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Hi Kasensmom, I'm pre-op dieting too. I'm sure others will be along to help with brekky ideas, but this is what is helping me. I know that dinner is the most important meal for me to have satisfaction and variety. I'm so busy during the other meals that I'm mentally ok with just eating repetitively to satisfy my macro needs for pre-op weight loss--as long as I can get my food very quickly. So I make breakfast and lunch "lean" and fairly spare meals--super quick, 10 minutes or less. That way, I have a tiny bit over 1/3 of my daily cals/carbs, etc for an interesting dinner (energy permitting).

So my go-to breakfasts are pretty much the same thing day in and day out:

1) Green smoothie: 16g Isopure bananas and cream Protein Powder, 1 1/2 oz frozen chopped spinach, 1 oz frozen blueberries, 1-2 oz avocado, 5g whole psyllium husks, 12oz Water, 4 ice cubes. Immersion blend until smooth. This satisfies me 4-5 hours.

2) Peanut Butter smoothie: 31g Isopure chocolate Protein powder, 6g Peanut Butter Slim (Vitacost) Powder PB, 5g psyllium husks, 12oz water, 4 ice cubes. Immersion blend until smooth. This satisfies me 4-5 hours.

3) Premier Protein PBB smoothie: 7fl oz Premier Protein Bananas and Cream RTD, 4oz So Delicious SF vanilla Coconut Milk, 6g Peanut Butter Slim (Vitacost) Powder PB, 5g psyllium husks, 1oz frozen chopped spinach. Immersion blend until smooth. This satisfies me 4-5 hours.

4) Egg/egg white scramble or omelet: 1 egg, 100g egg whites (carton: Real Egg Whites), 2 sprays olive oil spray, 1 slice Hillshire Farm black forest ham, 1 1/2oz baby super greens trio, 2oz mushrooms sliced, 2tbsp green salsa. This satisfies me 4-5 hours. (sometimes I will add 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese - jalapeno jack, white cheddar, smoked gouda or swiss flavor)

Hope it helps. With those 4 choices, I have satisfying no-brainer breakfasts each day that hold me solidly 4-5 hours.

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1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

Hi Kasensmom, I'm pre-op dieting too. I'm sure others will be along to help with brekky ideas, but this is what is helping me. I know that dinner is the most important meal for me to have satisfaction and variety. I'm so busy during the other meals that I'm mentally ok with just eating repetitively to satisfy my macro needs for pre-op weight loss--as long as I can get my food very quickly. So I make Breakfast and lunch "lean" and fairly spare meals--super quick, 10 minutes or less. That way, I have a tiny bit over 1/3 of my daily cals/carbs, etc for an interesting dinner (energy permitting).

So my go-to breakfasts are pretty much the same thing day in and day out:

1) Green smoothie: 16g Isopure bananas and cream Protein Powder, 1 1/2 oz frozen chopped spinach, 1 oz frozen blueberries, 1-2 oz avocado, 5g whole psyllium husks, 12oz Water, 4 ice cubes. Immersion blend until smooth. This satisfies me 4-5 hours.

2) Peanut Butter smoothie: 31g Isopure chocolate Protein powder, 6g Peanut Butter Slim (Vitacost) Powder PB, 5g psyllium husks, 12oz Water, 4 ice cubes. Immersion blend until smooth. This satisfies me 4-5 hours.

3) Premier Protein PBB smoothie: 7fl oz Premier Protein Bananas and Cream RTD, 4oz So Delicious SF vanilla Coconut Milk, 6g Peanut Butter Slim (Vitacost) Powder PB, 5g psyllium husks, 1oz frozen chopped spinach. Immersion blend until smooth. This satisfies me 4-5 hours.

4) Egg/egg white scramble or omelet: 1 egg, 100g egg whites (carton: Real Egg Whites), 2 sprays olive oil spray, 1 slice Hillshire Farm black forest ham, 1 1/2oz baby super greens trio, 2oz mushrooms sliced, 2tbsp green salsa. This satisfies me 4-5 hours. (sometimes I will add 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese - jalapeno jack, white cheddar, smoked gouda or swiss flavor)

Hope it helps. With those 4 choices, I have satisfying no-brainer breakfasts each day that hold me solidly 4-5 hours.

I don't know how I am going to do this. My 2 week pre-op starts in about 3 weeks and it is going to be very hard for me, but I have the desire and really want to accomplish this new journey. Discipline and changing my thought process is really key to be successful I understand that.

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Here are some shake ideas I still use - the key is getting a few bottles of the sugar free syrups that coffee houses use - I order from Torani - they are amazing and have lots of flavors.

Frappucino - 1 cup of coffee, 1 scoop of Protein Powder, a few squirts of chocolate sf Syrup, a few squirts of caramel syrup, ice, blender.

Snickers - 1 cup fairlife skim milk, 1 scoop chocolate Protein power (or sf choc syrup and reg protein), couple of squirts of caramel sf syrup, 1 Tb PB2. Ice. Blender.

Tropical - 1 cup fairlife skim or unsweetened coconut milk, 3/4 cup frozen tropical fruit mix from the freezer section of the super market, 1 scoop protein powder. Couple shots of coconut sf syrup. Ice. Blender.

Really - it's amazing. I do shakes about 4 days a week and I'm almost a year out.

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