I am looking forward to a day when I don't have to think a lot about food. Right now, what I am thinking about is trying to increase the liquids I consume so I don't get dehydrated, increase protein so I don't get woozy, and try to balance out nutrients so I don't get sick.
My goal is supposed to be to try to reach 48-64 oz of liquids during this liquid protein phase (same foods as the two weeks prior to surgery. Right now I am pushing it to reach 30 oz. And if I try to have more, I don't really feel sick, I just feel like my stomach is trying to do somersaults. Plus I still have some ab pain so trying to take the liquid pain medicine and the pepcid can be hard.
So right now, I am having protein drinks, yogurt, jello, broth, and also any other low calorie non-carbonated beverages and popsicles that are in the "clear liquid" phase. Teri got me some no-sugar added fruit juice popsicles and they are really good. But I have to be careful to not have too much of any of the really low calorie stuff, because then I run I out of room for the stuff that has the nutrients in it.
Once in awhile I have short twinges of cravings for a "real" food. The other day, I really wanted one pringle, for the crunch and the salt. But almost as quickly as it came, it passed. What I am really craving is protein in meat and cheese, even low-fat, which will be a big part of my regular diet anyway. My next phase, in a month is "pureed foods" (think baby food), and they give a couple of recipes that sound great, for refried beans with lowfat cheese, deviled eggs (pureed, so Glen already said he is looking forward to it as a sandwich), tuna salad, and something called "chicken supreme." They recommend staying away from rice, noodles, bread and other white carbs, though mashed potatoes are promoted a bit, probably because it is still a vegetable and has a lot of nutrients in it. I am still not going to go overboard on the potatoes because I have read from some blogs and stuff that potatoes are a kind of food you can "sneak in" more of, and that's where people start having problems with not being able to lose weight.
Teri said that she is going to make me some roast beef that I can puree, and Glen talked about making his delicious meatballs, and we found a few recipes that use potato flakes instead of bread crumbs in the meatballs, so we considered trying that. I have a couple of great creamy chicken soup recipes, that I could make with milk instead of cream, one of which my cousin Kit has posted on facebook. My other cousin Linda has a really good cream of cauliflower soup that I can do too. It will be fun to get to that phase in a month (before school starts) where I can make some dinners (maybe even all in a crockpot) for my family, and then just puree it for me.
I am also looking forward to being able to have a salad, and other raw fruits and veggies, in the future.
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