brooklyngirl
Yankee gone south
I'm going to give a different viewpoint and tell you that I ate mashed potatoes and cream of wheat in the full liquids phase. I will say that I only had one or the other once a day, not little bits all day long, and it was probably about 2 tablespoons worth before I was stuffed. Even with that, I was still under 30 carbs per day. I was also doing LOTS of soups during that phase, plus ricotta, yogurt and lactaid milk along with a protein shake per day. At that point, I hadn't eaten any solid food in 2 weeks or more and it was very satisfying to my head while being very easy on the freshly cut insides. Not everyone has the same opinion, but I believe it you're mindful about it, it's fine. It's when you start eating mashed potatoes all day long with increasing serving sizes, or making farina your breakfast, long term, instead of moving towards eggs and bacon and such that you'll encounter problems. Keep it for the full liquids phase and then leave it behind you.