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So I am 5 1/2 weeks post yay 52lb down .

I felt like creating this thread to get ideas from you guys on what to eat. So many times I find myself stuck and I have so many questions so for all yall in the same spot as me feel free to find out .

Today im gonna ask what about rice cakes are those ok?

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I'd say no, just cause they can expand with juice in your tummy.

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Do they even have any nutritional value at all?

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Wheat thins or melba toast

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I was trying to figure out what to eat with Peanut Butter

Celery, carrots, endive, apple, baked sweet potato "fries", pear slices

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Thanks everybody on out in but the melba toast that is awesome um. I also bought the celery strawberries and pears. I am going to try strawberries and pears with Peanut Butter do guys have any other suggestions

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Peanut Butter is really good on Apple slices...did you buy some apples?

I really like that combo :)

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At five and a half weeks it is good to eat carrots apples and strawberries.? I have a no no list for the first six months I don't know where I put it. Darn. Celery is to stringy and chewy. My dies is so limited and I am almost five months post op. not too many things go down.

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Whoa. Bad advice in my opinion. NO BERRIES, as the seeds can get caught in your new tummy surtures. NO raw vegtables for six months per several surgeons advice. These are hard to break down on the new tummy. Yes, I actually craved salad those first few months.

Next, your main goal is protien. Until you hit that 60gm of Protein you don't consider a meal that does not give you 15 gm of Protein per 100 calories escpecially in the small quantities new sleevers eat.

What VSG eating guide are you following? Did your surgeon say okay to berries and raw vegtables or fruits? I can give you various VSG diet plans...none recommend berries, rice cakes, popcorn, wheat thins, or carrots in any of these VSG post op diet plans each written by different surgeons across the country.

Sorry, just a little shocked. Hugs and good luck to you!

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Whoa. Bad advice in my opinion. NO BERRIES' date=' as the seeds can get caught in your new tummy surtures. NO raw vegtables. [/quote']

I would agree if she were earlier out. But at 5.5 weeks her suture line is healed. No worries with the seeds now. But do take it slow. As berries are high sugar, and everybody reacts differently to different foods.

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OTR, I respectfully disagree. Our tummies heal at different rates. Surgeons suture our sleeves in different manners. Most surgeons are overly cautious and advise no berries with seeds for several months after surgery.

Same with raw vegtables. Most advise eating none for months. The new stomach is required to make a lot of acid to break down those raw vegatables.

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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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