I am 7 days post-op and hungry. I am on the full liquid stage and its hard because I am so finicky. I have a hard time with textures so whats on the meal plan is not to my liking. for instance: Jello, pudding, cream of wheat, cream of rice.... and I am so sick of carnation instant Breakfast just thinking about it gags me.

I have been eating creamy potato Soup ( with no chunks) but even that is getting old and I have 7 more days of this stage.

what am I going to do? please help!!!

Each doctor has a little different routine to follow. But for now, on a full liquid diet you are usually good eating the following things:

• Water
  
• Fruit juices, including nectars and juices with pulp
  
• Butter, margarine, oil, cream, custard, and pudding
  
• Plain ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet.
  
• Fruit ices and popsicles
  
• Sugar, honey, and syrups
  
• Soup broth (bouillon, consommé, and strained cream soups -- but NO solids)
  
• Sodas, such as ginger ale and Sprite
  
• 
  

Just re reading this and wanted to ask about the sodas part - I have been told repeatedly soda is a HUGE no no with the band. Does your dr. say those are ok? I'm just surprised.

Summer, I have never heard of a doctor allowing carbonation post op. You might want o check with your dr again.

nor have i and i know butter is/was to be used very sparingly.

I didn't read that closely enough -- just took it off a liquid diet site. Most dr's say no to carbonation right away. However, mine allows it now if I can handle it (I'm nearly two years out though). Sorry for the confusion

Just re reading this and wanted to ask about the sodas part - I have been told repeatedly soda is a HUGE no no with the band. Does your dr. say those are ok? I'm just surprised.

Agree about the soda since the carbonation is risky. It can make your band expand leading to a slipped band. Not a good thing.

Also, ice cream is considered a slider food. You can gain weight by eating a lot of it.

Each doctor has a little different routine to follow. But for now' date=' on a full liquid diet you are usually good eating the following things:

[*']Water

[*]Fruit juices, including nectars and juices with pulp

[*]Butter, margarine, oil, cream, custard, and pudding

[*]Plain ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet.

[*]Fruit ices and popsicles

[*]Sugar, honey, and syrups

[*]Soup broth (bouillon, consommé, and strained cream soups -- but NO solids)

[*]Sodas, such as ginger ale and Sprite

[*]Gelatin (Jell-O)

[*]Boost, Ensure, Resource, Sustacal. and other liquid supplements

[*]Tea or coffee with cream or milk and sugar or honey

Ask your doctor if you can include these foods in your full liquid diet:

[*]Cooked, refined cereals, such as Cream of Wheat, cream of rice, oatmeal, grits, or farina

[*]Strained meats, like the ones in baby food

[*]Potatoes pureed in soup

Once you're able to move onto mushies/soft foods you'll be able to add more foods and they will taste WONDERFUL ... tuna/ham salad type foods, potatoes with gravy, etc. Oftentimes people get so sick of the food they are currently on and move on to solid foods and it can hurt more than help. Keep going!

Hi summer

Did your doctor say you could have fruit juice ice cream ginger ale. I am confused I thought we were to avoid these and some others on your list.

Im so glad I found this site. I'm 9 days post op and I'm already sick of the shakes. I have 5 more days until I move onto mushy foods...at this point mushy never sounded so good. The 4th of July holiday was horrible being everyone was eating and there I was with my shake. I know I have to get through this and do as ordered by the doctors. Just been very tough. I dont think anyone likes the shakes lol....so I dont think one can be picky lol. I guess we all have to hang on and ride it out....together

I hated that stage. I was very hungry and it sucked. That phase was not fun but I lived through it. I don't like those types of food either. I ate alot fat free refried beans once I got to the mushy stage. I went to full liquids in day 2 and mushy foods were a few days after that so I wasn't tortured for long.

Good luck!

Tomato soup with "a dollup of daisy" and a sprinkle of shredded cheese - my favorite liquid meal!!

Be grateful for what you CAN have!! I was 2 weeks liquid diet PRE op and 2 weeks liquid POST op ( I'm on week 1 of the post op) and my liquids have been and are only shakes, SF jello/pocicles, broth, water!! I've been doing it for 3 weeks now and have one more week... So I know it's hard...but you have to concentrate on what you can have and think that it's temporary! Besides...how many people can say they survived a month of liquids?! I CAN! It feels good to accomplish soemthig that seemed so impossible at the beginning! So look at what u have done and be proud of yourself!

I'm 11 days out and totally feel ya. I've been pushing thru the last few days by having yogurt for breakfast since that is the only thing that is close to having a real breakfast. I go use the elliptical around lunch time since I'm at home and then have a protein shake after. This part has been working well since afterwards I feel revved up on pushing myself to be healthier and I feel full after drinking it. Then by dinner... well... soup's on. By dinner I am tired of liquids but, hey!, we only have a few more days left of this! Keep you're chin up!