Question:
LOOKING FOR VARIED MEAL PLANS

I DID NOT GET A SET MEAL PLAN FROM MY SURGEON, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW OTHER POST-OPS HAVE DONE REGARDING AMOUNTS OF CARBS, PROTEIN, FAT, ETC...AND WHAT THE RESULTS WERE....THANKS    — [Anonymous] (posted on May 30, 2000)

May 30, 2000
If you're anything like me, your tastes will fluctuate frequently and a set meal plan probably won't be of much use. Once I passed the liquid and puree parts of my postop diet, and was able to tolerate solid foods, I've switched frequently. For a few weeks most of my meals were 'krab' salad with low-fat may, 1 and a half ounces. I'd throw in a little lowfat cottage cheese or tuna mixed with lowfat mayo. Then I got SICK of krab salad and started on hard boiled eggs mashed with lowfat mayo. Then I got sick of hard boiled eggs, and for several weeks I ate nothing but grilled chicken breast pieces and grilled beef tenderloin pieces, 1 and a half ounces three times a day. I take alot of supplemental herbs, vitamins and minerals and protein. Right now I'm varying with this icky tasting liquid protein syrup, protein tablets (1 gram per tablet) fruit and vegetable supplement capsules, spirulina capsules, sublingual b-12, garlic and cayenne, and extra vitamin c. I did get sick of grilled chicken and beef, and now am eating sushi twice a day, and Trader Joes in my area makes a great roasted, marinated chicken breast that's fresh and very juicy and flavorful, so I'm eating a few pieces of that, cold, a day as well. Also coffee with soy milk in it, and once in a while for a treat some rice pudding that's 140 calories for half a cup. I don't dump on sugar so as long as I keep my calories at between 600 and 800 a day I let myself have a little treat once in a while.
   — Elizabeth M.