What's the truth?

I do understand that for the first few months you have to be extra careful.  I'm meeting with the dietician tomorrow but I also know she'll tell me the absolute, not the real.  My question is after the first few months, can I (assume that I want to follow the best course):

eat corn?

eat soup (is the liquid/solid thing forever)?

drink like a normal person (no more sipping)?

have a beer?

half a glass of wine?

Jeff

You will absolutely be able to drink water with out as much caution. I'm only two months out, and while I don't chug a whole glass, I take normal sips. Not baby ones anymore.

as for the other questions, I should let someone further out than me answer. (Although I can guess the answer: "sure, as long as you are ready for weight loss to stop" is the general consensus I've seen)

Absolutely don't worry about the sipping...you are not going to damage yourself over fluids...That being said even without sipping I couldn't really drink 'normal' until a year out. It was like a light switched on at a year.

I eat soup when I feel like it....depends on the soup how I eat it, try to eat some of the more liquidy parts first if it is broth- but not 100% before work on more of the solids. I do add unflavored protein powder to soup often because it usually doesn't really have a lot of protein.

Can you physically eat corn? Yes, why not?...why would you eat corn on a regular basis is the better question... really not high on nutrition scale, and you are early out, you don't have much room. While it is a carb, I kinda feel like it comes out mostly the same way it went in...LOL. For me save it for the special summer BBQ or something...

Again, are you physically able to drink? Yes. But why would you especially in the weight loss phase. I didn't have my first 1/2 a drin****il over 2 years out. A took literally a sip here or there at a wedding during the first 2 years, a sip. Some people may give you other answers on this...but there are so many red flags on doing this regularly- including stopping weight loss by drinking calories, being very hard on your liver while your liver is already being taxed by the extreme weightlos****ting us harder, and staying in our system longer even when we no longer feel 'drunk', and not least of transfer addiction that sneaks up on people, even those who were never real drinkers before....

Thanks!  My interest in corn...I make a killer low-fat Shrimp/Potato/Corn chowder!

Make sure you low fat isn't high carb!

Potatoes and Corn are not really things you would be eating (if you wanted to be successful) after any weight loss.  Pretty much empty calories that spike your blood sugar.

Shrimp however is not bad.

I would avoid corn until you're at goal. It is starchy and can potentially slow your loss. I actually can't eat corn or things like corn chips...they make me feel sick and then cause RH a few hours later. I would caution you to eat it sparingly once you reindroduce it to your diet. 

I'd forego alcohol as well...your liver is taxed- and will be for quite a while-while you rapidly lose weight. It's empty calories, there is a possibility of transfer addiction. There are so many reasons to avoid alcohol early on, not any reason to drink it other than "I want to!" That being said, after you're at least 6 months out, and you're extremely careful, and try it at home, and your surgeon is on board-trying it won't be the end of the world. 

When I eat soup, I have the liquid first, then eat the solids. Stews and chili I just eat normally. 

Drinking normally-yes, you'll drink normally. I can't remember when I stopped sipping, but I can kill a 16 oz bottle of water in about 5 minutes if I try. 

Hi, I had my RNY 4 days after you. I have been eating soup, but I take the hand blender and mush some of it up, not all just some. So far no problem. 

corn and potatoes are pure sugar. You might as well eat several teaspoons of pure sugar as far as your body cares. Sugar is sugar to your body.

drink as soon as you are ready for your weight loss to stop and gain to possible start. Alcohol is sure sugar also.

Ditto what she said.  I don't care how awesome your low-fat corn whatever is.  Fat doesn't make us fat, otherwise we'd all be thin from the low-fat diets we tried prior to surgery.  Corn, potatoes, etc however will kill you and your progress if you are not careful. 

I am a little easier on the alcohol thing though... but I would wait several months to a year or more, when you reach goal, before you start experimenting with that.

Audrey

There are 2 phases in your life now. Until you reach goal, and after.

Until you reach goal, be a machine. A low calorie, protein eating machine. Every 10 calories you eat should have at least 1 gram of protein. Preferably twice that. If it doesn't, don't eat it.

By 2 or 3 months out, you should be able to drink normally. Certainly by 6 months. I can drink a 20 ounce bottle in just a few minutes if I'm thirsty. I drink over 200 ounces in a day.

Soup is fine. Best way to do it is drink the broth first, eat the solid parts after.

Once you reach goal, there is very little you won't be able to eat. There is a lot you shouldn't eat. I haven't had pasta at all in 5 years, by choice, not necessity. I have thin bread in a sandwich as a meat delivery vehicle. In a restaurant I'll skip the bread in a burger and have 5 or 6 fries instead. 

Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter are now mashed potatoes and corn holidays. Every other day I eat mostly meat, so for holidays I have a carb fest. So yeah, you CAN eat those things. But if you drift into eating them too often, it will affect your weight.

Can and should. Can and should. It's the math we need to keep in mind, forever.