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I don't know of a 0 sugar yogurt, but my NUT recommended Fage 0%. It has 0g fat, 7g carbs (sugar), 18g Protein per cup. That's hard to beat. It's a little thick, so I mix in an ounce or so of soy milk which makes it a very nice texture. (I'm pre-op so I can still eat a cup... ) Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

What are complex carbs? Any carb or just carbs related to bread rice and pasta I guess what I'm asking is if the carb is coming from low fat milk and low fat Greek yogurt does that mean it's good carbs

I have been using the Greek yogurt from costco and then mixing it with sugar free Jello lol it tastes great and yea I'm thinking the same thing good carbs I have an app with my NUT on the 27th I'll have to ask

The puree stage was the hardest for me because I couldn't mentally bring myself to eat pureed chicken, steak, whatever. I tried pureeing some meat one night and it was just so weird looking and smelly. My head was telling me "Chicken is not supposed to look like this!". My puree stage lasted three weeks and I ate pretty much the same thing for those entire three weeks (yogurt, hummus, cottage cheese, refried Beans, and some poppyseed chicken casserole). I thought those three weeks would never end lol. If you can just get through it with the knowledge that it doesn't last forever, you'll be just fine. Now that I'm almost 7 months out and can eat pretty much anything I want, that puree stage seems like a distant memory.

I'm almost at 6 months and still feeling quite a bit of restriction. Like ToBeThin and Feed Your Eye above, much for me depends on the food I eat. Dense Protein = not much more than 1/4 C ; yogurt I can eat about 1/2 C ... but not much more. The other thing I am experiencing is that the less food I eat, the less I want to eat. So for example, if I get busy and skip lunch accidentally or just grab a piece of cheese, dinner is even less appealing and I can bearely get 1/4 C in, even if I try "slider foods" like a carb. I'd say play close attention to the slider foods you mentioned. Perhaps there are particular foods that are more of slider for you specifically. Consider writing things down very accurately for at least a while, to get a good sense of what and how much is actually going down. I'm like you. 1200 calories are too high for me to loose significantly. That's why I love the sleeve. Hopefully the grab and go foods people have suggested will keep the calories low for you and help.

Hey there yank, we are scheduled for the same day! I am in Canada. Our pre-op diet has food as well. I called the nurse this week and she told me the 3 rules was to stay away from carbs, fats and sugar. So today I am having a fat free yogurt, cucumbers, red peppers, cottage cheese and for dinner I am going to have a grilled chicken breast with salad/balsamic vinnegar and Broccolli. Good luck to ya, I am feeling really great and strong today that I can do this. I hope the next two weeks go quickly!

Hello everyone! I'm new to the site and new to LapBand! Yesterday I got my surgery date scheduled (Oct 19 - 2 weeks from today!). I'm excited and nervous and everything in between. My question is regarding the pre-op diet. From what I've read and heard, generally the pre-op diet is liquids only. My doctor's pre-op diet is real food mixed with protein shakes?? For example, yogurt and a bagle for breakfast, shake for lunch, chicken/salad for dinner and a shake before bed. That seems very 'generous' and I'm wondering if anyone else had this experience? I'm using Dr. Marsden in the DFW Texas area. Any thoughts?

I like the Syntax Nectars too. I get them at Nashua Nutrition (available online). They sell single serving packs so you can try different flavors to find what you like. I like the chocolate truffle or the double stuffed (Oreo) mixed with 1 cup of milk. You can mix one scoop with 8-16 oz of either milk or water. I've also mixed it with plain yogurt (1/4 scoop of a fruit flavor to 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt), and I add the unflavored one to strawberry smoothies.

I was given the opportunity to escort a group of fifth graders to Washington, DC this past week. I almost turned it down because I was only 2 weeks postop and I wasn't sure how I could mange the eating on the trip. My husband convinced me to go (it is not everyday I get an opportunity like that...I was replacing a sick teacher who couldn't make it.). My diet at this point is only clear liquids and protein. Dr. Kelly recommends not adding mushies until day 20. Lots of other people report eating food earlier so I wasn't hyper stressed. I was trying to keeping the operation quiet so I was trying to not draw too much attention to myself! I brought protein powder to add to OJ every morning and that is what I had for breakfast each morning. Lunch and dinner was a little tricky. Lunch the first day was provided by the bus company and I just took the turkey off the sandwich and chewed that up into mush and ate it. That went down fine but the cheese stick did not (harder to chew into mush). Our first dinner stop was a buffet. . I ate barely anything (enough to make it look like I was eating). My stomach did not do well with that. It just felt uncomfortably tight. Luckily we did a lot of walking that night through some monuments and it loosed up. The second lunch was really late (2 p.m.) and I ordered hummus at a greek place. It came with warm flat bread (red light food!). The hummus went down fine the bread not so much so. Dinner was at Medieval Times. I did the soup (and attempted a couple bites of the bread) and ate maybe a tablespoon of chicken (did pretty good with that). The next day we did lunch at the Smithsonian and I was really disappointed at my options. In hindsight I probably should have eaten a McD's smoothy. I ordered chicken nugget happy meal. When I say "ate it" I had four french fries and peeled the breading off the chicken nuggets (4 of them) and attempted to eat it. Those did not sit well in my tummy. Turns out that upstairs in the dining area I could have had a yogurt parfait (not advertised downstairs). Dinner that night was a the Pentagon Mall. I had wild mushroom soup (outstanding) and a bit of frozen yogert. Lunch on our last day was at the Golden Corral. Barely ate anything and stopped before feeling uncomfortable. I'd give myself a grade of "C" on my eating on the trip. I don't think anyone thought I was too odd for not eating more. Most people know that I have been trying to lose weight since the beginning of the year. We walked a ton on the trip. I am going to weigh myself tomorrow morning to see if there was any weight loss on the trip due to the exercise. I am happy to report that I barely felt hungry at all!!!! I'm going to back to liquids until my 20th day and then I'll stay with mushies.

