My surgery was on August 14th I can eat anything my family eats just in smaller portions. I just had baked chicken stuffing and red potatoes. I had the amount that my three year old eats about an hour ago and I feel great. Yesterday I ate half of a crab cake with ease and even had some (3) pita chips with hummus and I felt full but no pain. I wonder if I should call my NUT and ask am I'm over doing it or should I continue as I feel great ?

you are playing rush and roulette with your stomach. You are risking a tear in your staples and your new tummy. I hope you will reconsider eating like this.....better safe then dead!

Every time you eat something that isn't puréed or mushy this early, you greatly increase your risk of a leak, until weeks 6-8. It's not worth it. Take the food they are eating and purée it. Even that would help prevent a leak. Be careful! Leaks will land you in the hospital for quite some time. I watched someone go through this and it's nothing to mess with.

I totally agree, it is not worth a leak and it does take time for the stomach to heal. Take your time, you will feel better about it in the long run

No I'm a hard head I'm suppose to be on puréed at this point. I have been doing alot of soups and protein shakes but I wanted some nourishment some "real " food so I ate it and I feel great . I do alot of exercise 2 hours on the treadmill broken into two parts 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening and all is good and my scales are still going down grow 247 to 215.5 this morning

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. There is a reason why you need to follow the eating plan set out by your NUT. Slow down, you will have lots of time, the rest of your life to eat with your family!!

I'm very mindful of carbs my NUT said I need at least 150 every day and I'm sure I'm there. As far as protein I'm getting in about 50-60 grams everyday. I need to do better with water it seems like I do better at work with the water becuase I'm sipping all day.

Whoa are you sure she said 150 grams of carbs? That is way too many to be a low carb, high protein diet. Protein should be 60 grams or more. Review your guidelines that you must have received. Don't mess with this, you are in this to lose weight not do what your friends say or have done. Be a leader for yourself!

My nut told me 120 carbs. I know it's lower than 150 but I always thought that was too high. I stay at 70 usually.

I couldn't consume 150 carbs right now if I wanted to . I mean you can only eat a few bites of anything. You guys had a point , I will admit I had a rough time getting dinner to settle , I had to run a mile literally to digest it. I'll be back on the protein shakes in the morning. Dang this first month is hard . I think I'll wait until week five to start eating solids again as I was told . Forgive me guys I'm a little hard headed

We were sleeved same day!! I too feel great. Have had no pain, no problems getting protein and fluids. While I "feel" like I can and want to eat normal, they were very clear-it's not due to pain. They don't want your baby stomach digesting. You want fluid to move right through without "churning". Because the staple and glue line is healing. The more your stomach twists and squeezes against food this early, the higher the likelihood of a leak. It's just 3-4 more weeks. Totally worth the wait. My nutritionist said if you must-chew food and spit it out. Don't work your baby stomach before its ready.

We were sleeved the same day too. I have kept to my plan and literally counting the days till Tuesday when I can start pureedMushy food. I'm so eager to add more of a selection of food to my "can eat" menu. I can relate to feeling so good too. I feel as if I didn't have any type of surgery other than the big reminder that I can eat only so much before getting full. I dont like that heavy full feeling (I over did it with my soup and thought I was going to throw up, but thank God I didnt). Hang in there, we're almost to the next phase in our meal plan!

I couldn't consume 150 carbs right now if I wanted to . I mean you can only eat a few bites of anything. You guys had a point , I will admit I had a rough time getting dinner to settle , I had to run a mile literally to digest it. I'll be back on the protein shakes in the morning. Dang this first month is hard . I think I'll wait until week five to start eating solids again as I was told . Forgive me guys I'm a little hard headed

I am glad that you are deciding to go back, I was really worried about you! it is hard because we all had the surgery for pretty much the same reason......a severe problem with food addiction. you can do this, just give yourself a little time to heal

Im' 2 weeks 4 days post op. I eat whatever I want with no problems. However, I puree them as instructed. I also don't eat any bread, Pasta, patatoes or corn. I get plenty of flavor with all the variety but everything is pureed. I will start soft food in 2 days. I also feel that I could eat regular food but I know that this surgery was expensive, my life is important and not following the directions could cause not only short term but possibly long term complications. Give your body a chance to heal, you are worth it! The weight will come off focus more on your Water thats also very important.

Good luck!