Ok, so i start puree foods in a couple of days. i wanted to see what any of yall out there did to help with this phase. what kind of creative foods did you eat? my dr said anything i put into a blender and get pureed would be ok, but i want some good ideas. thanks all.

I just ate tomato Soup, egg drop soup, cottage cheese/applesauce, squash soup, chicken noodle soup, Protein shakes(lots), yogurt, mashed potato's, oatmeal, refried Beans. It wasn't all that bad although I was in bandster hell so I did get hungry every day.

tmf

Biff, I'm in the same boat. I start the soft foods in a couple days also. I still don't understand why food has to be put in a blender? Also, I've heard people saying that they used baby food. Any ideas about this?

Ok' date=' so i start puree foods in a couple of days. i wanted to see what any of yall out there did to help with this phase. what kind of creative foods did you eat? my dr said anything i put into a blender and get pureed would be ok, but i want some good ideas. thanks all.[/quote']

Try spaghetti sauce with meat...it is really good. Put it over cottage cheese and add parmasian cheese almost like lasagna...I don't like to cook twice so any time I have needed mushies I just figure out the best things to cook...good luck, AMD stay away from Pasta and bread....

Thanks for this! I too have 2 more days of liquid until I can start the pureed food... I love the idea of spaghetti sauce and cottage cheese! Thank you all for the great ideas!

Biff' date=' I'm in the same boat. I start the soft foods in a couple days also. I still don't understand why food has to be put in a blender? Also, I've heard people saying that they used baby food. Any ideas about this?[/quote']

The reason why things have to be put in a blender is because they have to be without chunks at this stage. When chunks go through your stomach it starts to try and digest them, your stomach moves and attempts to grind the chunks up. At this stage any stomach movement is harmful because the band has been stitched to your stomach. If you stomach starts moving to digest food then stitches break therefore the placement of the band has been comprised.

Heather,

I was banded back in November and no one pointed out the obvious one thing you pointed out. Hope I didn't harm anything because I wasn't an A+ student the first 30 days. All seems to be well now but seems like so many valuable insights come from this site. So many Dr's and staff are oblivious to important information that could make this journey so much easier.

tmf

Hope not either, the liquid phase is so hard!

I started puréed foods today, I've been having Greek yogurt, applesauce, refried Beans w/ taco sauce, and a smoothie (handful of berries, some skim milk, and Protein powder). I'm really anxious to move to soft foods.

Does oatmeal count as a puréed food?

I think oatmeal Is a purée but cream of wheat is on my full liquid stage