Your mind might be swirling with what you should and shouldn't be eating. What is allowed and what isn't?
So, let's clear a few things up!
- No food is 'good' or 'bad'. Some are just more appropriate right now
- Seeking out only low calorie or diet foods is not always the best option
- The less highly processed, overly packaged foods we eat, the better
- Normal healthy food does not have to mean lettuce leaves and alfalfa sprouts!
- You don't have to eat foods you don't like just because they are 'good for you' or 'high in protein'
- You also don't have to count calories to be successful post-WLS!
Some foods nourish us physically, and some nourish us mentally and emotionally, so listen to your body and find the happy medium of eating foods you enjoy, but that are reasonably nutritious. We went deeper into that idea in food is not good or bad.
Top tip: with each meal, ask yourself 'what can I add to this to make it more nourishing and satisfying?' If you are not sure how much to put on the plate to begin with, post surgery portions is the place to start, and all your protein Qs covers hitting your protein target on a very small appetite.
Soft, slow-cooked food is usually the easiest place to begin. Our slow cooker chicken and artichoke stew makes six small containers at a time, which takes the pressure off the days you cannot face cooking.
…and don't forget to take your Multi 2.0!
Still counting down to your date? Is your WLS booked? has the pre-op run-through.