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Dilute with water? Try a low sodium version? (check the Health Food aisle if the regular soup aisle stuff doesn't taste great).
If you have an Instant Pot, making beef or chicken broth is fast and easy, and it's quite delicious. Just made myself some beef broth and the whole house smells fabulous. Mine will turn into some sort of pureeable soup, I imagine.
If no instant pot, a pot on the stove and several hours of simmering still work. Beef soup bones are super cheap, just ask your butcher for some if they aren't out. (or get one of those pre-roasted chickens and use that)
Band removal & RNY Feb 1 2017
I finally found a solution. For those first 3 weeks when they had me on a cup of broth a day for the salt, I picked my favorite Maruchan noodle soup - added ho****er (yep it holds a cup of ho****er), then simply dumped it over a strainer before the noodles had a chance to soak in the water. My favorite was the new Spicy Taco flavor. I am still using it, but now add in bits of chicken with Phase II.
I'm about a week post op now and this is by far the most difficult thing I've had to endure. I had to do a 1 week liquid pre op diet and I swear if I didn't do that then I would actually be going insane.
It's really hard to leave the house or watch people eating around me because I'm confined to broth and protein shakes. Trust me, stick to the diet as much as possible before and definitely try to wein yourself off of your daily habits. I was craving tortilla chips so bad yesterday I actually went in and licked the salt off of a couple. My mom scolded me a few times for that because it can actually form into an eating disorder.
By far the hardest thing for me is coffee, I had the WORST headaches giving it up pre op but I'm glad I did it before surgery or I would be miserable now.
Post op has been a struggle but I'm pushing through. Just cant wait to eat something solid 
Little tip: DON'****CH FOOD NETWORK WHILE RECOVERING (you'll thank me later) 
Good luck with surgery!
on 2/6/17 5:16 pm, edited 7/15/17 3:40 pm
Deleted all the message in this one, i was unsure of how to delete it.
I'm 2.5 years out and started to let things slide too. I lost 20 the first month of the year. Much easier than pre-surgery but it is still work and require dedication. Good job.
I'm doing a program where I need to eat five egg whites in the morning. Bland as heck, even with seasoning and vegies. Someone gave me this recipe and it works great:
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
1 packet of sweetener
1/2 cup of spinach
Blend above with a little water and ice
1 cup of pasteurized egg whites
Blend for 5 seconds
It really tastes great, 18g of protein, 85 calories I wish I had known this in week two
thanks Stacy for the reply. Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it. I am getting some help for the loss of my mom. I am just waiting for the surgeon to set up an appointment with a psychologist and a nutritionist. I am also waiting for my appointment to have my tests done by the surgeon. I am just taking one day at a time right now. I am trying to join activities in the community like mall walking. There is not much here since I moved from Toronto to a small town. I really appreciate offering to talk, thank you so much. Maggie
I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I'm doing a diet myself since I've regained. I am doing between 1500 - 2000 calories a day (which was very low to what I got myself up to eating). And,,,,i work out 5 times a week. I started slow and I do only what I can. I'm only in competition with myself. Like you, I got to the point where I was constantly sick, but it was due to regain, and caused a bunch of stomach problems. Try eating smaller portions of what you are used to. When you start out, try eating a half chicken breast, the stop yourself, and don't drink anything with it. You will feel really hungry after that, but then after about 20 minutes, you will feel full. You may be getting sick, like I did, because I was grossly overeating....hurting myself. I had to stop. This is how it worked for me. Talking to someone about your mom will help too. I lost mine and it caused a lot of anxiety too, that can also make you sick. I wish you the best of luck with everything. Hang in there. message me if you need to talk to someone, that's what we are here for, support.
Stacey Elliott
No particular brand. As long as it's dark and 1 ounce.
Miss B
Start weight (1-11-17) 281
Surgery weight (5-1-17) 245
Current weight (6-17-17) 218
VSG on 5-1-17
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