Hi, my name is Jessica and I am from SLC, UT. I am 3 weeks post-op and a little frustrated. This is a lot harder than I thought. I can't wait until I can get back to regular food. Pudding, yogurt, mashed potatoes and soup just aren't cutting it anymore. I didn't realize how much I like food. I am getting used to seeing everyone else eating all the unhealthly food but I am just sick of eating the same thing everday. Does anyone have any other suggestions of what else I could eat at this point?

Thanks! :thumbup:

Hi, Jessica - Hang in there! I'm starting Stage 5 today and now I have few restrictions so it is more scary than frustrating. I do know how you feel, though. Have you gone to the Food and Nutrition posts? I found that people are quite creative (much more than I am!) at how to make mush taste good. I tried one recipe that had tuna fish (1/2 of 6 oz water-packed) mixed with low fat sour cream (1 Tbs) and a Tbs of shredded low-fat (skim?) mozzarella and heated it up. Another thing I had was low-fat ricotta cheese with a little bit of Classico tomato sauce (I read the label - low cal, but a little high in sodium - for the amount of cheese I could have, I didn't even use the whole 1/4 cup serving) - a fake lasagna! Anyway - better than some of the basics. These were survival "meals" during the last week of school! Check out that post, though.

Hi Jan.

That is a hard stage to be in. I ate cottage cheese and refried beans as well. In fact the refried beans were like heaven! I put a little cheese on them and ate them with lite sour cream and guacamole. Probably a little high on the fat, but I wasn't eating much anyway, so it worked out. They make fat free black refried beans which are really yummy. I also ate cream of wheat for breakfast, thinned out with a little milk. You'll make it. These first few weeks quickly become a distant memory. :thumbup: Hang in there.

For a wonderful treat go to Taco Bell and get their Pintos and Cheese. They are 160 calories and a lot of protein. I put a little fat free sour cream and top and thought I was in 'food heaven". They are really helping me in that third and fourth week of semi-mushie food. I also have made tuna salad and baked some catfish. Watermelon is also very good right now.