I'm moving from stage 4 soft foods to the final stage 5 of regular food in a week or so.....can't see myself eating much more than I am now, but on stage 5 it's supposed to be 3 high protien meals a day and a couple protien Snacks....worried I won't be able to get in my protien....what did you do? How was your transition from soft to regular food?

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Oh really? Thanks for all the advice! : (

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Hey....

The transition to solids seemed to be easiest for me.

I met my Protein goals daily by being creative with my food.

Basically i had the following:

Breakfast.. scrambled eggs and i would add salmon

Lunch/dinner ... i would have stewed meat, add Beans, then a dollop of greek yoghurt when served. Or a slow cooked casserole with veg.

Snacks consisted of cheese and sliced turkey deli meat.

In between meals i would concentrate on getting my Water in.

That seemed to work for me the best.

In relation to restriction... my sleeve seems a little more less restrictive as i have had the band in the past... so a virgin sleever would struggle more.

But, advice i can give is...plan your meals, keep your meat moist, small bites, chew well, measure out your portions and try to add extra protein where you can. If you fall short.. add a Protein shake.

One thing that I learned is that your body has changed and things you used to eat may not taste as good as before or you can't handle it anymore.

During this time period when you're still trying to figure out what you can eat you may have to supplement with a Protein shake still.

We're all different but I'm 5 months out and can't eat more than 1 oz of meat in a meal. So for me to get in my protein I have to supplement.

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You might want to keep some of your soft foods in your diet even while on solids..a sample of what I ate in the beginning would've looked like this:

Breakfast - a cheese stick and two tbsps Peanut Butter

lunch - 1/2 a can of tuna and a string cheese

Snack - a few slices of deli ham/turkey

dinner - 2-3 ounces of meat (chicken, lean beef, etc) and a few bites of veggies

Snack- string cheese, turkey bacon, more ham or turkey, or anything high Protein.

This would give you at least 70g of protein, probably more. About 800-900 calories