Question:
What kinds of soft solid foods can i eat now?

I ordered egg foo young last night and ate that, it was the only thing I had yesterday but it took me like all night just to finish one patty and I still never ate the whole patty.Need help on things I can eat now that I am on soft solid foods-want to make the most of my pouch-Can I eat the inside of a chicken cheese steak, or is that bad for me?    — TotallyTori (posted on April 7, 2003)

April 7, 2003
I am starting my 3rd week and still on soft foods .. I eat soft scrambled eggs , grits , mashed potatoes and add cheese for protein to the grits and potatoes . I eat refried beans with cheese , Fat free of course . I eat tuna with laow fat mayo ..real mushy on saltine crackers ..I can handle 2 crackers with about a half of a teaspoon tuna on each and I am full .. I also eat salmon in my grits .. 2 ozs of the mixture and Im full .. when I want something sweet I eat one or 2 ozs of SF FF pudding made with skim milk or carnation instant breakfast. Hope this helps .. Ruthie N SC
   — ruthie

April 7, 2003
I did alot like Ruthie, but I was bad and lived on srambled eggs and pinto'n'cheese from taco bell, I was always sick back then and only ate maybe 2 meals a day, so I just ate what my stomach tolerated and had some protien and low fat. I did drink alot of protien drinks since food made my tummy hurt. Fine now! (almost 7 mo. post-op open RNY lost 109#)
   — Sandy M.

April 7, 2003
Hi! I'm 3 weeks post op and eating the following homemade foods so I know what's in them...chicken soup with carrots and potatoes, scrambled egg, cottage cheese, yogurt, boiled chicken, hummus, black beans, Atkins shakes, ham and cheese roll-ups. I'm not sure that egg fu young is a good choice. Here in NY it's made with ALOT of onions AND fried in oil in the wok. Maybe a better Chinese choice would be chicken and black bean sauce (not too oily), or even shrimp. Additionally, the chicken cheese steak? I'm not so sure if that's a good choice either...so much high-fat cheese. The other day I had a small Wendy's chili. I only ate half and I was pretty hungry before I started to eat. It went down well and stayed with me a long while. It's very low in fat, high in fiber AND protein. I'm hungry, too. You're the only one I actually heard say that they were hungry. When I feel really ravenous, I have a yogurt or SF FF pudding or a protein shake...for some reason, that really fills me up pretty quickly and keeps me full for a while. I think initially we should try to avoid the takeout stuff. It's boring, I know, but I tell myself "you're not having xyz today, you can have it tomorrow." Although I say this out loud to myself every day, it seems to work. Good luck and stay in touch via email if you'd like.
   — msmaryk

April 7, 2003
Any type of cooked egg, from hard boiled, scrambled, fried etc..tuna, chicken, ham or egg salad over crackers. Soft crab cakes, steamed crab, broiled fishes, steamed white fish, cooked shrimp are great. Ease into the meats, like ground beef, and chicken by making sure that they are very soft and in liquids, like chicken from a crock pot or ground beef with tomato sauce. Eat tiny bites of these until you know whether the pouch will accept it.
   — Cindy R.