I've got almost three weeks to go (six total) before transitioning from full liquids to regular foods. No fill until four days after that. I'm daydreaming about what I will eat but I know I'll have to take it easy. Thoughts? (Sorry, this is a real marathon and I'm doing well but getting impatient!)

I know how you feel. Im still on mushie food and ironically enough I can switch to regular food on april 9th, but my first fill is April 9th so 2 more days of liquids and 2 days of mushies before real food. I dream of real meat and veggies. At this point thats all im craving.

I started with tuna in water

I started with tuna in water

I was thinking more like lobster in drawn butter. Just kidding. Sorta.

Edited April 5, 201412 yr by JustWatchMe

My first meal after my band was pureed potatoes and pureed meat. I remember being very fearful of eating anything solid.

Nope, I've got my band but on the six-week full liquids protocol. Then regular food, then a fill four days later. What to chew, what to chew...

Edited April 5, 201412 yr by JustWatchMe

I assume you are on the blended/pureed foods right now?? At least, I hope so because 6 weeks of full liquids sounds like torture....The first non-liquid I had was pudding with protein powder mixed in. The first non-mushed up thing I ate after surgery was a salad believe it or not. I had been craving one for weeks lol

I'm craving salad so bad too but everything I eat that's not mushy kinda sits in my stomach

Btw... That lobster with butter sounds yummy lol

My NUT said soups and yogurt and broths and jello and pudding and protein shakes are okay for full liquids. My surgeon told me to stick to 800 calories a day and cut out the protein shakes. I'm compromising the two and have basically had one creamy soup and two shakes per day and buttermilk at night. I'm hungry but doing okay. Staying under 800 calories. April 24th I transition to regular food. That was the term they both used. I can't wait. I also found out from the NUT that this surgeon's protocol is to maximize post-op weight loss and get me a jump start before starting to eat again. It's doing that but boy, is it a long haul.

I had never been so excited to eat a scrambled egg in my life. I think that was first. It may have been yogurt. Funny, now I cannot tolerate scrambled eggs. I eat yogurt daily. Good luck! Those first few weeks are the hardest. It gets much easier as you progress.

I am on mushy foods right now that include canned tuna and chicken. I am starving. I will eat and then an hour later starving. My first fill is in two more weeks! I am scared I will gain weight back eatting so often.

Mine was a chicken cheese flatbread panini. Took me awhile to eat it. I ate 1/2 at first and saved the rest for another day. It was a week post op. I did 1 week liquids then straight to solids. My dr told me as long as I took small bites and chewed well I would be okay. So far so good, 2 months out.

When I transitioned to mushies from liquid, my first food was a soft scrambled egg. So delicious! Now I am transitioning to regular solid food. Last night, I had one shrimp and one bite of steak. Each "bite" was cut into the teeniest of bites and I chewed chewed chewed. I have also had salad, 2 crackers and 2 tortilla chips. Again, everything was chewed super well. I have not tried actual bread or rice. That scares me!