my brother and i

[navy]

Hello everyone my brother and I have schedule are sleeves for the 5th of June. I am so excited to share this journey with him. But sure am nervous. But reading through the diet. I was wondering if stocking up on baby food would be the way to go.

[Ann2]

Nope. Baby food isn't the way to go.

Not good. At all.

Try refried beans and melted cheese.

And soups.

And scrambled eggs.

And cottage cheese.

And good Greek yogurt.

[Catlover]

Everything Ann2 said!! Also, protein shakes, Premier Protein (Costco) is my favorite. Best of luck on this wonderful journey.

[Mich-D]

Try not to stock up on too much as your tastes may change after surgery. I bought two cases of isopure protein drinks I could tolerate before surgery and couldn't stand after being sleeved.

[cathbas]

oh yuk baby food!!

[sraebaer]

No, it's totally disgusting.

[MaggieMay2015]

Great post, was wondering same thing bc of fruits, should baby food fruit be easier? Thank you for the information everyone!

[Fae]

The first jar of baby meat sticks was OK. I was hungry. I ended up throwing away the other 2 jars I bought. Poor babies.

Cottage cheese. Soup. Greek yogurt. Jello. Popsicles. Best of luck to you both.

[Luann]

Soup is good. Ended up just sticking to the broth & straining out the other stuff in the early days.
I thought it was good I had some broth, jello, shakes etc in the house for the recovery period. True, your tastes may change. But at least for me if I liked it a lot before my surgery, it was tolerable afterward. And the flip side - if I didn't like it before there was no way I could stand it post op. I didn't want to be having to shop & taste test that first month after surgery. Over time my tastes did change - I liked my shakes for a few months & then it was like a switch was flipped - just hated them & they were too sweet.
A little is good, but like Mich D said don't stock up a lot.

[Philabethie2016]

I had a lot of baby food pouches in the house still because my youngest was about 14 months when I had surgery. We had all this left over still, so I thought, hey these will come in handy. Nope, no way, nu-uh. I couldn't find one that I could eat and, even more to the point, if I had eaten them, I would have had issues getting my protein in as well, even with protein drinks. When I was off clear liquids and on to pureeds, I did hummus, flavored lentil dips, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, unjury chicken soup, and worked my way up to scrambled eggs, flavored tofu, egg white souffles, refried beans, etc. etc.

[angie 3]

I strained soups,broths, sugar free popsicles,isopure protein drink. I bought 2oz jello cups frm amazon & froze my soups broth & food it was easy just microwave 45sec I still use them but have graduated to 4oz now. Mayo clinic has a great bariatric diet plan I followed on line & worked well. Good luck keep us all posted! Join us all in the loser club! God speed to a quick recovery!

[Stacy'sSleevedLife]

Oh that is a no on the baby food it is so nasty. I wouldn't go crazy on stocking up on things. Your taste may change mine did a little the biggest one for me was I hated protein shakes pre-op so thank goodness I loved them post-op.

Good luck to you both

Stacy

[SomeGuyJeff]

i say stock up on nothing.... pre-surgery i liked the vanilla protien shakes for example... today, not so much