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I'm still in the "pre" phase awaiting approval for a sleeve (hopefully later this week per my insurance co today!). I've been to my preoperative classes, have my lists of clear liquid, full liquid and soft/puréed foods and am wondering if anyone gets bored with their food choices? How do you change up your foods to avoid boredom? I'm a little worried because in my previous low carb diet attempts I have been successful by eating the exact same thing with very little variation. Seriously. I still cannot bring myself to eat spring mix with chicken breadth, cucumber and tomatoes, and I haven had it for 2 years! Anyone have recipe tips tricks or sites to look at? I realize there's not a whole lot to do with Clear Liquids. I guess I'm mostly concerned about where you go after the Protein Shakes and Greek yogurt??

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if you find one let me know! I have mostly been searching on pintrest and finding some great ideas

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Pinterest has a lot of great ideas

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I don't need much variation in my food flavors. Between eating out once a week and the free Cereal at work, I can do fine with my pork loin and lentils for most meals. Although I have to admit, since doing some taste test videos for Quest bars and OhYeah! Protein bars, I'm getting kinda addicted to eating a bar for dessert. :o

But Eggface is highly recommended for those that would like to add a lot a variety to their post-op diet.

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/

I'm still in the "pre" phase awaiting approval for a sleeve (hopefully later this week per my insurance co today!). I've been to my preoperative classes, have my lists of clear liquid, full liquid and soft/puréed foods and am wondering if anyone gets bored with their food choices? How do you change up your foods to avoid boredom? I'm a little worried because in my previous low carb diet attempts I have been successful by eating the exact same thing with very little variation. Seriously. I still cannot bring myself to eat spring mix with chicken breadth, cucumber and tomatoes, and I haven had it for 2 years! Anyone have recipe tips tricks or sites to look at? I realize there's not a whole lot to do with clear liquids. I guess I'm mostly concerned about where you go after the Protein shakes and Greek yogurt??

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I found and ordered several books on Half.com for recipes and ideas from people who have had Bariatric surgery. I haven't started cooking from them yet, but I plan to!

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Visit bariatriceating.com, she has a lot of yummy recipes. also I'm a member of kindle unlimited and there are scads of books you can "borrow" for free.

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Check out some of the YouTube videos by Dr. Matthew Weiner, especially the ones regarding nutrition. He offers practical advice and some recipes. He also has authored a book called A Pound of Cure" which supposedly includes recipes. I ordered it from Amazon yesterday, so can't vouch for the recipes yet.

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I found a few weight loss surgery cookbooks on Amazon.

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