Hi everyone! I am scheduled for my gastric sleeve for August 17th. I am 5'3" and 230 lbs so the doctor said I need to lose 100 lbs. Honestly I am super nervous and keep having thoughts of excitement but then I think well maybe I will just cancel it. Is it normal to feel this way? I would love to meet other people that are scheduled on the same month or around so we can somewhat do this process together.

“The Gastric Sleeve” by Sarah Kent is amazing. She gives you a lot of info plus meal plans for each stage.

11 hours ago, LookingForward22 said:

I’m not to my purée yet (next Wednesday) but my guidelines were anything that was the consistency similar to (not chunky) applesauce, babyfood or mashed potatoes.

That includes meats, Beans (like refried beans), cooked vegetables, eggs only if ground smooth.

If it’s possible to call to email your dietitian and run some ideas past them - that might be better than just guessing.

I’m starting with things that are specifically listed in my guide and then I will branch out from there depending on what I can tolerate.

So, it's not enough to just scramble your eggs, you need to put them in the food processor, too?

I think I need to email my provider to get better guidelines for the next stage.

On 08/20/2022 at 07:23, Sunnyer said:

So, it's not enough to just scramble your eggs, you need to put them in the food processor, too?



I think I need to email my provider to get better guidelines for the next stage.

That specific guideline was given for hard boiled eggs, like egg salad (no chunks).

I can’t have scrambled eggs until the soft food stage.

Program rules vary a lot… like my liquid diet are largely things I can drink through a straw. (Jello and popsicles being the exception). But others allow pudding.

Your program might be ok with scrambled eggs in purée stage.

my dietitian gave me 30 days of liquid diet. i know it can vary wildly between different professionals, but just looking through the internet i feel very alone in going for 30 day the liquid phase.

4 days post op. starting to have food thoughts. i'm doing my best to keep 'em away

On 08/20/2022 at 11:03, brenergonc said:

my dietitian gave me 30 days of liquid diet. i know it can vary wildly between different professionals, but just looking through the internet i feel very alone in going for 30 day the liquid phase.

4 days post op. starting to have food thoughts. i'm doing my best to keep 'em away

Is that 30 days total (pre and post op) or 30 days post op?

Is anyone else sick of so much sweet food from pre/post ops? It all tastes so bad to me at this point.

On 08/20/2022 at 14:23, SuziDavis said:

Is anyone else sick of so much sweet food from pre/post ops? It all tastes so bad to me at this point.

Yes - that’s why I added broth in the pre op and went for tomato soup post op.

What have you found that helps cut the sweet?

my dietitian gave me 30 days of liquid diet. i know it can vary wildly between different professionals, but just looking through the internet i feel very alone in going for 30 day the liquid phase.
4 days post op. starting to have food thoughts. i'm doing my best to keep 'em away

My doc also does 30 days of liquid diet, but she's very smart and has a ton of successful patients so I'm ok with trekking through it.

1 hour ago, LookingForward22 said:

Is that 30 days total (pre and post op) or 30 days post op?

30 days post op

On 08/20/2022 at 14:41, LookingForward22 said:

Yes - that’s why I added broth in the pre op and went for Tomato Soup post op.



What have you found that helps cut the sweet?

I’ve been doing chicken broth with iso pure, and a little bit of the tomato soup too. Things just don’t taste the same.

On 08/20/2022 at 15:40, SuziDavis said:

I’ve been doing chicken broth with iso pure, and a little bit of the Tomato Soup too. Things just don’t taste the same.

I’ve been doing the same. The iso pure changes the taste a little bit I think. It’s not horrible but Wednesday can’t get here soon enough. I’m ready to taste some different flavors.

I had my surgery yesterday and got discharged to. Liquid diet for 10 days. I feel pretty sleepy and my incisions hurt a bit, and getting up and down from sitting position os pretty painful, but otherwise going well.

On 08/20/2022 at 15:10, brenergonc said:

30 days post op

That does seem like a long time but I’m betting there is a good reason for it. @heartofmercury mentioned having 30 days and I bet there are others.

My team said if I struggled at all with the diet at any stage to call. They would rather work with me to stay on track than to have me go off track and delay my healing or progress.

Hang in there - you have a lot of support here!

1 hour ago, LookingForward22 said:

That does seem like a long time but I’m betting there is a good reason for it. @heartofmercury mentioned having 30 days and I bet there are others.

My team said if I struggled at all with the diet at any stage to call. They would rather work with me to stay on track than to have me go off track and delay my healing or progress.

Hang in there - you have a lot of support here!

thank you so much!

On 08/20/2022 at 16:41, LibbyAbby said:

I had my surgery yesterday and got discharged to. liquid diet for 10 days. I feel pretty sleepy and my incisions hurt a bit, and getting up and down from sitting position os pretty painful, but otherwise going well.

It gets better! Just let as much gas out as possible…lol.