What type of foods are considered soft foods?

Mashed Potatoes, Sugar Free Pudding, Sugar Free Jello, Creamy soups, cottage cheese. That is a few.

Mashed Potatoes, Sugar Free Pudding, Sugar Free Jello, Creamy soups, cottage cheese. That is a few.

What about salads?

egg salad

Greens are not considered a soft food they actually will cause blockage! Like Laura said Mashed Potates, Jello, Pudding, People!!! did everyone forget of the invention call food processor or a blender? all of what you have eaten can be pureed to easily consume! I should say that not everyone is a cook. But SALAD Mike, is without a doubt not a soft food!

As you approach the soft foods stage (and I'm not writing about mushies), don't forget to consider your daily carb grams...many of us have been advised to avoid the foods which are over processed and/or that the body will quickly convert to sugar (usually considered to be "white" anything). These types of foods will not keep hunger away the same as Proteins and basic carbs, such as fruits and vegetables which are skinless and overcooked (the veggies, not the fruit ).

Some of the soft foods recommended to me were home prepared meat salads; dark meat chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad, shrimp salad. Use light mayo, and avoid pickle relish and celery. Also, moist, flaky salmon, tilapia, cod. Also shaved deli meats; ham, turkey breast, chicken breast. The higher quality meats such as Boar's Head Brand tend to have more moisture in them.

For Fiber carb choices, any fresh fruit without the peel is alright to have. banana, avocado grapefruit, peaches, and strawberries were a few on my list. For vegetables, boiled until tender the list included broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, green Beans, tomatoes, and summer squash. Yams and oatmeal(not the quick cooking or instant type) were included on the list for complex carbs.

BTW, Jello is considered to be a liquid...and has basically no nutritional value. At this stage of life with the band, everything we eat has to deliver big on nutritional value. Be certain to focus on getting your Protein goal met every day.

Thank you so much Sojourner! This helps a lot.

Why did they say no relish? Do the meat salads pretty much only consist of meat and mayo? I'm just starting on soft foods, I got the okay today.

Why did they say no relish? Do the meat salads pretty much only consist of meat and mayo? I'm just starting on soft foods, I got the okay today.

Relish and celery tend to be more fibrous, and may irritate the area around your new band as they are more difficult to digest. You can add other seasonings to improve the taste - I used onion salt sometimes. But yes, essentially just the meat and mayo to keep it moist.

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Some of the soft foods recommended to me were home prepared meat salads; dark meat chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad, shrimp salad. Use light mayo, and avoid pickle relish and celery. Also, moist, flaky salmon, tilapia, cod. Also shaved deli meats; ham, turkey breast, chicken breast. The higher quality meats such as Boar's Head Brand tend to have more moisture in them.

For Fiber carb choices, any fresh fruit without the peel is alright to have. banana, avocado grapefruit, peaches, and strawberries were a few on my list. For vegetables, boiled until tender the list included broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, green Beans, tomatoes, and summer squash. Yams and oatmeal(not the quick cooking or instant type) were included on the list for complex carbs.

Thank you for this thread and the above advice. I can have real fruit instead of none now! It's funny at how you crave things when they are not allowed. I want fruit but was not very sure of what I could eat.

My advice on soft foods comes from my nutritionist: if you press a fork to it and it comes up through the tines, it's a soft food.

Thanks Sojourner! I stopped adding relish, I didn't know this, when I heard tuna salad, well I made tuna salad .