Question:
1 week out how much can i drink and when can i have tuna/deli meats

my dr said to me to have baked potato , and cottage cheese and things along that line while nutritionist told me liquids. i am dying for something like even some veggie soup or chicken noodle when did you all progress to this stage    — pouchon8 (posted on April 2, 2008)

April 2, 2008
when on liquids you can have creamed soups, Jello and brooths. Just make sure you strain your soups so you don't get pieces in it.
   — Alvernlaw

April 2, 2008
I am 2 weeks out LapBand surgery today and I just started Phase 3-mushies. I can have low salt/low fat lunch meat (ham and turkey), cheese, baked potato or baked sweet potato. But I would go by what your doctor says as I have seen 2 bariatric surgeons and both diets were very different. Karen
   — Karen M.

April 2, 2008
I am surprised that your dr told you to have anything other than liquids a week after surgery. My dr. told me that you could tear the places he had sewn if you eat too early. Be careful. Don't rush into anything. Put some veggie soup in the blender. You get the taste without the roughage. Hang in there, the time will go by fast.
   — Claudia C.

April 2, 2008
Surgeon's have slightly different protocols on the diet the first few weeks out. Some want a liquid diet for two weeks---mine only asked for one week. Then I was onto soft foods-cottage cheese, soft cheeses, cream of wheat cereal, et. Other surgeons prefer a pureed diet next, where you blend every food you eat. I was allows soft veggies (steamed, etc.) before raw carrots, etc. Maybe you could blend some cream of chicken soup or veggie soup for the flavor??
   — Dave Chambers

April 2, 2008
Did you have lap band or gastric bypass? If bypass take your time going through the stages. The longer you stay on liquids and early stages the more weight you will loose. I am amazed at baked potato - that would be a later stage for bypass.
   — jannmyers

April 2, 2008
Everyone's Doc is diiferent, I was on clear in the hospital & at 5 days I was put on full liquids. I did great! I slowly progressed to soft like cottage cheese, homemade chicken broth with pastina pasta (tiny little balls), yogurt and applesauce. Good luck and do not hurry! Lori in Michigan
   — reretheplaylady

April 2, 2008
I am 4 weeks out with the VSG and it seems that everyone's doc is different. Week one was clear liquids. week 2 was FULL liquids for me. Week 3 the doc had me on "Soft Foods" that he identified as "Anything that wasn't Crunchy or Crispy" meaning like chips, fried chicken or fresh veggies. I am due to go back seen for my NEXT check up. I MAY be allowed to eat the "Crispy" foods at week 5 or 6, I don't know yet.
   — hubarlow

April 3, 2008
Baked potatos seems a really odd choice for so early. My doctor said two weeks of liquids, though he also said it was ok to move onto soft foods towards the end of the second week if I was really sick of liquids, and was careful. Things like a scrambled egg, pureed chili, refried beans, broth was fine then. I don't think a potato is a very good choice really - no protein, just empty calories, and I don't imagine it would go down that well. I would imagine mashed potatos would be much easier to eat but stlll not very good for us nutritionally; you want to focus on getting something with higher protein.
   — sandsonik