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Hi all,

This is PURE curiosity, I can't even handle anything but Water so I won't be adding any solids I am just curious.

Did you eat solids earlier than recommended? I've noticed heaps of Surgeons say different things for example mine is 2 weeks Optifast pre-op, then post-op is 2 weeks clear liquid, 2 weeks puree, 4 weeks soft foods then you can slowly introduce solid foods.

I am curious if anyone actually ate earlier than they were told to by the surgeon? I am way way way to scared of stomach leak to even risk it, plus still in the nausea stage.

I'm just very curious :)

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My diet when like this

1 day of clear liquid hospital)

1-3 weeks of full liquids (second hospital day, after one week, incorporate at least one pureed food to see if you can handle it)

At 1 week and two days, I attempted tuna, no Water or Mayonnaise. It held down. The next day, I had Tomato Soup. It held down good. Next day, I had Tomato Soup with some tuna in it. I recently tried cream of chicken and held it down perfectly.

Next stage is soft foods, which I'll attempt to try Thursday or Friday.

After that, I goto my first healthy weight visit instead of the surgical team visit and we can maybe move to solid foods.

Every doctor/but is different!

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Hi all,
This is PURE curiosity, I can't even handle anything but Water so I won't be adding any solids I am just curious.
Did you eat solids earlier than recommended? I've noticed heaps of Surgeons say different things for example mine is 2 weeks Optifast pre-op, then post-op is 2 weeks clear liquid, 2 weeks puree, 4 weeks soft foods then you can slowly introduce solid foods.
I am curious if anyone actually ate earlier than they were told to by the surgeon? I am way way way to scared of stomach leak to even risk it, plus still in the nausea stage.
I'm just very curious [emoji4]

My diet was exactly the same!

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I made a promise to myself to not cheat for 1 year. Zero exceptions. No early moving up of stages. No "just a bite" of something. I weighed and measured everything. I am glad I did. Three years later and I am still well under my goal weight and I control what I eat instead of being controlled by it.

I doubt anything bad would have happened if I did cheat, but why go through all of this and then screw it up? The first year after surgery is the time to break old habits and start new ones. Eating something you aren't supposed to eat is the old habit, so don't do it no matter how harmless it seems.

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No, I did not eat solid food earlier than recommended. I followed my surgeon's plan and did not have any complications.

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