Liquid diet suggestions

[joanne keeton 14]

When on another liquid diet I also used sugar free Jello pudding to flavor vanilla Protein Shakes. Experiment with flavors. All flavors of jello pudding work well. I used 2T. Ice cubes in blender makes it better.

[wannaBthinsoon 1,634]

@@joanne keeton Oh! Great idea!!! Thank you!

[virgogirl67 27]

So one of the things listed on my pre-op diet, that I can have as much as I want, is PLAIN greek yogurt. What?!?!? I have tried, unsuccessfully in the past to try to choke this stuff down. Fail, fail, fail! So for the past 2 months, in preparation for becoming a "yogurt eater", I have given it another try...like the be all end all "get yer shit together girl this is the final FINAL chance you get to get accustomed to tolerating and accepting that this icky good Protein source is going to be on yer menu and in yer fridge for the remainder of yer life" kind of "try"! Sooooo....I started out with the delightfully yummy whipped sugary flavored yogurts...of course I did...and started eating one a day with my lunch. Established the habit in two-ish weeks. Then graduated to the Dannon Light & Fit...better on the label as far as sugar and calories go. I'm 6 weeks out on surgery now and know I must transition to the plain (icky) greek yogurt...>sigh< I did some experimenting in the kitchen this morning and here are the results....

Plain Greek Yogurt with Peach Mango Crystal Light powder mixed in is DELICIOUS! So is the Cherry Pomegranate!! Those two flavors were the only 2 I had on hand, but I will be trying other flavors very soon. Since I was impressed with the unjury strawberry Sorbet, I tried sprinkling that in...again, I am not really a strawberry fan but am getting used to the strawberry flavor that seems to be in EVERYTHING!!! I'm still iffy on the Unjury in the yogurt, but if you like strawberry, you would most likely really like it. It mixed perfectly, no clumping. I have vanilla unjury that I may try instead of the strawberry.

I feel like I'm rambling on and on...but IF any of this info helps someone else who may be struggling with the same thing...I'm happy to ramble more! LOL

[amacox 25]

_{@@virgogirl67 I like the idea of the greek yogurt and Crystal Light mix! I don't buy Crystal light, so I will substitute with my vanilla Protein powder.}

_{I started my liquid diet Monday April 27th and have already lost 10lbs!!! here are a few things I am currently eating. Mind you this is a full liquid pre-op diet my surgeon suggested I start one week before surgery. (My surgery date is May 7th)}

_{Well a typical day goes like this:}

_{2 packs of instant grits (quaker)}

_{2 eggwhites (NO salt-little pepper)}

_{EAS Advantagedge carb control no sugar (doesn't have much flavor but it's awesome-bought at Sam's)}

_{4 oz prune juice-sugar free}

_{sugar free snack pack pudding (butterscotch or chocolate)}

_{Motts blueberry applesauce (sugar free)}

_{2 packs of instant grits}

_{EAS ADVANTAGEDE}

_{WOW that seems like a lot but I haven't ever gone over 1,000 calories I also use MyFittness pal so I know my intake on carbs and sugars. Tuesday May 5th I will start the clear liquid diet and have already bought the knorr broth thanks for that suggestion wannaBthinsoon}

Edited May 1, 2015 by amacox