Hi all i am still having a hard time on what to buy for Phase 2 after i am over with the liquid diet. How long did you guys get off the liquid and start eating mush? What is your favorite mush/puree?

HI would like to know this too

I had a difficult time figuring that out too...I used canned chicken and put it through my Magic Bullet and then added low fat mayo and just ate it with a spoon. I also eat Greek yogurt, soup and scrambled eggs. Seemed to work out for me. I know there will be a lot of other suggestions and I look forward to reading them too!

For me it's about two weeks, so Thursday coming. Some things I've been looking at:

pureed refried Beans, pureed chicken with sweet potato mash, flaky fish in a tomato-based sauce (mash it down with your fork), daal, chickpeas (or other pulses) in a curry or a sauce mushed down with fork or pureed, yoghurt, hummus, minced meat in a tomato based sauce, mushy cauliflower/broccoli in cottage cheese baked with a bit of low fat cheese on top.

Go on Pinterest and look up Bariatric puree recipes. Tons of ideas!

I get to switch to purées on Tuesday (2 weeks out) and I can't wait. I'm gagging down shakes right now. I have yummy things planned. Scrambled eggs with feta. Chili. Refried Beans with chicken, cheese, and sour cream. Ricotta bake. Ground beef and ricotta in marinara. Tuna with mayo and pickles (no peel).

I see so many people complaining about being sick of Soups and yogurt. Think outside the box, people!

I did two weeks of liquids after surgery and the past 4 nights pureed.

1. chicken. Corn fed organic chicken which I love!! I pureed it with home made chicken stock and it was lovely. I made 2 ounces but only ate half. I had a medium sized sprout with it but couldn't eat it, I was too full from the chicken.

2. Salmon. 2 ounces made, had about half. It was okay but might leave it out for a while.

3. Scrambled eggs. Yum Yum Yum. Ate 2 oz. Went down very easy.

4 Tuna (fresh not tinned). Had about an ounce. This was lovely and easy to eat. Was really full after an ounce.

Other than that I am having 3 Protein drinks a day and lots of Water. It seems very little but that's the amount my body can take/or wants. It sounds very bland but I am really enjoying it and I haven't had an issue with any of the food. I am happy to go slow, it's not forever In a few more days I will drop a Protein Drink and hopefully eat more at meal times.

well lets see, for purees i ate sugar free Jello, sugar free pudding, scrambled eggs, canned tuna fish, mashed well, i did have some small portions of mashed potatoes even, at that point wasn't counting calories or anything.

and ground beef was not allowed nor was any solid meat, even fish, it had to be shredded like tuna, But check with your surgeon and Nut, but ground beef and other meats were not allowed for me until the soft foods stage after the puree stage.

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and ground beef was not allowed nor was any solid meat, even fish, it had to be shredded like tuna, But check with your surgeon and Nut, but ground beef and other meats were not allowed for me until the soft foods stage after the puree stage.

Even if you're running them through a blender of food processor? For me pretty much anything goes as long as it's pureed. I can have white flaky fish if I mash it with a fork.

I pretty much lived on sugar-free pudding, yogurt and Taco Bell pintos and cheese for the week of puréed food. I had puréed chicken soup a few times but it felt very heavy and uncomfortable in my sleeve. Oh! One time I made a tomato/basil/ricotta/mozzarella bake and it was quite good. Then I tried to add spinach to it and I thought I was going to die after I ate it. Waaaaaay too fibrous too early on.

Each of my phases was one week, but mine was: Clear Liquids, full liquids, soft foods, soft mechanical foods, etc.

Each phase built on the previous phase so I didn't completely abandon liquids as I added in my soft foods. I just expanded the choices I had available to me.