A month post op diet ideas

[jblgirl 10]

Hi! I am SO CRAVING a salad. Do y'all think it's possible???

[KristenVSG2014 1,871]

I didn't dare try a salad until I was 8 weeks out. Even now my sleeve isn't thrilled. I eat a tiny bit but it makes a lot of noises. I tried a baby pickle at a month and it caused a lot of pain so I knew I wasn't ready for fibrous foods yet. What do your instructions say?

Edited January 5, 2015 by krisrpaz

[athena3127 199]

I agree I'll be 9wks tomorrow and I simply don't think my tummy would handle a salad. Although I do miss a good salad. All good things come to those who wait

[AlanaRN 419]

I'm just over 3 months and just tried salad. I would wait.

[RickM 1,747]

I was starting to play with small salads at a month out - typically chopped spinach instead of lettuce for its' better nutritional profile - along with misc. salad veg and some leftover or deli meat for a bit of Protein. As you can see, some have problems with salads for a while (particularly the lettuce, it seems,) while others do not - it's a bit YMMV thing. The best suggestion comes from my doc's program which is to try new foods one at a time to test for tolerance before mixing things up. I've been having these salads for lunch most of the time since then and they still provide the majority of my fruit/veg consumption for the day.

[jblgirl 10]

Thanks guys. I tried a pickle and it did the same as you. Made my tummy grumbly. I'll wait on a salad. Lol

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I didn't try salad until 6 weeks out. I too was craving one like crazy. It's just that early out it may be challenging for our still healing tummies to digest raw veg. Give it a few weeks.

[HappyinHollywood 10]

I'm 6 weeks out and have had salad already, in fact today! Spring mix and soft tomatoes. No carrots or cucumbers because it's too hard to digest.

Have a boiled egg or tuna. .yum!

[jblgirl 10]

I tried a cucumber in NYE and it got as far as my lips and my brain was like "you can't handle this, STOP!" Lol! I've had so much tuna....but a yummy egg salad sounds good!