DURING MY PUREE STAGE I LIVED OFF OATMEAL AND MASHED POTATOES BECAUSE THATS ALL I COULD HOLD DOWN....THE THOUGHT OF BLENDED UP MEATS ETC JUST DID NOT APPEAL TO ME. I AM SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WITH LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS TO SHARE....I SAY HAVE WHAT EVER AGREES WITH YOUR POUCH.

protein- low fat cottage cheese, scrambled eggs or eggbeaters, pureed beef-chicken-turkey-or tune, mashed tofu, yogurt: plain, vanilla, lemon, or fruit flavored-pureed, strained cream soups such as celery, potato, mushroom, chicken, or tomato. sf pudding, nonfat milk or plain soy milk, sf hot cocoa.

grain/starches- cream of wheat, farina, cream of rice, baby or pureed oatmeal, grits, mashed potatoes or mashed sweet potatoes, mashed winter squash.

fruits- diluted 100% fruit juice or 100% fruit juice blends or nectars, apple sauce, mashed banana, pureed canned or fresh fruit.

veg- tomato and v8 juice, pureed carrots, squash, green beans, spinach.

that was taking out of my blue book diet the nut handed out.

Thank You!!! What do you mean about strained soups?

Strained soups are soups with no little bits in them. Like cream of chicken soup. Cook it an then strain it thru a strainer ti get all the pieces out.

I ate, homemade pea soup thick, it helped get savory taste in. I ate re-fried beans, egg salad , not much of this as it still fills me up. yogurts . Hope all goes well.
Robin

I'm wondering same thing
Start on Weds

When you say mashed potatoes
Does it need to be made a special way?

What do you use to pure your foods why type of blenders

I think it is so different for everyone. I seem to have a pouch of steel. I have never had any nausea or pain. I do a lot of cottage cheese (Fiber One to help with the "going"), blended yoghurt but I didn't need to puree it - i just finely chewed any fruit in it. I made chicken in broth, garlic and a little wine until it was falling apart and ate that just by chewing it finely. My mashed potatoed I made with skim milk and some butter spray.

I eat scrambled eggs with a little cheese melted in them. Tonight I went out for dinner for the first time and ordered cajun haddock, which flaked apart (about 2 oz) and a baked potato which I took a little of and mashed with a fork. Just chew reallllly well.

No fruits - except sugar free apple sauce - the rest have too much sugar.

I also have to do two protien shakes a day - I could not get my protein in without them, but instead of milk sometimes I add a crystal light packet to make a frutiy one, or I use vanilla protien and add a little granulated decaf coffee and torani caramel syrup to make a yummy latte.

Hope this helps!

Diana

strained foods are a good start...i ate jarred gerber baby food at first per my WLS instructions..just make sureits strained...you can add salt and pepper to these to make them tolerable..plus they are a good portion size to start out with,,,again...soups like cream od chicken or mushroom MUST be run through a strainer when you first start out...yrust me on this..that one little harmless looking piece of chicken or whatever WILL cause you hours of pain...im 5 years out and still get stuff stuck in my pouch....chew chew chew!!!...i laughed at my WLS doc when he said this like he was a train...he was RIGHT!!..to this day i STILL chew chew chew!! lol

todd