16 Days Post-Op

Apr 08, 2011

 ... and feeling good! After 3 weeks of opti-fast and 2 weeks of full fluids I am SOOOOOOOOOOO ready for something that both tastes and feels like human food. Tomorrow is the day WooHoo! 

I've been looking at some sites that offer lots of pureed stage ideas. I've settled on 3 for the first little bit and have them all prepared. Being from the states and having a southern background I've always had a thing for grandma's Tuna Salad. I've modified it in that its smoother and more moist for this stage. Simple - 1 can tuna, 2 egg whites grated, 3 T lite whipped salad dressing 2 T mustard, onion powder, salt and pepper to taste. It makes 4 servings (for now) then 3 down the road. Approx 40 cal. and 10 g of pro. Yummy yummy can not wait. 

The other is Refried Beans. I am such a sucker for mexican food. The thought of never having it again made me crazy. Even at this stage I'm figuring it out lol. Refried Beans with a pinch of low fat cheese, heated till bubbly, 2 T of salsa and 2T of fat free sour cream. omg yum

The 3rd Im making for the family. My daughter is going to learn what a serving size is if its the last thing I do. Im going to make lasanga. Sauce, thin sliced zucchini, low fat ricotta - X3 layers. Topped with a bit of light mozza. Im looking forward to this. I have always made my own sauce, handed down from dad's side of the family... italian to the core.  I'm just going to have to modify it and find a substitue for the secret ingredient, which is worchestershire sauce. If I could just either talk to my great-great grandmother or find the original written recipe I'd be golden. They used something else back then. Im thinking some sort of spiced beef rue of a sort but I dont know. Friggen EVERYTHING has glutten in it, in some form or another. 

It was hard enough to wrap my brain around the low fat, high protein, low carb WLS diet needs. I'm still working on that. Now though, having to live glutten free it's a whole other ballgame. What it boils down to is to eat Nothing processed. To be safe. Even my medications (which are extensive) have had to be looked at because they use glutten items as binding to make solid pills. Make-up, lipsticks, facial scrubs/masks friggen EVERYTHING. So I always had a vision of myself being one of those old ladies with a big floppy hat tending her gardens in the summer, her greenhouse in the winter and canning and freezing year round. Goes along with my tree-hugger, spiritual background I suppose.

This all coming from someone who existed on Kraft Dinner and fast food.

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