HI folks, last night for dinner I had planned to eat 1/4 of an avocado and 2 oz of turkey meat with a little mayo. I guess I wasn't paying attention I ate 1/2 the avocado. It seemed to go down easy. I didn't have any problems at all. Is that too much food? should I be able to eat all of that this soon? . I'm a little over 3 weeks out?

Slider foods go down very easy. They basically "slide" through your pouch and don't trigger restriction. This is why we're told to focus first on the dense protein.

Thank you @Orchids&Dragons I need to avoid slider foods because those calories can sneak in..Or at least just stay verrrry aware, lol.

I agree about sliders! They just go down sooooo easy. But proteins... No so fast.

Avocado is relatively high calorie because its mostly fat -a healthy type of fat yes but a caloric deficit is still necessary immediately after surgery

Good Luck ?

Edited October 25, 20196 yr by GreenTealael

Oh yes avocados should last a while i use it like a paste. Like one teaspoon at a time same with peanut butter good fats but high calories..

Yep. I included avocado from the beginning. And later grape tomatoes. They are my "treat" after protein and veg is done.

But even now, I limit them to 1oz each by weight on a scale. They are total slider foods and measure about 1/4c by volume.

At first I only did 1/2oz avocado. You def need to make it fit within your calorie window. I used it as my fat for the meal.

This is going to sound incredibly mean and I have toned this down since I originally wrote it. Are we really writing about an extra 1/4 of an avacado is too much? I mean seriously? At 3 weeks just make it 3oz of deli meat and you wont even want the avocado. Pay attention to what your body is telling you as your first guide.

20 hours ago, Brent701 said:

Are we really writing about an extra 1/4 of an avacado is too much? I mean seriously?

This is Bariatric Pal. Yes, people are serious about this.

On 10/28/2019 at 9:06 AM, Brent701 said:

This is going to sound incredibly mean and I have toned this down since I originally wrote it. Are we really writing about an extra 1/4 of an avacado is too much? I mean seriously? At 3 weeks just make it 3oz of deli meat and you wont even want the avocado. Pay attention to what your body is telling you as your first guide.

At first glance it does look like that right but...

Current serving size is around 50 grams for 80 cals. Unless its weighed no clue to know how much was consumed.

I love healthy foods so you won't hear an argument from me on eating an extra piece of fruit or vegetable.

I think the only issue that comes onto play is if its done without realization of the impact it may have calorically. Not everyone does truly know.

If people are ok with that then it's fine (but I think a lot of associated fruit with healthy so calorie free or we coukd eat as much as we want without penalties idk why)

If someone says they may have at more than a serving size without realization some of us try to help them out with info on why this may have happened and what to do instead

4 hours ago, summerset said:

This is Bariatric Pal. Yes, people are serious about this.

You know this is my third job @summerset don't judge me ?

I never made it to Germany last month ?

Edited October 29, 20196 yr by GreenTealael

I was still in purees at 3 weeks. Definitely just stuck to high protein foods for a long while. But also avocado makes me really sick. ;(