Ok, so my pre Op plan allows for free grazing on low carb veggies, salad items etc, and one serve of healthy fat per day.
So rather than munch on celery orcarrot sticks (which I do also love) I thought why not make them into a faux wrap with Lettuce and avo.

I only ate one with broth for lunch, but wow it was great!

Anyone else getting a bit creative with their diet?

Dinner.. fits all macros and requirements.

lean Pork chop with mushrooms and steamed greens.. so good!

Didn't finish it all, and practised eating really slowly! it was good!

891 cals for the day.

Those look so good! And exactly what you are likely to end up eating in the long term so perfect preparation. My pre-op diet was 3 shakes a day for two weeks, no room for such creativity. Your surgery must be soon OP - best of luck with it.

10 hours ago, Spinoza said:

Those look so good! And exactly what you are likely to end up eating in the long term so perfect preparation. My pre-op diet was 3 shakes a day for two weeks, no room for such creativity. Your surgery must be soon OP - best of luck with it.

Oh wow 3 shakes a day... I would go crazy! ? You did well!!

My Surgery is on the 16th of Jan, I am nervous, but looking forward to having a tool to help me lose this flub I have been lugging about for far too long!

So tonight I put my chicken breast and veggies in a skillet with tex mex style spices and home made green tomato salsa, bit of guac and Greek yoghurt. 297 cals

740 cals for the day.

Again, just wow. You are owning this. Best of luck for next week x

So a quick lean curry tonight veggies, chicken and konjac 'rice' - used my healthy fats ration to add a tablespoon (for 3 portions) of almond butter to thicken and make it creamy. It's not bad!

Edited January 6, 20251 yr by DaisyChainOz
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Take Away, grilled spicy chicken, no rice, no beans, no corn chips, salad and a spoon of guac. Yummy

Grilled Greek style chicken with veggies.

6 days till surgery. 5kg (11 pounds) down Feeling nervous ?

On 1/3/2025 at 10:09 PM, DaisyChainOz said:

Ok, so my pre Op plan allows for free grazing on low carb veggies, salad items etc, and one serve of healthy fat per day.
So rather than munch on celery orcarrot sticks (which I do also love) I thought why not make them into a faux wrap with Lettuce and avo.

I only ate one with broth for lunch, but wow it was great!

Anyone else getting a bit creative with their diet?

This looks really good. I had a lot of pickle

salads on my preop diet. I think it was just lettuce, pickles and plain yogurt. ?

Edited January 10, 20251 yr by ShoppGirl

You are doing pretty amazing with coming up with healthy versions of normal food. You will be ahead of the game when you get back to your normal foods.

14 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

You are doing pretty amazing with coming up with healthy versions of normal food. You will be ahead of the game when you get back to your normal foods.

Hey thanks, yeah I am trying very hard to stick with it by making semi normal food at night. This is how I will eat going forward, maybe not as big a portion, but right now getting about 8-900 cals per day, figure that will be good for weight loss going forward.

Your Pickle salad sounds interesting ?

Funny how we obsess about one thing!!

Double post.

Edited January 10, 20251 yr by DaisyChainOz
double post

Konjac pasta veggie sauce with a little chicken.

13 hours ago, DaisyChainOz said:

Hey thanks, yeah I am trying very hard to stick with it by making semi normal food at night. This is how I will eat going forward, maybe not as big a portion, but right now getting about 8-900 cals per day, figure that will be good for weight loss going forward.

Your Pickle salad sounds interesting ?

Funny how we obsess about one thing!!

Yea the lettuce and pickles were free foods on my preop diet and was allowed a zero sugar yogurt as a snack so instead of eating it all at once I used it as a “salad dressing” and ate it with my free food just to be able to chew on something when my brain was telling me I was hungry. Sounds pretty gross now but it worked. ?‍♀️

11th Jan, Last day of eating meat on Pre Op.

Salad with Grilled chicken breast, Avo and a few olives.

Next 3 days are 3 shakes/veggie soup and free grazing on low carb veggies only.

Day before surgery I will do just the shakes.