Meal Replacements (delivery) suggestions?

Hi,

I was wondering for those who prefer frozen/pre-portioned meals for convenience and food control sake, do any of you order online/have a favorite store you purchase from? If so, what do you typically order/recommend? I'm 3.5 weeks out and allowed "real food" now (excluding tougher meats like steak, etc. allowed if very tiny bites and tender). I'm looking for foods like pre-packaged chilli, soups, chicken/pasta type meals that are bariatric diet friendly. Thanks!!

I'm not sure you're going to find any that are bariatric diet friendly, especially not pasta.  Most frozen meals are really high in sodium and many are  high in carbs.

I have not seen frozen pre-packaged items that are "bariatric friendly", and as Kelly already pointed out, the regular ones have a lot of sodium.  They also almost all come with some kind of "white carb" (pasta, rice, mashed potatoes) and have tons of chemicals as preservatives.  I occasionally have one just for the convenience, but even at over 5 years out, I never eat more ham 2 bites of the pasta/rice/etc.  I mostly just eat the protein and end up throwing the rest away, which is wasteful and makes me feel a bit guilty.

I would suggest investing in a vacuum sealer so you can make your own foods and the seal them in small portions that will keep several weeks in the fridge and several months in the freezer.  You can get one for about $80.  It also is useful for keeping cheese from getting moldy or drying out (here cheese blocks are significantly cheaper in the bigger sizes), freezing fruit for smoothies, and for marinating protein (my favorite is chicken in RF Italian dressing) in a couple of hours instead of overnight to truly get it into the meat.

Lora

I make my own pre-portioned meals, mark them and store them in the freezer. That way I am not eating a ton of sodium, carbs and who knows what else and I am getting exactly what I know I need and nothing I don't. :)

Lora's advice to get a food sealer is something I hope you will really consider. Makes a world of difference to be able to pack your own food in a good, protective wrap.