Did anyone else have difficulty transitioning from liquids to soft foods? I was told by my nutritionist I'm now able to eat anything I can 'cut with a fork'. When I'm eating I'm definitely pacing myself cause I've found I get sick otherwise. But my stomach makes constant noises and I occasionally have to stop because I get the feeling I'm going to be sick, but it goes away after a few minutes. I just want to know if that's normal or not, or if it goes away?

My first day I switched I ended up in the ER :-(

Not sure if it was the transition or just bad timing.

I ended up waking up that night with severe stabbing abdomen pain with vomiting. Test showed nothing was wrong probably because of no bowel movements in a few weeks.

Been 5days since then and feeling so much better and did have one movement.

Just take it very slow

Sent from my SGH-T999L using the BariatricPal App

I am progressing along mushy foods and then next week more soft foods.

I stick to poached egg, yoghurt, protein shakes, avocado, protein pancakes (made primarily from egg and banana in my NutriBullet), hummus, a piece of deli meat with light cream cheese, soups, Weetbix cereal etc....so far I have had no problems but if you eat too fast, I know that feeling - a horrible nauseaus spell that makes you want to gag!!

I ate a cheese and egg omelette a bit too fast and it just sat in my throat! Uhh, horrible.

I just walk around and try to get it moving!

My only fear was with the high-carb puree choices that were on the "approved list".

I didn't want to open the door to that garbage, even though it was in super small doses.

I just stayed with Protein shakes for 4 weeks until cleared to move on to flakey fish and moist soft meats and continued to supplement with Protein Shakes.

Sounds bad but tomorrow will be one week since surgery and I'm allowing myself to have things like black bean Soup, which has whole Beans that I mash into a paste. The consistency is less liquidy but it was a good trial for moving into solids. Don't know if that helps, but maybe transition with something soft that can be smashed?

My biggest challenge (I'm in the soft foods stage for two more weeks) is that I can eat such tiny amounts that I don't know if I can get up to 60g Protein for a while. The nut really advised against protein shakes during this stage but if I don't, I won't get near enough.

But yes, my stomach makes all kinds of noises now and as soon as my upper chest/throat starts to hurt I'm finished.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App