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So I've been noticing that everyone has a different food diet that they are on. I was wondering if everyone wouldn't mind sharing the stages they went through. Mine was:

Week 1-clear liquid

Week 2-full liquids

Week 3 + 4- puréed foods

Week 5- soft foods

Then I could start introducing more foods slowly at week 6. I can't have coffee. My surgeon says that it dehydrates you, and the goal is Water water water lol. I'm just curious to see what others have been doing! (Ps next Wednesday is soft foods, yum!)

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Hospital two days - Clear Liquids

Home day 3-7 full liquids

Days 8-15 purees

Days 15-30 soft foods

Day 31 regular cooked foods

Three months - raw foods

Six months - salad greens

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Day 1-3 Clear Liquids

Day 4-18 full liquids

Day 19-27 purees

Day 28-42 soft solids

Day 43+ regular food except....

3 months nuts, seeds, raw veggies, crunchy stuff

And for the first several months I advanced even slower than was allowed cause I was always so full. The only way I could get in my Protein was keeping it liquid for several months. I simply couldn't eat enough solid Protein to meet goals.

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Day 1-3: Clear liquids (Water, broth, G2, Vitamin Water, juice mixed with water)

Day 4-10: Full liquids (Protein shakes, skim milk, non-fat drinkable yogurt)

Day 10-17: Full liquids plus strained cream Soups

Day 18-27: pureed stage (cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, tuna salad)

Day 28-40: Soft foods (ground and chopped meat, Beans and lentils, canned or steamed veggies)

Day 40: Solid foods

3 Months: Crunchy foods (nuts, seeds, fibrous veggies like celery)

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day 1: clear liquids

day 2 - week 4: full liquids

weeks 4 - 8: purees

week 8 - month 6: soft foods

Plus a whole bunch of other rules about how to eat (3 meals per day of very small amounts, no Snacks other than Protein Drinks, etc.) and what to eat (no grains, sweets, or high-carb veggies).

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@@JamieLogical we were allowed soft foods from months 2-6, meaning it had to be soft enough to cut easily with a fork. Nothing hard, crunchy, fibrous, or very chewy until 6 months.

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@@JamieLogical we were allowed soft foods from months 2-6, meaning it had to be soft enough to cut easily with a fork. Nothing hard, crunchy, fibrous, or very chewy until 6 months.

My restriction on crunchy and fibrous was only three months and there was no mention of "chewy", so I started chewy stuff along with other solid foods at 40 days post-op. So interesting how every plan is different!

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Hospital+2 weeks at home: liquids thin enough to pass through a fork.

Week 4 and 5: blended and mushy food

Week 6 onwards: solid food, start soft and check what you can tolerate.

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What is everyone's take on cutting out coffee? For How long do you have to stop? I drink a cup every morning and let's just say I'm addicted to my morning bestfriend :)

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What is everyone's take on cutting out coffee? For How long do you have to stop? I drink a cup every morning and let's just say I'm addicted to my morning bestfriend :)

I had to cut out coffee on my 2 week pre-op diet and couldn't have it again until 30 days post op. I was literally counting down the days! Once I was allowed coffee again I was only allowed one cup a day to start with lots of cream in it to dilute it down. I eventually worked my way back up to my normal 3 cups a day.

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