dry and crunchy

I am struggling with dry and crunchy food. My doctor said to avoid all dry and crunchy things including nuts because of behaviors he monitored in his clients. I'm really having a hard time with this because eating protein and veggies all the time is monotonous. Has anyone else struggled with this?

how far out from surgery are you?

3 and a half months out

For the most part, dry and crunchy things have a lot of calories, and you can eat a lot of them. After WLS, you will never, ever be able to eat 1,000 calories of chicken or steak in one sitting. Probably not half that, even if you tried. And you would feel full for hours after, just making an attempt.

But crackers, chips, nuts? After six months or a year, you could probably mindlessly eat 2,000 calories in a sitting, and an hour later you'd be starving for more. These are probably a couple of the reasons your doctor wants you to avoid them.

I never touched those things until I reached my maintenance weight. And I eat them carefully, usually in small packages that I can control my portions. 

Some things I can have around and control myself. With other foods, I would just eat them until they were gone.

If I were you, I would abstain completely for now. The clock is ticking, and you want to drop your excess weight as quickly as you can, while it's easy to do. You can think about adding something down the road, but be really careful. I've seen more people start to regain lots of weight with dry and crunchy things than anything else, by far.

I learned the hard way, not to have nuts in my house. Right now, I am better off with monotonous.

Okay I am cutting off all the dry and crunchy until I hit my goal weight.

I think it depends if they are trigger foods for you.  I ate 4 reduced fat triscuits with 1 mini babybel lite for breakfast during much of my losing stage.  Also ate some wheat thins at times.  Another yummy crunchy option is kashi cereal (1/8 cup mixed into yogurt).  My nut does not prohibit carbs and these were all allowed as they are anti-deprivation.  Of course, you need to listen to your doctor, but maybe check with your nutritionist as well and they could incorporate some crunch for you.

My surgeon said I could eat almonds when I mentioned missing crunchy foods.  I was never a fan of nuts but they do satisfy me and I am not tempted to eat too many.  I am 7 weeks out.  

He is absolutely correct because food is for nourishment not entertainment like so many people use it. As far as food goes boring is best now you can add spices and seasonings but it still will never taste like crunchy and dry.

I don't know if they are high calorie, but maybe you can check out those dehydrated veggies.  They are crunchy and salty.  Not the veggie chips, but the actual vegetables that they freeze dry.