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| Thanks Linda - I will give it a go Kerry |
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| Hi Kerry When I craved something a bit salty when on fluid stage I had miso soup. You can buy the powder from the supermarket and mix it with hot water. I haven't had it since but it hit the spot back then. Linda |
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| Hi maggie I see Andrew on Wednesday afternoon. I also don't feel like I have a band on but am not hungry and certainly not looking for food. I have lost all desire for sweet stuff but am craving something salty. Still a tad sore and certainly cant do as much in my day as normal. Back to work on Monday so hopefully will cope okay. Kerry |
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| Thank you all for the info, I had a jar of baby food for lunch, thank you my little grandson...It was delicious and I have a big pot of chicken and veg soup on the cook top. I didn't have any trouble with the baby food, in fact I don't feel like I have a band on. Very strange, I was expecting things to be different, I think I will start the mashie stage on Monday. I only weigh in on Sunday mornings, last Sunday I had lost 14 kgs in 31 days, was so happy with that. Kerry when do you see the doc again. Maggie |
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| Hi All. I struggled with optifast before my op, so there is no way i would even touch it after. I am 10 days post op and I have lost 5kg. I have been drinking anything that will go through a straw, any soup, mouse, yogurts, banana smoothies, fruit smoothies. just to get a little bit of flavour. Things are very bland now 10 days into it but i have never heard of anyone having to do optifast after. Good luck xox |
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| Hi Maggie The doctor (same doctor, same day)told me the same thing. I think it is because we are not eating much and optifast gives complete nutrition. Also his parting words to me in hosptial was - stay on optifast for the next two weeks and we will get some more weight off. I really struggle with optifast so I haven't been doing it. The first couple days when I was not drinking much I did have half an optifast a couple of times a day. I am still not drinking much but am having home made custard and soups. I have lost 3.4 kg since the surgery so don't think I am doing anything wrong. Hope you are going well. Kerry |
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| Hi Maggie, I don't know how you have stuck it out this long. I would be on the phone today to my doctor telling him I am over optifast. That is just plain cruel if you ask me. I bet he has never had it for one day in his life. Linda |
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| Margaretr, I guess you should check with your doctor but from all of my research (believe me it has been extensive to the point of obsesssion) you can have clear broths for the first 5 to 7 days - Loved my vietnamese soups and chicken broth then move on to watery vegetable soups like pumpkin, broccoli, tomato and as you feel better, usually by about the 12 to 14th day leave the soups thicker. Just listen to your body it will tell you if it can not take anything. The whole point is not to put a strain on your little tummy and the stitches holding it into place. Good luck. It's a tough two weeks and you will get thru it.. |
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| Hi everyone,what a great site. I was banded on the 18/11, everything is going good, I had a few bad days but am over it now. I left the hospital with my doc telling me to have optifast for two weeks and water...Whats with all the soup, can you actually have that now ? I am so over opti as I had it for 27 days before op and am going into 10th day post op. I am not hungry but would like to taste something other than opti. Will see the doc on the 4th dec and he will tell me what to have next. Glad to have some advice. Thanks Maggie |
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| Hi Pete, just have as much as your body tells you to. Don't forget to drink water as well. You are better to have something small more often than a large amount in one hit. Linda |
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| Hi Guys , I have just been banded (23/11/09), everything went well and I'm sort of feeling o.k. First day home today and I've started on the nourishing fluids. So far Ive managed to drink an up and go and an up and go "energise" as well as a little smoothie thing , around about 900mls in total. I'm unsure how much im sposed to have over the course of the day? can anyone help. Some of those soup recipes sound great especially the roast tomatoe and capsicum one! yum! |