Today I weighed in at 220.4. So I lost 1.6 lbs this week. My total weight loss is at 25.6 lbs. I'm glad I hit the 25 lb mark and now my goal is to be out of the 220's (FOREVER!). On average (since surgery) I am losing 2.6 lbs a week. I am in a 1x comfortably in tops (I have a NSV - non scale victory - of fitting into several tops that I kept but I could barely get into on the 1x side). My pants are probably an 18 and a half (but since they don't make that size I am wearing 20's and some 18's). I bought a pair of 18W white jean capri yesterday at Kohols that i will have to "strech out" before wearing and I bought the CUTEST linen tops in XL from the women's section and I think I can get away with them if I wear a compression tank underneath (or strech them). If not I'll wear them when I start to go down to the XL size (they were that cute The only planned exersize I got this week was dancing in a Zumba flash mob this past Saturday (fun but boy do I look HUGE on the video). I've collected quite a bit of small containers and make my Bento lunch each day. I like that I can snack all day by just grabbing one (I usually have four containers). The other day I had greek vanilla yogurt in one 4 oz container. Go lean crunch cereal in a 1 oz container to mix into the yogert, a 4 oz container of cottage cheese, a 4 oz container of hamburger with mac and cheese, a 4 oz container of marinated cucumber, onion, green pepper mix. It was an eclectic mix but I ate them so spaced out that it didn't bother me. I am currently contemplating joining the Y for $50 a month to go to the aerobics classes and to use the pool for lap swimming. Part of me wants to start a walking program first at home using my zillion Walk Away the Pounds tapes first and then join the Y when school gets out and I have a more flexible schedule. I still need to work on remembering that I have had the surgery so that I stop grabbing larger portions of food that I can't eat AND remembering to eat on a pretty regular schedule. Yesterday I had breakfast and didn't eat again until 3:00 p.m. I was STARVING (I was shaking and the start of a headache was kicking in) and wolfed down some rolls at a restarant and was so sick until I walked around until I felt better (thank goodness...the person I was with was worried about me.). My lesson learned from that experience was to pack a protein bar when I know I am not going to be eating for awhile and to not start with the bread basket! Attached is a picture of me in my Zumba Flash Mob tshirt. Until next week!

I agree with the previous posters. Juicing waste so much of the fruit. It'd be better to make a smoothie with a blender if you're not big on eating fruits and vegetables. I like to use frozen berries, half of a frozen banana, Greek yogurt, kale or spinach, and chocolate protein powder. It taste like a chocolate shake!

I'll be three weeks out tomorrow. The third day out from surgery I was able to eat scrambled eggs, yogurt, mashed potatoes with gravy and cottage cheese or fish with the only restriction of eating or chewing everything to an applesauce consistency. My pouch seems to tolerate everything so far really good. It's not talking back to me yet, but I'm not pushing it either. Sounds like my doctor/ nutritionist are awesome because I never had to go on any kind of puréed diet post surgery. I get to start eating a few more new items tomorrow since I'll be three weeks out- like grilled chicken, meatloaf(ground chicken or turkey really moist), shrimp, pretzels, crackers, peanut butter, baked light chips, corn tortilla, whole wheat toast (toasted well), thin sliced deli ham, cinnamon, pepper, and garlic. I can't wait to start adding a few new little things because things are getting a little bit repetitive.

You are a day ahead of me (7/25/12) we are on the same food deal, except I can't eat veggies. I can do all fish, all cheese (except cream cheese) cottage cheese, mash potato, plain yogurt, cream of wheat... Ect. My fav right now is 1oz mash pot. With melted cheese and 1 oz Greek yogurt delish! But I'm tolerating everything ok. I'm having a hard time getting 2 protein shakes in so I'm doing 1 @35 gms.

I was sleeved Feb 28th and everything has been going well. Lately I have been have a dull ache between my shoulder blades and around my best breast bone. It almost feels like there is something stuck there. I am still on liquids but I did try some yogurt. Please let me know if this happened to you early on post op.

Thank you all for the advice. I love Greek yogurt but the doc has said specifically to stay away from it while on all liquid the first couple of weeks.

