Congratulations on your 65 lbs lost! AWESOME!
I'm new here. I just had my lapband surgery on 1/26/09 and so far I'm down 32 lbs!
I'm not big on diet foods. I would rather just have a little of the real stuff or nothing at all, but that's just me. Feel free to modify how you see fit.
I found during the puree stage that chicken didn't puree too well. Things that I found puree well were: Butternut squash, carrots, hamburger in hotdishes, hamburger with mushroom Soup and mashed potatoes just to name a few.
Breakfast
1/2 c Water
1/2 c 2% milk
3 Tablespoons Malt-o-Meal
1 Tablespoon Splenda brown sugar
2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
Cook until desired thickness. I cook it rather thin, then take it to work and heat it up. That way it doesn't get too thick
This fills me up for the whole morning.
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Lunch/Dinner
Something else I tried (just one of many experiments) was a modified tuna casserole. I subsituted instant mashed potatoes for the Pasta.
sautee in a dab of butter
onions
celery
Add to sauteed vegies:
1 can cream of muchroom soup
1 can 2% milk
2 cans tuna drained
1 dab of butter
1 dab of mayo (makes it creamy)
salt & pepper to taste
1 sm pkg of instant potatoes
cook to desired thickness
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dinner
Prepackage meatballs (I buy Kirkland brand from Costco)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
This is quick and easy and also purees well. Then you can add 1/2 c mashed instant potatoes or 1/4 c cooked vegie like carrots or squash and a 1/4 c potatoes.