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| OH Linda that Potato and Asparagus soup sounds really nice I am going to make that! I'm on week 2 of Liquids. I was very lucky because my daughter made me some lovely soups last week, so when I got my appetite back I had smoothies of course and an assortment of ready made yoghurts & custards etc but you get so sick of sweet stuff! First, a Roasted Capsicum soup with lemon juice & zest - similar to this one. Very tasty, and the lemon really makes it: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/1114/roast+tomato+ and+capsicum+soup She also made me an awesome Roast Pumpkin soup that has orange zest & juice in it. Maybe you could find it on google. Both recipes come from one of those little Women's Weekly cookbooks you get at the supermarket - this one is Soups. I made myself some mushroom soup this morning (for breaky lol) that was awesome. I have a ridged grill and cook all my veg on that so they get a lovely char-grilled flavour. I could not have survived OptiFast without it - my 2 cups of veg were always char grilled <3. Anyway. I just winged it for the soup: mushrooms, onion, bacon (drool oh how I missed thee, Bacon!) garlic. Deglaze with some dry sherry and chicken stock, reduced that a bit, added seasoning and herbs then put it all in a plastic container, added light sour cream and whizzed it to hell and back with my new stick blender. I swear I could taste the bacon LOL. |
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| holy moly!! since august... wow thats amazing. Im hoping ill be similar as i have lost 3kg in this week and my doctor only wants me to lost 20kg total. thanks for your ideas, the spag bol sounds nice! yumm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hang in there its gets heaps easier. My first mushies was spag bol in the blender. It was great. another good one is the meat from pies and mashed spuds and baked beans. Also ate alot of fish mashed up with tartare sauce. Another one was mushy( lots of sauce) ceasar salad with chicken....oh those were the days. Now i cant eat beans or eggs or even pie inards but am loving the fact i have lost 31kgs since august. Karen..xxx |
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| Hi, its been 7 days since my op and i am hating the liquid stage im over it. I keep asking myself if this is worth it as i am still in alot of pain since the op. What was the first things people had to ease into mushies or did you all just go straight too it? Im craving mash potato and gravy! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yummy Chicken & Sweet Corn Soup 100grms chicken mince 1 Litre Water 2 teaspoons Vegeta (Vegie Stock) 1 sachet of Chick Noodle Soup I can Creamed Corn 2 eggs beaten Place water and stock into a medium saucepan and while bring to the boil add the chicken mince and stir so that it breaks up. Reduce to a simmer and add the sachet of soup and the can of corn. Simmer till noodles are soft. On a low heat, whisk through the eggs and your soup is now ready to enjoy. |
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| Chinese chicken and corn soup This is my favourite takeaway thing to get, but can be made really quickly and easily at home! Take a carton of chicken stock and boil it up. Add a handful of chopped chicken (precooked) chop it nice and small. Add a tin of creamed corn (the big one, I think its about 400 grams?) bring to the boil. Beat together 2 eggs in a pouring jug. As the soup is boiling, stir in a circular motion while drizzling the egg in. It should go all stringy. Take off the heat immediately, season with salt and pepper to taste if you like. |
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| I just made the nicest soup which is nice and cheap to make at the moment as asparagus is in season and is perfect for those in the liquid stage. Creamy Asparagus and potato Soup 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 potato, peeled and diced 2 cups veg or chicken stock 2 garlic cloves, chopped 3 bunches asparagus, ends snapped off 1 cup milk A few drops of Tabasco sauce ground black pepper Heat oil in saucepan and stir-fry onion 1 min. Add potato, stock and garlic and bring to boil. Cover and simmer 10 mins. Cut 4cm tips off asparagus, then cut stalks into 1cm slices. Add all asparagus to pan. Cover and simmer 5 mins. Reserve some of asparagus tips. Blend soup with milk until smooth. Reheat soup gently and season with Tabasco sauce. Serve topped with reserved asparagus tips and pepper. Please note: I didnt put the tabasco in and i left all of the aparagus in the pot then used the bamix to mush it all up. Yummo Creamy Broccolli Soup 1-2 large onions, diced 2 or 3 large heads brocolli, stalks & all! (not leaves) chopped up 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 5 or 6 Ch. stock cubes, I use the Massell brand 'Chicken Style' as it's ok for vegetarians & gluten free 1/2 to 1 heaped tsp minced chilli- 1/2 & you won't know it's in there..it needs it... or full tsp and can sense slightly its in it ~ depends on taste.. I use 2 tsps ~ still only mild 1 tin Carnation light n creamy evap.milk tiny amount of olive oil or spray In large soup pot, put oil/spray heat a little & add diced onion till just starting to go see thru.. but half way add garlic & chilli throw in broccolli then add enough water to cover 1-2 inches over ingredients & simmer till b.stalks are cooked thru. blend with stab mixer in pot & add evap. milk after add fresh herbs of choice if desired & a pinch or 2 of curry powder for added taste if u want?.. |
