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Salad - 4 months out

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facebro29    272

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So I've started trying to introduce salad to my diet. Needless to say this has not gone well. For some reason I have had issues digesting this. I've tried many things and the only thing that works is not actually having salad leaves. Which is solooo weird. I've read many people have problems with salad but didn't understand why but now I do!! It's OK I'm down almost 70lbs since surgery so I will take that!!

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Mindy78    372

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I can only eat salad if its shredded well iceberg lettuce, spinach or any other doesn't sit well

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augustgirl    58

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I'm just wondering what happens? Vomit/diarrhea or just stomach pain? I had a tiny bit of lettuce in a wrap and thought I had food poisoning but maybe it was letttuce intolerance?

VSG date: 11/22/16

HW: 225. SW:222. CW: 196

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facebro29    272

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I get really bad reflux. I cannot digest it properly seems like it gets stuck in my throat and it burns!! I chew and chew then swallow but doesn't help.

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fatontheinside    92

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Your body cannot digest the leafy greens like it use to..and besides, unless you're adding a ton of chicken to your salad, you're not getting the Protein that you need anyway. salad for bypass patients is a waste of time and energy...Once you're over a year out you can "stomach" it a bit better...but even then it can get stuck and cause you issues.

Best of luck!

Linda

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mylighthouse    782

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I guess I am one of the lucky ones.

I wanted to try a little salad and my nutritionist suggested waiting 7-8 weeks post op and starting slowly with it. So that's what I did.... started about a week and a half ago and started slowly.... not a problem at all. Now I have been enjoying romaine lettuce salads and Italian blend salad greens with grape tomatoes on top.... with my chicken and Waldenfarm's calorie free sesame ginger dressing. YUM!

I am so glad that I am tolerating lettuce well. Next I want to try cucumbers.

Sorry to hear that many of you are unable to tolerate salad.

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Dub    10,019

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Howdy..............14 months post op here.

Also becoming a salad lover........largely in part because my program's NUT says we shouldn't eat salad.< /p>

Flawed reasoning, I know......but it's how I roll.

Went to a spot yessaday.....known for their salad bar.

Ordered their New Orleans blackened fish and shrimp......and salad bar.

Spinach, bacon, red onions, soybeans, blue cheese dressing and other non-carb stuff added. It was mighty tasty and more than half made it home in a to-go box.

I laugh at some of the bs my NUT preached. I was able to get a pile of Protein and Fiber from yessaday's outing.

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blizair09    3,250

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I've had a little bit of salad along with my Protein a few times in the last few weeks, and it was no problem for me at all. It will just be an occasional thing since it really doesn't really give me a lot of bang for my buck, but I was happy that it didn't cause a problem.

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Shell Renewed    176

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I'm 4.5 months post-op and eat salad sometimes. The quantity is small but the digestion is fine. As suggested above, maybe start small.

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Wonder WomanNJ    119

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This is SOOO disappointing to read! My craving has been a really good sheppard salad and I've been anticipating getting the go-ahead because this was the first thing I wanted to eat! :( My body is craving something green and fresh - crispy. What a bummer! :(

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facebro29    272

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It's not like that for everyone Hun just for me. I've had some reflux issues since week 5 so maybe why I can't tolerate it.

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LittleLizzieLilliput    919

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I'm only 3 months post op so I'm waiting, but I love salads and mourn them. lol!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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