I'm wondering what ideas everyone has for pre and post surgery liquid diet meals.

I'm finding 'bone broth' is quite expensive for a mere 2 cups worth in each package. Yikes! Any ideas?

What else do you use for your liquid diet - what has worked for you, and has a nice taste too?

As for movement, I just love this guy, Adam. His youtube videos are free and the movement is gentle with guidance, 10 to 15 minutes. Check it out...

*Didn't realize the picture would be so big. lol.

Pre-op and post-op I wasn't really on a liquid only diet. I had to do a 12 day pre-op diet - 10 days of 2 protein shakes, 1 for breakfast, 1 for lunch and a dinner of a lean protein and non starchy veg. The 2 days prior was liquids including protein shakes and the last day was clear liquids only. I had broth and protein water mostly. I am not a jello fan so that didn't make my list personally lol. I tried to do Crystal Light, but I don't care for the aftertaste and just stuck with protein water. I also was able to drink sugar free Gatorade.

After surgery, I was discharged on the pureed diet. So again shakes and broth or blended soups. The sugar free popsicles do help with a bit of a texture difference.

Since you have bone broth you can add some unflavored protein powder to up the protein content. An easier to find on is the Isopure Unflavored. Personally it wasn't a favorite for me, but many many people like it.

Hi Shanna. Great idea to add some protein powder to bone broth. I have been using Isopure vanilla protein powder since beginning of this year.

I decided to get Pacific Foods Organic Bone Broth Chicken unsalted. $6, from WalMart. It has less sodium than K&F, a little less protein by a couple grams than K&F, has less sugar then K&F too. And waaaay cheaper. I'm going to give it a try.

I made my own broth. I put 2 whole chickens in a large pan with water and a few carrots and onions and any herbs I had. I let it simmer for 4 hours. I strained it and froze it in bags.

Also, I used packet chicken noodle soup and strained the noodles out of it. We also have dried beef cubes called OXO that we stir into boiling water. My favourite is Bovril, its very beefy. My team were not big on protein before and early after surgery. So these drinks were ok for me. You can add protein

I made soup recipes for the family and just strained my portion of it into 3oz containers. I was allowed milk, bean soup, and yogurt during the full liquid, so I made that my main staples. I honestly did not exercise for the first month, and started walking after 5 weeks.

I finally tried the bone broth, Pacific Foods organic and unsalted. Ick!! I ended up adding garlic powder, pepper, and Turmeric. The soup tasted better when I dunked my grilled cheese sandwich in it. lolol.

This 'liquid diet' is going to be rough.

14 hours ago, Longview Lady said:

I finally tried the Bone Broth, Pacific Foods organic and unsalted. Ick!! I ended up adding garlic powder, pepper, and Turmeric. The Soup tasted better when I dunked my grilled cheese sandwich in it. lolol.

This 'liquid diet' is going to be rough.

Yeah, it might taste better after you are stuck with nothing but shakes, but I tend to doctor that broth up too. Not my favorite. LOL

Post op I've just been getting my favorite Campbell's flavors and straining them so only the broth remains. It tastes better than some of these bone broths (though I still like Thai Kettle & Fire ones) and is cheaper! Not as much protein though, but that's what the shakes are for.