Hello everyone! I just wanted to know how soon were you able to eat salad (lettuce, tomato, etc..) and are you able to tolerate it. I'm on week 5, I was told around week 6 I would be able to...I love a good salad!

I'm at 8 weeks and I eat salads a lot with no problems. My doctor told me after 6 weeks

I was eating salads somewhere around 4 -6 weeks, but I was addition spinach raw or frozen to my protein shakes from day 1. I never had any issues with vegetable raw or cooked.

This is good to know I love a good salad also thanks for the input!

Saw my doc at the 5.5 week mark and she gave me the go-ahead for salads.

I wasn't allowed salads till 3 months.

I am three months out and had about a half a piece of lettuce about a month ago. I am going to try a salad in the near future, it's just not high on my priority list. As to tomatoes, I've been eating raw tomato for a couple of months.

I've been eating salads since 6 weeks postop, but nothing remotely like I ate them pre-op -- I can handle half cup of salad plus Protein at the most. No big huge bowls of it anymore!

I wasn't allowed salads till 3 months.

I'm the same as you. No raw vegetables at all until 3 months post-op. I'm looking forward to them.

I think the thing that people don't realize is that we really must focus on protein in the beginning. That makes people the most successful in this process.

Edited July 20, 201511 yr by AlanaRN

I think the thing that people don't realize is that we really must focus on protein in the beginning. That makes people the most successful in this process.

Yes, but texture is also a huge issue early out. I started cooked veggies during my soft phase but have held off on more fibrous raw vegetables.

A year out and can't do raw salads. As a matter of fact, I can barely do raw veggies. I can do spinach, tomatoes, & cukes raw but that's about it. Anything else uncooked pi$$e$ off my sleeve. This includes fruits like grapes and apples, sadly.

As an alternative I'll roast my veggies and mix up to make what I call a roasted vegetable salad. It can be a mix of any veg that can stand up to heat, a bit of olive oil or non-stick spray, herbs and a grind of sea salt. I mostly stick with lower-carb veggies like green beans, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, onions, peppers or whatever the farmer's market had or what I have in my veggie patch. Since its summer I'll throw sweet corn into the mix...about 1/8 of a whole ear. I'll also top off with crumbled bacon that's been de-greased. Yumm. I make it for whole family and can get in about 1/4 cup after I eat the pure protein.

Edited July 21, 201511 yr by tomi71

A year out and can't do raw salads. As a matter of fact, I can barely do raw veggies. I can do spinach, tomatoes, & cukes raw but that's about it. Anything else uncooked pi$$e$ off my sleeve. This includes fruits like grapes and apples, sadly.

As an alternative I'll roast my veggies and mix up to make what I call a roasted vegetable salad. It can be a mix of any veg that can stand up to heat, a bit of olive oil or non-stick spray, herbs and a grind of sea salt. I mostly stick with lower-carb veggies like green Beans, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, onions, peppers or whatever the farmer's market had or what I have in my veggie patch. Since its summer I'll throw sweet corn into the mix...about 1/8 of a whole ear. I'll also top off with crumbled bacon that's been de-greased. Yumm. I make it for whole family and can get in about 1/4 cup after I eat the pure Protein.

That sounds delicious. I used to enjoy a good salad and hope to again some day, but I could really enjoy that too.

I love roasted veggies.

I also love the toppings of a salad. I like to make a cottage cheese salad, and put olives and things that I would normally eat on a salad in my cottage cheese.

Hello everyone! I just wanted to know how soon were you able to eat salad (lettuce, tomato, etc..) and are you able to tolerate it. I'm on week 5, I was told around week 6 I would be able to...I love a good salad!

I started salads at the end of week 3. My surgeon puts everyone on solids between day 10 and day 14. I eat one pretty much every day.

I think the thing that people don't realize is that we really must focus on Protein in the beginning. That makes people the most successful in this process.

Well I eat my grilled chicken or grilled steak or taco meat on top of a salad. I make a bowl of lettuce, carrot, tomato, cucumber and add 4 or 5 oz of grilled steak or chicken or diced turkey and ham or taco meat and some cheese. Add a little Ranch dressing and that's lunch or dinner. You can eat both. I'm still getting in my protein for that meal. I get about 90 to 100 grams of protein a day.