Scared to move to mushies

So I'm supposed to be on "thin" liquids for 2-3 weeks. I had surgery two weeks ago this morning. So I *could* start with mushies today. I feel great. Everything I eat goes down. There is no reason not to.

But I keep talking myself out of it. I was going to have oatmeal for breakfast but decided I didn't want to worry about driving into work (if it disagreed with me). Then I was going to have something for lunch. But decided that being at work was probably not a good idea. Then I was going to have the oatmeal for dinner. But now I'm battling acid which makes it hard for things to go down and I'm having second thoughts again.

A few days ago I would have *killed* for some scrambled eggs and cottage cheese and now I'm too scared to have any.

Am I nuts??

No you are not nuts well maybe just a little.  Ok all jokes aside.  Just have a little.  My first mushie food was scrambled eggs with a little bit of salsa.  It was so good.  I think I had it at 1 week out.  Since you don't dump I wouldn't worry about it.  Your body will tell you when you are full.  You will probably only eat 2T at the most.  Good luck

Asia

Well I had oatmeal and that was okay but didn't taste too good. Then I had cottage cheese and I took one bit too many/too fast. OMG, I thought I was going to die.

I have to stop eating at the computer. I know this, but I can't seem to stop myself. Eating doesn't seem worth doing by itself. (I've always thought that; it's not a post-op thing.)

I had to puke a little up and then I remembered I had bought some papaya enzyme and that helped a lot.

Just go slow!  That is my biggest problem is that I can't seem to go slow enough.  So, yesterday I ate 2 bites of chicken salad (chewed the heck out of it) and then stopped for a few minutes, then took another bit, then repeated the process.  I have to walk away or be doing something with the food over to the side of me.  It is weird!  I was always a fast eater, so my slow is never slow enough! 

It does hurt like hell when I eat too fast!  I am on stage 3 and yesterday was only the 2nd time I ate something besides cottage cheese, yogurt or shakes and it did not hurt!  You will get there. 

About the oatmeal tasting bad...  I have not tried it, but things will taste better on certain days to me.  Over all nothing tastes "fabulous" yet!  The best thing I think I  had was 2 saltines with some humus on them.  That was pretty tasty, but I have shied away from anything with carbs, because I was a carb addict and I want to give my body a chance to get off the carbs so that when I go back to a regular diet that is not what I am always grabbing for!

Do not be scared... it is a huge brain game.  This is all such a trip, but is worth it!

Good luck!

Yeah, I need to go slow. It's really HARD for me.

I have always been somewhat bored by food. I want to eat it and be done with it. I don't like to sit down and just eat a meal. I always want to do something else too. Spending 20 min. eating seems like a waste. I need to visiting with people or on the computer getting something else done too.

So I guess I need to change my attitude about that.