I was incredibly hungry on my post op liquid diet, so I started to eat soft foods already to satisfy my hunger, but now I'm incredibly worried about stretching my pouch! What do you think I can to do?

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I don't over eat, I eat until I'm satisfied, it's just the fact that it's regular food

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I wouldn't worry as much about stretching as I would about damaging your healing sleeve. Everyone's plan is different, and I would definitely suggest you stick to your surgeon's plan.

Having said that, my plan allowed for *some* soft foods immediately after surgery. Things that could easily slide through a funnel such as broth (obviously), perhaps sugar free Jello or popsicles, and a bite of yogurt or some runny scrambled egg, but only a bite or two is what we were told and you must chew it extremely well....but again, that was MY plan. You should really check with your NUT/Surgeon before going off of your plan. Most of the hunger you experience at this point is nothing more than "head hunger" because your body is so used to receiving food on a regular basis....it will pass. For me, Water and chicken broth really helped, and if I felt super-hungry, I would make my Protein shakes a bit thicker (less water or almond milk) than normal so it felt more substantial.

Best of luck!

I did it too. I am not suggesting that it was the right thing to do, but I did it. i did not stretch my sleeve nor did any damage occur. 3 years later the sleeve works great. I never had a single bad consequence.

Thank you, I just didn't know if I was really hurting my chances loosing weight

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My pureed/soft food stage was basically the same thing- but I would double check how much you're eating to satisfaction. Do you have a food scale? Did your doctor recommend a specific amount of food to eat? Mine recommended 2 oz and sometimes that's satisfying, sometimes I could eat more. But I stick to the 2 oz whenever I can because doctors orders.

I did it too, not saying its ok or we should be doing that but I think it's a common thing. I wasn't able to get enough calories in with just liquids and was feeling extremely weak so I ate some soft things to help with that.