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eggs
cheese
Yogurt
Cottage cheese
Cereal with milk (like Special K or other flakes, soaked in milk)
Porridge with Protein Powder stirred in after it cools a bit
Canned Soup with extra rotisserie chicken added
Beef mince with gravy or Bolognaise or other sauce
Canned chicken mixed with mayo, onion, and gherkin relish (aka chicken salad)
Refried Beans with cheese
Hummus
Canned peas
Baked beans
Custard with Protein powder stirred in
Sashimi
smoked salmon
canned tuna

Here are my contributions to the soft foods stage:
I am posting links to my blog where I have posted them. Full disclosure, I do not make money off this blog, so this is not for self-promotion. I like creating different recipes and sharing so I hope they help someone.

Once you are through your liquids stage, also search for soft foods, or look up the ground chicken and ground beef recipes, and you may find something you like that is sleeve friendly. I've posted links to a few here to get you started.

Here’s the list of foods:

Soft Foods Stage
cheese Souffle pumpkin Cheesecake vanilla pudding Pumpkin Caramel Bake banana Egg Protein pancake Home-made refried Beans 5-minute Hummus Do you have others to add to this list?

You guys..... thank you so much... I'm practically in tears reading your responses...
Let's stay in touch.
I'm Robin, turning 55 on June 4 (but I have the wisdom of a 22 year old), flying from NYC to Tijuana next Wednesday to have surgery with Dr. Ariel Ortiz at Obesity Control Center (aka Alpha Centauri) on Thursday, 4/30 (same as you Annie! Happy Birthday, Lady!).
I'm recouping at friend's in San Diego for a few weeks, then back to New York/CT for a week, the back to work.
I really appreciate your words of encouragement, ladies.
I'm sure (gulp) we're all gonna be just fine, and by end of the Summer, we'll be happier, healthier and feeling GOOD about ourselves (not that we shouldn't feel good about ourselves as we are...).
Here's to us!

My friend, it's a HUGE commitment and a major life change - if you didn't have moments of second thoughts, I'd worry about you! And everything seems so much more difficult when you're hungry.
What I CAN tell you is that, statistically speaking, there's a REALLY good chance everything is going to be just fine. All those feelings you've got now are normal.
Yesterday I read a story about an agoraphobic woman who left her house for the first time in 10 years and fell in a sinkhole - no joke! The truth is, I kind of went into surgery feeling like that would be me. I'd finally try something drastic to take control, and be the anomaly that ends up with complications or bigger than I started. Neither thing happened, and other than 3 weeks of a nagging pain in my right side and a monster case of what felt like morbid Constipation, it all turned out alright. I have two regrets - getting myself in the position of NEEDING surgery, and waiting so damn long to do it.
I wish you had someone to go with you. Heck, if I had two nickels to rub together right now and some time off work, I'D go, lol. But if you can get past the jitters and go for it anyway, I think you're going to be really happy that you did!

@@Hetera im scheduled may 6 and I am feeling exactly the same. I was originally scheduled last year in April but ended up getting gallbladder out first had some issues so i cancelled my sleeve. Here I am a year later just now realizing that I cannot do this on my own as much as I would love to. I am also feeling so disappointed in myself that I can't do it on my own. As much as I want to cancel again because I am so nervous I know I can't. Work notes already turned in everything is done so I just need to mentally get ready for this .We can do this and we are going to be just fine. Good luck to you

i can tell you that any amount of money is worth it. at least in my eyes it is. i feel better than i have in over 25 years. i wish i could have done this sooner. i understand being hungry. i cried the first 3 days of my week long liquid diet. literally cried. and i wont say that i didn't cheat - milkshakes are still liquid - but just not the liquid that i was meant to have - but i know that you can do this - if you want it. i wanted it worse than anything i have ever wanted before and i made it through that week - with just a few bumps - and i doubted my decision - but in the end it was the best thing ever... to this day - 9 months later - i would do it again in a heartbeat.
YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! (i can hear Eye of the Tiger right now can you??) bom - bom -bombombomb - bombommmmmmmm - it's the eye of the tiger.....

OK ... first of all ... take a deep breath! Please don't feel that you're alone ... we're all in this together, and being here and talking with others will really help.
I'm due for surgery next week ... April 30th. I have been excited about this surgery for a long time. Every now and then I think to myself, "Will I be able to go out to dinner with friends ever again"? I'm sure all the thoughts you're having ... and the stress ... is normal.
When I start to think about all the what ifs, I remind myself of why I'm doing this in the first place. I think of my health issues that will be helped or completely gone after this surgery. I think of being able to comfortably put on socks without having to throw one leg at a time up on the bed ... I think of being able to walk again without feeling out of breath. I want to be able to not worry about the size of a chair when I go out, or to an office for an appt. I want to experience not feeling like I'm the largest person in the room.
I look at it this way ... the day of my surgery is my 59th birthday. I've spent a lot of years eating, over eating, indulging in sweets and going overboard. Eating isn't even enjoyable anymore. I think the beginning of our journey will be the hardest. I believe the first two months will be the real test, and the most difficult. We will be re-learning how to eat, Portion Control, what to eat, etc. There will definitely be challenges.
But I know for sure ... as soon as I start losing weight and can actually see and feel that difference, a whole new attitude and way of thinking will open up to me. One thing I've noticed here ... there are SO many different experiences. I think you can find support for whatever issue you're dealing with ... so please don't give up. It truly will have been worth it in a few months when you see and feel the new you.
Keep writing about your thoughts, fears and concerns. You will definitely be supported here. I will pray for you, and I am interested in knowing how you progress. Don't beat yourself up over 3 slices of deli ham ... it will all be ok .. I just know it.
Hang in there!
Annie

Hi Everyone,
This is my first post. It has been so helpful to be able to read what everyone is going through, etc. My surgery date is April 30th .... my 59th birthday! I can't think of a better birthday present.
I'm having my surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Thomas Magnuson is my surgeon.
Anyone else having surgery that same day???
I'm curious about a lot of things, but my daughter just got in touch with me to ask if I needed to have someone with me for the first fews days after surgery. Can anyone chime in on that, and let me know what your experience was right after surgery? Thanks so much.
I'm super excited ... not nervous at all.
Annie