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Who knew an egg could taste so good

jjklmommy
jjklmommy
I was advanced to a soft protein diet. I get to chew again!!! The first thing I made was a scrambled egg, it was delicious and thankfully went down well. What is your favorite go-to protein? I am looking forward to trying some refried beans later today.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I know what you mean, I just advanced yesterday and had cheerios for breakfast!!
kellynaylor
kellynaylor
I remember when I moved to soft foods and I had an egg. OMG it was so good, best egg I ever had LOL
imjj4short
imjj4short
My favorite go-to proteins were cottage cheese, chicken with a little low-fat mao and shredded beef with low-fat sour cream (I used low fat stuff for the first 4 months then switched to full fat foods - I prefer to stay away from the sugars they add to the low-fat stuff).

Taylorsma - glad you enjoyed the Cheerios...I just caution you to be careful with them...a serving has 21 carbs for only 3 grams of protein. You need a better protein to carb ration than that for your best results (3 x more protein than carbs each time you eat). Your body will always burn the carbs you eat before it burns stored fat.

JJ
erika82203
erika82203
I was just advanced to the soft foods this past Monday. I agree...that egg was delicious!!! Since then I've nibbled Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, a little finely chopped chicken salad. Who knew chewing would feel so good!
deleted_user
deleted_user
My favorite was egg salad.. I only used the egg whites, added a pinch of celery salt, and used low fat miracle whip... Miracle whip has a lot less carbs than mayo and I love the zest it gives food....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thanks for the advice jj, I never thought about it(shame on me), I just shopped what was on my okay list
jjklmommy
jjklmommy
Good ideas. I like the egg salad idea. I am allowed a little ff mayo on this soft protein portion of the diet I am on. I have always preferred Miracle Whip too. It's just something I grew up on. I agree with you JJ. I am on ff stuff now, just following the doctor's orders but I will switch in a few months. I just don't like the idea of substituting sugars for the taste of low-fat. Something I learned in WW many years ago, reading those labels. The first thing on most ff or low-fat items is some form of sugar.