Ok, quick question for my fellow sleevers. Taking nutritional value out of the equation, shouldnt a gastric sleeve patient, when completely healed, be able to eat the same foods as before just less of it? I hear some people talk about food getting "hung". I think a lot of these people had the lapband. If i view our surgery correctly, everything works the same, just a smaller stomach. I know we all change our eating habits to get the most out of our surgery but i just wanted to know if i was correct in my thinking. Thanks again all!

Yes, that's the basic idea. although because of the smaller stomach size you need to make good choices to get proper nutrition. Though there may be some foods that you do not tolerate anymore, so cannot eat. So after you are healed and you want to have a few bites of someones birthday cake, provided you can tolerate it, you could do that. Just remember refined sugar will make you gain weight like nobodies business so try to avoid it as much as possible!!

I am out 14 weeks and I can eat anything I want. That is the way it is supposed to work. Just very small portions.

Yes and no.

You really do not want to be eating soft mushy stuff, even if it is only just a little bit, because it defeats the secondary purpose of the sleeve, which is KEEPING you full. In the beginning this doesn't really matter, but later on when things are going more smoothly those three bites of whatever it might be (for me, its cheesecake) turns into 4 bites, and guess what? ten minutes later you'll be able to have another 4 bites... before you know it, you've thrown down ALMOST like you used too with 2 moderately sized pieces of cheesecake... Not that I would know anything about that....

Now, that being said, yes, most of your days are going to look like normal foods, but just bear in mind that you should still avoid certain things because of their consistency.

Yes and no.

You really do not want to be eating soft mushy stuff, even if it is only just a little bit, because it defeats the secondary purpose of the sleeve, which is KEEPING you full. In the beginning this doesn't really matter, but later on when things are going more smoothly those three bites of whatever it might be (for me, its cheesecake) turns into 4 bites, and guess what? ten minutes later you'll be able to have another 4 bites... before you know it, you've thrown down ALMOST like you used too with 2 moderately sized pieces of cheesecake... Not that I would know anything about that....

Now, that being said, yes, most of your days are going to look like normal foods, but just bear in mind that you should still avoid certain things because of their consistency.

Now that Sounds like Good advice!

Yes & No, there are a whole list of things that I could eat B4 surgery that I can't eat now. I used to be a huge spicy foods eater and now I can only do a bite or 2 and my tummy's saying NO, NO, NO you don't. I haven't been able to eat cottage cheese at all since surgery. My taste buds have changed so much things now are super sweet, super sour. Even my nose is more alert to smells I would have not noticed b4 surgery. My 2 favorite flavors of Crystal Light make me throw up now even just one swallow, which sucks cus I bought a boat load of those b4 surgery. I am hoping after time and my tummy isn't new anymore and I can eat some of my pre surgery favorites. But ultamitly it's for my good if my tummy doesn't come back around to liking it then I guess it was meant for me not to eat :} Good luck with your journey

Yes and no.

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Amen! Haha all of the above is true. I

I no longer crave sugar, but it was one of the main things I ate before. Now I eat very little. I still have homemade candy and birthday cake in my freezer from Christmas and my bday in Jan. I don't like foods that are high in fat because they make me feel sick, but I can eat a very, very small bite or two and be OK. Nothing fried ...ick. Don't care to ever eat that again.

So yeah...pretty much you can eat whatever from before as long as it doesn't give you issues. I am actually HAPPY that certain foods are problematic and I hope that they continue to be that way. It makes me avoid them because I there is no positive payoff to consuming them, especially when it causes discomfort, heartburn, upset tummy, or severe gas.