Hi All, I was banded on October 5. I am at the MUSH stage.

I have been eating chicken salad, egg salad-both finely grated. I also have had some mashed potatoes w/ melted mozzarella and garlic, finely pureed chicken and gravy. I also had scrambled egg white with melted cheese. I dislike tuna and cottage cheese. Oh my favorite has been skim ricotta, garlic, sauce and a little melted mozzarella. It is like ziti without the noodles. :thumbdown: I am BORED with these few choices. Does anyone have a special concoction they have made at the soft foods stage? Any help is appreciated.

Tracy

PS I was weighed yesterday and am down 20 lbs!!!

if you can eat chicken salad you will ba able to eat chili and stew. I also liked yogurt, apple sauce, oatmeal

just remember when u try new things to go very slowly

I like blended 1o bean soup with some curry powder mixed in!

I really liked the fat free refried beans with melted cheddar on it and some fresh avacado. It saved the day for me.

Thanks a lot!! That helps. A few more mushy weeks. I will remember to go slowly too.

I agree with the beans also...that is so satisfying and add some salsa or taco sauce and it gets rid of the spicy craving!

The small cup of pinto beans with cheese from Taco Bell saves my day.

I was banded on 10/9 and am still on full liquids but I just discovered Progresso chicken cheese Enchilada soup....OMG I love it.

It is easy to digest for the full liquid stage but I can imagine it becoming a side for the mushy stage with refried Beans and cheese - or adding it to mashed potatoes would be yummy too - how about using it as a base for building a thicker stew.

I love it - it is low carb and high protein!!

I craved canned asparagus and it was easy. Protein is hard during this stage. I bought baby food and mixed it with other adult stuff like salza and natures seasons. Anything you can eat if you don't have teeth goes during mushy... I have seen toothless people eat lots of stuff so use your imagination.....

Before I was banded, I purchased the cookbook "Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery" by Patt Levine and Michele Bontempo-Saray. This book made my mushie stage wonderful. Each recipe is full of protein and flavor and the authors tell you how much you can eat depending on what type of surgery you had (they list lap band, bypass, and bpd-ds) and what weeks you can eat each recipe. The forward claims that all the recipes taste the same whether pureed or chopped and I thought "yeah right" but it is true! They have a whole chapter on soups and you can eat any of them at the mushie stage. I especially love the Chicken Artichoke Soup. I don't eat any seafood and can't stand cottage cheese so this book was a lifesaver.

I was banded on 9/3 so I recently came out of the mushies (which my doctor has people on for three weeks) and into the chopped foods. Good luck!

P.S. Another savior for me was canned black bean refried beans with some low fat shredded cheese and sour cream.

I bought that book and I love it.