So today is day 4 of my liquid diet and I'm away in Ocean City Maryland for a lacrosse tournament for my son. It is very very difficult to be here because eating socially and having a beer or a drink socially was a huge part of my life. I have been perfect for 4 days and will continue to be strong, but it has me thinking about the way it will be after. It is going to be a huge change to have to sit for dinner and eat such a small amount. I know it's what's best for me because of the diabetes, high blood pressure, fatty liver, thickened heart, sleep apnea...

I've tried so many times on my own and took it off but gained it back. My bmi is just under 40 and I started at 280 and my goal will prob be around 210 I'm 5'10". I know it's not a huge amount of weight to lose for this surgery but my health issue are a big part. In the third day of liquid diet I'm already off my diabetes meds. I wish I could fast forward a few months so I could get to the point where I could enjoy a nice slice of chicken! Lol. How long after surgery will that be?

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I had my surgery on Wednesday, and I had rotisserie chicken salad for lunch (about 2 oz) and my wife made baked haddock (about 3 oz- I was too full after) with creamed cauliflower (maybe 1 oz) for dinner.

Basically my surgeon said if I can mush it through a fork I can eat it

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So today is day 4 of my liquid diet and I'm away in Ocean City Maryland for a lacrosse tournament for my son. It is very very difficult to be here because eating socially and having a beer or a drink socially was a huge part of my life. I have been perfect for 4 days and will continue to be strong, but it has me thinking about the way it will be after. It is going to be a huge change to have to sit for dinner and eat such a small amount. I know it's what's best for me because of the diabetes, high blood pressure, fatty liver, thickened heart, sleep apnea...

I've tried so many times on my own and took it off but gained it back. My bmi is just under 40 and I started at 280 and my goal will prob be around 210 I'm 5'10". I know it's not a huge amount of weight to lose for this surgery but my health issue are a big part. In the third day of liquid diet I'm already off my diabetes meds. I wish I could fast forward a few months so I could get to the point where I could enjoy a nice slice of chicken! Lol. How long after surgery will that be?

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Depends on your team's dietary guidelines but I know how you feel lol. For me it was full liquids for the first 3 weeks, then on to puree stage... which doesn't seem much different from liquid when you really want to chew something. Purees week 4-6, and then onto soft foods if you've been tolerating purees, for the 7th week.. though I started soft foods very limited in week 6 and had no issues. I'm still not ready for a nice slice of chicken, but I can do really moist crockpot pulled chicken..and after all those weeks of liquid that sure was good! Good luck to you!