What was your timeline for progressing to solid food after surgery?

Day of Operation: Clear liquids

2 Days post-op: Full liquids

3 weeks post-op: Mushy

4th week post-op: Start experimenting with soft foods

What was your timeline for progressing to solid food after surgery?

My Doctor required the 2-2-2 plan:

2 weeks - Clear Liquids

2 weeks - Full Liquids

2 weeks - Mushies/Soft Food

Then a fill and onto solid foods

One week of "things that can go through a straw"

One week of mushies

Then onto solid foods

I am five days out from surgery and SICK of Soup. I just ate some SF Jel-O and it tasted like heaven.

When does the exhaustion go away?

Darr

Dear Cindyn: I am having my surgery this Friday, 28th and am so excited. I am glad to hear that you are doing well. I hope I do well. I have done well on the pre-diet. I wanted to tell you something my Phychologist told me. She said, the band is a tool. If we had to dig a hole, we would use a shovel not our hands. All we have to do to be successful is to make up our mind to use this tool so we will BE SUCCESSFUL! not if, maybe, WE WILL!. WE EITHER DECIDE WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS OR GO BACK BEING MISERABLE FAT. This has helped me through the pre-op diet. I hope this advice helps you too! I guess I am so ready for this journey. I threw my fat clothes magazines away, because I am not buying one more fat outfit. Nancy FTW

I had the Protein shake 2 weeks prior to banding, then:

2 weeks liquids

2 weeks mushies

1 week soft solids ( fish, stuff like that)

then solid food

Even though I am almost done with mushies, I find myself eating Soups still. I guess I got used to them....LOL

I had one day clear liquid, 4 weeks full liquid, 2 weeks mushy,

then solid food but no beef for 2 more weeks.

Oh StephM ..I am all excited to see someone else on here who also sees Dr. Krish! I love love love all the ladies in their office, since they're also patients, they can relate. It's awesome!

-Libby :peace:

My doctor is VERY conservative about introducing solid foods! Here's my schedule:

Clear Liquids -- 2 weeks

Full (blended) liquids -- 4 weeks

Soft foods -- until five MONTHS post-op

"Normal" foods -- after five months

He also doesn't allow calories from liquid -- that is, Protein shakes -- after the first six weeks.

He and his nutritionist said I will lose most of my weight in these first five months. This schedule gives me time to relearn how to eat and get used to my band and the adjustments.

Because I really don't want to experience being stuck, sliming, and PB'ing, this conservative approach is okay with me. But I'm a pretty boring eater and once I find some foods that I like that fit into this schedule, I can pretty much eat the same thing every day.

I was eating potato Soup 2 days after being banded and by weeks end was eating more solids but had to mush most of it.

By 2 weeks I was simply eating what I could tolerate.

5 days post op. My surgeon rules are first 3 days clear liquids next 4 days full liquids, week mushies, week soft, then regular.

I was prescribed diet stages as follows:

Liquid Clear - first two days after surgery during hospital stay

Liquid Foods - Weeks 1 & 2

Pureed/Mushy - Week 3

Soft/Chopped - Week 4

Regular - Week 5 forward

I think I might do the Pureed/Mushy foods for 2 weeks instead of only 1. I don't want to rush things.

Hi I was banded on Thus Nov 1st too! and I was too sick and tired of those liqids that I let myself eat some baby food today ..I am hoping I will be ok..but I guess I should stick to the liquids little bit more grrr

SO what are you allowed to eat now?

One week of "things that can go through a straw"

One week of mushies

Then onto solid foods

I am five days out from surgery and SICK of soup. I just ate some SF Jel-O and it tasted like heaven.

When does the exhaustion go away?

Darr

Nice blog...not make me happy to feel golf ball in my stomach also...but really optimistic! keep going

I only had 4 days on liquids because I was so hungry and feeling weak, I was allowed on to mushies 1 1/2 weeks early! But the ideas was: 1 1/2 - 2 weeks liquids, 2 weeks mushies, then gradually more and more solid.

My dr's plan was 1 week of clears, 1 week of full liquids, 1 week mushies/pureed, then regular food, or advance as I felt I needed too after the first week. I was eating regular food by end of week 2 without problems. I just chewed chewed chewed and was careful in types of food i ate.