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i've taken to opening the capsule and mixing the contents with water. i hate it, but i'm sure it won't be long before i can just swallow the vitamin pal. thanks everyone for your replies.

Hi Everyone. I'm on the puree stage and have tolerated most foods well. I am craving some bolognese / ragu - did anyone else introduce beef this early? How did you get on?

aha.

what does SMO mean?

Fresh crab mashed into avocado OR sweet potato with a bit of squeezed lemon is becoming a fave. Just got a sudden craving for crab, don't know where that came from.

I'm so glad this thread has started as all the "official" bariatric advice seems to be low cal, zero fat etc., and so much has changed in nutrition since the day of the fat free "calorie" obsessed diets. I do recognise that my way of eating wasn't healthy before, for me it was all obsessively healthy OR "off the wagon" days eating industrial amounts of sugar. For me, I'm going to give up sugar entirely now that I've had this done. But healthy fats are essential. Luckily I consult my own nutritionist that I trust otherwise I would have been lost. I'm going to check out Primal Kitchen mayo top tip thanks - looks like I can get it here in the UK.

no, not really necessary. it's soft enough and you can chew lots if you are worried.

Mayo is full of rubbish though. Fats that any body has difficulty processing.

Yes, me. Tolerating it fine and refuse to eat fake food like 0% crap. It's old science to think that fat free products are the way. Although I'm sure some people will have tolerance problems. I AM going to give up sugar though.

I'm 10 days out so scared to swallow it. Will try at 2 weeks. Did the cottage cheese thing again just now it's horrible!! @XmeghannstarX

Typo there @MissT_SR morphine thing....I meant to say

Would be good to ask someone to be there. I found it a real comfort just to know someone was in the house @MissT_SR also mention your morohine thing. Surgeon told me to mention in future that I don't do well on opiates - there are alternatives. Good Luck!!

http://www.laparoscopic.md/bariatric-surgery-diet/puree-diet-after-bariatric-surgery Also found this website really useful for ideas. I'll shut up now.

p.s bone broth / stock is absolutely fantastic for Collagen which we need for healing post surgery. i took advice from a nutritionist before I went into this and her recommendations have been fantastic. she told me about a broth here in the UK from Osius which is made from all of the chicken including feet and is therefore collagen to the max. i don't know if there is an equivalent in the States but that got me through Phase 1. it was delicious! you could literally serve it at a dinner party.

@newlifebegins2017 http://www.thelittlekitchen.net/whole-chicken-in-a-slow-cooker/ Cannot recommend this highly enough. I always set it for 6 hours no matter the size of chicken. You can tone down the spice rub if you want, but it's actually very slight. I don't bother grilling it at the end to crisp the skin. (Right now we're not going to be using the skin anyway). I make it regularly and added the broth and veg and chicken to a small bowl of brown rice or similar. But made it today on Day 3 of Purees, pulled a tiny bit of chicken (it's so soft and tearable done this way), one chunk of carrot and the juices and pureed them and it was the first time I actually wanted more of anything since my op. Whoever made this recipe up is a genuis. At the moment I'm not eating the other veg - onion & celery - as I don't want to take chances. Of course once you have picked the chicken you can chuck the bones back in and get a superb stock. And THIS is my fave recipe for that http://www.theyummylife.com/Slow_Cooker_Chicken_Broth My Mum had Gastric Bypass almost a year ago and when I made the Chicken in Slow Cooker for her she got so much wellness out of it. Good luck!! I wonder what other peoples faves are.