Okay guys- in all honesty, i am having a hard time with this mushy stage. i am tired of baby food consistency because it makes me nauseous. i hate cream soups and i don't know if i can stomach to many more protein shakes. has anyone else started eating more solid but soft foods like salmon and mushy spiniach or soft wheat pasta. please- no judgement posts, just people who have actually battled this cause i don't want to mess up my lap band and i need help!

I have! I started by cooking some salmon and just flaking it out to that it was soft. And taking it real slow. I also made some chili using white meat chicken, pinto Beans and tomato sauce. THen, I just cooked it real well and used my spoon to mush it down. With some low fat sour cream...yumm! I also bought some turkey chili by Hormel and had it for lunch today. Again, mushed it up with my spoon and ate it real slow. No pain and it was really good. I plan on cooking some fish tonight and just making sure that it is very soft and in small bites. My doc said that anything I could mush up was fine, no big chunks and nothing rough, like a crust. Call your doc and see if he/she has any suggestions. Good luck!

Elgrad

For my mushie stage my nutritionist suggested refried beans with some cheese.

I made things like tuna lasagne.Really soft and easy to get down.

I lived on chicken noodle Soup that comes in a box - the one with the tiniest noodles. It was slightly off the diet, but it did not cause me problems - that was in the 2nd or 3rd week though.

Good luck!

I totally agree about the. .

poached salmon;

refried Beans with cheese; and

chili (but I put mine in the blender to make it smootherand ate it with Greek yogurt, which tastes like sour cream).

Also, don't forget . .

mashed potatoes. . yum!

sweet potatoes . . also yum!

guacamole (without chips, of course!); and

hummus

There are TONS of good things to eat on mushies! Just get a little creative and you will sail through this phase! :wink2:

Catherine

Also. . don't forget that you can eat all the things you had on full liquids. Think about making some butternut squash soup -- it's so easy and delicious! I put a bunch of good recipes for soups (with photos, etc.) on my blog -- check them out if you are interested.

Actually, you can go to this link -- http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f178/office-workers-whats-lunch-103295/ -- I gave another bandster links to the recipes so that they would be easier to find.

Catherine

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