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Stage 3 talk....

becca1960
becca1960
Howdy all!
Hope you've had a dandy weekend!!

So, come Tuesday it should be off to real food for me!

I've done great on stage 2. I've been able to get all my protein and fluids in... oh, and my 6 mini walks a day! But my NUT tells me sold/real food just might not be as easy.

I've even noticed that the last 2 days my pouch has been grumpy a bit... Nothing big, but the grumpy has woken up now :)

My question... and yeah, I know what worked for some does not work for others... but what foods did you start out on? I keep thinking how much I miss eggs, but I hear many cannot tolerate them too soon.

And that chicken just sits heavy.... I was hoping tho to make green chili chicken in the crock pot which is real most...

I also have Tilapia in the freezer and tuna in the cupboard, which is probably where I'll start...

But any pointer are appreciated. Oh, and I have been all over Eggfaces site and gathered good ideas... I guess I am just unsure what worked best for others right out of the gate, not recipes per-say. THANKS!! :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
I can't believe you're ready for real food already!!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi Becca, so glad everything is going well. I started out with some tuna. It sure tasted good. Then I tried chili and that worked well. I've only recently tried chicken without too much trouble. Good luck, just don't eat too much.
bouvier
bouvier
Wow, you are at stage 3 fast! I had to wait 4 weeks. When I got there, grilled tilapia, tuna in a pouch, grilled chicken and shrimp. Basically, I can eat whatever I want as long as it is MOIST and I chew it WELL. I even dip the meat in something like guacamole. Start slow and remember to chew, chew, chew and chew some more.
becca1960
becca1960
Linda, Yeah! Real food already!! It is amazing how everyone's guidelines are so different. Bouvier, thanks for the tips!

And Joy, I remember you saying you started with tuna, so figured I'd go the fish route first too :)

My first weigh in (I've not weighed at home) will be Tuesday too... feels like a HUGE pressure to do well! I think as I work my way thru this first weigh in anticipation I am liking more and more not getting on the scale too often :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow real food already! You are right it is interesting how every program is different ... we had surgery the same day and I get to advance from Full Liquid to Pureed on Wednesday! Don't get soft food until Aug 21 and then real food Sept 18!

Take it easy and small slow bites!
farmgirl392
farmgirl392
It's best to start out slowly. introduce just one new whole food a day. the rest of the menu should stay pureed/soft. Give yourself time to see how your pouch responds to each new food. You will find that it surprises you on occasion. Some things that were great pre-op, may not be so now. So easy does it.

That said, remember that you still have to chew everything to mush. So I found that cutting everything into very small pieces made that easier.

Keep your fluids up. Watch out for soft cues that our pouch is full, and you should be fine.

Congrats on your progress so far. :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Tuna worked well for me. Also I really like crab, it's small, takes a while to get it out of the shell so you are forced to wait between bites and its pretty mild. I had no troubles with it at all.
becca1960
becca1960
Thanks everyone!!

vuloplady.... Sept. 18!?!?!? Amazing! :) :)
erika82203
erika82203
I'm so jealous you will be starting stage 3 before me! Like Vuloplady, my docs have me on a slow transition. (2 weeks pre was liquid, 2 wk post liquid, 2 wks soft/pured, then real food.).

Anyway...as part of my soft/pured stage, I was given permission got tuna salad, chicken salad, etc. My doc just said to start off with the canned chicken as it is moist and breaks up into little pieces like the tuna. I have had some soups and chili as well...just chew it really well. I know it feels weird to chew your soup...but, you know the drill.

My girl friend had VSG done in March. When she moved on to real food, she found chicken was easiest for her. If she got steak, it had to be med. rare so it was moist enough. Seafood was no problem.

Like everyone said, though...I would only do one new thing a day. Good luck...and happy eating!
rubymama
rubymama
Tuna, tiny meatballs with sauce and ricotta, shrimp salad all worked for me early on.
rubymama
rubymama
I shouldn't say meatballs...very early on, one tiny bit of one tiny meatball did it for me!
SgtSmith
SgtSmith
I tried eggs a few times and they don't work very well. Refried beans did. Chicken didn't work too good. I never did liek baked chicken anyway,
I never tried tuna much. I did try some flathead baked and didn't like it. We fried some flathead with no stick spray and rolled in flour and it was ok. Of course this was much later than stage 3.
I learned I had to eat ALL BRAN or become a brick layer.
I ate a quite a few green beans at that stage too.
Picklelilly
Picklelilly
Ideas that worked for me
One egg scramble w/ cottage cheese
Shrimp, fish and more shrimp
I had not problem w/ chicken or turkey especially with a dab of ff gravy to moisten
I never pureed anything, just chewed the "you know what" out of it
meatloaf
have fun!!!
jjklmommy
jjklmommy
I had a scambled egg and it was Heaven for my first soft food. My dietician said if I liked crab, lobster etc. Go for it. I also had some crab legs which was a good choice for me because it slowed me down picking those crab legs apart. I ate crab the first two days now I don't care if I see any again for a while. Just try one new thing at a time.
Pam2011
Pam2011
I had to wait 2 weeks for soft proteins with my WLS after my sleeve surgery. What worked good for me: cottage cheese, canned white chicken breast, cheese sticks. What didn't work for me: eggs of any kind. I tried omlets, scrambled and both didn't do good. I only tried one new food a day to know if I could tolerate it or not. It was usually just a couple teaspoons of cottage cheese and like 1/2 cheese stick. same with canned chicken breast, 2 tablespoons was all I could handle. Good luck!