Two weeks post op today

 My, time is flying by. I have done very well mentally because I have so much support and I was lucky enough to have three weeks off. I have had my moments of mad head hunger and only one major crying hissy fit. So that is better than I thought it would be. My recovery has been super. My incisions look amazing for just two weeks out. One of them is nearly invisible. I started back at they gym last Thursday walking a mile and doing some light five lb weights on the biceps on triceps. I'm doing a mile and a quarter in 30 min which isn't great, but it's a start. I am super sick of liquids. I'm trying to vary it as much as I can. 

Got any good purée ideas? 

I lost 10 lbs the first 10 days home. Now the scale hasn't moved in four days. I keep reading that's normal, but I can't help but be annoyed. I know it will fall, but I'm like 'damn, I'm not eating and I'm exercising...what gives??' 

So I just need to chill on the scale thing and know it will go down. I'm wondering if it will help when I start dense proteins like chicken

Btw, how does turkey compare? There is a local smokehouse that makes incredible turkey. It is calling my name! 

I'm just a week ahead of you and life is much better than the first week! I pureed a lot of soups- so go get that yummy turkey and make some soup with veggies then puree it- I also added cottage cheese to all of my pureed soups as it made it more creamy like and added a lot of protein.

 Brilliant! I was thinking I might do a tomato base soup with it and spices...maybe like BBQ flavor.

I love the cottage cheese idea. Thanks!

 Just check with your doctor before you have the tomato-based soup-some doctors say avoid tomatoes because they are acidic and can be a stomach irritant, the same with certain spices.Hopefully you will be cleared for whatever soups you like because clear and full liquids can get very boring very quickly. I also added unflavored protein powder to all purees to add extra protein, Best of luck, hopr this helps!!

 What kind of unflavored protein powder do you buy? That sounds like a good idea.

I bought the tomato basil from the deli dept. at our lcal store .. Saved me during this phase!
Julie

 Congrats! My 2 week "surgiversarry" will be tomorrow ... I totally agree with you On how fast time has gone by!!!

You are doing FABULOUS. Congrats...Have you tried eggface's blog she has tons of ideas about variations on all phases of WLS dieting

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/

Hugs,

Sharon