Ricotta cheese never tasted so good

After a month of only have liquids (preop and stage 1 and 2 post op) today I moved on to stage 3 purees.  The ricotta cheese i had tasted was so good!!!  lol  :-)

However the pureed chicken was nasty!  I think chicken should just be left as chicken and I will wait to eat it once I'm 6 weeks post op. 

Hi. I am impressed that you have lost so much in just 2 weeks! Congratulations! I had VSG on Dec 17 2012 and am looking for someone to chat with as I go through this process. Let me know you secret to loosing 36' in 2 wk. I am down 17 and pretty happy but I know how important it is to make this first year successful. :)

I just lost 12 lbs since surgery.  The other weight loss was preop.  9 lbs down the first week and 3 the second. 

I'd be happy to chat with you I'll add you as a friend on here. 

Ahhh - The ricotta cheese memories - Isnt it delightful! I remember "chewing" the ricotta just because it wasnt a stinking shake and was actually solidish food. lol

Yeah today I was invited for dinner and it was a feast.  It was really hard but I took my nutribullet with me and the protien part of the meal pork I thought it would be too tough for me being only 2 weeks and 2 days out so I mixed a few string beans, potatoes and a little salsa.  Was still a little clumpy so I added milk and it smoothed out and I know it sounds gross but it actually tasted good.  I guess being a a liquid diet for 4 weeks changes once perspective on food.  LOL !!! 

Low fat cottage cheese, very small bites of chicken that I chew to adnauseum and sugar free fudgsicles are my best friends.  I am four weeks out as well...lol  I have also added low fat cheese to an egg...but that gives me a little reflux.

Not sure why I am not having any issues with anything I have ate yet.  I did go ahead and try some egg/cheese bites from eggfaces website last night.  They were good but I think I ate one too many.  It was my fault, I had a really late night and didn't get to eat until 8:00p.m. so I was hungry.   I didn't get sick or anything, I just felt pressure in my stomach.  I have had a scrambled egg and also mozarella string cheese.

I am trying to get better about getting all my protein in.  I have slacked on my protein drinks but not my water.  Saw the doctor yesterday for the first time and she was very pleased with my progress.  The only bad thing is that my blood pressure is still up so I am probably going to have to back on medicine for that at least for a while.

I am also walking 2 miles in 45 minutes at least 4 times a week.  Two of my kids and myself got Fitbit Ones for XMAS and it has become a competition.  I had more steps yesterday than they did and I didn't even work out.  lol