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on 12/9/15 8:25 am
For most breakfast I eat a greek yogurt and add a small amount of diced walnuts or even extra fresh fruit. If I'm extra hungry I will make a raspberry/baby spinach smoothie. Early out after my surgery I would only have a carnation breakfast drink with my protein powder added in.
on 12/9/15 8:17 am
For me personally, I have to follow low carb eating due to the fact that eating carbs makes you crave carbs just as eating sugar makes you crave sugar. Carbs may not necessarily cause stalls or even weight gain, but it will cause you to want them more and who wants to deal with cravings? Just my opinion.
on 12/9/15 7:57 am
I have been thinking I need to plan my meals out ahead of time also. As much as I would like to plan and prepare them all out on Sunday for the whole week, I know I would not be able to stay dedicated to that long term. But to plan a days meals out the night before is a great idea I think. In the beginning after my surgery I did not plan meals but I did set a clock to tell me when it was time to eat/drink. I think I also need to go back to that. I find myself eating more often (grazing). Finding foods to snack on has always been my biggest challenge.
I lived off of stage 1 turkey in turkey broth baby food, beech nut brand, mixed with 1 tsp lite mayo. It was hard to find, though. Only Kroger had it here. (I was told not to eat the stage 2 meats, which are in gravy.)
I also cooked some turkey chili w/kidney beans and puréed it.
What is your surgeon's plan? Are you suppose to be on low carb or low calorie or what? You should discuss whatever you are doing with your nutritionist. Different things work for different people.
I plan my meals weekly. On Sundays I cook all my breakfasts and lunches to pack for work. This helps me to stay on track. I do not plan my weekends and that is when I tend to make bad choices.
You have to do what works for you.
Lately I've been eating strawberry yogurt (Dannon light & fit) with peanut butter powder stirred in. It only has about 8 carbs that way and to me it tastes like a pb&j sandwich w/o the bread. Kind of like if you were to dig into the goobers jar with a spoon!
Beans! No-fat refried and Black beans pureed, mostly. Also chili.

VSG: 3/12/15
What is or did everyone eat at the pureed stage? I am quite satisfied with 2 protein shakes a day plus a greek yogurt which i add protein powder too and 1 egg scrambled. Thisbgives me plenty of protein plus im full off of it...i tried tuna today with a little half fat mayo and it went down ok sat a little heavier than im used to but im trying to max my protein and limit my carbs i dont know if i can do pureed meat lol