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Hi !!

i had my vsg surgery on December third but I’ve been craving so many thing including pickles. Would it be a bad idea to eat a pickle without the skin ? Also, how do you deal with having people in your house eating all the amazing delicious food meanwhile you’re sitting eating puréed food ?

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I remember feeling that the first few weeks after surgery. You feel a bit of buyers remorse and I know my mind was like I'd give anything if I could eat food.! Lol...I found I had to not have my family eat around me and just would concentrate on myself. sugar free popsicles really helped me as it was good to crunch and chew on something.

When you can see the scale start to move really helps motivate you. I'm 5 weeks out and it does get a lot easier. I'm starting to eat more normal but it pouch is small so I can only eat about a half a cup. So I concentrate on getting my Protein in, I don't eat breads, and very low carb. But I enjoy eating fish, chicken, meatballs, homemade cheeseburger with no bun etc. It gets easier it really does. Hang in there!

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I found myself craving pickles as well. I started drinking Pickle Juice, which was really satisfying. At first it was out of a bottle of pickles, but I found that you can actually buy bottles of pickle juice. Quite a nice discovery!

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It's not time for hard foods yet, so I wouldn't try the pickle. Do you want the crunch or could you just drink some of the juice? It honestly never bothered me when my husband ate food and I couldn't have any. I thought the smell would bother me, but it didn't. I just did what I had to do.

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One's taste preferences can change following surgery. What was delicious before may not be after. I also craved Pickle Juice. I didn't have much due to acid reflux but just enough.

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36 minutes ago, GradyCat said:

It's not time for hard foods yet, so I wouldn't try the pickle. Do you want the crunch or could you just drink some of the juice? It honestly never bothered me when my husband ate food and I couldn't have any. I thought the smell would bother me, but it didn't. I just did what I had to do.

Yes i miss the crunch and the juice ! Thanks

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1 minute ago, km13118 said:

One's taste preferences can change following surgery. What was delicious before may not be after. I also craved Pickle Juice. I didn't have much due to acid reflux but just enough.

How far out were you when you had some ?

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During the first few weeks I kept reminding myself that I am healing - you literally have stitches holding your stomach together. That visual helped me be 100% on plan for the first 6+ weeks since it isn't just about trying to lose weight - it's about allowing your body to heal from something that's physically pretty traumatic. Good news is the body is an amazing thing!

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3 hours ago, loridee11 said:

During the first few weeks I kept reminding myself that I am healing - you literally have stitches holding your stomach together. That visual helped me be 100% on plan for the first 6+ weeks since it isn't just about trying to lose weight - it's about allowing your body to heal from something that's physically pretty traumatic. Good news is the body is an amazing thing!

thank you for answering my post it was good to hear from someone in the group.

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I was probably at least 3 if not 4 weeks out. I had absolutely no desire for "food" prior to that.

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20 hours ago, cyndeelouwho said:

I have wrote many times but never received any response from anyone. Someone please let me know I'm not invisible. I love reading all your posts and they have helped a lot so keep posting ❤

I see you. Lol.

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On 12/19/2020 at 00:59, Jomr3 said:



Hi !!




i had my vsg surgery on December third but I’ve been craving so many thing including pickles. Would it be a bad idea to eat a pickle without the skin ? Also, how do you deal with having people in your house eating all the amazing delicious food meanwhile you’re sitting eating puréed food ?


Don’t forget why you started this journey!

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