Post Op diet

[DwayneH]

I am getting banded June 28 th. Can anybody give me a bit of an idea of what sorts of liquids that you are allowed in each week of the Post Op Diet. Thanks

[AngieB]

I am getting banded June 28 th. Can anybody give me a bit of an idea of what sorts of liquids that you are allowed in each week of the Post Op Diet. Thanks

Mind you this list is more along the lines of after the clears.

1. Active Lifestyle Gellatin Cups - loaded with 4 grams of fiber per serving!

Flavors are better than Jell-O!

2. Mishima Miso Soup poweder mix - comes in individual packets that you just mix with hot water! Only 35 calories a pop.

3. Cool Whip Lite or Cool Whip Free (great with the Jell-O. Feels like you are cheating when you are not)

4. Nestle Rich Hot Cocoa Powder with Caramel - A liquid Candy Bar!

5. Bigelow Vanilla Chai Tea Bags - A box of 20 (Try with a dash of skim milk and you would think you paid $3.5 for a cup at Starbucks!

6. Campbell's Soup At Hand "Blended Vegetable Medley"

7. Imagine Organic Creamy Tomato Soup (comes in a rectangle carton)

8. Yonique Low Fat Yogurt Drinks (Pina Colada is awesome)

9. Lifeway Lowfat flavored Kefir (found this at Whole Foods)

9. Slim Fast Optima Shakes (The only protein shake I like)

10. Benefiber individual Drink Powder (like Cystal Light except 3 grams of fiber per pouch - sold in the Metamucil Aisle. Flavors are awesome. Mix with bottled water.)

11. Original V8 - I love this at room temp or heated on the stove as a soup.

12. Naked Fruit Smoothies (variety pack of 10, 10 ounce bottles found at Costco for $13. I use these for breakfast!)

13. Applesauce cups (mix it up by buying flavors like peach or strawberry)

14. Amy's Organic Tomato Bisque Soup

[damalove]

Hi Dwayne! Youve almost made it!

Dr. Miranda will meet with you to establish a healthy goal weight to work towards, as well as give you tons of insight into the post op diet. She'll actually give you a list and calendar.

In the meanwhile, here's what I did-

PHASE ONE -- clears

gatorade, tea, coffee, broth, boullion, apple juice, crystal light. Youll get sick of chicken broth pretty fast, but You can get creative here - call your fave chinese restaurant and tell them you've just had surgery, see if they'll sell you wonton soup broth. you can try the same tack at a vietnamese pho place, as well as udon broth at a japanese place, etc. When I was in TJ I went to the grocery store (Comercial Mexicana) and cruised their boullion aisle, got some interesting flavors to play with.

PHASE TWO -- yogurt

Introduce drinkable yogurts - dannon, activia, etc. make sure you're getting the yogurts that are in the bottle form, its gotta be a pretty loose liquid. If youre adventurous most grocery stores (and trader joes) carry Kefir, which is very similar to a drinkable yogurt. I didnt like the ultra sweet drinkable yogurts i found in stores, so i made my own -- thinned out my trader joe's greek honey yogurt to a very thin consistency with skim milk.

PHASE THREE -- full liquids

Any sieved soup - tomato basil, clam chowder, minestrone, whatever. Just dont be tempted to throw those soups into a blender and puree - OCC does not recommend that. You can also introduce milk, thicker juices like pineapple or mango juice, sieved smoothies, protein drinks, lattes, whatever. Every day I would mix my Carnation Instant breakfast (sorta a protein drink) in with my lattes and loveeeeeeed it. kept me full for hours.

When in doubt, email dr. miranda. i told her i was going on a business lunch and had to order SOMETHING, i asked if I could eat the tomato basil soup if it was pretty well pureed and she said yes. I guess it was a situation-specific concession?

She will also let you know how long she needs you to stay on each phase.

There are some interesting recipes in the food/nutrition forum; also, amy's organic as well as trader joe's make soups in quart cartons that are sieved and pretty tasty - cuban black bean, roasted pepper and tomato, butternut squash and apple, etc etc. I often ate the cuban black bean with some parmesan stirred in and a dash of hot sauce, awesome.

Oh ya, one last thing, room service is free for you and your guest while post op at the hotel. order up that broth and tea!