Hi, I was just wondering from those of you that are eating salads, how much can you eat? I make a salad with a cup of lettuce, 4 oz of fake crab, 1/4 of a tomato, 1/4 of a bell pepper with some free thousand island ( just an example) and I can eat most of it...it takes about a hour, sometimes a hour an 15-20. Just wondering?

Im three months out and tried eating a Caesar salad last week as my first restaurant meal, it was THE worst choice ever, I had two mouthfuls which I chewed to oblivion and had to stop, I took a good 5 minutes in between those two mouthfuls, nothing to drink at all but STILL I had cramps for an hour afterwards. Not sure if me and lettuce will ever try out our romance again. (also, I didn't eat the croutons thinking I had to resist carb temptation when I probably should've just had them instead!)

I actually do really well with lettuce I can get in a few cups in...

I don't eat lettuce at all. I'll eat all of the other stuff like eggs, cheese, broccoli, tomato and cucumber, but lettuce has no nutritional value, IMO. If I'm getting a salad as part of my meal, I'll ask the server for no lettuce and dressing on the side... then I use the dressing as a dip for the raw veggies. I've had some spring mix, but I just didn't really like it.

It definitely depends on your lettuce choice. Iceberg carries no nutritive value but is mostly water romaine and spinach or even spring mix have a lot of vitamin a and beta carotene and other values that help with hair growth because everytime I read about hair growth they say lots of water and leafy green vegetables try others butter lettuce and Boston Bibb are tasty

sorry to go off topic, but what does IMO mean??

In my opinion.

In my opinion.

thanks

Thanks all!

I can probably eat a 1/2 cup of lettuce at 8.5 months. That being said, my program has very strict guidelines on how long to eat - you should take no more that 30 mins to eat, if you do, your stomach begins to empty and that is why you are able to fit more in and it can lead to overeatting. Also, I eat veggies and lettuce for the Fiber more than anything else and lettuce and leafy greens are a great source.

Hi, I was just wondering from those of you that are eating salads, how much can you eat? I make a salad with a cup of lettuce, 4 oz of fake crab, 1/4 of a tomato, 1/4 of a bell pepper with some free thousand island ( just an example) and I can eat most of it...it takes about a hour, sometimes a hour an 15-20. Just wondering?

Thanks for the info Libbe!

I am like Lissa in the way that if I get a salad, I eat mall the other stuff on top before I eat the lettuce. But then I will eat a little of the lettuce. I have no problems with any salads. hey are a slider food for me. I found that I do not like to chew iceberg lettuce. So now I but chopped romaine or butter lettuce, or spinach.

I am fairly new to this, but what is a "slide food"? I hear it mentioned a lot and don't understand what it means.

Thanks

I am fairly new to this, but what is a "slide food"? I hear it mentioned a lot and don't understand what it means.

Thanks

Slider foods are those that don't fill you up. You wind up eating more because you don't get full but you still absorb the calories.

I can fit around 3 round slices of tomato, a couple TB of feta cheese, and a few bites of lettuce with vinaigrette, and that just about does it. I'm guesstimating that's around 2/3 c. My sleeve still has a fairly small capacity, though. It took a long time for my sleeve to tolerate them--probably 6 months or so after surgery. There are veggies that I still don't tolerate well--raw carrot, raw onion, cooked or raw cauliflower, raw broccoli--but I eat fruit and veggies/salad routinely.