Gotta celebrate, first pureed meal

[winklie 518]

So I was cleared on Wednesday for Diet stage 3, pureed foods. I went shopping got some things I knew were on the diet, but really wanted to plan this out, then I realized it's just for 2 weeks, then on to semi-soft.

So, I continued on diet stage 2, until this evening.

So my first, pureed meal consisted of a can of Campbell's Home Style chicken with brown rice and a can of chicken. Some complex math ensued trying to figure out portion sizes. At last I had all the math done, I tossed everything into the blender, and turned it into, something not unlike vomit in texture. Weighed it, cooked it, weighed it again, and divided the portion into two. It worked out to 9.4 oz of "soup". I got through about 4.5 oz and felt, well not "full" like if I eat another bite I will die, but, I guess satiated. It became and effort to add another spoonful of food and that is where I stopped. So the chicken and the Soup after cooking yield about 20 oz of food. Just under, divided by 2 worked out to 10oz per serving (I had planned on eating 1/2 of what I made).

I made a little video, I have to reboot my machine (software updates, i'll see if I can upload it)

Edited October 24, 2015 by winklie

[tpatterson 5]

Your instructions are different. I was told that my 4 ounce allowance is volume not weight. Weighing 4 oz is not the same as portioning 4 oz in the liquid measuring cup. Also I was told to stay away from rice as it swells in the pouch. Its strange how everyone gets different instructions.

Edited October 23, 2015 by tpatterson

[winklie 518]

Well it was a test run. I had no idea how much I was going to eat. No rice is not a great idea, however the Soup is actually pretty good in terms of calories and processing. This is what I had time for tonight. Tomorrow I am going to do a Ricotta bake, I think I got the recipe right.

[gpmed 623]

Congrats on moving to purée foods! Sounds like you did the right thing by stopping when you felt satiated. Keep up the good work!

[winklie 518]

@@tpatterson I do not have any measuring device for liquid ounces, oddly. I use my food scale pretty much for everything. Like everything, I even weight the amount of milk I put in my coffee in the morning. I'll look into getting a liquid measuring cup and determining what kind of difference there is between 4oz on the scale versus 4 oz in the cup.

The point of this thread was to be happy, somehow, I did not walk away that way

[gpmed 623]

Don't worry @@winklie, it's all part of figuring this process out! You're doing great!

[winklie 518]

@@gpmed it's funny you mention "figuring this process out" but every time I think I FINALLY got it, the rules change (diet stage) lol. It's sort of like being married again, just as soon as I figure out what my ex-wife was pissed about or wanted, she would completely change the scenario.

[tpatterson 5]

@@winklie you should be happy. Sounds like you're doing great. I was just saying it's strange & worries me that we all get different instructions.

[winklie 518]

Honestly my NUT never mentioned Rice or a lot of other things. I know better, but, it's not going to kill me, and I took it as a little victory. If I stuck to just the things on the sheet she gave me moving me to stage 3, I think I would have added like 4 foods. She implied that if it was pureed and low on calories and high in Protein it was more or less okay. We even talked about Soup and I specifically said, Oh I can grab a can of soup, puree it and have a soup now, Wonderful!

But yes, there is a disconnect. It's bad at my Center as well, there are quite simply too many hands in the pot. I have received contradictory information from everyone up to and including my Surgeon. Not that any of them were wrong, they all just tend to see things a little different, and as such give different information to people.