I am finally advanced to the purée stage and none too soon! I was getting so tired of liquids. It's not that I'm hungry, but just that I was bored with the small rotation of full liquids. So far by recommendations I have tried blenderized Wendy's chili, just 2oz and Taco Bell pintos & cheese. When these were first recommended to me I was a little shocked, but having looked up nutrition values, they aren't too bad. Not only that, but they taste AMAZING! This is what my taste buds have been missing!! So far I am doing well with no bad reactions from the step up. I'm really hoping that having some real food Eli's my energy levels too.

​The real food will definitely help! Have you heard of the Ricotta Bake from The World According to Eggface website? It is wonderful and was my first food! I ate (still do) a lot of fat free refried Beans with some onion powder, garlic salt, cumin and then shredded cheese on top. I also mix in vanilla Protein powder into my greek yogurt (generally using only half the container). I also ate a lot of hummus (not too high in protein really but was a nice change of pace). And I ate pimento cheese mixed with unflavored Protein Powder. Just some ideas. Good luck! Keep up the great work!

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2007/08/pureed-foods.html

​The real food will definitely help! Have you heard of the Ricotta Bake from The World According to Eggface website? It is wonderful and was my first food! I ate (still do) a lot of fat free refried Beans with some onion powder, garlic salt, cumin and then shredded cheese on top. I also mix in vanilla Protein powder into my greek yogurt (generally using only half the container). I also ate a lot of hummus (not too high in protein really but was a nice change of pace). And I ate pimento cheese mixed with unflavored protein powder. Just some ideas. Good luck! Keep up the great work!

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2007/08/pureed-foods.html

Can you tell me how you eat the hummus and what exactly it is? Do u have it with like whole grain crackers?? Next Wednesday, I move to puréed foods and I'm not sure what exactly to make.

@@VanessaVSGforme - Hummus is basically ground chickpeas with some spices. I bought Athenos brand - Roasted Garlic flavor. It has 2 g Protein per 2 Tbsp. And girl I just ate it with a spoon! Desperate times, desperate measures. Once I could have some more vegetables, I eat it with cucumbers.

http://www.athenos.com/products/hummus/roasted-garlic

​The real food will definitely help! Have you heard of the Ricotta Bake from The World According to Eggface website? It is wonderful and was my first food! I ate (still do) a lot of fat free refried Beans with some onion powder, garlic salt, cumin and then shredded cheese on top. I also mix in vanilla Protein powder into my greek yogurt (generally using only half the container). I also ate a lot of hummus (not too high in protein really but was a nice change of pace). And I ate pimento cheese mixed with unflavored protein powder. Just some ideas. Good luck! Keep up the great work!

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2007/08/pureed-foods.html

I just bought some hummus but don't like eating it alone. What did u mix it or eat it with?

@@VanessaVSGforme - Hummus is basically ground chickpeas with some spices. I bought Athenos brand - Roasted Garlic flavor. It has 2 g protein per 2 Tbsp. And girl I just ate it with a spoon! Desperate times, desperate measures. Once I could have some more vegetables, I eat it with cucumbers.

http://www.athenos.com/products/hummus/roasted-garlic

it would help if I read further. Got it : )

@@VanessaVSGforme - Hummus is basically ground chickpeas with some spices. I bought Athenos brand - Roasted Garlic flavor. It has 2 g Protein per 2 Tbsp. And girl I just ate it with a spoon! Desperate times, desperate measures. Once I could have some more vegetables, I eat it with cucumbers.

http://www.athenos.com/products/hummus/roasted-garlic

Definitely will check this out!!

Are you sure you should be eating fast foods? I hope that it was not your nutritionist who recommended these foods. Try to puree some of these foods; cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, beans, canned meats, and canned fish as in tuna.

I stopped at Taco Bell on the way home from my first post-op follow-up appointment and got Pintos & Cheese. They are still one of my go to's when I am out and about.

I stopped at Taco Bell on the way home from my first post-op follow-up appointment and got Pintos & Cheese. They are still one of my go to's when I am out and about.

Could you eat them just how they come or did you have to go home and blend?

I stopped at Taco Bell on the way home from my first post-op follow-up appointment and got Pintos & cheese. They are still one of my go to's when I am out and about.

Could you eat them just how they come or did you have to go home and blend?

I didn't have a purer stage. I went from full liquids to soft foods so I didn't.

@VanessaVSGforme - It's pretty soupy. You should be able to eat it as it comes. If you aren't sure yet if you can handle spicy or grease, you might tell them to leave off the red sauce and don't add hot sauce, but luckily spicy has never bothered me even post-op.

@ - Taco Bell Pintos & cheese is something regularly told by many NUTs that we can eat. The nutrition stats are pretty good and really help if you are stuck out running around and don't have something with you. It is a little high in carbs (21g) as are all Beans but it also has 11g protein and only 7g of fat. Plus most at the puree stage won't eat the whole thing. A relatively good choice all things considered.

Very good to know!!! Thank you girlie!! ????????????

I stopped at Taco Bell on the way home from my first post-op follow-up appointment and got Pintos & cheese. They are still one of my go to's when I am out and about.

Could you eat them just how they come or did you have to go home and blend?

Yup, they're basically refried Beans with shredded cheddar and hot sauce. No need to blend, and I really didn't have to fork mash either.

Are you sure you should be eating fast foods? I hope that it was not your nutritionist who recommended these foods. Try to puree some of these foods; cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, Beans, canned meats, and canned fish as in tuna.

Are you sure you should be eating fast foods? I hope that it was not your nutritionist who recommended these foods. Try to puree some of these foods; cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, beans, canned meats, and canned fish as in tuna.

The recommendation was from other post-op people, however the nutritionist also agreed that they are an ok choice now and then. Whenever this was brought up, I thought, "WTF? You're telling a fat woman who is having a gastric bypass to go to a fast food restaurant!?" However, after looking up the nutritional value of each, they aren't bad choices. People need to understand that there are decent choices for food pretty much everywhere, you just have to do your research. As a mom of 2 five year olds, a wife, and a full time RN, my life can get pretty crazy and busy. I'm not banning food in my household, and I know that I can make better choices than I did before my surgery.

In case people are wondering values for the chili and the pintos & cheddar, I will list them here. They are also available on the websites as well in my fitness pal app which I use for everything that goes in my mouth.

The pintos & cheddar from Taco Bell is a side dish on the menu and the only thing I would order there since having surgery. Calories 190, 7g fat (not great, but not awful either) 6g Fiber, 1g sugar and 11g of Protein for the container.

The chili lasts for several meals, at least 3 at 2-3oz each. For a 3oz serving it has 64 calories, 1.9g fat, 1.5g fiber, 2.2g sugar and 5.6 protein. To increase protein a bit of shredded fat free cheese can be added as well as some unflavored Protein powder.

Like I said, it's important to do your research before just ordering, but there are decent choices in many places you might not expect. Is it a daily meal, absolutely not, but it definitely gives options when you're out and about.

truth be told, I don't think at any time fast food is a good idea, just my opinion. Most of us got fat by eating this crap!

@VanessaVSGforme - It's pretty soupy. You should be able to eat it as it comes. If you aren't sure yet if you can handle spicy or grease, you might tell them to leave off the red sauce and don't add hot sauce, but luckily spicy has never bothered me even post-op.

@ - Taco Bell Pintos & cheese is something regularly told by many NUTs that we can eat. The nutrition stats are pretty good and really help if you are stuck out running around and don't have something with you. It is a little high in carbs (21g) as are all Beans but it also has 11g protein and only 7g of fat. Plus most at the puree stage won't eat the whole thing. A relatively good choice all things considered.