I am 3 weeks post op and on day 2 of soft or what I call real foods.

Started yesterday with 1 oz tuna with a little reduced fat mayo. I had to use a tsp for consistency and even then it found it dry. Probably doesn't help that my mouth has been very very dry despite all the liquids.

So this morning...giving Morningstar veggie sausage patty a go. Starting with a half. The good news is that I like it even though I disliked them a lot pre surgery. The odd thing is that I am finding them spicy. And these are the regular ones, not special flavor or spicy. I suspect heartburn might result.

Anyone have suggestions for what was the best tasting, easiest to digest foods to start with? I know everyone is different.

I had such an easy time with yogurts, refried Beans and shakes and I knew more solid food would be different. I laughed when I prepared the 1oz of tuna and the 1/2 of a pretty small veggie sausage patty but it is truly about as much as I can eat. Its what everyone said and advised yet still...It's amazing and shocking.

tuna (as you know), canned chicken, canned ham...

I lived on yogurt and cottage cheese...

Remember at this point, focus on PROTEIN!!!

rest will come...

I started with fat free refried Beans with some cheese, that set well on my stomach.

Here are some other foods I started introducing when allowed:

scrambled egg topped w/ cheese

canned chicken whizzed w/ low fat mayo and mustard

turkey sausage patty

ground turkey w/ taco seasoning

deli turkey and cheese

Chili works well for me, as well as ground turkey in spaghetti sauce. I love cottage cheese, and have some everyday, which is helpful. I also find string cheese goes down pretty easily. 99% of the time I can eat an entire scrambled egg. And I love Amy's Sonoma veggie burgers with a little salsa put on top. (Of course, I can only eat half of one, and I need to put unflavored protein powder under the salsa to get any decent protein.)

Best,

Amy

Check out the "staple food" threads in the sticky section of this very forum. If you are using the app you will see a "Stickies" tab at the top of the forum. If you are in the website they are the threads that are always at the top. There is one for soft food. Please add ideas there when you find what is working for you.