What was your first solid/soft food you tried, when you started stage 3?

I had my two week follow up (3days early because Monday they’re closed and that’s when it would be exactly 2 weeks) and I have a lost 19lbs. I was told I can start stage 3 today but I’m starting tomorrow.

Also what are some tips you can give me? I know one thing at a time as well as a little at a time like 2oz.

Congrats!

I think the first thing I had was tuna. I kept eating tuna for so long lol. Great source of protein.

Good luck!

Refried beans with cheese and enchilada sauce.

-Refried beans with a bit of salsa and cheese

-Tilapia (I prepare mine by baking with some lemon juice and parmesan)

-Cottage cheese (I actually started this in purees)

-Chicken Salad over a bit of avocado

Refried beans with cheese and enchilada sauce.

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Tuna, cottage cheese, i tried a bit of stir fry chick, first time just eating the veggies and bit of noodle was fine, next time i ate a tiny bit of the chicken and threw it up. Don’t recommend chicken but stir fry veggies cooked soft was yummy.

Refried beans, yoghurt, cottage cheese. Go really slow with the meats - like 1 ounce at a time. I tried cod - liked it, but ate a little too much and got sick. Cannot eat it now at all. Same with some other foods that just didn't go down well.

Believe it or not, the easiest meat to eat was calf liver. So smooth and soft - a real slider, and milder tasting than beef liver. Sprouts has it in the frozen meat freezer, in 4 ounce pre packaged, sealed portions. I break off half of that - so a 2 ounce portion. I coat it with just a dusting of gluten free flour and then pan sautee with some onions in a little olive oil until just tender.

Soft scrambled eggs with cottage cheese and cheddar with taco bell mild sauce. In retrospect I should have held off on the cheese cuz it caused me terrible issues afterward.

Egg salad with spices like deviled eggs.

14 hours ago, Bianca S. said:

What was your first solid/soft food you tried, when you started stage 3?

I had my two week follow up (3days early because Monday they’re closed and that’s when it would be exactly 2 weeks) and I have a lost 19lbs. I was told I can start stage 3 today but I’m starting tomorrow.

Also what are some tips you can give me? I know one thing at a time as well as a little at a time like 2oz.

Woo hoo! A new milestone! My first soft foods day was Thursday. I had about 2oz of lowfat cottage cheese and it was divine lol. So weird that it felt like "enough" -- bc I love cottage cheese and used to just eat a big bowl of it. It's very exciting to realize that after just a few bites, I actually feel not just satiated, but not "yearning" for more, if that makes sense? It's a totally new feeling for me.

I'd recommend you set a timer 30 minutes after your last fluid before you eat, then after eating set a timer for another 30 minutes before you have liquids again. Rinse and repeat.

Best of luck!!!

2 hours ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Egg salad with spices like deviled eggs.

This sounds delish, I love deviled eggs. Gonna add this to my "list"

23 hours ago, Bianca S. said:

What was your first solid/soft food you tried, when you started stage 3?

I had my two week follow up (3days early because Monday they’re closed and that’s when it would be exactly 2 weeks) and I have a lost 19lbs. I was told I can start stage 3 today but I’m starting tomorrow.

Also what are some tips you can give me? I know one thing at a time as well as a little at a time like 2oz.

Hey Surgery date twin! I was allowed to start stage 3 as soon as I came home on Wed. I ended up waiting until thurs or Fri and I had mashed potatoes. Since then I have had oatmeal, refried beans scrambled egg, black bean soup take it nice and slow.

So I noticed a cool little trend, of us on Aug 19 and 3 of us down 19 lbs!!!! WTG I had to buy a new pair of shorts today lol

37 minutes ago, KishaG said:

So I noticed a cool little trend, of us on Aug 19 and 3 of us down 19 lbs!!!! WTG I had to buy a new pair of shorts today lol

oh wow that is awesome! As hard as it is because I love to shop I have not bought anything lol I haven't even tried on my jeans I been living out of my leggings and workout pants but I'm a little afraid to try my jeans on because of were they sit will be on one of my incisions.

that is awesome how you were aloud to start solid/soft foods right out of the hospital. my surgeon had me on stage 1 clear liquids in hospital and started stage 2 liquids until my follow up and now on stage 3.

So far I've had an equal amount of egg whites to a full egg with a tiny bit of sugar free bbq which was enough for me, lunch I had 2 oz of homemade split pea soup and for dinner I've had 2oz of cottage cheese on reduced fat ritz crackers. so far all has set well

16 hours ago, Bianca S. said:

oh wow that is awesome! As hard as it is because I love to shop I have not bought anything lol I haven't even tried on my jeans I been living out of my leggings and workout pants but I'm a little afraid to try my jeans on because of were they sit will be on one of my incisions.

I no longer had any jean shorts I could wear and a busy season for my daughters gymnastics season starts next week. I quit wearing leggings months ago as I was tired of trying to find shirts to cover my butt and stuff, so it was either find new tunics which really would be a waste of money for me IMO or a pair of shorts. So exciting getting them since I normally had a 22 or 24 depending on the brand and I bought a pair of 20's. My baby girl was giving me high 5's lol. I also cleaned out all my clothes that I haven't worn in over 3 months. I figured I hadn't worn them in that long and it would be long before they were too big so I'm making space now. What started it all? I couldn't see any loss at all visually, so I tried on a pair of pants that I were too small when they came in the mail. Now they fit WOOT!