I was advised by the nutritionist to start with Greek yogurt. My program doesn't do purees at all. Just clear liquid/protein shakes straight to stage 2 soft food with 3 "meals" a day. What was you first soft food and how did you do with it? Did it go down well?

Well-cooked green beans, cottage cheese, and string cheese. At 7.5 months post-op, I still eat each of these things every day.

soft baked white fish, it is basically mush after 3 chews

Beans and melted cheddar.

scrambled eggs... cottage cheese... No issues

I want refried beans badly. I'm allowed to start my soft foods today. Will have Greek yogurt for breakfast. Not really wanting that for all 3 "meals," I don't think.

Egg salad. I'd been craving it for weeks and it was SO GOOD!

Tuna fish - yum yum!

Gotta give a second vote for cottage cheese.

1 minute ago, 2Big2Skate said:

Gotta give a second vote for cottage cheese.

And a tip on the cottage cheese -- mix 4 oz of cottage cheese with 1 tablespoon of sugar-free strawberry preserves. It is amazing. I have it twice a day -- first thing in the morning and last thing at night. It accounts for 12 of my 20 carbs per day. That's how much I like it!

31 minutes ago, blizair09 said:

And a tip on the cottage cheese -- mix 4 oz of cottage cheese with 1 tablespoon of sugar-free strawberry preserves. It is amazing. I have it twice a day -- first thing in the morning and last thing at night. It accounts for 12 of my 20 carbs per day. That's how much I like it!

I wish I could learn to like cottage cheese. I'm not a big cheese person and those little curds...I don't know. I was looking at the cottage cheeses in Wegmans yesterday. Maybe I will try it. Any brand suggestions?

1 minute ago, FatPharm said:

I wish I could learn to like cottage cheese. I'm not a big cheese person and those little curds...I don't know. I was looking at the cottage cheeses in Wegmans yesterday. Maybe I will try it. Any brand suggestions?

I eat Daisy brand. Try it with the preserves. You still get the curd effect, but it is quite good. (And 13 grams of protein in 4 ounces!) And if strawberry isn't your thing, Smuckers has a variety of sugar free flavors.

Just now, blizair09 said:

I eat Daisy brand. Try it with the preserves. You still get the curd effect, but it is quite good. (And 13 grams of Protein in 4 ounces!) And if strawberry isn't your thing, Smuckers has a variety of sugar free flavors.

Thank you for the suggestion. I'm going to work up the courage to try it. LOL. I like strawberry just fine. Would the preserves be an issue at 10 days out? Not sure if there are seeds if they'd be an issue. Is the Daisy you're referring to the full fat version or a reduced fat one?

Just now, FatPharm said:

Thank you for the suggestion. I'm going to work up the courage to try it. LOL. I like strawberry just fine. Would the preserves be an issue at 10 days out? Not sure if there are seeds if they'd be an issue. Is the Daisy you're referring to the full fat version or a reduced fat one?

I use the full fat version of everything as I eat a low carb/high protein/high healthy fat diet (and have since 6 months pre-op), but Daisy also has a reduced fat product. There is a strawberry version of the preserves with no seeds (I think they call it strawberry jam). I have never had issues with the seeds (I don't even notice them to be honest). I introduced the preserves when I was able to introduce cottage cheese to my diet (which I believe, on my plan, was at 3 weeks post-op).

3 minutes ago, blizair09 said:

I use the full fat version of everything as I eat a low carb/high protein/high healthy fat diet (and have since 6 months pre-op), but Daisy also has a reduced fat product. There is a strawberry version of the preserves with no seeds (I think they call it strawberry jam). I have never had issues with the seeds (I don't even notice them to be honest). I introduced the preserves when I was able to introduce cottage cheese to my diet (which I believe, on my plan, was at 3 weeks post-op).

I did keto for a long time pre-op and even before I thought about bariatric surgery. My program is different, I guess, in that we don't do purees or full liquids and move onto soft foods like cottage cheese and yogurt, etc. on day 10. We are allowed chicken salad, even. She said to start with Greek yogurt, which I did.

Scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese cubes, and mashed potatoes and gravy.