Seems longer than 2 weeks have gone by, but its almost here. I will be looking for any ideas for food variety for my next 2 weeks.

I really never thought I would be looking forward to pureed foods LOL

Dave:D:D

Hi Dave, You sound like you're doing great. I know you are looking forward to the mushies. There are a whole bunch of ideas on this site for mushie recipes.

Regards,

Alfie

Tomorrow morning, a soft scrambled egg.....Yummmmmm

Well, I skipped the egg, went for the Protein shake again. I guess good habits are hard to break.

But for lunch, I pureed 1/4 th of a small (snack size) can of 98% fat free chicken in Water and mixed 1/4 tsp of FF ranch dressing with it.

Pure heaven, but I got full after 4 small teaspoons . Never made it to the pureed cauliflower...LOL

My weekly grocery bill is going to be real small for a while. Hope everybody is having a good day....Dave

To all that are nearing mushy stage.

It was worth waiting for. I'm still doing the protein shakes, but adding something with substance has helped. I'm lucky to get 5 teaspoons of pureed food in before I feel full.

13 days till soft foods...LOL

Dave

LOL! lucky you! I am still on liquids! Feeling full but craving some chunks in my mouth :/

I don't say you should, but during my liquid phase my DH had pizza layin around one nite. I couldn't take it anymore and sucked on a piece of crust.. I didn't swallow anything, but I was so obsessed with having something in my mouth.. how horrible is that?!

After your band heals up, you'll be in bandster hell, so enjoy the feeling of not needing to eat while it lasts! :confused:

making a list of foods i can buy for the mushie stage please give me your suggestion on what to buy. cant wait to start this stage which will be MONDAY YA!!!!!:hungry:

I am doing a lot of canned 98% ff chicken blended with salsa, tuna with ff ranch dressing, ff cottage cheese with natural apple sauce mixed in, vegetarian baked beans blended with ff cheese and still lots of soups.

I was banded 1 week ago and couldn't stand it anymore...I had mashed taters with some gravy on them tonite! Will it kill me or is it near enough liquid to mushie time?

For me a lot of tuna/ham/chicken/seafood salad, cottage/ricotta cheese, blended turkey chili, blended veggies and fruits, refried Beans, eggs, and yogurt.

I found I really like that canned chicken. With mayo or ranch, with chic gravy, with ricotta and red sauce.

I'm ready for "real" food again.

All that sounds good! I am supposed to be on liquids till I see the Dr. on Tuesday, but I figured that really finely mashed potatos and thin gravy wouldn't hurt. Hopefully?!

how long were you on liquids??? i was only required 2 days post of of liquid diet, then 4wks of mushies....i'm on day 5 of my mushies....and i can't wait til its solids!!! lol....its not hard to find mushy stuff, or eat soft mushy type food....i miss the meat the most, so be sure watch the protein!

baked fish goes down well on the mushies though. :waytogo:

xoxo, me

Wow, you are lucky. I had 2 weeks of liquids before mushies. 7 more days, then soft food for a week. My dr is pretty strict with the diet plan....Dave

I'm on liquids for a week and a half until I see the my doctor again. I think he'll put me on mushies then. That will be this Tuesday.

Tomorrow marks my two week post op date. I was on clear liquids for one week. Full liquids for 2nd week and tomrrow I can start mushies. I can't wait either!