Anyone else dealt with fear transitioning to the next food phase post op? I have had no problem with the liquid phase and really don't desire anything more at this point. I'm allowed to start soft foods tomorrow but I find myself really nervous about it. With the liquid phase I haven't really felt the restriction yet but I have measured everything to make sure I don't overdo it. Maybe it's fear of the unknown? Maybe fear of failure? I don't know...just curious if anyone can relate?

Moving on to soft/puréed wasn't too successful for me the first week. I am into week two of it now and I can eat sometimes, but liquids are still better. Restriction doesn't happen until food happens, so don't worry yet!

Try one food at a time. I was most successful with really soft scrambled eggs and thin mashed potatoes.

I did eat 1/3 of a crab cake last night! Huge food victory for me.

Take your time and move slowly.

If you don't feel ready to progress to the next stage then don't. I took a couple of extra days at a few of the phases because I knew I wasn't ready. When I did progress I took it slowly and did fine. Don't rush it, you will have the rest of your life to eat all foods.

I think it is very common to feel that way. I remember being apprehensive about moving on to the next phase that somehow I would be the only person in the world that wouldn't lose weight if I did. LOL! Take it slow, but follow your doctor and NUTs recommendations, it works! I am 8 months out and just upped my calories in the last month and I am still nervous about it, that it will stall my weight loss but I am actually finding the opposite, now that I have upped the calories (and the exercise) I am still losing at a steady pace.

So don't let your mind psych you out. Take your time transitioning, but transition. You will do great!

I cant say that I was scared...I have done extremely well on the pureed/mushy food stage. Have not been ill yet....that being said I would be more afraid of going on to real foods 2 weeks from now.

I am supposed to start puréed and soft foods tomorrow too. Totally afraid of what will happen, barf, choke, blow stitches. I'm a little high strung though; I was afraid to try yogurt and it turned out to be a non-event.

I just started full liquids today jumped right into it and I have to say no problem with lean body chocolate Protein shake! The hard part is sipping it and calculating how many protein grams per ounces... I made up a sheet that has numbers on it stating one through 70 for protein and one through 70 for liquid intake and I mark off every ounce or every gram of protein i take each today to keep track of those amounts

Because of my history with the band I didnt want to go to the next stage either. I felt like I was doing fine right here and I didn't want to push my luck. I was so afraid of vomiting like with the band and I didn't want to go there with the sleeve, but it's different and everything went very smoothly Just listen to your sleeve. It will tell you what's up.

I was initially afraid to move to the soft food stage but eased myself into. I went from 3 Protein shakes to 2 Protein Shakes with 1 soft meal to 2 soft meals with 1 shake or yogurt. I still struggle with eating 3 meals but won't snack because I am afraid it will hamper my weight loss. I did slip a couple times when I hit a stall or wasn't losing as fast as I wanted. When that happened, I went back to 3 shakes or yogurts only again and then had to wean myself off to eat again. This is something I think I may struggle with for awhile.

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FYI... Made a bunch of mushy goop tonight in prep for tomorrow. Cheated and had a tiny taste of each, I survived.