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I had my sleeve done on December 3rd and will be starting the soft foods diet on Monday next week. On Tuesday, my supervisor is taking my coworkers and I out for a holiday lunch at a Mexican restaurant! I literally am freaking out about this! It will be my 1st time going out to eat, I will be on soft foods for only the 2nd day, I will be with my boss, yikes! Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

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refried Beans or Soup of some sort. If it was a different type of restaurant, I would suggest mashed potatoes. Stay away from the rice, could be very painful. I'm almost 3 months out and still afraid to try rice.

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Soup will be your friend the first month or so out to eat :)

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Refried Beans were allowed in my pureed stage, and was pretty much the first solid thing I'd had in over a month. eggs were also allowed, so I ate a lot of huevos rancheros minus the tortilla in my pureed and soft food stages. If you are allowed, try some over the weekend in the "safety of your own home" and see how it goes. If all is good, Just order a side of Beans and cheese. Sipping on the broth of tortilla Soup would be a good option, too. Nibbling on the insides of a chicken taco may be OK, if the meat is really tender and you chew really well.

Actually I just saw you had surgery like 10 days ago. I was still on liquids at that point...didn't get to soft foods until 5 weeks out. Maybe stick with the soup to be safe.

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I had my sleeve done on December 3rd and will be starting the soft foods diet on Monday next week. On Tuesday, my supervisor is taking my coworkers and I out for a holiday lunch at a Mexican restaurant! I literally am freaking out about this! It will be my 1st time going out to eat, I will be on soft foods for only the 2nd day, I will be with my boss, yikes! Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Refried Beans, guacamole, salsa (not pico, but the runny stuff!)! And yes, if they have Soup go with that as well! You could always ask for juevos rancheros and just eat the eggs cut up very small!

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I just started going out I was sleeved on Oct 14th. It was very hard because you cant drink and eat at the same time. I have been out 5 times and each time I get a broth Soup and Water. So far no one has noticed the fact its so little thank goodness.. Good Luck

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