I had gastric bypass recently on April 18th. I went to my follow up with my surgeon. Everything went well and I was advanced to pureed phase. I thought I understood all of the directions for this phase but now that I'm home I seem to be drawing a blank. I know that I'm suppose to eat the protein portion of the meal first. Protein portion anywhere from 2 tablespoons-1/4cup according to my surgeons directions. My question is how do I add in pureed fruits and veggies? What size portions? How much should I be eating total each meal for protein, fruits, veggies? I've only been able to eat my protein portion and no room for anything else. I'll call my surgeons office tomorrow I'm just looking for answers on here until then. Thanks in advance.

Congrats on moving up! Rule is protein first, veggies, etc. if you have room. And this early, they're really not worried about the quantities of stuff, they just want your stomach to get used to the new textures to see if you can handle them. Most of your nourishment should still be coming from liquids/yogurt, etc.

Congrats on moving up! Rule is Protein first, veggies, etc. if you have room. And this early, they're really not worried about the quantities of stuff, they just want your stomach to get used to the new textures to see if you can handle them. Most of your nourishment should still be coming from liquids/yogurt, etc.

Thank you! Also thank you for answering my question. I don't know why I was so confused about this phase lol! [emoji4]

2 minutes ago, Tasia29 said:

Thank you! Also thank you for answering my question. I don't know why I was so confused about this phase lol! [emoji4]

You're welcome. Don't stress!

@Orchids and Dragons. I'm sure my surgeon will remind me of all these things closer to surgery times but I love picking up these little factoids. You veterans have walked the walk already and now you really understand where our questions come from. Theory is nice, but actual experience means a lot also.?

2 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

@Orchids and Dragons. I'm sure my surgeon will remind me of all these things closer to surgery times but I love picking up these little factoids. You veterans have walked the walk already and now you really understand where our questions come from. Theory is nice, but actual experience means a lot also.?

That's for sure. I did all sorts of "studying" ahead of time, but when it came to actually doing it for real, I was full of more questions I hadn't even thought about before.