Question:
Soft Food Please Help

I am two weeks out and am already on soft food i can hold everything down witch is good like tuna, egg salad, chili, refried beans, please i need other things to eat. Let me know what else is good at this stage and what else i can eat from going out besides Wendy's chili.......    — alicia128 (posted on July 11, 2008)

July 11, 2008
I know it's hard but you can actually eat more than you think you can. Any kind of soup or canned veggies, manicotti, caneloni, applesauce, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, ground meats (chicken, beef, pork) seasoned to taste or slow cooked in the crock pot, scallops, fish & shrimp chewed well, fruits (bananas, ripe peaches, berries, ripe pears and canned varieties), gnocchi, Whole grain pastas cooked well, luncheon meats, yogurt, turkey sausage, omelets, peanut butter, nuts (ground or chewed), fresh mozarella w/pesto & balsemic vinegrette.....hope this helps!!
   — monibunnie

July 11, 2008
I love protein puddings and egg custards as well. I got a little bored to and ended up purchasing a few low carb cookbooks. I love the puddings and custard from Susan Maria's book from Bariatriceating.com. She is a chef and WLS patient so she really gets it. George Stella's Low Carb and Loving It. Also, on BSCI's site, Chef Dave has several cookbooks. If you go to bariatriceating.com and type in recipes in the search box, some do come up. You can get some for free without purchasing the book. I will have to say, the book was very worth the money. The internet is a vast resource, Sparkpeople has a lot of recipes as well, just be sure they are appropriate for your stage of healing. Good luck, Dawn Vickers, RN, BLC, CLC
   — DawnVic

July 11, 2008
I would be careful dont stretch your pouch. scrambled eggs, I wouldnt eat wendys food. High in calories sugar and salt. yogurt. I liked carnation sugar free instant breakfast frozen. sugar free jello and pudding, sugar free popsicles.
   — Joanc

July 11, 2008
For some unknown reason, corned beef hash tasted like heaven when I was on my soft food diet. I had never liked it before, but read somewhere that it was a good choice for that diet stage...and it was! Good luck to you!
   — gclark918

July 11, 2008
Hi Honey....well...at two weeks..I only ate eggs..yogurt..applesauce...lots of protein....protein shakes...food that is low in sugar and fat...and above all soft food.....little bites...eat slowly....chew food throughly...try a new food every week..see how it does on your stomach pouch...that is what the nurse told me to do...I'm SO proud that you have made this journey......good luck...and I'll be praying for your healing....your friend, Linda
   — LindaA

July 11, 2008
I'm in week five and haven't eaten any of those foods that you are bored with. I have eaten baked chicken, eggs, yogurt, green beans, sf pudding, sf jello, danon lite smoothies, cranberry juice, mashed pototoes, eggs, but other than that I was unaware that other foods could be added to my diet.
   — cdombi37

July 12, 2008
I especially loved sf custard, ricotta with spaghetti sauce and baked talapia seasoned with Paul Prudhommes seafood seasoning,
   — Lauren003