i am just wondering when will i be able to eat a lil more than what ive been eating which is nothing,lmao!!! im only 4 days post op, so just wondering? my wt was 349 and im already down to 330, everything is going good just need to learn to chew really good. my doc said by the 4th day to try soft mashed potatoes and i did and i felt like i was gonna hurl then i had some wierd saliva looking crap come out, someone please help!!!

I'm three days post op, and my doctor says that I can't have any thick liquids like mashed potatoes until the middle of the second week. I've been eating / drinking things like protein shakes, puree'd soup, sugar free popsicles and thin pudding, plus water of course. That's about it. I've had no pain or regurgitation. I don't think I'd want to try mashed potatoes yet. I would say that if you can't eat it yet, don't! Just go back to the easier things to eat until you are ready.

I couldn't have any sort of food until 2 weeks past surgery. If you tried mashed potatoes and it didn't go down so well, stick to your protein shakes for a few more days. You don't want to disrupt the healing of your band site.

Agreed with everyone above. Go slow, don't push it and remember that part of the problem we have is not that we're starving - but it sure feels like it sometimes - but it's that we can't have the food we were so used to eating. Go read. Take a walk. Start knitting - you're a guy - guys knit. Go see a movie. Don't let yourself sit too long thinking about the food you're not having. Take it slow, slow, slow in the beginning!