I feel rather stupid asking this but pinky swear I searched the forum on my iPad and I didn't see an answer.

So once we start solids, we can't drink liquids with our meal. 15 mins before, 30 mins after etc I get it.

But how do I eat Soup? I am absolutely expiring for some Korean soondubu tofu soup. The best parts of the soup are the fiery spicy broth, and the extra silken soft tofu and the yummy beef strips in it.

What order do I eat these in?

If I accidently sip when I eat, it HURTS. If I sip within an hour of eating, it hurts. I love soup, but soup hurts. I can either eat the broth or eat the chunks, but I cannot do both.

With a fork!

Well if it's Chunky Soup that is lol.

Interesting thing my Doc told me about Soups when I was newly past surgery... DONT get in a habit of eatting them alot. You may think they're a good idea early on because they go down easy and don't put too much stress on your stomach. But they're also usually full of salt, and it's easy to eat far too much soup than it is to eat solid food, and you may be hampering your weight loss.

So I may have soup every now and again, but not often, or that much.

With a fork!

Well if it's Chunky Soup that is lol.

Interesting thing my Doc told me about soups when I was newly past surgery... DONT get in a habit of eatting them alot. You may think they're a good idea early on because they go down easy and don't put too much stress on your stomach. But they're also usually full of salt' date=' and it's easy to eat far too much soup than it is to eat solid food, and you may be hampering your weight loss.

So I may have soup every now and again, but not often, or that much.[/quote']

I love your sig line about tough people and tough times! I needed to see that today

Thanks for mentioning the fork, I am ready to face-first soups that have anything to CHEW in them

So I did the soondubu tonight by eating just the broth and the super silken, super-soft tofu. Om nom nom! I mushed up the tofu in the broth and if you squint hard, it looks JUST like a full liquid. No solids though.