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What did a day menus look like 1 months, 3 months, 6 months and a year out



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I'm curious how you daily menu changed over a year.

My food is pretty boring, I don't change much.

The 1st week was pretty much only sugar free popsicles - my stomach wouldn't tolerate anything else.

2nd week I was drinking broth and eating cream of mushroom Soup (less than 1/2 can a day).

The next few months was pretty much cream of mushroom Soup daily, some boiled eggs, re fried Beans mixed with ground turkey/chicken breast/pork loin. I did try different things during those months - like fruits/vegetables to see how my stomach tolerated them. I'm a big fan of yellow squash and green Beans and white eggplant now.

Now at month 10, my diet revolves around black beans/garbanzo beans/lentils mixed with ground turkey/pork loin. I let myself eat whatever I want for 1 meal a week and once or twice a week someone brings in something like cake/cookies at work and I'll eat 1/2 a cookie or 1/2 a 6oz Styrofoam coffee cup filled with cake. I really like it when we have party trays with grapes and pineapple chunks!

Fortunately, VSG cured my food cravings and I don't really need much variety. I keep my old boring beans and turkey meat around the house and can eat it for every meal. I switch between beans/garbanzo beans/lentils and ground turkey/pork loin.

Every once in a while though, I do get a craving flung on me - about the 2nd month I was walking past my mom's kitchen table and it had a banana in the fruit bowl. And suddenly I HAD TO HAVE THAT BANANA! :-p

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