Hi all I was banded on Oct. 24 and am on the liquid diet for 3 weeks then mushies for 3. I have a couple of questions for all you fellow bandsters out there. 1) Is soup concidered a liquid? I have green pea soup with a little extra water in it. It can fit through a straw so is this considered a part of the liquid diet? I got so sick of chicken and beef broth after 1 1/2 weeks so I tried split pea and green pea extra watery and smushed. It was great but is it ok? 2) any suggestions for mushies? I know that cottage cheese, refried beans, oatmeal, cream of wheat and scrambled eggs but is there any other suggestions for this? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Janet

Hey Janet,

I would say anything that doesn't have particles in it IS liquid. I'm on thicker liquids now and I am eating butternut squash soup that has little teeny pieces of potato in it. So far so good, I'm also eating cream of mushroom soup that has teeny particles in it.

Now my doc said that I could puree anything I want for the mushy stage. I am planning on having pudding, mashed taters, cauliflower mashed up, and maybe some sweet taters.

I did sneak in some goldfish crackers for some reason it really helped me go to the bathroom LOL.

When can you have Egg Drop soup??????

I never liked egg drop soup but I would think you could have it during muchy stage. Every doctors diet is different (say that 5 times real fast LOL) so if your not sure, ask.

make some butternut squash with butterspray and cinnamon. OMG it is so good, better then mashpotatoes. It is a mushy food too.

For the mushy stage the Idaho instant potatoes come in several flavors like Loaded baked, butter and herb and 4cheese they are very good and a snap to make put some sourcream on them. very nummy.