I'm lap band post op day 4 and so happy to try creamy soup today. (Reminds me of eating Chef Boyardee in daycare 30 years ago! [emoji1] ) I filled up a 0.5 cup container with Campbell's healthy request creamy tomato soup straight from the can and ate half with a kid's spoon. I don't feel pain but I do feel very full, like the thick soup is just sitting in my pouch. The instructions say to mix the soup with a can of water or milk. Does anyone do this? And does it affect how the pouch feels?

I always mix a can of Campbell's tomato soup with milk or water. But I don't think that will affect how your pouch feels. It's just how everyone generally does it (including people not on diets or not WLS people). But it shouldn't be a factor in how you feel.

Only 4 days pre-op and eating cream soup already? I'm just beginning cream soup and I'm 2 weeks post op. If you feel full, then leave it at that. You are going to feel different sensation when food is in your stomach now. Wait like an hour or two and see how you feel then.

Some Soups don't require mixing, it says so on the can.

However most soups require adding Water, maybe bit of milk, and blending it well.

After cooking it, I was adding bit of runny yoghurt to my soups.

Don't know re how the pouch feels, as I never had an unmixed soup.