Every surgeon has their own thoughts and plans for lengths of the stages. For me, I was on liquids for 6 weeks then move to purée for 4 weeks well, I basically did a modified liquid/ purée for the purée stage. I kept my protein shakes Twice a day and the the Other meal I would try some puréed food like egg salad, tuna fish, yogurt, mashed potatoes etc for me the thought of real food puréed just is nasty. I talked with the dr and he said you do what you need to do...if you want to stay on liquids longer that is fine go on your own pace. So my advice don’t rush thru the stages and go slow adding new foods to see if your body can handle them and the most important thing ALWAYS measure your food!