Week 2 Question

[cbp0229 16]

Ok so I am doing very well and entering week 2. During weeks 2, 3, and 4, I am supposed to to puree all of my foods. So is that basically just throwing the food in a blender and griding up as much as possible? Kind of like "pre-chewing" your food? LOL

I decided to go vegetarian so it should be pretty easy to puree all my foods. It will mostly be legumes and the such.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I remember being so excited when I got to move to this stage. I made the mistake of pureeing tuna, chicken and eggs (separately of course). I now cannot eat eggs at all! The taste and smell make my stomach turn, it makes me very sad because i used to love eggs.

I am good with chicken and tuna however I never want to eat them pureed again. One time was enough for me and I was done.

I really ended up living on Protein shakes, yogurt (i ate a lot of yogurt), Cream of mushroom Soup, chicken broth and cottage cheese. I love cottage cheese however I could not eat it pureed, I ate small curd and basically pureed it by chewing the heck out of it. I also made fresh cooked carrots and mashed them with a fork. That worked very well and I love carrots even more now.

Good luck on the next phase of your diet. The time goes quickly and then you will be on soft foods.

[amylynns 802]

Yes, just throw it in and blend it all up.

Just reading the title of your post made me sick to my stomach though! LOL! I had to be on pureed stage for SO long! I wasn't tolerating meat pureed, so even had to go back to mushies for a while.

I am so thankful to be past that stage, but I do remember how exciting it was to get to the pureed stage! So enjoy!!

[Mommabird 367]

Reading all the threads and posts about eating during the puree stage makes me so happy that my surgeon's post-op diet plan did not include a pureed stage! I went from Clear Liquids week 1 to eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, shredded cheese and refried Beans in week 2. Week 3, I started chicken, turkey and fish, taking small bites and chewing thoroughly.

[mykdzmom 387]

Just wanted to say good luck on your journey. I have checked out the blog The World according to eggface, and there was a lot of good ideas there for all stages.