Surgery 10th feb. Just had my 1st pureed stage food. Had some ready brek. Didnt think I would ever feel full and was worrying that it would'nt work for me but I am over the moon that after a few spoons I actually felt full lol. Feeling full, satisfied and very happy.

Mandi xx

Congratulations Mandi!

Looking forward to some pureed food myself, but not till March 1st. Not sure what food I will try first, what did you start with?

I'm interested too in what puréed foods people started with. I'm going to be starting on March 1st also.


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I'm 14 weeks post op.

On the pureed stage, one of the first things I tried that sounded good to me was refried Beans with a little bit of light sour cream. Not bad at all. I also tried mashed sweet potato and Egg Beaters. The food I ate the most of on the pureed stage was canned chicken. I would mix it with a little bit of light mayo and make a little chicken salad out of it. I concentrated on getting my Protein first, which is so important, so I didn't venture out into starchy mashed veggies that much.

I can't say I was very adventurous, but the mashed canned chicken turned into chicken salad worked great for me for the short two weeks of the pureed stage. Also, I made a ricotta bake on the pureed stage once that was really good. The recipe can be found at theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com. She has other pureed food recipes on her site for bariatric patients.

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Thank you doingitforme2017 x

Mandi xx

Do you guys purée eggs too or have you been eating them normally? I think my NUT mentioned eating them poached or scrambled during the purée stage of the diet

I'm 14 weeks post op.
On the pureed stage, one of the first things I tried that sounded good to me was refried Beans with a little bit of light sour cream. Not bad at all. I also tried mashed sweet potato and Egg Beaters. The food I ate the most of on the pureed stage was canned chicken. I would mix it with a little bit of light mayo and make a little chicken salad out of it. I concentrated on getting my Protein first, which is so important, so I didn't venture out into starchy mashed veggies that much.
I can't say I was very adventurous, but the mashed canned chicken turned into chicken salad worked great for me for the short two weeks of the pureed stage. Also, I made a ricotta bake on the pureed stage once that was really good. The recipe can be found at theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com. She has other pureed food recipes on her site for bariatric patients.

Thank you so much for the egg face blog! I'm looking through it now. Thank goodness she makes healthy eating fun.


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Weight for WLS consultation: 216 lbs.
Surgery date: 2/13/17
Goal: -71 lbs for healthy BMI (about 145 lbs).
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Hi I'm on purée foods now had mash and gravy last night looked terrible but was nice also ready brek and low fat thick yogurt going to try sweet potatoe mash and gravy see how that goes.?

I have another week of purred, before soft diet for 1 week, then regular. Thank goodness for protein water, it helps get the protein in. I am done with cottage cheese, makes me gag. Tuna so far mixed with a tbsp of lite mayo has been filling, but I"m about over that too. Grilled chicken chopped up small and then chewed completely has been good. Yogurt has been good, I can't do mash potatoes, makes me sick, thinking about roasting some sweet potatoes then mashing them. And i'm done with refried beans too. Can't wait to be done with this phase. Not sure what I want to eat, but I know what I don't want to eat!

BUT.... we got this! Just need to keep moving along.

Tuna and chicken salad taste the same at any consistency. That's what got me through the purée stage.

I'm in puree for another week, I've been living off the same things everyday:

Meal 1 - poached egg, 2.5 melba toast and 1/2 cup of applesauce

Meal 2 - cottage cheese 2/3 cup

Meal 3 - refried beans 2/3 cup (I blend it with salsa and cheese and greek yogurt for extra protein)

Meal 4 - ricotta bake

Meal 5 - greek yogurt

Meal 6 - 2 laughing cow wedges with 6 whole week soda crackers

I just can't stand the protein drinks anymore.