Hi all, I'm preop and set tog 7/13 bypass surgery. My husband is wondering what typical meals I should be eating (typical dinner) once my stomach is completely healed. I had a lapband in 2009 to 2013 that did great right till it slipped bad and had to be removed. He's wondering what will be the difference in foods as compared to when I had the band.

I'm 2 years post op this summer. At one year I could eat most foods but in smaller portions. Protein is very filling I couldn't eat more then 2 or 3 bites of a steak or chicken. If you eat too much you will vomit. Normally dumping has stopped by 1 year unless you drink or eat too much of something very high in sugar. But you can share a dessert with someone just don't eat it all or you'll vomit and or dump

Now coming up on two years I can eat a small steak but it's very filling I prefer to have fish. I just had a bagel with butter and coffee when creamer for breakfast. I don't normally go to buffets as I can't eat enough to justify the money! But most people can't even tell I've had the surgery by what I eat. They just know that I'm not a big eater. If having dinner out I don't eat everything off my plate.

I'm 2 years post op this summer. At one year I could eat most foods but in smaller portions. Protein is very filling I couldn't eat more then 2 or 3 bites of a steak or chicken. If you eat too much you will vomit. Normally dumping has stopped by 1 year unless you drink or eat too much of something very high in sugar. But you can share a dessert with someone just don't eat it all or you'll vomit and or dump
Now coming up on two years I can eat a small steak but it's very filling I prefer to have fish. I just had a bagel with butter and coffee when creamer for breakfast. I don't normally go to buffets as I can't eat enough to justify the money! But most people can't even tell I've had the surgery by what I eat. They just know that I'm not a big eater. If having dinner out I don't eat everything off my plate.

Thanks Blondie66! This helps!

at a year out I was eating in the 1000-1200 calorie range (I'm now in maintenance and am eating 1500-1700 calories). I could eat most anything but, as the above poster said, in smaller portions. It was (and still is) basically a high protein, moderately low carb diet (I never did the ultra-low carb thing that a lot of post-ops do - but then again, I'm not particularly carb sensitive, either). Mostly protein, vegetables, and fruit with an occasional complex carb like grains or beans.

Very cool. Thanks catwoman7.

At a year out, I was where I still am actually at 1100 calories a day. I still eat the same as I did the first year: protein first, veggies second, any room left over for the starch. I still take most of my dinner home when we eat out, or sometimes I'll get one meal and split with my 3yr old since he's always found mine more tasty anyway. Haha as far as my approach, I've learned over the past year that if I don't get enough carbs in my diet, then I stall out and go nowhere. That doesn't mean I eat chips and cake, but I do work in healthy grains and occasionally bread to keep losing. I try to keep them at about 70g per day and my protein around 80-90g and my fats at around 40g mostly in the form of avocados, olive oil, and nuts. It's kind of a process to learn what works for you vs what the standard operating procedure says to do.