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| The recipe for Creamed Corn, Chicken and Bacon soup is as follows: Fry bacon (three rashers)drain it on paper towel if very fatty after frying. Fry diced onions and diced (one) chicken breast. Add these ingrediants to a saucepan, then add one can of cream of chicken or cream of chicken and corn soup, one can of creamed corn and about six cans of water, chicken stock cube, two tablespoons of Vegetta (gourmet stock powder available from woolies) bring to boil. In another bowl, beat two eggs with a dash of milk and then slowly add this to the boiling soup, mixing with a fork under the egg flow (doing this creates egg noodles) once the egg has formed noodles and soup thickens, remove from heat, add salt and pepper to taste and enjoy! Yes you can either buy a paste or the soup. I prefer the paste myself as you can make it as strong or weak as you like. Coles and Woolies both stock pastes. Try a few different ones and see what you like. My favourits is the Blue Dragon label. But you may like another one better. I take the paste, add water (or chicken stock), a little bit of sugar, soy sauce to taste. Then when simmering I add in a small (1/4 breast) amount of chicken or fish cut up into very small pieces and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. I then add bok choy or other veggies and simmer for another few minutes. As long as you don't add too much chicken and fish yo can pretty much eat as much as you want guilt free. |
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| Copied from my fluid file HERE A FEW THING FOR YOU TO TRY v8 fruit veg orange juice apple juice purried tin of peaches and have with yogurt liquid yogurt fruiche jarrah 99% fat free hot drinks or latte smoothies egg nogs custard heinz potatoe spinach soup heinz potatoe leek soup these potatoe soups are good they seem to fill you up more try porridge in blender weetbix with lots of milk and yogurt or try cooking up some potatoe ...sweet potatoe...pumpkin.. carrots...stock cubes or cook in stock liquid .. cool a bit ..... add three bean mix ...put all in blender and mix the hell out of it you could also add garlic ..mixed herbs...curry powder...ect this makes a great soup and filling Me again. FOr dinner I have a soup made with Tom Yum paste (can get from asian section of supermarket), water, my two cups of veggies, and best thing, chicken breast (only about a quarter). I cut the chicken up into tiny bits and cook it in the soup. Only takes abOut ten minutes all up and I think it is delicious (but then I am starving!). I also add about a teaspoon of sugar and a little lemon juice (1/4 of a lemon). Continental made some really great Asian Cuppa soups. AND, they are Low Carb. (Blue box if I remember correctly, and have Low Carb stamped right across the box. I strained them, and they were so yummy. |
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| Hi Leigh :) I must admit, I'm feeling better today than I did yesterday. I was in a dark, dark place yesterday :) The only way I've made it thru 1.5 weeks is by thinking of the outcome & telling myself it's not really worth throwing in the towel for a few hot chips. Chicken & sweetcorn soup from the Chinese restaurant has been a godsend! Give it a good blend in the trusty ol' blender to get the lumps out and it's delish!! |
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| OMG how have you made 1.5 weeks i am on day 3 post op and i can not think of anything else worse than soup at this stage, does it all taste bland to everyone or is that just me, please any tips to get through i would appreciate... Thanks a helpless sole Leigh |
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| This is the hardest stage and you are almost finished it. Hang in there it does get better and soon you will be able to have a couple of chips as well. Linda |
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| Sorry, that's meant to be I am 1.5 weeks post op, not I'm not :) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Well, I'm not 1.5 weeks post op & I truly felt like throwing in the towel today. I've been feeling fantastic, sticking to liquids & doing all the right things, but today was terrible. I'd been out most of the day, at a kids party, and then down at the pub. Everyone around me was eating all my favourite things. Hot chips, garlic bread, burgers. YUM! I know it's all in my mind, because I wasn't even hungry, but I found myself getting so depressed that I couldn't eat any of it, but so proud of myself at the same time for turning it all down. When we got home, I had some tomato soup & that cheered me up a bit :) |
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