newbie and prep questions!

[ShannonbKSU 53]

Morning everyone! My name is Shannon and I live in Kansas. My surgery date for the sleeve is 12/16. I'm so happy to have come across such a great website with all of these resources!

I'm wondering what everyone else is doing to prep for surgery? Did you buy a blender and food processor etc? What other things are you making sure are in place in your life before you have surgery? Also, what Protein Powder is everyone using? I've seen so many suggestions it would be nice to get some real life suggestions too

[mfm116 55]

Congratulations! I'm sure you're very excited to be in your last few weeks before surgery! It's a really exciting time! I was sleeved in June and to prep for surgery I...

- stocked up on all my "food" chicken broth, Popsicles, baby food, Protein powder (my hospital reccomended Bariatric fusion so I got that. I didn't love it. GNC has one that is similar that I perfer) and light yogurt. You aren't really going to feel like going out very much the first couple weeks, and remember you aren't supposed to be driving so I got everything I needed as far as that went.

-I also did a major cleaning in my house. Washed all the bedding, disinfected, de-cluttered everything. It's much nicer to come home to recover when you have a clean home!

- I also got magazines to read. You are supposed to be up and walking every hour, but your body does need a lot of rest too- so I made sure to have things to keep me entertained.

- I wrote in my blog a TON! Writing helped me sort out all the emotions I was going through.

-Something fun- buy a cute outfit in your dream size! It's nice to have that in your closet to keep you motivated

Good luck!!

[ShannonbKSU 53]

great ideas thank you!!!!

[4me4them 381]

I did buy a very small one cup food processor that someone else recommended...I will make my own baby food thank you very much but that's just because I like to cook and really dislike additives/chemicals and salt. I also found a very cool 4oz shot glass at Walmart that I think will help me keep track of how much I'm taking in (my date is 03 December). I also did the whole nesting thing...lol. My house has never been cleaner. I have two good recipes one for chicken stock and one for beef stock that I've made and frozen in ice cube trays...each cube is 1.5 ounces. I really prefer the Premier Protein at costco, but was worried about the texture afterwards (it tends to be a bit thick) so I did get some unflavored Protein Powder and some vanilla. Also got some cool teavana holiday teas...can't eat candy canes but I can drink peppermint Decaf tea...Good luck!