Pre-Opti daily meal sugestions request

Happy Canada Day!
First, I would like to say how very blessed I feel to live in this wonderful country. I love to travel to places less travelled,  like the mountains in Kenya, but do I ever feel so fortunate to come home where we are safe. God Bless Canada!!!
OK, folks, I am trying to figure out what a day's meal might look like for me pre-Opti. Am I supposed to be eating regular foods, keeping to the daily nutritional requirements  or should I begin eating as I would be after the surgery, like protein shakes etc.
I am not too dense a person but I am just not clear about what my daily menu might look like.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Carol

 pre opti you should be following your clinics guidelines... most of them follow the Canada's food guide. 

yeah that is how I am eating, according to the Canadas food guide.

If I ate how a post op eats I would be awlays starving.. and it would be considered a diet!

I do practice post op eating some what by making sure to get lots of protein and eat it first and not to drink with food.

for breakfast I eat a boiled egg on a half of english muffin and a 100gram yogurt.

For lunch a typical meal would be a big salad and a grilled chicken breast only seasoned with seasoning and a peice of fruit or a dole no sugar added fruit cup.

Dinner is similar to lunch...

Pre op good goals are to get used to measuring everything.... Everything you put in a recipe, everything you put on your plate. Journalling what you eat, and getting used to tracking protein ( and understanding your intake of cals, carbs, fats). It is also a good idea to track your level of hunger when you sit down to eat, and your state of mind and body at the time... To understand where emotions play a part.

Good luck!