Re: Help with Pureed & Strained Diet Options

[Guest guest]

-Hi

I had sugar free popsicles and of course baby foods, like fruits,

mashed some bananas, and I also had alot of mashed potato, but I

mixed that with my meats, Make sure you get your proteins in first.

Hope this helps.

-- In Gastric_Bypass_Family , imjustnutz@y... wrote:

> Hi all - I just had gastric bypass on March 8th and am now on the

> Pureed & Strained Diet. Is there anywhere or anyone who can offer

> suggestions on things to eat? I get REALLY hungry around dinner

time

> and I think maybe I haven't found an eating pattern that is working

> for me. Please - if anyone can help me get recommended menus I

would

> be grateful.

>

> I'm also concerned about the amount of food that I should eat at

one

> time. What is considered normal? I'm terrified of stretching my

> stomach out and overeating. I haven't had any nausea or anything

> like that but I need to make sure I'm doing this right. I could

make

> a pest of myself and call my doctor with every little question but

> I'd rather get it from those who have walked in my shoes.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Hi

At that stage my taste buds were not very happy. I found bean soup pureed with

a hand blender then heated in microwave helped. Ditto with corned beef hash...

looks gross but made those buds happy. I also never felt that full feeling and

have never thrown up. In a way, I too wish I had that option. I also ate tuna,

cottage cheese, and lots of scrambled eggs with cheese.

We are all here and glad to help. Save pestering your doc for the things people

usually ignore and hope will go away, like fatigue, pain, etc which are all

serious.

~~Pat~~

Orlando, FL

252/203/160

BMI 37/

52 Years Young

LAP-RNY 12/10/03

Wayne English, MD

Ft Lauderdale, FL

-- In Gastric_Bypass_Family , imjustnutz@y... wrote:

> Hi all - I just had gastric bypass on March 8th and am now on the

> Pureed & Strained Diet. Is there anywhere or anyone who can offer

> suggestions on things to eat? I get REALLY hungry around dinner

time

> and I think maybe I haven't found an eating pattern that is working

> for me. Please - if anyone can help me get recommended menus I

would

> be grateful.

>

> I'm also concerned about the amount of food that I should eat at

one

> time. What is considered normal? I'm terrified of stretching my

> stomach out and overeating. I haven't had any nausea or anything

> like that but I need to make sure I'm doing this right. I could

make

> a pest of myself and call my doctor with every little question but

> I'd rather get it from those who have walked in my shoes.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest guest]

I just want to say that this is amazing. All of you are so helpful and

so sweet! Thank you so much for sharing with those of us who are just

now or getting ready to go through it! I saw my surgeon today and I've

started my high protein diet for pre-op. I never was really big on meat

but I guess I'll miss it after my surgery, so I'll look at these next

two weeks as " my last supper " lol.

Again, I just wanted to say thanks to all of you. Your stories are so

inspiring for us and your help is invaluable.

Re: Help with Pureed & Strained Diet

Options

Hi

At that stage my taste buds were not very happy. I found bean soup

pureed with a hand blender then heated in microwave helped. Ditto with

corned beef hash... looks gross but made those buds happy. I also never

felt that full feeling and have never thrown up. In a way, I too wish I

had that option. I also ate tuna, cottage cheese, and lots of scrambled

eggs with cheese.

We are all here and glad to help. Save pestering your doc for the

things people usually ignore and hope will go away, like fatigue, pain,

etc which are all serious.

~~Pat~~

Orlando, FL

252/203/160

BMI 37/

52 Years Young

LAP-RNY 12/10/03

Wayne English, MD

Ft Lauderdale, FL

-- In Gastric_Bypass_Family , imjustnutz@y... wrote:

> Hi all - I just had gastric bypass on March 8th and am now on the

> Pureed & Strained Diet. Is there anywhere or anyone who can offer

> suggestions on things to eat? I get REALLY hungry around dinner

time

> and I think maybe I haven't found an eating pattern that is working

> for me. Please - if anyone can help me get recommended menus I

would

> be grateful.

>

> I'm also concerned about the amount of food that I should eat at

one

> time. What is considered normal? I'm terrified of stretching my

> stomach out and overeating. I haven't had any nausea or anything

> like that but I need to make sure I'm doing this right. I could

make

> a pest of myself and call my doctor with every little question but

> I'd rather get it from those who have walked in my shoes.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the info. I'm concerned that I can't eat corned beef

hash etc because my doctor specifies that if it can't go through a

collander (strainer) then at this stage it shouldn't be eaten -- and

that's what is the worst - I would LOVE to have cottage cheese, tuna,

scrambled eggs and yes, even corned beef hash but I don't think they

qualify as able to go through a strainer (it has to be put through

without being forced through).

> > Hi all - I just had gastric bypass on March 8th and am now on the

> > Pureed & Strained Diet. Is there anywhere or anyone who can

offer

> > suggestions on things to eat? I get REALLY hungry around dinner

> time

> > and I think maybe I haven't found an eating pattern that is

working

> > for me. Please - if anyone can help me get recommended menus I

> would

> > be grateful.

> >

> > I'm also concerned about the amount of food that I should eat at

> one

> > time. What is considered normal? I'm terrified of stretching my

> > stomach out and overeating. I haven't had any nausea or anything

> > like that but I need to make sure I'm doing this right. I could

> make

> > a pest of myself and call my doctor with every little question

but

> > I'd rather get it from those who have walked in my shoes.

> >

> > Thanks.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thats where the hand blender comes in. After heating, try it. Should go

through as well as any cream soup will. If not, add a few tablespoons of beef

broth. Yes, its higher in fat, but the serving is so small, it hardly counts

for a tastebud fix. Cottage cheese goes down easy; but if you must stick to the

collander tool, take the hand blender to that too.

~~Pat~~

Orlando, FL

252/203/160

BMI 37/

52 Years Young

LAP-RNY 12/10/03

Wayne English, MD

Ft Lauderdale, FL

Message: 13

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:23:31 -0000

From: imjustnutz@...

Subject: Re: Help with Pureed & Strained Diet Options

Thank you for the info. I'm concerned that I can't eat corned beef

hash etc because my doctor specifies that if it can't go through a

collander (strainer) then at this stage it shouldn't be eaten -- and

that's what is the worst - I would LOVE to have cottage cheese, tuna,

scrambled eggs and yes, even corned beef hash but I don't think they

qualify as able to go through a strainer (it has to be put through

without being forced through).