Question:
At 2 wks post-op can we lick reduced fat peanut butter off of a spoon?

   — Kelli G. (posted on August 8, 2003)

August 8, 2003
It depends on what type of diet your doctor has you on. As soon as I was released from the hospital I was on pureed foods and could have peanut butter, I chose the creamy natural kind because it doesn't have any added sugar. I mixed 1 tbsp with 1/4 c of baby food bananas, microwaved a couple seconds so it melted together then put it in the freezer to make it a cool treat. After a week I was eating peanut butter on 1/2 banana. Eating right of the spoon works good too:) Enjoy!
   — Sarahlicious

August 8, 2003
Be easy with it! Try only one or two small licks at first, okay? See my second profile (under sharon m. brittain) for a good diet to follow, it tells you when you should try some things, at what stage, etc... good luck!
   — Sharon m. B.

August 8, 2003
i was discharged in three days and sent home eating peanut bytter by licking it from a spoon.
   — Delores S.

August 8, 2003
I would avoid low-fat products in general, they add sugar. Natural smooth peanut butter is best.
   — mrsmyranow

August 8, 2003
Hi Kelli- If the reduced fat type turns out to be too much sugar, the natural peanut butter sweetened with Splenda is very tasty. It was one of my favorite Atkin's snacks :o)
   — Mea A.

August 9, 2003
Sure you can! Just by the natural peanut butter by Smuckers. I use it to make into little balls, sweetened with Splenda and add crushed peanuts and roll in cocoa powder or unsweetened coconut. Refridgerate them and enjoy for an occasional bite-I consider them part of a protein meal. Diane N http://www.WeightlossSurgery.ws
   — DianeN

August 10, 2003
actually ... peanut butter saved me. Skippy has these "tubes" of peanut butter (less than one ounce each, but handy to carry around with you). for some reason, food (and protein shakes, etc.) just seemed to be going through me too fast ... I actually dumped from a protein shake (go figure)! I also felt nauseated all the time. Anyway ... I had a tube of the peanut butter (I think only 4 gr sugar) ... and it stuck with me and satisfied me (I didn't have that gnawing feeling of being nauseated). I told my nutritionist afterward, and she said it was ok ... I don't have peanut butter too frequently, but its there if I need it!
   — Karyn B

August 11, 2003
It depends on what your doc says you can have. My surgeon sends us home on soft foods so I ate it about 2 or 3 weeks out when I got a craving for it. I never really liked peanut butter much before but after surgery I found I cant live without it. Even now I have a spoon full almost every day for one of my snacks. ~Sidney~ Open RNY 10-23-02 down 110+ and counting
   — Siddy I.