So I'm almost 3 weeks post op and I'm having some food issues.

Clearly my belly is not healed yet, so eating can still be very uncomfortable... despite that I'm still just on purees. My problem lies in what I'm eating.

The only thing so far that I can get down without so much discomfort is mashed potatoes. Even though I can only eat 1/4 cup at a time, I'm afraid of not losing weight with this. Am I right to worry??? Should I just stick to liquids until my stomach can tolerate more???

My surgery was 3-7-2013. I can eat more than just liquid now. My favorite is 4 chicken nuggets chargrilled from chickfla! I can only 2 two wait 30 min. then eat the next two. I foound lots of receipes from this site. On the top you will find some. I can only eat a 1/3 of a cup but I can eat! This is just what i do. I did try to drink some water with food. No No.. I did throw up. Good luck

At three weeks, I was only able to tolerate Protein Drinks and Cream of Mushroom/Cream of chicken Soup. That was pretty much my diet for weeks 3 and 4.

As far as the mashed potatoes, it's the total amount you're eating per day that you should track. If your getting your recommended grams of Protein in, then you probably aren't going to have much room for potatoes.