3 weeks Post Gastric Sleeve

[Rabiah’s sleeve journey 1]

I am 3 weeks post surgery today and officially on the pureed foods. I find moving onto pureed foods extremely difficult and eating this consistency makes me feel sick. I am also convincing myself that I can have solids and when I do I just throw up. I’m not sure what to do or eat and I just really needs some motivation😖

[ShoppGirl 3,406]

I was told if I had any issues progressing through the stages to go back to the prior step for a while. If you just feel sick at the idea of purée foods maybe you should stick with the liquids until it’s safe for you to move to solids. I couldn’t eat things that were not usually purée consistency either. I ate the ricotta bake and refried Beans or mashed potatoes during that whole stage.

Edited September 17, 2022 by ShoppGirl

[Arabesque 6,504]

Yeah, that’s your body telling you to stick with the purées until you can officially start soft foods. While it’s fine to go back a stage, it’s never okay to move forward a stage without your surgeon’s go ahead. We all need time to heal.

Try thinning out the purées a little more & see if that helps. Personally I found a lot of things I puréed pretty awful to eat but it was more taste than texture. Thank goodness for milky instant rolled oats, cream Soups, thin scrambled eggs & yoghurt. I even ate baby food a couple of times for variety. A friend told me she loved puréeing poached chicken in lots of chicken gravy though she told me after I finished purées - lol!

[summerseeker 1,863]

I couldn't eat puree's either, just looking at it brought on instant nausea. I went back a stage to yogurts, Soups and milk shakes

[SleeveToBypass2023 1,844]

Puree was a no go for me. I ate a lot of hummus, avocado, scrambled eggs, refried Beans, string cheese (watch the fat content in them, some cheese is higher than others), etc... I followed more soft foods than puree.

[Bettyboop56 33]

I made milk for cream of chicken Soup with dry powdered milk to get in more.protein.

[Merri Beth 96]

On 9/18/2022 at 1:18 PM, SleeveDiva2022 said:

Puree was a no go for me. I ate a lot of hummus, avocado, scrambled eggs, refried Beans, string cheese (watch the fat content in them, some cheese is higher than others), etc... I followed more soft foods than puree.

I did do the puree either. I was told by my medical team to begin soft foods 15 days post op. I started the soft foods on Dec 13th. So far so good, have had eggs, spinach, salmon, chicken, carrots, and today i made a ground beef vegetable Soup so far tolerated everything well.