You were all correct!

Wow! I met with my surgeon today (actually his office) and she told me exactly what all of you said.  I need to keep up two shakes a day, I need to stay away from protein bars at this point and I need to slow down!

Thanks for all of the good advice!

Jeff

The vets on this board are wonderful! I've learned so much from them.

Slow down what?

Slow down trying to expedite the process

We are not just a bunch of pretty faces we actually know something LOL LOL

Stick around and you will continue to learn how awesome the Vets here are, I am successful 3 yrs post surgery become of them!

Thanks for the nice note!

And for the record I totally second the keep up protein shakes and stay far far far away from protein bars!

got it!

so what do I eat on the run? 

On the run eating for me is not really a good idea. But it happens: So here is what I always take with me when I leave the house: a 1/4 cup of mixed nuts in a ziplock bag. I keep it in my purse. If I know I'm going to be out over a meal time and busy, I'll also stick a cheese stick in there. It will keep without refrigeration for at least a day. I just put it back in the frig if I didn't eat it.

On the flip side, if I get caught out, and I'm in the land of fast food, I found out Chix Filet has unbreaded chicken nuggets that come in packs as small a 4 which is perfect for a lunch if a bit high in salt. Very tasty in any case.

Protein Bars are a bad habit for most of us. Realizing you may not be here yet-  but babybel cheeses are perfectly portable. I put peeled hard boiled eggs in a sandwich bag with salt and pepper already on them. At a lot of convenience stores you can but hard boiled eggs or individual cheeses... sometimes yogurt. I have also discovered jerky. Some are better calories/protein wise than others.... also some are softer which I find easier to do. 

Hi Jeff,

Well at a month out of surgery I was not hungry AT ALL. If I knew I was going to be away from the house and running around say doing errands I took liquids with me, not food.  I was just not hungry.  Week 3 & 4 for me (as per my Centre) was pureed diet. Week 5-9 was the soft diet, post week 10 I was eating "normal".  So here are some things that are portable at your stage. Not sure if your Centre has cleared you for "full food" at week 4 but here you go, this is from my Centre:

Week 3-4: "pureed" diet that are "eat on the run" - there are other foods but they are sit down foods

• unsweetened apple sauce with protein powder added (could take that in a small Tupperware dish)
• no sugar added yogurt
• protein shakes
• mashed fish such as the tuna packets

Weeks 5-9: "soft" diet that are "eat on the run" - there are other foods but they are sit down foods

• string cheese or babybel cheese
• yogurt
• hard boiled eggs
• chilli - such as Wendy's chilli if you are out

Week 10 and beyond is "all foods" but what I think a lot of new WLS patients forget is just because your Centre says "eat all food now" is not license to go "wild" and grab a big Mac combo from McDs, and I am not saying Jeff that is you, its is a lot of new post ops though.

Things I eat now at 3 yrs post op when I am "on the run"

• babybel cheese
• My amazing friend JB (JuniperBerry) turned me on to these great all in one to go packages. She gets them at Target so when I was in the US last I picked up a few.  They are called "Go Picnic". There are several different flavour combos but one I have at work in my cupboard in case I forget breakfast or lunch is Beef salami & Asiago cheese.  (see pic below).   This one comes with beef salami, asiago cheese, flatbread crackers, some mixed fruit & nuts and a "sweet".  I just eat the beef/cheese/crackers and give away the nuts and sweet to someone. But that is a great idea of "on the run" food
• Mr Cheese Os (also I got when I was in the US (at Target) last and JB turned me on to them too!)
• Dry roasted peanuts in a ziploc bag
• Moon Cheese
• Beef Jerky when you can tolerate it
• Homemade protein shake in a shaker bottle
• Kay's Natural Cinnamon almond protein cookies (got them from Nashua Nutrition website)
• And lastly a ton of water with a splash of SF cranberry juice

Best of luck!!!

ETA: the photos!

What I am hearing you say is JB turns you on a lot. Just sayin'

:)