I'm on puree and really miss my veggies. Has anyone juiced on puree or stage 4? I feel constipated (sorry...tmi) and would rather make a nice juice with leafy greens and apple (I could add my unflavored protein to it- so healthy!) I just don't know if sleeve can tolerate such a high level of minerals at once since puree stage has canned veggies as preferred (besides corn and beans, what else tastes good from a can?)

My sugeon recommended stage one or two in gerber baby food. If you decide to use a blender and make your own it has to be pudding consistency.Vegetables are not to be added until the 5th or 6th week after surgery. Vegetables must be cooked very well and chopped fine. Every surgeon is different. You may want to check with them to see if its okay. My nutritionist recommened V8 juice too. That has variety of vegetables in it. Celery and sweet potato is not recommended! It will not go well with the sleeve.

I'm pre-op but plan to juice veggies after. I got the ok from my NUT & surg already. They said as long as I wasn't having any physical/medical issues after, & could get my Protein in, then there shouldn't be any problem with using low starch veggie's juices to blend (instead of milk, for example).

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I'm on puree and really miss my veggies. Has anyone juiced on puree or stage 4? I feel constipated (sorry...tmi) and would rather make a nice juice with leafy greens and apple (I could add my unflavored Protein to it- so healthy!) I just don't know if sleeve can tolerate such a high level of minerals at once since puree stage has canned veggies as preferred (besides corn and beans' date=' what else tastes good from a can?)[/quote']

Juice away sweetie. I'm pretty sure the thinking behind the Canned vegetables is that they are usually pretty soft before cooking(yuk). Juicing removes much of the Fiber so not sure you should look to that as a long term answer to constipation.

My sugeon recommended stage one or two in gerber baby food. If you decide to use a blender and make your own it has to be pudding consistency.Vegetables are not to be added until the 5th or 6th week after surgery. Vegetables must be cooked very well and chopped fine. Every surgeon is different. You may want to check with them to see if its okay. My nutritionist recommened V8 juice too. That has variety of vegetables in it. Celery and sweet potato is not recommended! It will not go well with the sleeve.

I didn't know that about sweet potato. I've been eating them since around my third week.

Just bought some baby food-fruit (prunes with applesauce) and oatmeal. Also found Greek yogurt with strained fruit for toddlers! Yaaa! I do have my checkup w/ surgeon and nut this Tuesday, so I'm hoping to add more foods. Texture is still bothersome to me, like regular oatmeal and pastina. But if I can have mayo, then I'll have tuna fish. I'm so tired of having shakes to get most of my protein in. I need tomato based sauces and soups in my life again! (So dramatic, I know! But chicken and eggs aren't cutting it for me! I need beans and shellfish!)

I've kept baby food in the fridge and continue to eat it from time to time. I really like the oatmeal and apple and the all natural versions with no added sweetener as well as the peas, though they all need salt imo.

There are some by Gerber that I can't take where they have added sweet potato in with the chicken to make it sweet and it just was not made for an adult palate, or at least not mine.

If I have two of the little containers open for supper, I can't eat it all.

My NUT actually has 1/2 a sweet potato on the suggested foods list for week 4 and 5...

I made a huge pot of minestrone soup today with tons of fresh veggies-so excited for dinner. Well, I guess I'm not ready for tomato! First time I got sick since surgery. I pureed the soup in my bullet and after about 4 baby tsps. felt it coming up! It was so good too! Darn it! But maybe too spicy-peppercinos, balsamic vinegar, garlic and onion plus plum tomatoes and the beans snd veggies. So disappointed!

Cambells tomato soup the kind you add water too works for me the other kinds that come straight from the can are usualy too spicy or thick for me.

I puréed green beans n beets from a can. Then after 4 days I just started mushing and chewing them really well cause they r so soft. After my protein I can only eat 2 small bites of them anyways