Post Op Soft Protein Diet

[Tiggr269 8]

Start a soft Protein tomorrow, any suggestions on what I should eat? Also, any receipts would be helpful! Thank you!!!

[MinaT 669]

I answered your other thread, but what do you mean by soft....you went from liquids to....soft food?

Most people go from Clear Liquids (broth/isopure) to full liquids (cream Soup no chunks, shakes) to pureed food (tuna pureed in a food processor to mush consistency) instant mashed potatoes (watch the carbs), 1% cottage cheese, to soft food (anything you can cut with a fork) egg, hamburger patty, cheese.< /p>

Is your soft food jumping the pureed (baby food consistency foods) like pureed tuna & chicken?

Your best bet is to add only one new food at a time. I did Tuna with ff mayo, added onion powder and celery salt and blended it in the Magic Bullet. It went down still too dry and felt like it caught between my esophagus & stomach. I was able to get in 3 teaspoons. I was five weeks out. The magic bullet didn't seem to blend it enough. For your first try I would try throwing it in a food processor or really make sure it's moist.

My biggest staple was rotisserie chicken (you can make it yourself in a crock pot but it's cheaper to buy one made already. I used my food processor and I chopped up onions & celery (make sure you pull any excess string off the sides and try to concentrate on the middle of the celery) and I blended it in the food processor. This went down so much better than the tuna. It's moister.

When you are ready for "soft" where you can cut with a fork, rotisserie chicken goes down easier than homemade chicken. A lot of people were eating Fat Free Refried Beans with cheese or Fat Free Sour Cream.

One of my favorite things during full liquids to purees was Healthy Request Bean and Bacon Soup. I put the soup in the magic bullet and i blended the Beans with a little tiny bit of Water. Then I put it in a small pan and added the cup of Water. (If you blend it with full water it causes too many air bubbles and air bubbles causes too much gas & bloating). It has decent amount of Protein and the carbs aren't that high.

I ate (and still do) eat cottage cheese with every meal. I usually try to get in one or two teaspoons of cottage cheese.

Best of luck and please try just one food at a time, because you will need to know which does not agree with you. A few teaspoons at a time and go slow and if you have to chew it chew well.

[Tiggr269 8]

I thought it was weird too. I'm one week out today and I go to my post op appt. tomorrow and they want me to eat some of an egg (hard boiled, scrambled, or poached).

My book (the dr gave me) says Clear Liquids the day after, then full liquid till my post op appt. that's when I start soft Protein food then purée foods. I'm going to ask them tomorrow cause I'm not really sure why I would go to soft protein before purée. Thank you for your post!! It will help. I have lots of questions for my dr tomorrow!

[Tiggr269 8]

Ok I just read it again. It says soft Protein however it says all food should be puréed or mashed. They won't me to go to the purée stage but just eat food high in protein. The next stage I can add fruits and veggies. That makes more sense.

[Mimismom 49]

Today was my first day of soft foods. I had tuna salad for lunch and half a scrambled egg for dinner. I put some cheese on it and some ketchup it was sooo good!

At the grocery store they have little 3oz containers of tuna sold in packs of threes! I love them!!

I do a lot of string cheese too. When you chew it to death it purées in your mouth.

Good Luck!!

[Tiggr269 8]

I meant to ask my dr today about string cheese. I knew I forgot something!!! How far out are you?

[Mimismom 49]

I'm 3 weeks out yesterday

[DDFinn 118]

My favorite was cottage cheese mixed with ricotta cheese,a little Pasta Sauce, a sprinkle of parmesan, heated in micro. So good!