I am trying to wean myself off of the protein shakes and onto more solid foods to get the required protein. Any ideas on high protein foods to replace the shakes? I had my surgery one month ago so I can eat soft foods. My surgeon encourages eating rather than drinking protein at this stage to get metabolism to kick in. Eating meat gives me stomach pain unless it's pureed and most meats taste yucky pureed. I have bought some baby food meats but they are only 8 grams of protein. Appreciate your replies!

- Go to store

- Look at foods

- Read nutritional info

- Note down foods applicable to your diet, the price, and amount you can eat

Better than relying on us to tell you what to eat.

After my RNY gastric bypass surgery, I found that softer foods such as chili and soups went down much easier than harder foods such as steaks. So this is what I relied upon. I made my own high protein chili and soups. I have included recipes at the end of the following article. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf

6 hours ago, BrightEyes77375 said:

I am trying to wean myself off of the Protein shakes and onto more solid foods to get the required Protein. Any ideas on high protein foods to replace the shakes? I had my surgery one month ago so I can eat soft foods. My surgeon encourages eating rather than drinking protein at this stage to get metabolism to kick in. Eating meat gives me stomach pain unless it's pureed and most meats taste yucky pureed. I have bought some baby food meats but they are only 8 grams of protein. Appreciate your replies!

Do you like fish? try a baked white fish. Swai is really soft when you bake it. I have a recipe in the recipe section and that is pretty much all I ate the first 3 months.

Cottage cheese, greek yogurt, nuts and beans, pureed or chopped meatloaf, chicken pot pie type filling, tuna or chicken salad, eggs, soft cheeses, baked or boiled fish

Thank you for replying. What Greek yogurt brand do you recommend?

13 hours ago, Berry78 said:

Cottage cheese, greek yogurt, nuts and Beans, pureed or chopped meatloaf, chicken pot pie type filling, tuna or chicken salad, eggs, soft cheeses, baked or boiled fish

This is pretty spot on.

My support nurse said baby food is for babies. For soft foods, meat is not an option unless it's super fine/chopped.

The dannon triple zero Greek yogurt (oikios) has 15 grams of protein.

I get most of my food protein from baked white fish (talapia and Cod are my favs). I am away and had salmon (3oz was my max) and had that several times but I made sure to CHEW it a long time before swallowing the white fish is definilty easier to chew into small pieces

Okios tastes good, but sends me to the toilet. Tastes are such an individual thing. I recommend spending 15 minutes in the yogurt section comparing brands. Those that say they contain live and active cultures will help with gut health.

Maybe grab a handful of different small containers to do a taste test...

I ordered a Bariatric cookbook - Fresh Start Bariatric Cookbook off of Amazon . written by Sarah Kent who is a registered dietitian nutritionist..great recipes and much encouragement as well....worth the buy

Greek yogurt- i like fage.
Low fat cheeses
Boneless skinless chicken breast - i use oven bags so it's not dry
Deli meat
Shakes
Super lean (92% lean ground beef)
Ground turkey (which i despise)
Shrimp
Crabs
Tofu/ tempeh. I like tempeh more
Beans- all of them.

There are tons of protein rich foods hat you can eat. Have fun with it.

Oh and of course eggs