Cereal

[boymom2 17]

I’m on soft phase. What are your favorite cereals ?

[GreenTealael 24,964]

Which cereals are in your plan during the soft phase? Cream of wheat/rice?

[AZhiker 2,252]

I did not eat any concentrated grain carbs until maintenance. No Cereal for 7 months, and then very cautiously. Now I cook up whole grains (steel cut oats, quinoa, teff, amaranth, buckwheat, and millet.). I add some slivered almonds, raisins and dried gogi berries, and also some cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. 1/2 cup of this cooked cereal, with a TB of ground flaxseed , along with 1/2 cup of soy milk gives me plenty of Protein and is filling enough to last until lunch. It also starts my day with a good boost of anti-oxidants.

[AJ Tylo 1,399]

NO way do not even try it = Carbs heavy and processed food! Plus the Dairy is going to wreck you! I would eat a little oatmeal healthy steel oats but a box of frosty flakes NO way

[catwoman7 10,981]

grains can be pretty rough on a healing stomach. Something like Cream of Wheat would be OK on it - unless your clinic wants you following an ultra-low carb diet (in which case, any cereal is going to have too many carbs)

[looly 361]

I ate muesli (with bits of fruit and nut) from 4 weeks out and I've never had a problem.

[Jazzy1125 1,010]

be careful what you choose. just because we can have it doesnt mean we should.. high carb whether be in cereal or anything else is a huge derailment.

[momof3_angels 465]

You could do oatmeal or cream of wheat... but they overfill me way too fast! I say don't do any cereals! Eating Protein first should be your goal anyway.

[looly 361]

It all depends on what your surgical/dietary team told you to do. Medical opinions differ considerably. Some doctors tell you to eat Protein and very little else...my team told me to eat a healthy balanced diet. There's more than one way to make the surgery work.

[breavsg 90]

My team suggests cheerios soaked in skim milk during the soft phase, then they say to drink the milk afterwards as you would other fluids.

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