Today I move on with my food stages. Skip pureed and on to mash. Yes, that's what my doctor said. Racking my brain does that mean potatoes are in? Would love to learn some of the foods you veterans ate while on mash food's!

Potatoes are full of carbs and have little protein. I wasn't permitted to eat them at all (or other starchy veg) for the first six months. But what is important is what YOUR plan allows. Did your surgeon or dietician give you a list of approved foods?

I didn't have a "mash" phase. I had purees and "soft" foods. On purees, I was allowed high protein foods only - meat, eggs, dairy, beans, nuts, things like that. On soft foods, I was allowed to add in green veggies and fruit, but I still had to meet my protein target and stay within my max carbs for the day, and whatever I ate had to be soft enough to cut it easily with a fork. So, veggies and fruits were a very small portion of my diet.

My doctor and NUT said, red potatoes but not the Idaho (brown baked) potato. Brown ones are more starchy and harder to digest. Red ones are better because they are smaller and creamier and easier to digest. Only to put salt and pepper and a spray butter or butter buds powder. No rice or pasta. In a month or two, you can have whole grain pasta and brown rice. Otherwise, stay away from all the "white".

I haven't seen my NuT...Yet and will not see her until Oct7th. 6 weeks out. I don't have a clue on the amount of carbs allowed or protein. I'm winging it until I meet my NUT. I did see a my doctor last week and he told me to move on to mash this week. That's all I have at this point. Getting most of my info from here.

Don't eat more than 100 carbs a day. You should be getting anywhere from 65 to 76 grams of protein. They protein drinks are where I get most of my protein. Food alone would never give me enough. I am on the Isopure Zero Carbs protein powder. If you go to Puritan's Pride website, they are the cheapest. If you call them by phone, and ask for a discount, they will give you more of a discount than the internet will. The 3 lb protein powders are $44.99 a piece. The girl over the phone gave me $15 off that and when I ordered a 2nd one, she gave me $10 off of that one. Can't beat that!!!!!!!!!