I start full liquids tomorrow. What are some things that qualify as "full liquids"? I will probably do Protein shakes to get in my protein, but what else can I have? Any suggestions are appreciated!

My surgeon described full liquids as those which would fall off a plate held on its side. I liked those soups in cartons in the health food section of the regular grocery store -- potato leek, etc. Made by Imagine or Frontier. That's just an example. I didn't want shakes -- just sick of the from pre-op maybe but they felt too thick or something. Your body will let you know -- this is a great time to begin listening in for signals. My surgeon also allowed egg drop soup. Yummy. Whatever I had I was amazed that after just a bit I felt done. That was a taste of what the green zone is like. My appetite returned (some people are hungry right away -- either is fine!) and I went through the process of getting fills, assessing for satiety, etc. It's definitely a process but in hindsight it went by so quickly and I needed the time to work on behavior modification (trading shoveling for little spoonfuls, learning to chew, to out the utensil down between bites, etc.). You will get there -- you're on your way. So happy with my banded life!

I am not hungry at all. I was just planning on the shakes to make sure and get my Protein in. I drank them for 2 weeks pre op so I may not be able to do that. They got really old. I will look into the soups you mentioned.

I lived off of egg drop soup for a few weeks. And like Bandista I consumed lots of creamy soups. Progresso has a couple of tomato soups that are awesome too.

Throw some bananas and Peanut Butter with ice chips in your shakes for a change? Makes a great ice cream smoothy.

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