Tomorrow I am able to introduce SF pudding and blended low fat soups (I am super excited about that!). However, one of the other things on the list I can start trying are "soft crackers." What the devil are soft crackers? Has anyone else come across this terminology?

Crackers soaked in soup? I don't know but it doesn't sound very appetizing...well maybe if I were in your shoes it would.

Soft crackers? Sounds like an oxymoron. Maybe they did mean softened crackers. Even in the early phases I concentrated on protein sources. I did not try starches except for mashed beans.

I don't understand why "soft crackers" (which I assume are saltines) are on your diet list. There's absolutely zero food value in them, and they're a slider food.

Just sayin'.

Club crackers are softer I use them

I was allowed saltines at week 4. If you chew them really well they go down easy.

Reduced fat ritz crackers.

All those crackers, reduced fat or not -- Ritz crackers, club cracker, saltines, wheat thins, and many other kinds of crackers -- are just baked white flour. They're the poster child of "slider foods."

Yes, they go down fast and easy -- down the esophagus, down the stomach, and right into your intestine, leaving plenty of room for more crackers. That's why they're called slider foods.

The more of them you eat, the more you'll want. Pretty soon, you'll have eaten 200-300 calories a day in crackers alone. No nutrition, not even any Fiber. Just carbs and calories.

Just sayin'.

P.S. Here are some crackers that offer more nutrition than club, saltines, etc.:

Wasa multigrain crispbread cracker - 60 cals, 2 grams fiber, 2 grams Protein

Doctor Kracker Three Seed Flat Cracker - 100 cals, 3 grams fiber, 5 grams protein