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sweetchristiangal · 03-25-2006, 09:10 AM

Is anyone else out there single? It is only my daughter and I and I was wondering what would be the best way to ensure we are both eating correctly after I have surgery?

Also I go to school MW nights so I need something I can pack.
Right now I am thinking soup or a tv dinner or ham/cheese slices.

But would should I fix us when we are home together?

Mz_Desz · 03-25-2006, 09:26 AM

Soup wouldn't be a good thing for you post op because you are mixing fluids with solids. Most doctors tell you to not drink anything 30 to 45 minutes before & after eatting.

Pork & Beef are sort of hard on the pouch (from what I heard) straight out of surgery. I was told to stick with seafood & chicken. Remember to try to stick to the leaner meat also if you can.

Tuna & crackers would be something good to pack. Cook a chicken breast and just separate it into the domination of ounces you tend to eat at one serving. Delmonte has locarb peaches. You can also get fatfree cottage cheese in the individual packs.

If I can think of anything esle I will post again.

MiladyB · 03-25-2006, 11:43 AM

When I cook for my family now (8 weeks postop) I usually just do a bit of a variation for myself. For example if I'm making like a chicken casserole I will keep chicken out for myself for my meal. Last night I feed them spaghetti and I just took my own serving of the meatsauce and put it aside and then finished making theirs. Early out there isn't much you can do to eat the same thing. You are pretty limited on your selections until you are about 6 weeks out. When I eat away from home I make sure I take food I know I will tolerate. The last thing that I want is to get sick from a new food when I'm away from home. Initially I took things like cottage cheese, Fat free refried beans with low fat cheese, deli meat, creamed soups, low fat yogurt and string cheese. Now that I'm further out I'm usually taking either a Lean Cusine or Weight Watchers Smart Ones frozen meals.

It is a bit of a challenge when you have to cook for others but the further out you get the easier it seems to be getting for me.

LisaBoston · 03-26-2006, 06:44 PM

For the first 6 weeks or so, you will probably have to make 2 different meals for your at supper time. After 6 weeks, you can probably make one meal as you will be eating most foods....if not 6 weeks, then about 8.

I liked crackers, cheese and salmon on crackers for a quick meal for me. The other thing that I really liked was a quesadilla (tortilla) fried in the pan with cooking spray. You can add in meat, shrimp, salmon, cheese. My daughter really likes them.

Soup is not a good one for me. Makes me nauseated unless its a cream soup.

As far as your daughter is concerned, I would just make sure she doesn't have to follow in what you eat. There are lots of good food choices out there - my daughters favorite (has been since she was small) is cut up meat, cheese, crackers, veggies and dip and fruit on a plate....kinda like a picnic.

Mavisavis · 04-03-2006, 12:56 AM

Boiled eggs and salads with meat and cheese are easy lunch foods. I sometimes eat with my family and sometimes eat differently. The good thing is that I eat a small enough amount that I always have little take out containers and leftovers of earlier meals all ready to reheat. So, it usually doesn't involve 2 actual meal preps.......and I always make their veggies without bad fats and such, so we all eat those the same.

Leanne · 04-03-2006, 11:17 AM

i take the little packs of tuna and crackers with me to school. it's the perfect size and half the time I don't eat the crackers and I am full.

trickychick68 · 04-03-2006, 11:47 AM

It's just me and my seven-year-old boy, and at first, I would eat soups, eggs, beans, and cheese, and he would have the same thing sometimes. Other nights, he would be happy with some spaghettios or a sandwich. Now that I can eat everything, I just make a smaller plate for myself, and we always have leftovers. I don't make the carby, starchy sides anymore, and he doesn't care.

As far as taking things with you, soup was a godsend, and cheese, and yogurt if you can tolerate it.

The soup thing depends on your surgeon, but generally soup is widely recommended as something good for your pouch, as long as it is low fat, low sugar and high protein, which is very easy to find in a canned soup, believe it or not.

Good luck!

Ryn · 04-03-2006, 04:42 PM

My daughter ate healthy choice meals the first few weeks, I was too tired to cook and wasn't eating much anyway.

I eat the tuna kit daily at work. It's easy and portable. I have a hard time getting in my protein otherwise.

Chicken breast tenderloins are a regular around here. I marinate in italian dressing and grill or they have low carb BBQ. I like the tenderloin cut because they are small and I can eat 2 or 3 if I am feeling wild and my daughter will eat 3-4, I add something with it for her.

Laura@BellaBabies · 04-03-2006, 05:40 PM

Cheese sticks are a lifeline here lol. Also the snack packs of cottage cheese. As far as cooking goes the first 2 weeks my husband and kids ate with my parents or my husband would cook for the kids. When your a few weeks out and getting back on track with eating solids I found that my cooking really has not changed except for the fact that I make more veggies and less rice or potato's than I did before A typical week for us consists of Sunday macaroni, with meatballs and country ribs cooked in the sauce. The pork comes super tender and I make my meatballs super moist so I usually have one or 2 depending on the size and add some ricotta cheese and a little grated cheese. For me the pasta just does not sit well in my pouch. I will walk away from the table feeling fine then all of a sudden I have intence pressure in my pouch about 10 min. later. I think the pasta swells, so I just have a bite or 2 and enjoy my meatballs.

Also during the week I make chicken cutlets, the leftovers I make into chciken parm another night. Frozen cooked shrim makes a wonderful coctail for lunch or dinner just defrost and make your coctail sauce. Steakes grilled chciken etc. we still have I just make my greek or tiger dill sauce to go on the side. It keeps the meat moist and it is added protein the recipes are posted in the recipe section for both.

When I first started on soft foods I did make a pot of meatball soup the recipe is also posted. The tiny meatballs were easy to eat and super soft, as were the veggies. I made a big pot of this and froze it in small 4 oz containers for myself. For the kids I searved it over egg noodles. If you do a little recipe tinkering you can make a bunch of stuff now and freeze it so it is on hand when the time comes.