein, under 20g carb)

Between all that, I eat a ton of Protein Bars and string cheese. I'm not trying to deny myself, I'm just incredibly picky! I also eat popcorn, Peanut Butter crackers and these weird little protein gummies my local 7-11 sells, and pick up my favorite fruit snack packs when I can (sliced apples, bears, peaches, watermelon, etc)