My dietician said anything I'm willing to puree can be eaten.  So I made a Top Ramen, added some cottage cheese afterward, and pureed just a little of the noodles and a lot of broth and cottage cheese.  Ate about 3 ounces of it, and I now have my first ever case of feeling like it's kinda stuck, or at least that my pouch is hating it. 

I don't exactly hurt, but I feel pressure and discomfort, and almost feel like I have a bubble in my throat.  Adding Top Ramen to my rapidly-growing list of YUCK foods.  I tend to never want something again if I get sick off it even once.  And not much is on my YUM list right now.

Crap...now I have the hiccups too.  Now it DOES hurt! 

NEVER thought I'd say this before, but I hope I yak it all up soon.

*sad Veronica*

Top Ramen--puree'd or not--too many carbs.  
You will learn.  That list will grow. 
Stick with the cottage cheese.

agreed totally!

My hubby made Ramen noodles, and I ate the broth off of them after surgery, but at over 2 years out I still would not eat the noodles.........carbs will sabatoge your weight loss, not to mention make you sick!  I guess we all have to find out for ourselves.......can't believe the nutritionist said you could puree ANYTHING!

I agree, stick with the cottage cheese, greek yogurk and scrambled egg with cheese for now. This way you are being gentle on your pouch, while taking in protein and letting yourself heal. The noodles just may have been too much for you right now.

Good luck!

Afterpost:

Feeling much better now.  The hiccups went away and I felt better after about 5 minutes.

I'm not sure why carbs aren't on my nono list for pureed phase.  I know they are "limited" in later phases, but for now I'm free to try to puree most anything.  I definitely went super light on the noodles, probably 4 long noodles in total, mostly broth and about 2 tbls cottage cheese, but it was still too much!  Lesson learned.

I am hoping not to have to be completely carb free later on.  I don't plan to live on pasta and bread, but am hoping I can tolerate the occasional half piece of toast now and then, or a tbsp of rice mixed in my stir fry, etc.  Don't we need some carbs for energy?  I'm so confused!  :(

EDIT:  Forgot to clarify something.  As far as being able to puree anything, I still have to follow the no high-fat/sugary foods, of course.  But am able to puree any soups, soft casseroles, fruits, steamed veggies, etc. that sound good.  I was told to "be brave, experiment a little."

I am 7 years out and can not tolerate even 1 grain of rice... noddles I can finally eat about 4 bow tie noodles before I feel sick... and I can eat bread / toast as a sandwich without issues.

Toast is much easier than fresh bread.  You really should be eating high protein at your stage with no carbs... tuna, peanut butter, cottage cheese... things like that.

I just want to clarify something because I'm a little confused. First, let me say I'm not being snarky, I'm just trying to understand.

OK, so peanut butter has carbs. So does cottage cheese. Tuna does not have carbs. Now, the jar of peanut butter I have says 7 carbs per serving, and the 4% cottage cheese has 3 carbs per serving.

So I'm just trying to figure out which carbs are considered OK. Obviously not sugar or white flour or potatoes or white rice or other simple and refined carbs. But carbs in black beans? Those things are packed with protein. What about quinoa? It's packed with protein, but it's also carby. Complex carby, but carby. And applesauce? Applesauce has really almost no protein, but it has a lot of carbs, and I've heard lots of people suggest applesauce as a post op food, including my nutritionist and surgeon. Now, I realize we don't always get the best nutritional advice from our nutritionists or surgeons (isn't this a little strange?), but I am just citing the different sources.

Even protein shakes have carbs.

Can anyone help me sort through this please?
Thanks,
Jeni

ETA:

Sorry, Elliott - thought I was replying in another thread!

Carbs are fine but in moderation- such as the simple and refined carbs you listed... and to be honest ... nothing is off limits for me but the foods that make me dump or feel sick.

So I am not going to preach to you that you shouldn't eat Y, X or Z.  I would just suggest the carbs that you do consume make them worth your while... either because they have a boat load of protein or because they contain a lot of fiber.

My experience is when you start eating too many things like pasta, rice, white bread, ice cream, crackers and cookies - you WILL gain weight.  A couple years back I tired and liked eating the starchy bad carbs and gained 100 lbs for the 200+ I had lost.  It took me about another year to say 'hey stupid, stop eating that crab and focus on protein' ... that is what I did and I lost 75lbs of that 100 regain within 5 months.

I don't want to see anyone fresh out of surgery eating the way I did when I was 4+ years out.  It is hard to re-lose the weight but it can happen.  So no, i am not going to pat anyone on the  back for blending up ramen noodles and eating them in the first month out of surgery.. THAT IS CRAZY!