Hi All! Today it's day 14 post op and I had my first soft foods. For breakfast I had cottage cheese, lunch a protein shake and for dinner I had mashed chili flavored black beans. I was so afraid of over eating! I had about 3 tablespoons of the mashed beans and I did not feel very full but satisfied. How is everybody handling their first try of soft foods? Should I be measuring my portions?

not a bad idea to measure it out. you don't want to over eat! I have taken one too many bites and felt uncomfortable. I have never thrown up but it sure was uncomfortable. better a lol less than one too many!

I will be starting this next week. I have concerns about it as well. I have sample diet that was given to me. But am open to more suggestions. Thank you.

It's weird, but I'm on puree, and that includes cottage cheese and mashed beans/refried Beans according to my Nut. My stages were 2 days Clear liquids, 7 days liquids, 2 weeks puree, and next week I start 2 weeks of soft. I've been confused about what "soft" means. I know I can add eggs, and maybe some fruit (although I've already had some fruit in smoothies.) I'm curious what else soft food includes….

I'm 4 weeks out today and just started soft foods. I'm so happy to be eating real food! Tonight I got a burrito bowl (no rice) from Chipotle and it was amazing. Before anyone goes thinking I'm nutso for getting Chipotle, I'll get 4 meals out of it and each serving is 125 calories, 6g of fat, 6g of carbs, and 12g of Protein.

I've been pinning recipes on Pinterest for months. I'm so excited to be eating meat again!

My nutritionist wants me eating 2 ounces at each meal so I do measure it out. It always seems to be the perfect amount of food for my sleeve, although the last two days, I've felt a lot of restriction and haven't been eating as much.