Serving Size?

[KanesMom 44]

I was cleared yesterday to progress to the "Soft food" stage. So exciting! I'm just wondering what is the serving size you eat? I had a 1/4 cup of mashed potatoes and gravy for lunch and that went fine. For dinner I tried cream of broccoli Soup pureed but 1/4 of it didn't seem like a lot because it was just liquid. Does the serving size matter according to what you're eating? Any thoughts?

[Ima Loser 197]

It depends on how dense the food is as well.. Soup is going to seem to fill you less then a chicken breast... Eatting a 1/4 cup of mashed potatoes will definately fill you more then the 1/4 cup of soup. Once you move on to solids it will seem like you get sull MUCH faster... I can't even eat 3oz of chicken. I had a grilled chicken breast the other night for dinner... My dinner litterally consisted of: 2 peices of THIN asparagus, a forkful of mashed potatoes and 3 cut up peices from my chicken breast (maybe 1/4 of the small breast fillet) I notice when I eat soup for lunch I can eat much more, even if I eat a chili for lunch I can eat much more then a more dense food...

Hope that helps, I didnt mean to ramble on and on...

[KanesMom 44]

Thank you so much! It did help!

[NikkiV1986 121]

I was told not to "weigh" Soup since its a liquid. When I do soft food and regular foods I will have to weigh and measure.

[Ima Loser 197]

I always measured soup... When you drink/esat the Soup you wont feel much restriction so I always measured it... Volume not weight... I was told by my Nut and Dr that everything should be measured by volume not weight... Think of it this way... A 5lb bowling ball takes up ALOT less room then 5 lbs of feathers... The weight is the same but the volume is VERY different

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

Does the serving size matter according to what you're eating? Any thoughts?

KanesMom

quick answer is Yes - size does matter!!!! as time passes mainly, you always need to measure your food amounts

you don't need to "weigh" liquids - at your early stage you should keep track how many liquids you intake, so you are making sure you are getting enough Fluid in

mashed potatoes in soft stage 1/4 cup - (hold the gravy maybe ) 1/4 cup sounds fine, don't really remember, listen to your body - your tummy probably won't "allow' you to eat much

and of course always chew, put utensil down, wait, then start up again when you eat - very slow progression

actually, you must/should always keep tab on liquids (solids too - maybe use MFP)

you need to get 64 oz of water/liquids in daily - at first it might be hard - but it is necessary, and eventually, i'm confident you will succeed

not sure i answered your ?, but always ok to get more info (even if you might already know it)