I'm 3 weeks post op. I'm curious to see what you guys think.

Do you think shredded wheat Cereal is a good idea? It gets mushy in milk. So.....??

im two weeks and a day out and not on soft foods yet ( tomorrow supposedly) so I wont say bad or good because i'm bound to have a little something bad. the textbook answer is, Proteins first , then carbs, and that's all carbs. But I cannot in good conscience advise you because I crave any carb at all lol

Good Luck.

I'm 3 weeks post op. I'm curious to see what you guys think.

Do you think shredded wheat cereal is a good idea? It gets mushy in milk. So.....??

Were you given any guidelines to follow? You'd get a little Protein depending on the milk you use, but I don't know if I would eat it. It sounds like more carbs than protein.

No I wasn't really given any guidelines. Just that I have to eat mushy pureed food for four weeks. Then on to soft foods for another four weeks.

I checked the box, the cereal actually has 5 grams of Protein. Plus the protein in the milk.

I don't know that I wanna eat it. I'm just curious if anyone else has tried it.

I'm on a 5 phase food plan. I'm on 2 now ( well, today the put me back to phase 1) and Im a month out on Jan 2.

It's good to take it slow and go with what your nutritionist says. Stick with fluids and protein. That's what I did. It's more important to get those in. He protein helps with healing. And the fluids... The more the better

No I wasn't really given any guidelines. Just that I have to eat mushy pureed food for four weeks. Then on to soft foods for another four weeks.

I checked the box, the cereal actually has 5 grams of Protein. Plus the protein in the milk.

I don't know that I wanna eat it. I'm just curious if anyone else has tried it.

So one biscuit is 5 gms of protein, plus say ½ cup of 2% milk is another 8gms. I guess my concern would be even if you let it get mushy in milk will your new tummy be able to digest it. We're told to avoid fibrous veggies for the same reason. I guess you could give it a shot. I haven't tried it because I'm not a big cereal eater other than grits or oatmeal. I'm also avoiding simple carbs as much as possible.

I think it might wake up those carb cravings we all need to get rid of.

Be careful cereal kinda borderline eating and drinking at the same time. It makes me very nauseous

I tried it once ... the thing I found initially was the large dose of Fiber was not too much fun to my system ... caused some serious cramping and diarrhea .... turns out later that some of that was due to newly developed lactose intolerance. So, if it were me, I would start slow or just consider waiting on that deal

My nutritionist actually recommends Shredded Wheat around week 6 or 7. LIke anything, start small, chew lots. As for Protein, toss a little unflavored Protein powder in your milk to boost the protein if you need. Good luck.

At week 4 I can have cereal as long as it let it get mushy in milk. I can't stand mushy cereal so I won't be trying it but it is allowed in my plan.