Mr. Yoda

No less you count me... then a handsome, short haired, slightly pudgy husband

Since yoda was banded a year earlier than I, and I am her Mister half... what better than...

Miranda... I'll try/... I have been kinda watching ur progress as you are about a month ahead of me. You doing awesome! 28 lbs...cant wait! Thanks... but the people food stage is kinda getting it back on... I have no real restriction yet so I am creeping back... On the other hand, I am visiting all my old haunts for the fabled LAST MEAL before my fill... after the 18th I will be a good boy finally and get serious about loosing! Anyhoo...I saw you put some recipies on pureed stage. I coped them both down. Do you have any more? I am sooo dreading this stage. Your recipes didnt sound half bad so I want to have a few choices. Got anything else to make this stage something I can handle? Lets see... Mexican Chipless Nachos... 1/4 cup refried beans 2 Tbs Salsa 2 Tbs Grated cheese 1Tbs Sour cream spread beans and salsa in a bowl and nuke until hot (covered or there will be a mess to clean up)... sprinkle with cheese and nuke (covered) for about 20 to 30 seconds to melt it... garnish with sour cream (if you like you can add the green stuff as well about 1 Tbs guacamoli(sp?)) or Inside Out Omlette 1/4 cup scrambled eggs 2 Tbs Grated cheese 2 Tbs Ground Ham (or other meats ground up) Cook scrambled eggs and place loosy on plate... mix in meat and Cheese... (you may want to nuke for a couple seconds to melt and warm thru) salt and pepper to taste...also good to have with mashed potatoes as a side... Thats all I can think of at the moment... if any more arise I will be sure to add them here...

I go one week tomorrow... the 18th.

June goals... UMMMmm.... 1 - Survive In-Laws visit in mid-June 2 - Get my fill without crying when they stick me with the needle! :pray: 3 - Survive my first TAT on thursday (no crying will be a bonus) :nervous 4 - Start the exercise part of my band life :frusty: 5 - Support Mrs. Yoda in her June goals :hug: 6 - Stay healthy and happy as the temp rises at work (adv. 130F on nice summer days) :fear: That's not too lofty for a newbie, is it? Did I mention the In-Laws coming????

I am now on people food again and (as the loverboy song says) LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!! Strange the things you miss when you can only mash or puree things... - toast puree... Looked too much like baby poop! - Chinese food in the blender ... the blender came on a hour later.... all by itself!!! - Fries in the blender... just wrong! - Pizza puree... it looked like a frog was in there! - Chicken in the blender... pre-chewed for your enjoyment! - Steak puree... Wrong on SO MANY levels! But now... I can just Chew Chew Chew and enjoy people Food Food Food!

Hi all... I am a May 4th alumni, and yes my first fill is on the 18th of June, after the seminar at 1330hrs. As for Floro, as Mrs Yoda said, if there is a problem like they can't hit the port or such-like, you get to go to S.G and see you inners on TV! As for flipping, I would guess they go back in and re-flip it to the right way and let you heal up again. I myself am doing OK, I had a death in the family a week ago and at the wake later on the 31st, I had some real food, CAREFULLY! and I did OK with it so I continued with solids CAREFULLY! since then. Today is my actual Solid start date, but I have been on it for 4 days already. I have gain a little (about 2 or so pounds) since returning to semi-solid foods, but that is OK, Mostly because I am visiting my fav places and having an unofficial semi-last meal there. I know I can return and have something again but this way if I don't I won't actually be missing anything. I am however doing the protien, veg, then carb, rotaion as recommended by Dr. Yau on the day of my surgery. I am hoping to be fuller sooner this way and thusly reduce the carb intake (since carbs are not overly good for me) it had works for the most part so far. Like tonight, I had chicken Parm with Pasta and salad (ESM) and I had the chicken then salad and had no room for the pasta! I am looking forward to my fill and some restriction, I'm not sure how much I will get yet though. I think the adverage first fill is around 5 cc (about 1/2 full) but I may go lighter as I want to get there gradually and adjust to the increasing restriction as I go. So if you are going to TLBC on 6/18/7, for the 1330 fills, I will see you there! also Mrs. Yoda will be there as she wants to hit a monsterous WINNERS on Bloor st. that day as well.

