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on the pureed food friday .any ideas on good food besides potatoes ? i think i will be eating a whole lot of them  thanks again e1 :)

I assume that you were given guidelines by your surgeon?  That SHOULD have given you at least some basic examples.  Potatoes have little protein and can sometimes sit "hard" in a new pouch.  Even at almost 5 years post-op, they sit "hard" in my pouch.

Keep in mind that your focus should primarily be on protein:

Cottage cheese
Pureed chicken salad w/low fat mayo
Pureed shrimp salad w/low fat mayo
Pureed tuna salad w/low fat mayo
Pureed egg salad with low fat mayo
Refried beans with cheese
Greek yogurt sweetened with Splenda
Ricotta cheese sweetened with Splenda and cinnamon, cocoa or both added
Pureed higher protein soups

Essentially, you can puree ANYTHING you can eat, but again you need to focus first and foremost on protein - from here on out, that should be the first thing you read about, followed by sugars, sugar alcohols and carbs.

You owe it to yourself and your family to be the most compliant, best educated post-op wls patient you can be.  There is a plethora of reading material out there, including, "Weight Loss for Dummies," and "Eating Well Before and After Weight Loss Surgery," by Susan Maria Leach.  Susan Maria also has a dynamite website, www.bariatriceating.com.  I urge you to read and soak up as much info as you can!!!

Good luck and welcome to the loser's bench!

Tia

ty so much also what about bread? if i puree all this do i just eat it on a plate?  and thanks again

What do your doctor's guidelines tell you about bread and carbs?  Eat it out of a bowl, the measuring cup, on a plate, whatever!  Bread is high in carbs and is a no-no for most, if not all, new post-ops.  Your pouch has a LOT of healing to do!

I am over 6 years post op and still have issues with bread or any another high count carbs.   My advice is to follow the instructions from your surgeon on what to eat at what stage.

i did not do crackers till 4 months out and did not do breads till 6 months out....

In my personal opinion, bread should not even be a part of any diet this early out - I'm a bander - but the same feeling applies that the bread just sits there and blocks me.   When I'm blocked or stuck or however you want to call it - I can't get my protein in. or even FLUIDS.  Protein and fluids should be the main focus, like Tia said.

Let's see..... for pureeds I was eating a lot of chicken salad, refried beans, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, protein pudding and protein shakes.  Maybe some shrimp salad too.  I don't know what protocol your surgeon follows, but mine really wanted me to concentrate on PROTEIN first and foremost.  Still that is the protocol I follow.  I am 5 months out and rarely touch bread, potatos, pasta or rice.  For example tomorrow I will have a protein shake, cheese, chili with cheese, almonds and then chicken and a little veggie for dinner.  I am a sleeve and can tolerate carbs very well but knowing how much of a detriment they are to my weight loss I keep them at a minimum.
 

i just went through my hospital papers and found my guildline papers   im ss to ask you all dumb questions ,when i had the answers right in front of me all the time   :(   thanks guys

There are no dumb questions. Even though all of our experiences may be different, I think the underlying guidelines are the same. This far out, no breads, no carbonation, no alochol, no sugars :-)

I used to get frozen meals and puree the meats in there. They seem to already be overcooked so it was easier. I remember the meatloafs were the easiest to puree and didn't taste too bad.

I did cottage cheese but I added some fruit to it because I couldn't take the taste. Once again, depends on how your pouch reacts to fruit this soon out.

Good luck with everything and don't worry about asking dumb questions :)