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Missy, I think I was 3-4 weeks? Ate Protein Bars sans nuts and shakes pretty much, Jello stuff. Then I lived on mashed spuds and soupy Beans for 2 yrs. Keep going! I cont to say the key is a baby spoon at a time, and work your way up or you may overeat and not realize it till you are sick, :)

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Sorry but mashed potatoes would have been the furthest from my choices. My dr told me No potatoes, no bread, no rice, no pizza, no Pasta. 4 years later. I still observe that. I think a soft boiled egg or oatmeal would have been my choice. But as we all know. Everyone is different.

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Cindy? Im sorry the name did not come up here. It is different for ea person, and had I been able to digest your items most certainly would have chosen them, as I explained in my story I ate the only things I could digest and do so to this day which hasn't changed much.

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I got the clear from my NP about a week out for things like mashed potatoes. I stayed away from them and made pureed cauliflower, instead, but yeah, once i was moved to my soft food stage, thats when mashed potatoes were ok.

Are you post-op? Bc my doctor gave me a list of OK foods at each step in the process.

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I will be two weeks post op Thursday. I've had mashed potatoes, I'm controlled portions, and I was just making sure I wasn't hurting anything! I never got a "list" of foods for each phase but I meet with my nutritionist this Thursday at my first post op visit!

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Yea, I never had a meeting with a nutritionist. Thursday will be my first time. But the dr's office did give me a guideline and it just said anything I can up a straw. My plata toes have been pretty creamy, consistency of a thick milkshake, so that's what I've been going by. They say on day 15 I can start introducing solids. Like meatloaf, turkey chili, deli slices etc!!! It's just all so new to me and somedays I feel overwhelmed.

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8 days and I started with refried Beans w/sprinkle of cheese.< /p>

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Well ladies, keep plugging! I don't know if I was cursed to not be able to digest back then, and now, had I been able to eat normal, I would have stretched myself earlier most likely because as food addict know myself. Same now, I cannot digest anything much and have gained almost all back because sugar is one thing I can, so like another said, stay away from carbs even mashed spuds if you can as they turn to sugar. You can google much about people who struggle and have regained, I am thankful I read all that after or I may have been afraid to take the chance, but it is true a large % have trouble. God Bless you all and keep trucking!

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Yes, the carbs is not what I need. Like I said, I get to start introducing solids on Friday so I'm over it already. And I can them concentrate on Protein and a larger variety of good! Thanks for all the replies! It's all so new!

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You got this girl! This band takes a lot of work and you learn something new every day!

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How many days post op did everyone start eating mashed potatoes?

Day eight, I was allowed to start eating mushies. Every surgeon has a different progression schedule. Follow the dietary guidelines set out by your surgeon and practice.

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When I started the soft foods stage of the plan.

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I was on liquids only 3 weeks post surgery. Then I went to soft foods like a scrambled egg and retried Beans. Tried to stay away from mashed potatoes. Didn't want to start bad habits on slider foods.

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