Hey there! I'm an 9 days post-op (surgery on Monday, April 21st). I was just curious to get an idea of what people have been eating and drinking for the first 2-3 weeks post-op.

My diet consists of:

Water

broth

Diet Snapple

Cottage cheese with unflavored Protein powder

Pure Protein shakes

I'm finding it a little difficult to get all my fluids and protein in for the day and yet at the same time trying to manage my silly head hunger!! I'm guess in just looking for other ideas and options to see how everyone else is doing.

Also - anyone working out yet? I wasn't given a specific time as to when I could get back to the gym. I was told to walk 10 min every hour and to work my way up to 45 min of good aerobic workout, at least 4 times a week. Also, get a pedometer to measure and get in 10,000 steps a day (to include those from during my aerobic workout). I actually went to the gym yesterday and worked out in the elliptical for 35 minutes. It didn't exacerbate my incision pain, which was nice. And I felt pretty great afterwards. What types if thing are you doing?

I ate cottage cheese and yogurt and tomato Soup (Pacific--it's delicious) and an occasional bite or 2 of instant mashed potatoes. (Gotta watch the carbs in those, but they went down so easily and were heavenly at the time.) I also ate (and still do) sugar-free popsicles and occasionally Jello when I need something sweet.

My exercise started about week 3. I don't do much compared to what I once did. 15-20 minutes on the elliptical and I count housework if it's enough to make me sweat.

Best of luck to you!

Hello!

I am 7 days post op today and my diet consists of

Water

Protein drinks

Protein soup

sugar free Jello

Sugar free pudding

Sugar free Popsicles

broth

Bariatric chewable Vitamins

I have to do this diet for another week and then I graduate to soft foods if tolerable. My main focus right now is getting in 60 grams of protein and 64 oz of Fluid. It's a struggle to get those amounts in but I keep trying. Good luck to you!

I am three weeks out today, and was cleared for soft foods last week. My doc considers anything you can squish with a fork a soft food.

My meal plan for today:

Decaf tea with unsweetened almond milk

Water with crystal light drops

powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chocolate splendor made with Protein enhanced milk

Two tablespoons of white Beans with about 1 tsp of salsa and 1 tbls of guacamole

1 laughing cow triangle

1 tbls of ground beef/lamb mixed with 1 tbls of 0% greek yogurt and 1 tsp of feta

Syntrax nectar Fuzzy Navel mixed with water

I generally have 2 protein shakes a day and 2-3 meals of ~2-3 oz of protein heavy foods. In the last few days, it's also seemed to be easier to get my liquids in with not too many problems. I often have nausea for the first few hours in the morning too, so liquids are easier to tolerate.

Edited May 1, 201412 yr by MelBooks

What about Isopure and greek yogurt?