Can we have something solid to eat along with say a broth or tomato soup? The no liquid with food has me questioning if I shouldn't have anything solid with my soup. Is this okay?

How far out are you? I starting adding mushies to soup (soft tofu, cooked mushrooms, very cooked asparagus) at about 4 weeks out. But not in the first 2 weeks post-op. Now, I eat Soups all the time. Preferably, you still want to limit HOW MUCH liquid makes up the soup and count it towards your meal. For example, I can eat about 4-5oz of solids comfortably now, so when I have soup I try to estimate that solids (chicken, veggies, etc.) make up about 3oz and the broth is about 2-3oz. If it's a heartier soup like a low-fat clam chowder, then I can usually only do about 4oz.

Remember to chew the solids!

How far out are you? I starting adding mushies to soup (soft tofu' date=' cooked mushrooms, very cooked asparagus) at about 4 weeks out. But not in the first 2 weeks post-op. Now, I eat soups all the time. Preferably, you still want to limit HOW MUCH liquid makes up the soup and count it towards your meal. For example, I can eat about 4-5oz of solids comfortably now, so when I have soup I try to estimate that solids (chicken, veggies, etc.) make up about 3oz and the broth is about 2-3oz. If it's a heartier soup like a low-fat clam chowder, then I can usually only do about 4oz.

Remember to chew the solids![/quote']

Thank you! I am 4 weeks out as well. I was sleeved on may 15th. Everything you mentioned sounds good to me!

I was actually told "NO SOUPS!" At all! LOL. My surgeon wanted me to follow low-carb, high Protein. So even during my liquids stage I had to stay away from soups... at that point I pretty much only did Water and Protein drinks.

Now that I am 9 months out... I would not chose to have soup because mixing solids and liquids hurts my sleevie. And it causes me to have hiccoughs.

Also, unlike lessofme.... I can only eat 2-3 oz of anything solid at a time... so that really limits the amount of protein I can eat at one time. I simply don't have room for any extra liquids. I have to really focus in order to get my protein and water in.

I was actually told "NO SOUPS!" At all! LOL. My surgeon wanted me to follow low-carb' date=' high Protein. So even during my liquids stage I had to stay away from soups... at that point I pretty much only did Water and protein drinks.

Now that I am 9 months out... I would not chose to have soup because mixing solids and liquids hurts my sleevie. And it causes me to have hiccoughs.

Also, unlike lessofme.... I can only eat 2-3 oz of anything solid at a time... so that really limits the amount of protein I can eat at one time. I simply don't have room for any extra liquids. I have to really focus in order to get my protein and water in.[/quote']

I can only eat about an ounce of solids at one time but at this point it seems to get stuck or feel stuck so I have been heating a small amount of soup with it to help. Im not consuming more than an ounce of soup if that along with an ounce of solid. But that being said, my weightloss has stalled and I started thinking "maybe the soup isn't a good idea?" ... There is so much to learn, just trying to make sure what I'm doing is okay with my new sleeve.