Food Shopping

One of the things I'm hearing a lot of as I speed closer to my surgery date (4 days, but who is counting?!?) is that we should prepare our fridge so when we come home, there's less thinking we have to do.  The food choices become automated by already having the correct ones there for you.


For the next few days, I'm going to enjoy the things I know I'll have some trouble with later - like sweets (see, at least I'm admitting it!) and we're going to a brunch (buffet!) tomorrow as well.  But Monday (yes, I'm aware it's a holiday) and Tuesday are really about prepping for the surgery and to help give my body at least a few days to rid itself of the horrors of the last 33.57 years, I'm planning to be on all liquids.


I will not be able to eat anything after midnight on Tuesday as my surgery is scheduled for 7:30 AM on Wednesday morning.  They've already warned me that I won't be allowed to eat or drink anything Wednesday at all (with the exception of a few ice chips if my mouth is too dry).  By Thursday I will be on clear liquids only - broth, sugar free jello, etc. and on Friday I will be able to start on other liquids - non-clear soups like a tomato bisque, pudding, protein shakes.  When I come home, I'll be on these types of liquids for the first week, then I can start to incorporate soft foods - eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt - for the second week.  In the third week, I can start to introduce small amounts of pureed vegetables and small amounts of lean protein.


To prepare for this, we went to BJs and stocked up on:

• Eggs (2 dozen)
• Skim milk (1 gallon)
• Jamba Juice Fruit Boost (Low-cal fruit cups that are fortified with additional vitamins and minerals)
• 100-cal Cottage Cheese doubles
• Colby Jack cheese sticks (60 calories each)
• Carnation Instant Breakfast (30 packs)
• Calcium + Vitamin D chewables
• Multivitamin chewables
• Water Pods (those little 11 oz. water bottles)
• Jamba Juice Fruit Sorbet and Yogurt bars 

I had a lot of anxiety this week around things like will I remember how many ounces of food I can have at a time? and How am I really going to get as much protein as they want me to get when I can't eat as much as I used to?  



I'm not going to lie, I've been extremely stressed out and an emo nightmare.  They say that the emotions straighten themselves out after a few months.  I hope my husband has the patience to wait that long!