I'm on day 9 and only allowed cottage cheese, non fat plain yogurt, apple sauce, non fat milk, broth, protein shakes, eggs and fish. I don't have to blend anything. I stick with the plan and don't deviate. Starting to get bored of my food tho.

First, congratulations on your surgery. I know it can be hard to get your liquids and protein in. Right now, I wouldn't worry too much about the calories. If you are unable to get protein shakes down, I want to offer you a suggestion. Try an unflavored good protein powder such as Unjury or Isopure and you will be able to mix it in broth, soup, yogurt, etc. Or maybe even better in your case, you can also mix it into drinks such as Crystal Light, Powerade Zero, or my favorite, decaf unsweet iced tea. Maybe a protein powder in one of those drinks will help, as it does not thicken like a regular protein shake. Really concentrate on getting those liquids in, you might want to set goals for yourself every half hour or so... like "I will drink this many ounces every 30 minutes." You certainly don't want to get dehydrated, and it can happen very easily. It happened to me twice and I had to stay at the ER and get IV liquids for half a day. Liquids and protein... very important. Calories at the moment, I wouldn't fret over that. I wish you a speedy recovery!

Tell me about it. Thanks so much for these recipes, I may try one or two. My dietitian's menu said I could advance to strained soups like Lentil, Chicken with pastas, etc. (no eating the pasta part though only strained) yogurt and cream of wheat starting on day 3. I have a tiny bowl of cream if wheat, 3 carnation instant breakfasts, and broth ( chicken or vegetable) throughout the day. I realized I wasn't drinking enough water and had to take Colace, but now I'm drinking more water a day and feeling much better. Tomato soup irritates my stomach something awful. Tried it day 3 and 4. Must be the acidity in the tomatoes. Too soon I guess, so no more Tomato soup for me for a while. I tried the vegetable broth today and it was delish. My husband said they also make a seafood broth, which I plan to go back and get. My husband's a chef, and how I miss his big meals. He needs to learn how to cook up some bariatric recipes. Having a cookout today, my big test of will power. Thanks for sharing guys. I needed a change up. I was bored to death too with the same ole. Still got more weeks to go. Good part, I've lost a bout a pound a day. Slow and steady wins the race too.

You've gotten some great advice so far, but I wanted to add that I recommend Pacific Natural foods brand soups like Butternut Squash (especially with a little plain yogurt in it), and if you can tolerate it the roasted red pepper and tomato, carrot ginger, curried red lentil or black bean soup. They are all puree'd and oh so yummy! I found them to be much more interested than puree'd ol' cream of potato from campbells, which I got SO SICK OF.

Hello all, I am 4 days post-op and already I am sick of the liquids. I have had beef and chicken broth, tomato soup, cream of mushroom soup, cream of potato soup (of course these have been blended so no mini chuncks), cream of wheat, and yogurt. Does anyone have any good recipes that will help me deal with this portion of my recovery for the next few weeks. I have to stay strong and I like to play in the kitchen. It also doesn't help that my husband is a manager for Schwans Food Company! Thanks in advance for all the help! Tina

Ugh I'm so there with you on this. I've been hungry the whole time! Im 8 months out. I was on an acid pill for 2 months prior to surgery and 6 months after for duodenal ulcers. So I know it wasn't acid, I can now tell the difference in acid "hunger" feel, and real hunger. This is real hunger with actual growling like it did before surgery (no growling with acid). Only thing now when it growls and spasms in hunger - it doesn't hurt like it did before surgery. What I found helps is eating solid Protein, (poultry, beef, fish, eggs) instead of processed Proteins like cheese, milk, yogurts, Protein drinks. Cutting out artificial sweeteners, keeping carbs low, and sugars lower. Also I noticed if I stop snacking and reduce eating to the three meals and maybe one snack im not as hungry as often. Drink lots of Water too, water helps soothe the growling too and chewing some gum. Hang in there. Try cooking up some chicken and eat 3 oz of chicken every 2-3 hours wether u are hungry or not, then after about a week start spreading the time out to set meals of chicken and a vegetable.

one of my all time favorites!!! I love the Kroger Low carb yogurts! delish!! I like to add my chocolate Protein mix in with the cherry.. hardly notice it at all! ~Sally

Kroger's Carbmaster's yogurt has been my favorite for years; I prefer the taste over any of the big brand names.

I buy chia in bulk and put in a shaker, sprinkle it on everything. Salad, soup, yogurt, baked into things both sweet and savory, spaghetti sauce, salsa, scrambled eggs . . . . . They have no flavor, just texture and you get used to it. New habits, like we all haven't been doing enough of that! 😀 If I try to give my 4yr old yogurt w/o chia he will get upset "Where are my black sprinkles!?"

Don't try meat yet. At 6 weeks in all meats are harsh except potted meat. eggs are gone. Pasta and rice...no. I still eat Soups and soft hot cereals. Some yogurt. Lost my taste for cottage cheese. Sent from my SGH-M919 using the BariatricPal App