Food Variety :angst:

Hello all, new to this site. I am now 6 weeks post op and trying to find a little variety in my life. Egg beaters has been the one thing that seems to stay down ok. Depending on my mood chicken salad may stay and tuna works from time to time. I wish there was some sort of bariatric cook book out there for those looking for a change. Maybe we can make up one

I got no help for ya. I am so sick of the same things. I don't need a cook book, though. I've been in my current place of residence for 7 months and have yet to use the oven - only used the stove once. Seeing as I didn't like to cook before, now I REALLY don't see the point in all that effort for 4 ounces. I haven't been allowed chicken or tuna salad or anything of the sort yet. Only sf pudding, & jello - I did go to KFC and get mashed potatoes and gravy once - lots of broccoli and cheese soup (Subway makes some and Bennigans too). Oh, Ice cream - I found some that's actually decent and sugar free - it's chocolate caramel. Unsweetened applesauce. Geez, I could actually go for some egg beaters, my list is pathetic. (Tomorrow is our company Bug Boil (Crawfish) - I'm trying it - It's my favorite - I HAVE TO.

There are several bariatric cook books! My fave and the one my nutritionist recommended: Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat, High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months and Years after Surgery By Patt Levine Also, I've done really well with flaky fish like salmon and cod. Shrimp have been good too. I bought my copy of the book at Borders, but most any big bookstore should have it. Best wishes, Cara RNY 2/15/2005 341/306 Ps. Also, you can try Susan Maria Leach's Before and After. She has some things on her website, bariatriceating.com, too.

Thanks Cara, I was just going food shopping today for the first time in along while! and I wanted to know what good stuff to get. I'm getting a little tired of the egg beaters!

I hear ya! I would gladly pay for a food service like Seattle Sutton's if it was geared toward our diets. I'm at the point where I'm very tired of trying to figure out what to eat. I know this is just a phase, but that's where I am. I tried eating beef again yesterday and it felt like a lead weight sitting in my stomach for several hours. I can eat hamburger without any problems, but any kind of decent cut of beef bothers me. Carbs sit too well, darn it. I've had a protein shake today and I will have part of a taco salad for supper and again for my later snack. It's one thing I know I can eat. I know this gets better. Jeanie 6 weeks, too

I had surgery 2/11/05. I had a real hard time finding foods to eat. I would throw up everything. For the past 3 weeks, I kept down food a total of 8 days and that has been recently. I try foods, but I generally know right away if it is going to work or not. I've had the following: I get sick on milk products sugar free pudding does go down good though hate cottage cheese tried chicken-didn't go down ..got stuck tuna - puked it up a few times.. still can't eat it peanut butter on crackers - only threw it up once.. generally stays down cheese and crackers - stays down Wendy's chili - first time tried tonight and stayed down KFC mashed potatoes and gravy - stays down spray cheese in cans works - i put them on goldfish fish - went down ok but i don't like it haven't tried fruit yet cream of broccoli soup - no problems cream of chicken - no problems but hate it now popsicles and jello - never want to see them again cheese cubes- no problem eggs- throw up breads-- don't even go there beef jerky - no problem but chew chew sams club has chicken with cheese in it that is good and moist cereal - i have done cheerios without problem til i added milk and then throw up can't do carnaton instant breakfast no success with shakes haven't had rice cause i heard it was bad for you split pea soup - some days it stays down, other days it doesn't. guess it's all trial and error. good luck.. there are alot of cookbooks out there. also if you look at Dame Tooters website there are a lot of recipes. Terri

hi saida: i was going to list some of the stuff i've been having but after reading terri's listing it would only be redundant. i'm so sorry it's not going better for you as of yet, but hang in there. this, too, will pass. my issue is more along the lines of drinking water. not that it's too much to do, but that i'm having trouble keeping it out of my meals and not drinking water too soon after meals. take care dorthe

Thanks to all for the support!!!!! Terri you were really thorough some of those items I haven't tried yet. I guess I'm a little punk too when it comes to trying new things. Dorthe, I feel your pain. I try everything to get tha****er done. The nurse pract. even suggested just sitting in the bed at night until all of it is done. Yeah ok, she's not the one going to the bathroom all night. I just do the best I can with it. Shoot I would drink the sweat on my brow if I could just to get it down. I think by the summer time we will all have this water crap beat. At least by then we can swim in it.

Im not agreeing with the nurse on sitting in bed till your done drinking all your water, but take a bottle half frozen with water, and fill it up the rest of the way with regular water and put it on your night stand, that way when you wake up to move or wake up thirsty, you have a nice cold bottle of water there and just take sip, i notice i drink about anywhere from 12-24oz at night, and i only get up to pee once, and thats weather or not i drink or not, lol. oh and pre op, i would get up 2-4 times a night to pee and i didnt drink while i was sleeping :/ so give that a try, it might help :/

I read through some of the posts and thought I would add my 2 cents worth. I have had more good days than bad, but I still find things that don't go, and I know it right away. Up it comes and then I feel fine for the most part. My doctors office said we could eat anything at 6 weeks post-op except: Steak or roast beef, rice and soft bread. Cripier breads and crackers are ok. I tried rice and it definitely did not work. I can do hamburger fine and I was so happy to find out I could eat salad and it really hasn't bothered me at all. Here's one other tip, I got a special blender that I saw on an infomercial, called the Magic Bullet. It comes with cups that screw right onto the blender bottom, and it works great to really get things like tuna, ham, egg, or chicken salad very smooth and easy to eat especially for the blended time of the diet. I also made soup out of frozen vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower in cheese sauce and added milk to make a cream soup and then melted cheese in it in the microwave. Works great. Probably could do the same thing with a food processor if you have one. Hope that helps. Chris (open RNY 2/7/05)