Monday will be the day I will be able to eat puréed/soft foods! I live in the country and my gramma is taking me to the city for my dr appointment. Now, what do I wanna eat for my first real food in a month!? I know I can't eat a lot! Mashed potatoes? Refried beans? ???? so many options.

Had anyone in this phase had trouble getting any foods down? Or foods they thought were really easy to eat?

My day to eat again is Tuesday. I get to eat an egg each day and all the Protein Soups and shakes from the Clear liquids. I have a big choice how to make that egg and when to have it.

Good luck with your choices and do take little bits and eat slowly. Your pouch is still healing. I was told I should take 20 minutes to eat 1 egg. Hard to believe 20 minutes for an egg but I am going to do as I was told.

I get to have puréed foods Monday, too! I'm so excited. Who knew that puréed foods could be so thrilling? I can't have potatoes because they are on my lifetime avoidance list, but I am craving mashed cauliflower!!

My mom makes mashed cauliflower at least once a week! You can switch it up by seasoning it differently too, one day she will make it garlic and the next she will throw some squash in the mix to make it sweet. Also! Fun fact! Google cauliflower recipes, you can make roll it out with wheat flour and make fake bread or with Parmesan cheese and pretend it's pizza crust. Very versatile! Also, I see a lot of bariatric sites making cauliflower Mac and cheese, with no noodles- omg I'm going to be all over that when I can hahah.

Yum! Cauliflower is the new potato : )

i also get to move to soft foods tuesday! woot. we don't have a puree phase on my plan but on my soft foods list is eggs, cheese, masked potatoes, refried beans, any soft cooked beans, softly cooked non fibrous veggies, crackers etc. two weeks on that and then i can add in some fruit, soft meats etc i am REALLY looking forward to a scrambled egg that is for sure! liquids i am SO done with

i have to be honest. I thought liquids for 2 weeks would be horrible, but I'm feeling so empowered that it really hasn't been hard. I have hope and feel in control for the first time in a loooooong time. I am enjoying every bit of this journey and I'm so excited to shed this fat suit.

I don't find it too bad until I am sitting around with others and they are eating. I'm glad I already don't feel the need to eat so much but simply anything is going to be nice!

My first soft food was a vanilla Oikos Zero Greek Yogurt. It was like heaven. That yogurt was so good it taste like cheesecake to me. ☺️

I really wished I liked yogurt. I have tried SO many flavors and they are all so tart at first that I don't even taste what flavor they are supposed to be life would be much easier if I could eat them!!!

• Islagirl#1 I also feel the same way. But then I have only 1 room mate and we very seldom ate dinners together. I am not bothered by what he eats as he doesn't eat correctly.

kristennichole I love cauliflower too and am looking forward to trying to use it as crust for a pizza and in many other ways I have been reading about since I have my surgery. I see myself doing a lot more cooking then I use to and enjoy doing it as I creating better health by doing so. I am so excited to see what the future has to offer in many different areas of my life.