sushi

hey ya'll,
when do you think sushi would be good? im allowed soft foods next week.. im really missing my tuna rolls!!

btw i am allowed 1/2 cup of food 3xs a day (brk, lunch and dinner) for this part of the diet from the doctor, week 2. tonight was the first time i actually ate the half cup and not like only 1/4.
is this bad? i dont want to gain weight.

any help would be appreciated!

xoxoox
ann-marie <3

You will find out pretty quick that some days you can eat more than other days.  And it usually never makes sense as to why some days are bigger eating days than others!  If you're allowing 1/2 cup then, girlfriend, don't sweat eating it!

I'm not a huge sushi fan so I'm not sure what's in a tuna roll?  Is there any rice?  If so, nope, I wouldn't eat it!  Canned tuna was allowed after 2 weeks for many of us here.  But I urge you to follow your surgeion's instructions to the letter!  They are some smart peeps!

You will definitely want to check with your surgeon's dietitian to see if sushi would be appropriate.  Each surgeon sets up their dietary plans differently.  Weightwise highly suggests no pasta, rice or potatoes - basically forever.  There is very little nutritional value and these things tend to stick or glue up in your pouch.

I am almost 3 years out and I have worked it out to have sushi once or twice a month - I normally cannot eat a whole roll so tend to share it with my buddies.  Also I never have any raw fish - I have never been able to stomach the texture - usually it is baked crab or something along that line.  But I am also almost 3 years out.  I cannot even imagine having the ability to eat rice so quickly after surgery.  I don't think I even attempted it at all until the past few months.  However, we are all different bears when it comes to what we can and cannot eat.  I know I barely was able to eat a 1/4 of a cup 1 - 2 times a day early out. 

Please make sure you follow your restrictions - it is in your best interest and it will help you drop the weight in the early days.  Good Luck on your journey!!

I still don't eat a lot of rolls-the rice is super sticky and super sweet and I can't risk an expensive puke, so I eat the fish only (and for the life of me I can't think of the term-nori?  no, that's paper.  sashimi I think).  But I also eat raw AND cooked.  Just to be on the safe side, I waited several months to go for the raw since I wasn't sure what dangers that held.

Here's the thing-if you really love sushi and can chew the dickens out of it (like I do) then it's a good thing.  If you don't, and don't want to chew it, then it might not be a good thing.  The first time I ate Sushi after surgery the chef came over and shook my hand-he said "not everyone chews like you do!!!!"