How long did you wait to eat raw vegetables?

[SpacePossumSupreme 4]

Hi! So my program says wait 3 months before eating raw veggies. I'm seriously craving some though.

How long did you wait to eat them? And if you ate them before your doctor approved, how did it go?

[catwoman7 10,970]

I think I was closer to six months out before I could eat them. Baby carrots still occasionally irritate my stomach, and I'm over eight years out.

[Spinoza 1,228]

I think I was well over 3 months. Absolutely love them now though - they're one of my go to Snacks. I had a sleeve, just in case you had a bypass. I stuck pretty rigidly to my programme - I know we get little demons saying 'try this, it won't do any harm' but luckily I managed to ignore them!

[Arabesque 6,666]

I ate cucumber from about 6-8 weeks I think but it was ages for other vegetables. Though I tend to steam my vegetables & rarely eat them raw (except for salad vegetables like cucumber, Tomato, celery, etc.).

Raw vegetables are more coarse & can cause issues like the foamies & can be harder to digest which may be why we’re encouraged to wait a few months before eating them & when we’re more fully healed.

Is it the vegetables you crave or the crunch? if it’s more the crunch try cucumber just remove the seeds. The higher Water content helps makes them easier to swallow & digest. And they’re good for your digestion. (Used to wrap smoked salmon around wedges with a little cream cheese for lunch - was yum until my tummy decided it didn’t like smoked salmon again. 😁)

[BabySpoons 541]

I was always a big fan of veggies which never reflected on my weight sadly enough. But obviously did when it came to testing for coronary artery blockages which is high risk in my family DNA. All clear. I recently had a colonoscopy. Preventative testing at the urging of my doctor. I was worried with my recent RNY surgery in April to do it but was told they only check the lower colon, so it was safe. All clear. Fiber does do a body good. Even had a mammogram. A OK👍

During my soft food phase I made big pots of vegetable Soup. Very soft veggies went well for me. But I was craving salad. I waited till I was given the green light at 3 months for raw, but it gave me the foamies. I still am cautious when eating them and prefer to avoid till further down the road. I was able to eat fresh tomatoes from the garden eventually but had to spit out the skin at first. Baby carrots are another I have no problem with. Go figure. I think it's the lettuce giving me issues.

Stir fry is another love of mine but can't do half cooked veggies either. Eventually I will. I would advise waiting OP. Raw veggies are really hard on your healing tummy. Even more so if you try them before you are supposed to. You will find out like me that even after getting the OK, avoiding getting sick trumps the cravings.

But everyone's different. YMMV. GL

[NP_WIP 274]

I ate some cucumbers about 6 weeks in, couldn't manage to eat much because my body was reacting to the new texture lol