Food Delivery Services?
AllisonMart
Posts: 156 Member
For months before I even started talking to my VSG surgeon, I was getting Green Chef deliveries, one of those food box subscription services where they send you a box of ingredients with recipes each week. I LOVED it. The food was healthy and tasty and I dropped some weight just from switching to it.
Now that I'm post-surgery and a week away from eating solid foods again, I'd like to resume the service. The portions are large, so I'm thinking I could just eat the Green Chef meals all week and not have to worry about other food. I will wait a few weeks to see how solid foods go, then resume deliveries. Has anyone tried this type of food service post surgery? Any thoughts on my plan? Thank you!
Now that I'm post-surgery and a week away from eating solid foods again, I'd like to resume the service. The portions are large, so I'm thinking I could just eat the Green Chef meals all week and not have to worry about other food. I will wait a few weeks to see how solid foods go, then resume deliveries. Has anyone tried this type of food service post surgery? Any thoughts on my plan? Thank you!
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I don't know, could be a slippery slope into the old ways of eating. Remember at this point from your surgery date, you're probably supposed to be looking at 800 cal/day. A lot of those pre packaged things can be carb and calorie dense. Remember that, especially in the first year, protein is your number one goal, and that carbs take up a lot of space in your new stomach.1
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The boxes are entirely fresh produce and proteins and mostly are made up of vegetables. I get the gluten free version so my boxes don't contain most carbs like pasta. Occasionally some rice or rice noodles, but I got those in maybe 3 meals over of 3 months. The highest calorie recipe I've seen was 900 cals (lowest was 350) and if I'm splitting a single serving into 2 or 3 meals, the calories are greatly reduced.
You're right that protein is an issue - I would be able to supplement leftover veggies with extra proteins not from the box, though. There is a paleo option that would probably also be gluten free.
At this point in my recovery it's definitely out. I get off the soft food diet on 12/19 and I was thinking of an adjustment period and then trying a box around mid January.
I really don't want to give it up because I really did love it, maybe I'm only trying to justify it to myself? I did lose weight just from switching to it pre-surgery. They were creative, healthy meals that I never would have made for myself using interesting ingredients I never would have bought.
https://greenchef.com/menus2
