Food Sharing Tips (Everyone please add to these tips)

Here are a few of the tips that I have gathered through the years...Please add to these those tips that have worked with you.   

There are just some tips that I have picked up through the years from our online community or from my own experiences.  So, I thought I would share those with you guys who may have forgotten them or who may be new.   I am going to list the tip and the rationale behind the tip.

1.     1.  Never, ever, ever buy glider foods.  Glider foods like chips, cookies, crackers, potatoes go straight through your pouch and are so easy to chew up and turn into chyme (the semi liquid form our food is turned into and makes absorption so much more easy and glider foods are normally carbohydrate so they are readily absorbed in our small intestine).

2.   2.  Keep sugar free jellos, popsickles, and hard candy for those moments when you just gotta go crazy with the food.

3.   3.  Do keep fresh fruit and vegetables handy at all times.  We still get hungry and even if it is head hunger, make sure you have something sweet (banana), something crunchy (celery, apples, pears), something salty (fruit or vegetables you can dab some salt on), or dried fruit.  Fruits and vegetables fill you up and are less likely to turn into fat.   Also, they require energy to digest.

·      Prepare all vegetables for quick eating—wash and slice celery and carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.

·      Invest in some travel containers for transporting raw prepared fruits and vegetables.

4.   4.  Try a variety of canned meats like tuna, chicken, venney winnies because they are

     easy to transport and can keep in your car or your office for quick foods.

5.  Keep some boiled eggs in the refrigerator ready to grab when you want some

           quick protein.

      6.  Keep individual containers of peanut butter. ****ep jars of peanut butter in my  

           office, home, and even in my car…I know, gross. 

      7.  Experiment with making chips out of pepperoni, sweet potatoes, kale, Jamica,            

           bananas, carrots, and other low calorie foods.      

One of my favorite things is Beef Jerky, high in protein and takes awhile to chew.

I love beef jerky too

Hello Jeannie....you have listed some great ideas!

I have typed this for the third time....if it disappears again I give up!

I love all the summer veggies and fruit. I have been having a lot of fresh green beans and tomatoes!! I love fresh nectarines, strawberries and blueberries. The list is endless. I have not been able to eat apples or celery in over 6 years. I loved them with peanut butter.

I love turkey jerky and turkey sticks....like beef sticks. I like to keep dehydrated fruit in my purse/car. 

I am not big on potatoes accept sweet potatoes!! I rarely have any but I sure enjoy them when I do!!

I love cottage cheese but don't have that often either...slider food. Carrots are great but I can only eat them cooked.

Have a good evening.....HUGS.....LOVE...,,connie d

I definitely take advantage of the fresh fruit and veges and even freeze the over abundance.  

We have alot of peaches and pears right now.

PEACHES:

I peel and slice, then freeze in those zip-lock SNACK sized freezer bags and roll them into a cylinder shape to freeze...this way, when I pull them from the freezer, I can put them directly into my blender..they FIT still frozen that way. These are great for a quick protein smoothee for breakfast.  I add almond milk and FF yogurt as well.

For some reason, I cannot eat breakfast. I always have to wait hours before I can eat...maybe a childhood issue *remembers being forced to sit and eat* but a hot chocolate protein drink or a fruit smoothees works for me.

I still cannot eat more than a spoon of scrambled eggs for some reason though I LOVE scrambled eggs.

I keep several small cans of canned salmon in my cupboards..when I need protein and nothing appeals to me(surprisingly that is frequent these days), I open a small can, drain the juice and give that to the cats, mix a tbsp of mayo and a teaspoon of green relish and mash together. I can eat that by the spoonful, on a few crackers or in a salad...high protein, omega fats and and easy meal when I just do not feel like eating.

Also hard cooked eggs, though too dry for me to swallow, instead I mash them w/a bit of mayo to moisten and add lots of chopped green onion...another fast and easy meal for me. Good protein.

Did I ever mention that since surgery, I never get HUNGRY? Yes, I get HEAD HUNGER but never tummy hunger..strange...

Nancy B

Nancy,

Great frozen peaches tip.   I freeze all kinds of fruit, berries, and vegetables and never thought about rolling out the fruit...I do store my ground meats in rolled out flat stackable freezer bags.  I put the ground meat inside the bag and leave the bag open while I smash and roll it flat; I then seal the bag and put in the freezer as a stackable object.   The meat is easier to thaw and seems to take less space. 

I, too, keep the canned meats for easy and quick food.   I don't get hungry either but I do get the head hunger where I just must eat.    That's why I keep healthy food handy.  

Great tips. 

Jeanne-

I like to make cheese crackers.  Just take parchment paper on a pizza stone and put piles of grated parmesan or low fat sharp cheddar cheese.  Nuke in microwave until melted and browned. (You have to play with your own microwave to determine time it takes to make brown and crispy) I make a whole batch and store in plastic container.  Use them for crunch when having salad.

I also buy frozen fruit to blend into my protein shake.  If you get it right sometimes its like eating a sorbet/ice cream consistency.

PB2 is a powdered peanut butter that you can buy at some grocery stores.  I will add 1-2 tablespoons of that to my protein shake.

Fresh ground peanut butter and almond butter without any added sugars and oils are great too.  I can make a meal out of 2 TBSP of either one with an apple.  I'm lucky as the grocery store that I use in Texas has a machine where you can grind dry roasted nuts to make your own fresh ground peanut butter.  When I'm in Maine I get it at the health food store.

Cindi

Cindy,

Great tips.   I will try the cheese crackers...crackers without crackers. Love, love, love it.

I have made my own peanut butter but mostly for the oil.  I have never tried the dry peanut butter but will search for it and give it try.  

Thanks for such good tips. 

Jeanne-

I ordered the PB2 from nutrition.com the first time.   I've since seen it at the super grocery stores like HEB, Kroger.  Usually in the health food section.  It makes into a great satay sauce for a chicken recipe that someone shared on the WLS/VSG forum shortly after I had my surgery.

Off to my one on one with the pyschologist about my regain and getting back on track.

Cindi