The diet preop is not to much of a concern however it’s the post op when you start adding back in food but it has to be blended…. i’m so not sure I can deal with blended baby food like stuff so i’m very very concerned about it. I’m hoping I can get support here, diet suggestions and things.
Hi d, you might do a web search for post-surgical diet suggestions. We have a
recipes section attached to our group (check from the landing page). You can also do a search of the group using the "Search" feature at the top right corner of this page. There are probably thousands of recipes members have shared here.
I mashed up a lot of foods and added things like nutritional yeast, protein powder, applesauce, condensed soups, milk, yogurt--so many things you have in your refrigerator or pantry. One of my favorite things started with
Magic Milk (search the group for the recipe) which I heated, then added instant potato flakes, a turkey or chicken bouillon cube, a teaspoon of cranberry sauce and finely chopped turkey. This was a typical sort of Thanksgiving serving which often got mixed together on my dinner plate anyway. It was AMAZING as a pureed meal, especially after a liquid diet, and it was high in protein grams, which is the most important thing to consider after surgery, since you can't eat large amounts of random protein servings after surgery. Another favorite of mine was Malt-O-Meal cooked in Magic Milk, not water, which I then mashed a banana into, or the fruit of my choice, for serving.
I had literally already done this as a new mother who didn't want to pollute her baby with heavily processed baby food. I was a vegetarian back then, and had been throughout my pregnancy. So what I mashed together often started with cooked soybeans, which I made from scratch, then added other flavorful things like cooked, mashed vegetables, nutritional yeast, and seasonings. And for carnivores and omnivores, turkey breast has the highest protein content of any meat at 36 grams per serving.
Currently, the American diet is messed up and doled out in corporate doses. It's important to go back to your roots, stop buying packaged portions, Go to the
FDA food database which has a search function, and you'll learn what's in the foods you are thinking of eating. It even has a "fast food" database in case you rely on picking up a meal on your way home from work, or ordering-in for the family.
The bottom line is, you didn't become obese from eating well-balanced meals. Look at your diet, at what you've been ordering in for delivery or picking up at the drive-thru window. Your old habits are the ENEMY, and like every enemy, its goal is to kill you. Arm yourself and fight back.
