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I'm getting sleeved on July 10th. We planted a huge garden this year, including 22 heirloom Tomato plants. Realistically, is there any chance that I will be able to eat any of them? They'll probably be ready to eat around the beginning of August, but they're indeterminate and will produce until frost (I'm in northern Illinois, so October). So, 3 months out from my surgery.

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they might make a good sauce? I don't really consider them really tough foods like...say chicken. I mean when sliced they're fairly mushy. I bet you have a fair chance, you probably just won't be able to eat a lot of them. Post surgery folk would know better.

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3 months out, you should be able to eat some Tomato, either sliced or as a sauce. I ate tomato sauce during my mushy stage in Egg Face's Lasagna bites. Of course, one can of tomato sauce (6 oz) lasts me 3 or 4 servings now. So, you won't be doing volume on them anytime soon. :)

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I'm definitely planning to make lots of sauce, Soups, etc... and I've read that you can freeze them.

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I've been eating tomatoes regularly once I started solids phase. Just be careful with the skin.

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You could always "can" them yourself. They sell small canning jars.

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I am a serious Tomato lover. I actually was able to eat tomato 4 wks postop. I avoided the skin and it was just a couple bites, but I loved it!

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I having been eating tomatoes since week 5 without problems. They are so good! I might even eat them to much. I will slice some up with my Protein of chicken, fish or steak and I know your always supposed to eat protein first but I always sneak in a little Tomato. The only probs I have are I don't like the way eggs feel some times and chicken that is not moist enough. Oh and Water first thing in the morning almost makes me gag. But that could be psycological lol. I am about 8 1/2 weeks out and down 63 lbs since surgery. Love the sleeve : )

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Tomatoes are acidic, but if you are using a PPI and can tolerate it, you should have little problem with them. As noted before, sometimes I have to spit out the skins if they don't go down. But that is not big deal. Tomatoes are just like candy to me, so I pop the little cherry tomatoes when they are available. Kathe

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I am a serious Tomato lover. I actually was able to eat tomato 4 wks postop. I avoided the skin and it was just a couple bites, but I loved it!

Me 2... I don't eat much but I have had tomato in Soups and sliced when I could start w/ mushy and solids.

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I do eat them with a little slice of meat and a tiny bit of cheese :) I'm almost 6 weeks out.

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I would also look into making salsa I LOVE salsa with my cottage cheese. and Cottage cheese is a good source of Protein for me.

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I crave tomatoes i ate them a few weeks out no problem. Every one is different.

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I eat tomatoes all the time.....but they do give me reflux unfortunately. I'm three months out.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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