Grocery shopping is no fun anymore!

[Danilax 56]

The drinks with sugar in them have to go. This made the biggest difference for me pre-surgery. I loved kool-aid and soda. I just went cold turkey. Crystal Light helped a lot, but there are many kinds of sugar-free drinks. It also helps one get used to just drinking more Water. Diet soda is iffy especially since carbonation is a no-no after surgery so no point getting used to it. Seriously, the drinks with sugar have absolutely no nutritional value and increase calorie count tremendously. I didn't think I could drop them but I don't miss them at all.

Edit: Oh, and on the main topic, I know how you feel! Grocery shopping is the only shopping I ever liked to do and shopping for liquids was no.fun.at.all (especially since I was still in a lot of pain). It was so pointless and there was no joy in it and no meals to look forward to. But when I got to mushy foods and soft foods it got a little better. And now, 3 months out, I LOVE IT more than I ever did before. You should see how giddy I get over the new ingredients I can try and finding them in my local stores.

Also, I am a low carber but there's more to it than meat and cheese. But I also like to cook and love finding new recipes and have spent hours finding and even creating my own low carb recipes so that does help.

Edited August 4, 2013 by Danilax

[hope2getitdone2 7]

lol! It was easier & faster because I just did this months list. I know it's gonna be hard but I am willing. I seriously hate Best Foods/Hellmann's Olive Oil dressings. So, is there a different kind thats got a better taste then the BF/H...it's just sooo ick!

There are 5 of us in the house. One of my conumdrums is...How am I suppose to cook for all them (4) and myself if my intake and my food is so limited?

[hope2getitdone2 7]

laura-v

Thank You

lol! It was easier & faster because I just did this months list. I know it's gonna be hard but I am willing. I seriously hate Best Foods/Hellmann's Olive Oil dressings. So, is there a different kind thats got a better taste then the BF/H...it's just sooo ick!

There are 5 of us in the house. One of my conumdrums is...How am I suppose to cook for all them (4) and myself if my intake and my food is so limited?

en,

[hope2getitdone2 7]

Laura-ven,

Sorry about the double message. Oops...lol!

Thanks Danilax...

good information. I am slowly weening off soda but I just adore the taste and I'm VERY freaked out about Aspertame side effects.

[No game 14,437]

laura-v

Thank You

lol! It was easier & faster because I just did this months list. I know it's gonna be hard but I am willing. I seriously hate Best Foods/Hellmann's Olive Oil dressings. So' date=' is there a different kind thats got a better taste then the BF/H...it's just sooo ick!

There are 5 of us in the house. One of my conumdrums is...How am I suppose to cook for all them (4) and myself if my intake and my food is so limited?

en,[/quote']

Some people just do low fat mayo... I just happen to like the olive oil Kraft. But really I don't eat much of it. Sometimes just with tuna.< /p>

Oh family! Yes that's fun! Well I cook healthier things for them for the most part so they have no choice! But say I'm making chicken burritos,

I boil the chicken then shred and add spices

For their burritos so they get the chicken, rice, etc in their burrito. I have a plate of the chicken and guacamole! Just no tortilla or rice easy!

On Tuesdays sometimes we have pizza (deal night) they eat pizza and I make my own dinner.

Like Shredded roasted chicken on a salad.

So you can pick the protein/veg out of your family's meal or if its really bad do your own thing.

This surgery is an opportunity to cook healthier for the whole family though.

[hope2getitdone2 7]

I thought that might be the ticket (Cooking healthier for us all).

Back to the list...Was everything else on the list you didn't mention ok?

[No game 14,437]

I thought that might be the ticket (Cooking healthier for us all).

Back to the list...Was everything else on the list you didn't mention ok?

Lol, girl I didn't leave you much left in that list!

But potatoes/corn are really not that good just starchy carbs... Meat/ veg/ dairy good things for the most part. You know the best thing is keep it simple. The less ingredients there are when you buy something the better.

Ok I gotta go cook dinner!

For them turkey burgers and corn on the cob,

For me the turkey patty cut up on a bed of shredded cabbage and carrots (coleslaw mix minus the dressing)