Thanks everyone for the YAYS! Next will be to get rid of these Diabetic pills and get that under wraps... all in good time!

Mrs. Yoda told me about these NSVs, (non scale victories) and I thought that today I have had one and I should share...:horn: About 5 years ago, I was diagnosed with Hypertension (high BP) :boom:and in a course of one month went from no pills to 2 pills in the AM and 5 pills in the PM to control it and I think it is controled quite well... ONE week after joining the Banded side (You all might remember) my BP fell through the floor and I was dangerously close to hospital time to get it back up. :faint: That day May 10th, I stopped the pills (all of them) for fear of bottoming out and causing real damage to myself. Today, 20 days after banding, my GP told me to throw the pills out as I NO LONGER HAVE HYPERTENSION! :whoo: I have been taken off the 7 pills I was on for 5 years that's 1826 days. and it only took 20 days since banding to get off them. I think that qualifies as a NSV!!! :thumb:

You are not the only one worried about LOSING FOOD! I am a chef and for the past month now I have faked and bluffed my way through food tastings and menu items as I can't have them right now. I too was worried about that same thing but you just incorperate(sp?) them into you routine and get on with your life. it IS scary at first, but like anything new, once you're used to it, it looses it scaryness. I am mid way through my pureed phase of the Post op diet and It has acutally made me use my head more with reguards to what I can do with food, and how I can get it from a usual state to a Pureed state without wanting to vomit at the final result. All challenges met, wheather(sp?) we win or fail, make us stronger! You (like most of us) will do just fine and what food you loose, you will find others to replace them.

pureed foods are going well. BIG test tonight as I have steak available on the menu and it has been a looooong time since I had one of those... I could put it through the F.P. but mushy steak... I think not!!! Anyway, only about 10 day until people food again :clap2: !!!

:hungry: :hungry: :hungry: Here are a couple of Menu items I had over the last few days... I thought I would share since others are in my boat currently.... Also... if you are pre op dieting you may want to skip... (disclaimer for those that need one) :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: A nice meal I had for supper was: 1/2 cup Blender Chicken (done dry to keep it's chickeny appearence) 1/4 Cup Mashed (pureed) Potatoes 1/4 cup-ish Mushroom soup Pile chicken on plate to simulate chix Breast Spread mashed Pots to cover about same area as Chicken, making top flat Cover both with mushroom Soup (Like gravy) to moisten chicken and potatoes adding lots of Yummy flavour! Enjoy :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: 1/4 cup refried beans 1/4 cup Mashed potatoes 1/4 cup Blender Chicken (done dry to keep it's chickeny appearence) 3 shakes Chilli Powder or Tex-Mex Seasoning 2 Tbsp Salsa 2 Tbsp Sour Cream 2 Tbsp Shredded Cheddar Spread Refried on the bottom of a bowl Cover (best you can) with Mashed Pots Cover with Chicken Shake seasoning over top to taste Cover with Plastic wrap and Microwave for 1 minute Remove cover sprinkle cheese on top and recover and nuke 1 minute Remove cover add Salsa and Sour Cream Enjoy :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: There you have a couple dishes I have tried and liked since my pureed diet began. Hope you like...

I had mashed potatoes with supper (Cream O' Broc and Cheese soup)... they were YUUUUUUUMMMMMmmmmmMMMMMmmmmMMmmmY!!!!:hungry: And I got a blizzard for desert (or is it dessert? I can never spell that one), anyway... It was OK but I could have missed it and never known... tomorrow I have eggs and Mashed spuds for Lunch!!!! I can HARDLY wait!!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: