What were your favorite first "solid" foods?

[FocusOnMeNow 599]

On Monday, I will be 8 weeks out and I officially graduate from mushies to solids. Unfortunately, I do not meet with my NUT until Friday, so my questions to all you sleevers is what were your favorite first solid foods? What was harder to eat and so I should wait till later? I assume that I will be putting off steak, nuts, seeds, corn, asparagus, celery a bit longer. But wondering if I can actually try a salad? I haven't had salad since before my pre-op diet. I'm already taking pills instead of crushing everything and those are going down fine.

I have already been eating slow roasted fork shredded chicken, various cheeses, mashed potatoes, ground beef (in spaghetti sauce). I guess I'm wondering things like - even though I still think its too early to bite down on a celery stick, because it might be too fibrous, I'm wondering if I can start putting chopped celery in my tuna salad. Things like that.

So please let me know what worked well and what didn't.

[tugs 40]

when i can my first hard food meal will be chinese, chicken teri and boneless ribs

[Elode 8,093]

My very first solids just happened to land on Thanksgiving day! Pretty cool so I had a piece of turnkey. Tiny piece.

[Healthy_life2 8,324]

My first solid that I loved was BBQ Salmon, steamed broccoli with white cheddar cheese.< /p>

[Whitney1968 54]

@@tugs Will you be having rice or lo mein noodles? I went to solid foods after 3 weeks. The only mushy foods I had was mashed potatoes and creamof wheat. I never went thru the purree stage like I was supposed to. I have been eating Pasta from ramen noodles since week 3 with no problems. Gonna try rice today.

[surgerydude 40]

During our pre-surgery classes, I specifically asked about a salad. The NUT suggested that it would be six months before we should try salads - the 'stickiness' of the lettuce leaf is a problem.

-sd

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

My favorite first solid food was and is cheese! My favorite soft food was cheese, too! It would have been my favorite liquid food, too if I could have found a clear liquid cheese.< /p>

But seriously, my favorite soft and solid foods are generally the same: tuna, salmon, shrimp, scallops, turkey, meatballs, ground meat, turkey burgers, black bean burgers, pork tenderloin, yogurt, fresh fruit, green Beans, fresh sliced tomatoes, steak, refried Beans, and cheese.

The biggest treat when I was cleared for regular foods was Greek (gyro meat, feta, tzatziki sauce, hot sauce, no pita, no rice). I did have a bite of stuffed grape leaf.

I didn't really start salad/lettuce until later.

[Dub 9,922]

I really enjoy grilling.

I'll most like start with something like grilled boneless chicken breasts. These pics were from one of my last cooks prior to starting the pre-op liquid diet.

A chicken wing may be in order, too.

Grilled Brussels are one of my favorites, too.

If I get rained out then some Ahi tuna would be nice.

Grilled asparagus is awesome when you use the right rub.

Steak is always an option

Salmon and flounder.

[Dub 9,922]

I may make fish & shrimp tacos for the family and I'll just skip the shells.....

Steak pinwheels may be in order

[Spiceyfrog 269]

cheese is still one of my favorite solids, it's so easy to grab a babaybel and get 8 grams of Protein. Another issue with salad is that there is typically not many in any grams of protein in a salad, so you are just filling your stomach with "empty" food.< /p>

[Dub 9,922]

My son said I have to make burgers for him. I'll have one without the toppings.

A quick batch of guacamole would be killer.

Love grilled salmon

Maybe stuffed artichoke and vegetable skewers

Did I mention that we like grilled wings ?

[Babbs 14,681]

@@Whitney1968

Why are you eating so many carbs?? Where is your protien? I don't think your diet so early out should consist of rice, cream of wheat and ramen noodles?

Call me crazy...

[Dub 9,922]

Pulled pork with homebrew vinegar sauce

[Babbs 14,681]

And see the stuff @@Dub is posting? THAT'S how post WLS peeps should eat.

[Dub 9,922]

I know exactly what my grilling will be.

I'm going to smoke a beef brisket overnight.

A couple burnt ends would be a damn fine Protein for that day.

Last one was a 12 pound packer.

The 1" cubes of burnt ends are like meat candy. So dang good when a little hickory sauce is basted on them the last few minutes they are smoking. This is the very best of my grilling menu. Burnt ends. Could eat them every day, I think.