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I tried chicken yesterday....

lovekatz1975

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lovekatz1975    1

lovekatz1975
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I'm "supposed" to still be in the mushy stages, but I've been eating all kinds of food so I tried a chicken breast. It was a little dry, so I put some teriyaki sauce on it to moisten it up some. Took small bites, chewed and chewed and chewed.

Honestly, it felt funny going down. Unless it is VERY moist, I don't think I'll be having chicken breast again anytime soon.

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starsmom    0

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Not to encourage you to go against your doctor's orders but my nutritionist says dark meat chicken might be tolerated earier since it has more moisture than the white meat. I'm in the soft foods stage and haven't tried eating chicken. Really, I haven't tried many meats at all even though I am craving them!

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Since I'm on pureed, soft mushies, I put my piece of chicken breast in the processor and let it rip! Mushed it right up, added a tiny bit of FF gravy to keep it moist, also broth works, and yummy! Great with mashed potatoes. And of course cranberry sauce is mushie! That was it for me. One piece of chicken got me 3 meals!

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cookielover    1

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I am on the mushy stage and I love putting chicken breast in the blender! My husband makes all kinds of caseroles and by the time they are pureed to almost liquid I can down anything. I even tried hamburger helper. It was too salty for my new and improved taste buds, but it did blend nicely. I just can't watch it blend, because it doesn't look too appealing.

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cQQlgirl    0

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I was banded on the 15th and have been eating things like crabcake, tuna salad, Soups and cottage cheese. I had a poached egg one day. I haven't eaten any meat: it just doesn't sound 'appropriate' or like it would be ok right now. Trusting my instinct here. My post-op appointment is on Friday. I don't have a nutritionist that I have to meet with. I suppose it's because I'm self-pay. Everything seems to be going fine. Is anyone else eating mushies on week 2?

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luv2read    0

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Holy cow, cQQlgirl! I was banded on the 15th, too, and am still on liquids. I was told to stay on the liquid diet for at least a week after the surgery. I go for my one-week post-op visit with the dr tomorrow and am hoping he will let me start mushies. After 4 weeks of liquid, I'm ready for something more!

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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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        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.

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