Decisions, decisions
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Brenda2010
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Did your dietitian give you a plan until your first post-op appointment? Are you still only on the full liquid stage until you meet again?
No, only what i got wirh discharge papers. I dont see diatician until January 23 (something i could not understand) so i am very eager to see her. But no to your question about full liquid. Soft foods was to be incorperated at 14 days
Brenda2010
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Ok good. Have you tried yogurt, soft cheese (Laughing Cow is what I started with), scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes?
AnnieLuv
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That's early. If it works for you, great! I transitioned to pureed foods at 14 days. Then was in pureed for 3 weeks before soft. I think you could safely try applesauce. I'd suggest babyfood but I found it gross. Mashed banana with some peanut butter mixed in was another love of mine.
Brenda2010
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Yeah, I bought baby food but found it gross too so ended up donating it all. The banana/peanut butter is a good one.
Brenda2010
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Hahahaha... think of it as an advance punishment for future behavior.
dianeseattle
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You should have received a strict, detailed post-op diet in writing before you were even allowed to leave the hospital. I don't know why you don't have that but you really need to get hip to it. This is a site I would trust with my life:
www.mayoclinic.org
Gastric bypass diet: What to eat after the surgery
The gastric bypass diet outlines what you can eat and how much after gastric bypass surgery.
www.mayoclinic.org
dianeseattle
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Also, I was sharing a recipe with people that made you feel like you were having Thanksgiving dinner. It included turkey, applesauce, turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce all mushed together in a blender. You are essentially making the best baby food in the world when you make stuff like this. But you're not ready for that yet. You should be on liquid and nothing but.
Well yes your correct it was to be puree type foods which to me means soft. But i possibly incorperated some soft a week too soon. But today its nothing more than just that soft....yogurt, mashed potatoes( well sweet potatoes mashed) jello, sugar free pops, farina, oatmeal. But i did do some mac n cheese like an ounce and chicek and rice soup about an ounce. I feel like avery day is a journey into a place unknown lol
Brenda2010
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Sounds like besides the mac & cheese & chicken & rice soup, you're on track. I'm surprised you were able to tolerate those, my stomach still has trouble with pasta & rice at 9 1/2 months! I couldn't tolerate bread until 6 months. I still can't do sandwiches with bread on both sides, need to be "open-faced" on a single slice of bread. Just try to baby your new stomach. It's definitely bland but you'll be thankful that you did. And bonus, the weight will likely fall off since you won't be eating any of your old favorites. You've got this!
dianeseattle
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Actually, there's a world of difference. To puree a food, you come close to liquifying it. A soft food is something like a banana. But mac&cheese is not a thing anyone should eat during the ramping up period following surgery. That's solid food and that's contraindicated for weeks.
I'm glad you're eating soft foods, but please visit the link I posted above, to the Mayo Clinic. You should actually still be on the liquid portion after only two weeks. If you're craving things like pasta, or you feel the need for hot food, those are mental cues that your eating disorder is in charge of your recovery.
The surgery doesn't cure an eating disorder, though it can cure diabetes and a lot of other comorbidities. You need to stick to the eating plan so you can heal properly. And what you crave and how much you might want to eat is something you need to deal with now. I would take your cravings and your actual eating as a red flag. This is the way people end up gaining their weight back. I hate the word "control," for a lot of reasons I won't list here, but please understand, you have to change the way you ate before you had surgery into a whole different dining experience, based on promoting healing & health. Taking a couple of bites of something you shouldn't be eating isn't okay. It's a warning.
Please read the information you'll find at the link above. Recovery to the point of portion-controlled solid food takes months, not days. And as you lose weight, you may find your cravings less daunting. Find a way to stick to the plan that's going to change your life, and get help if you need it. Say affirmations and keep a journal and visualize that little black dress or boho jeans you'll be wearing 100 pounds from now. Change your focus to change, and though it might be very sad to say goodbye to all that delicious overeating you loved so much, it's very possible to replace that with the joy of meeting healthy goals.
missdarmitage
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I bought some baby food and on the day that I came home from the hospital, I decided I was going to eat the turkey baby food. I was on the phone with my sister and even said out loud, "Don't put in the microwave oven". Well, in my head I thought what I read was "Don't put in a toaster oven."
So I proceeded to place it in the microwave and heat it for 30 seconds. I pulled it out and went to stick a spoon in it to stir it up.... And boom! The food exploded out of the jar and landed all over me, the cabinets, and the counter. I had a burn spots on my cheek, neck, and hand! I can totally laugh about it now, but that was the closest I came to eating baby food. I guess you could say I had a little PTSD from that incident and donated the rest to a friend lol.