I still plan on following the post-op diet recommended by my surgeon, but I was just thinking about how every surgeon seems to have a different recommendation. I ended up switching surgeons along the way, and the diet recommended by the original one is very different than the one that I ended up going with. I thought it would be interesting to hear what everyone else did post-op...

Here's my diet:

Week 1 - Week 3: liquid only

Week 4 - Week 6: Mushy foods, like pudding or yogurt

Week 7 - Week 9: Soft foods, like scrambled eggs

Week 10 - Week 12: Soft foods, like hard boiled eggs

Week 13 - Regular food

Week 1 & 2: Clear Liquids AND skim milk, thin yogurt, Protein Drinks for Protein

Week 3 & 4: All liquids; plus runny oatmeal, pudding, blended Soups

Weeks 5-9: Soft foods

After 9 weeks: normal food!

It seems like ages since I was going through all that. I had to look at the handout to refresh my memory about how long I was on each stage.

Mine was the same as Quakergirl's.

Here was my diet:

1st week - clear liquids

2nd week- creamy liquids

3rd week- pureed foods

4th week-solids

9 weeks sounds like a bypass post op diet. I don't know how anyone could do 9 weeks til solids without a fill or appetite supressants. Now I don't think someone should be eating steak at 2 weeks, but I was eating soft foods including cheese and soft meats in week three.

I also did not have a preop diet either.

Babs in TX

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-71 pounds

6/23/03

1week-liquid, runny creamy

2--week mushi, yougurt cottage cheese, farina, eggs, tried pita few pita chips, mash potato

3-d week, planning to eat tuna salad, crab salad, egg salad, and maybe chicken

4-th week solids!

This is the nutritionists recommendation:

week 1: liquids

week 2-3: Mushy foods

week 4: More mushy food + fruit

week 5-6: More mushy food with hard fruits

week 7: regular food

This is the band manufacturer recommendation:

Liquids for 3 to 4 days then to solid food

s is what I did:

4 days of liquid

5 days of soft mushy food

and start normal food but very carefully.

Mary

This is the nutritionists recommendation:

week 1: liquids

week 2-3: Mushy foods

week 4: More mushy food + fruit

week 5-6: More mushy food with hard fruits

week 7: regular food

This is the band manufacturer recommendation:

Liquids for 3 to 4 days then to solid food

This is what I did:

4 days of liquid

5 days of soft mushy food

and start normal food but very carefully.

Mary

Originally posted by BEBBLY

This is the nutritionists recommendation:

week 1: liquids

week 2-3: Mushy foods

week 4: More mushy food + fruit

week 5-6: More mushy food with hard fruits

week 7: regular food

This is the band manufacturer recommendation:

Liquids for 3 to 4 days then to solid food

This is what I did:

4 days of liquid

5 days of soft mushy food

and start normal food but very carefully.

Mary

This is the band manufacturer recommendation:

Liquids for 3 to 4 days then to solid food

Mary,

I have my patient handbook from the manufacturer right here. It very clearly says that weeks 1-4 are for liquid and very soft food then they go on to list examples like Soup (no vegetables), yogurt, milk & Jello.

Then they go on to say that weeks 4 to 6 are for thicker foods etc... I don't see anywhere where they recommend solid food after 3 to 4 days... My band book is by Bioentrics (Ihamed)... Do you have a different band?

Jamie

Hi Jaime,

Yes I had the Midband. So the instructions are different.

On page 12 of the hand book it says:

The day after the operation: liquids only (water, milk, tea, broth)

The 3rd, 4th and 5th days: semi-liquids only (thinck soups, purees, yogurts, baby foods)

Then eat as normal but:

1- Stop eating as soon as you feel satisfied.

2- Everyday you must have some animal Protein.

3- Drink between meals, and never fizzy drinks.

I think it may have to do with the fact that the midband is flexible and it is not a rigid ring placed around the stomach.

I was also sent this great CD that goes through the entire procedure. The CD was made for physicians because it does get technical as well but I got it through my dad who is a doctor. So instructions are different from band to band and also from one doctor to the next.

I have been reading other posts and I do notice that my instructions were not as rigid as others. May be it was because I did not have as much weight to lose so they didn't need to put me on such a restricted diet after the surgery. I don't know....

Mary

wow, everyones is so different....

week 1: just water and crystal lite

week 2-3: just water , crystal lite and protein skakes (2 times a day)

week 4-5: mushy foods

wek 6 : regular food.

(no carbs and no sugar at all till you reach goal)

No carbs and no sugar until you reach goal? An Atkins diet? If we could do a strict phase 1 Atkins diet (for a looooong time, since you mentioned it is until you are at goal) then why would we need to be banded in the first place? That one makes no sense to me. It sounds more like a bypass surgeon's reccommendations. Lots of bypass patients can't tolerate sugars and dump, so they are told to stay away from them. The point of the band is to be able to eat all the normal foods we would (but choose healthier, of course), though in smaller portions.

14 days of clear liquids only

14 days of full liquids

14 days of soft foods

Then gradually reintroduce solids as tolerated

banded Tuesday May 22nd-Clear Liquids for 2 days then & currently-liquids, cream soups, yogurt, jello for total of 21 days then more mushey stuff. I've been seeing some weird things, like someone eating mashed potatoes isn't that how we got big in the first place )o:

Anyway I'm glad I found this site & no others are hungry, gasey also LOL It will all be worth one day....(o:

i agree with u on what u said about it seeming strange....and it was hard the first week. The doctor is only lap band not gastric. he is suppose to have the highest success rate. i resurched him and it seems to be true maybe it has to do with the diet he has us on. i weighed in today and lost 16 lbs this week, it was a struggle but deff worth it!!!

banded Tuesday May 22nd-Clear Liquids for 2 days then & currently-liquids, cream soups, yogurt, Jello for total of 21 days then more mushey stuff. I've been seeing some weird things, like someone eating mashed potatoes isn't that how we got big in the first place )o:

Anyway I'm glad I found this site & no others are hungry, gasey also LOL It will all be worth one day....(o:

The first six weeks after banding isn't about losing weight, it's about healing. food choices are limited. Most docs allow people what works during the healing phase. Better to have them eat calorie unfriendly foods vs. band unfriendly foods during this phase as it is soooo critical.

Any weight loss during the healing stage is typically considered a bonus.