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| Green Soup with Yams & Sage (Eating Well Magazine) |
I'm scheduled for a fill tomorrow afternoon--and I am Nervous!
As you all know, I do not have a good track record with my fills. I tend to swell, and then I wind up going back in for a partial un-fill. That is a large part of the reason that I elected NOT to schedule a fill at my last checkup. Not because I thought I didn't need it, but because I just didn't want to go through the hassle of being too tight and then having to go back in. For the last few weeks I have been focusing on being aware of my food choices--both in quality AND quantity. I feel like I've done pretty good...but I haven't lost any weight.
I'm sure most of the lack of weight loss is due to a lack of exercise. I'm hoping CrossFit will take care of that. However, I have noticed that I must to eat larger portions and more often that is ideal in order not to feel hungry. And...I ate an entire slice of pizza (including crust) @ the airport two days ago. Yep--time for a fill.
Even though the doc usually prescribes only 2 days of liquids after a fill, I'm planning to do a week in hopes of avoiding the dreaded swell. For the 2nd week, I plan to do the puree/mushie/soft food progression. After that...Chicago!!!
Today I am making soups and the house smells incredible!!! I had a lot of veggies in the bin that needed to be used up, so I tossed them with olive oil and roasted them in the oven until they got a nice char. Add a few things sautéing on the stove, shove it all in a blender and, Viola!--you have soup:
- Charred tomato with roasted garlic & bacon
- Roasted mixed pepper with parmesan & poblano
- Sweet potato with caramelized onion & sage
- Green soup with Japanese yams
All of these are puree soups, so they will fit into all but the first 2 days of my plan. And, they all have a bit of protein from the chicken stock. (has anyone ever added unflavored protein powder to your soup--how did it work out?)
I have my SlimFast Low-Carb shakes, various bottles of kefir & Greek yogurts, and I picked up some of those Fruit2Day drinks (I've not tried them before--product review in the future). Of course, I always have a stash of low-sodium V-8 as well. I also started taking Ibuprofen ala Jen (Jen's Lapband Journey).
Fingers crossed!
7 comments:
Good luck with the fill!
Those sound amazing Truly! Yes I add unflavored protein to my soup. I use UNJURY. But you must be careful if it is too hot it gets really nasty! LOL
you are killing me with the soups!!!!
I didn't have luck with the unflavored protein. I tried it and it worked with one and then everything else it didn't work..clumped up and YUCK! So don't buy a big thing..try a sample first!
I love fruit2days. Did you get the one with protein. It isn't much but 8g is better then 1!
I got the one's with protein...but not on purpose. They only had one kind at the store.
I do love me some soup! Making my own isn't hard and generally winds up having much more flavor. Plus, I like that I can control the amount of salt. Canned soups are generally either too salty or just really bland.
My basic recipe is to roast a bunch of stuff and then puree it with some Chicken Stock. Sometimes I'll add cream and/or parmesan cheese for body. That's it...
Ones...not one's.
Those soups look amazing! I really hope this takes you to a good fill level with no drama.
Those soups sound AMAZING. I already read that the fill was treating you well, so yippee for that. :)
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