Day Four: Soft Solids (1)

I did not take out the blender this morning; I made scrambled eggs instead. Yum! When I sat down to eat, the excitement of solid food overtook me, and I inhaled my breakfast in about 30 seconds. Tomorrow, I'll try a poached egg on toast. Maybe that will slow me down.

I also finished the last few ounces of the Naked Protein Mango Juice Smoothie I bought for breakfast on Sunday. It took me 4 days to finish 16 ounces!

On the way to work I stopped for a coffee. Caffeine is not good for the bariatric stomach, so I had to get a decaf. Coffee lovers like myself consider drinking decaf to be a mortal sin, but I had to compromise.

Did you know that Starbucks sells a drink size that's smaller than a Tall? It's called a Short, and it's not advertised on the drink menu. Why not? Because who would want only 8 wussy ounces of coffee? Me. I do. The Japanese do. In Japan, Short is on the menu! It's no wonder we eat so much. Look at the options we're given.

My lunch options were no exception. At the soup stand in Penn Station, I had a choice between a large lentil soup and an extra large lentil soup. Um, I guess I'll take the large and throw half of it away.

These are our fast food options. And unfortunately, most of us eat fast food most of the time. I always eat less when I prepare my own food. You probably do too.

Here are the soft foods I ingested today:

• Breakfast: 1 Egg, scrambled and 4 oz. Naked Protein Mango Juice Smoothie
• Snack: 4 oz. Low-fat vanilla yogurt with 1/2 banana
• Lunch: 8 oz. Lentil soup
• Snack: 1 Skim milk mozzarella string cheese
• Dinner: 8 oz. Veggie chili
• Snack: 8 oz. Chocolate milk

Right now I want a salad – not french fries, not ice cream – I want something fresh that isn't a blended banana. Fibrous vegetables and fruit skins are too difficult for the Bariatric stomach to break down at this stage, so although my meal options have increased, most fresh fruits and veggies are still off limits. Bummer.

Rachel