So glad I can finally have something close to real food again!! Goodbye liquids, heeellloooo Mushy!!!! I'm just a little excited. haha.

I am jealous! I start mushies friday! I can't wait!!!

I used to Celebrate every time I graduated to a new stage in foods! Haha! Enjoy the mushies!

If you haven't seen it yet, google "the world according to eggface" because she has a ton of recipes on her blog. You might get some fun ideas.

Yay!!!

I've been SO tired of full liquids that I did a bit of mushies yesterday (about 5-6 days ahead of schedule). Thin mashed potatoes with a bit of gravy. It went down very very easily (they were the instant mix kind), and didn't bother me much.

But today I feel like I have a build-up of food in my intestines and no ability to "eliminate" just yet. Quite the opposite of last week when I was "going" several times a day!

What a rollercoaster ride this is. Everyday you're dealing with new conditions! I know it will settle down as time goes on. I'm just finding I'm surprised when things change, even though I'm not introducing huge changes in my daily eating routine (though mash potatoes could count as a huge change, I guess!)

I can't wait until I get to actually CHEW!

LOL

When I get a chance I want to scan in the diet and how my NUT is showing us tricks to sneak in as much protien per meal. Great ideas she has. She also gave us a couple pages of recipes to try. I was able to eat thier bariatric suppliment, white cheddar cheese chips, today (with the strict rule to chew it down to apple sauce) But it was such a great feeling to chew and feel something crunchy. It's a small bag only 1.5 oz and I could only eat half. I finally feel that "real" full feeling and I am totally satisfied. Now it is a matter of getting the most bank for my buck so to speak with protien. She has us adding 1/4 cup of non-fat powdered milk to anything we can fit it into as well as skim or soy milk, which gives any shake, soup, smoothie, mashed potatoes, etc an extra 12 grams of protien for the dry milk and 8grams from skim milk, and even a scoop of unflavored protien, greek yogurt etc. So basicly if you use one cup of skim milk and 1/4 cup of dry powder milk and mix with a scoop of nectar protien powder lets say and fruit you can get a smoothie at 43 grams of protien! That is just one example, I'm kind of getting my crunchy fix out of the way first today and maybe tonight try a noodleless lasagna!!! yay!! Time to get creative, so many more options with meat, fruit, starches, and veggies now. .

I've been SO tired of full liquids that I did a bit of mushies yesterday (about 5-6 days ahead of schedule). Thin mashed potatoes with a bit of gravy. It went down very very easily (they were the instant mix kind), and didn't bother me much.

But today I feel like I have a build-up of food in my intestines and no ability to "eliminate" just yet. Quite the opposite of last week when I was "going" several times a day!

What a rollercoaster ride this is. Everyday you're dealing with new conditions! I know it will settle down as time goes on. I'm just finding I'm surprised when things change, even though I'm not introducing huge changes in my daily eating routine (though mash potatoes could count as a huge change, I guess!)

I can't wait until I get to actually CHEW!

LOL

I can relate, the other day I tried a little pudding, when I wasn't supposed to yet and it didn't sit right at all. But so far today things feel pretty good, just so full so fast. It's hard to prepare things because it I make too much and I can only handle a couple tablspoons before I'm done. I just have to get used to this new portion size. Just give yourself those extra days you need, I bet when you officially start, it will get better with each day. And if it doesn't work one day, try it again a week later.

Thanks for the advice! I did a shake for Breakfast this morning and did 1.5 scoops of powder rather than my usual 1, so I get 50% more Protein in the for the day. I'm probably going to stick with basic liquids for the day and try to let my stomach settle and get things moving in my intestines a bit.

I've been having problems with diary, so I've switched to unsweetened almond milk rather than skim, or 1%. It's very low in calories (30 / cup) and carbs (1 g / cup), but also low in protein (1 g / cup). Ah well, at least it doesn't give me any distress!

I'm hopeful that the dairy issue clears up because I love my dairy products! Milk, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt.....I love them all. I would HATE to have to give them up permanently.

One day at a time..........

Have you tried any of the lactose free products? I know when my son was little and he had a hard time with milk products, his doctor had me use powdered milk because he said the protien was different in that form and he did just fine on it. Super cheap to get the powdered milk, lasts forever. Worth a try and see if you tolerate it better. They have the lactose free yogurts too. Good luck, I hope you can have your dairy back too. I can't imagine a world without any dairy. Even if it is just a couple bites now, still have to have it. lol!