I will be banded 10/2 - I realize I will be on clear liquids, full liquids, mushy and eventually real food after a month or so.

Can you give me some suggestions to make the mushy stage more tolerable? I am a nurse and just keep thinking about all the pureed food I have fed patients. It used to make me gag.

Also, can I get some healthy snack suggestions?

Much appreciated

Gracie

I ate things like refried Beans, mashed potatoes, chunky Soups (at first I ran soups through the blender, then as I got more comfy & brave.. I didn't).

Didn't your doctor or dietitian or nutritionist give you any guidance?

Healthy Snacks that I eat are: organic apple & weight watcher's string cheese. Wasa Cracker & laughing cow cheese. Non Fat greek yogurt & blueberries. non or low fat cottage cheese & strawberries. boiled egg. PB2 on a Wasa.

One of my favorite things was boiling a potato and then adding veg. broth to thin it out and then cheese for protein. You can do it with cauliflower also or both together. I still make it on the day I get a fill. I was and still am in love with the cook and serve choc. pudding--fat free/sugar free if you can find it. Most markets have the instant but the cook and serve tastes great with some lite cool whip. I would have half a cup a day. It's about 80 calories and then you have the protein from the milk. Of course cottage cheese/greek yogurt are really good sources of protein. Poached eggs are easy to eat also. Slip in a protein shake everyday for added measure.

Good Luck!

At first I ate refried beans with cheese, mashed potatoes, mashed cauliflower, but than after a few days I ate alot of chicken salad...I would buy the roasted chickens at the grocery store that are already cooked, pull off the breast meat and mix with a little mayo than puree..not to make it really runny just really small pieces..and I lived off that for days..lol....some people might not be able to handle it on mushie stage but I was fine and had no issues! was a nice change from all that pureed stuff.

Scrambled eggs with milk; bananas and yoghurt blended;ricotta cheese, honey, milk and lemon juice blended;chicken, tomatoes,garlic,roasted capsicum,chicken stock and mushrooms blended.

cottage cheese, mashed potatoes, greek yogurt with honey, chicken broth with tiny noodles, cream soups (mushroom, corn, potato or squash), laughing cow cheese wedge, gatorade :thumbup:

any suggestions for eating out on mushy foods??

OCCASIONALLY you can find someplace with Soup that's okay for mushies. You may be able to piece together something like soup and potato (baked or mashed) but I think most restaurants aren't real mush friendly. Sorry. On mushies I lived off of refried Beans thinned out with chicken broth then pureed with salsa and a little sour cream, I still do this when I get a fill. I also did a fair amount of greek yogurt (I'll only eat the honey or caramel, I can't stand the fruit flavors for some reason). As I progressed I did ham or chicken salad either grated finely or pureed until it could be spread and had no chunks with a little mayo and boiled egg whites spread on crackers (once allowed of course). I think I was so thrilled to be off liquids I could have stayed on pureed/mushies forever...pre-op I thought this stage would be the worst, post-op it wasn't so bad.

Good luck!

I will be banded 10/2 - I realize I will be on clear liquids, full liquids, mushy and eventually real food after a month or so.

Can you give me some suggestions to make the mushy stage more tolerable? I am a nurse and just keep thinking about all the pureed food I have fed patients. It used to make me gag.

Also, can I get some healthy snack suggestions?

Much appreciated

Gracie

You crack me up...from one nurse to the other..I have the same thoughts...I have no answers though. I have tried several "experiments" in my kitchen, but unfortunately it went to our dog. My nutritionist suggested baked sweet potatoes oatmeal that has been properly thinned... They really focused on just the first 2 weeks with my first session which will be liquids only....One of my friends ate baby food...eeek! I gag when I think about it!

I did the chicken salad, just ate small spoon bites of it or wrapped in lettuce sometimes.

I also made ham salad. Lean ham chunks in food processor to chop really fine (almost puree), do the same with a few slices of bologna, mix in some of that cheese pimento spread for flavor, little bit of mayo and some pickle relish. It's filling to eat a few spoonfulls of it also.