Question on Food week 1

May 8, 2005

I have been banded for 3 days only and Protein Shakes suck.

Can I mix a banana in a blender with my Protein Shake or is it to early?

Thanks and God Bless, Beverly

Alexandra · May 8, 2005

Hi Beverly,

Welcome to LBT! Of course the answer to your question is "follow your doctor's instructions"! In my experience, though, if you're already on Protein Shakes that means you're in the "full liquids" phase. That would include pretty much anything that goes through a straw--soups, smoothies, yogurt, puddings--things like that. To my mind that definitely allows for putting a banana in a blender with liquid.< /p>

So what do your doctor's instructions say?

May 8, 2005

It doesn't say anything about bananas but everything you listed was ok and also cream of wheat or rice (which I can't stand). So don't smoothies have fruit in them. Never had one myself.

Also if you don't mind I just read milkshakes - is that like from a restaurant or do you have to use fat free icecream and low fat Syrup?

Right now I am eating

fatfree Jello

chicken broth

fat free popsicles

Water

That's it. I don't know what it means by non creamy Soups.< /p>

What kind of soups can I have?

Thank you so much

Alexandra · May 9, 2005

If hot cereals are on your list, then you're on full liquids. Yes, go ahead and blend fruit up into your smoothies! Just avoid chunks and you'll be fine. As far as milkshakes go, you can have any kind you want! You don't "have" to use fat free ice cream/syrup if you don't want to--personally, if I'm going to have a milkshake I want it to be the real thing. The idea now is just to avoid getting too hungry so you don't feel the need to move on to solids before you're ready. Anything that fits through a straw is OK to have.

This healing phase is not for weight loss, it's for healing and that means keeping your diet strictly to liquids. After you're on solid foods there will be plenty of time for calorie-counting and avoiding liquid calories. I don't know why your doctor would want you to avoid creamy Soups, unless it's for calorie reasons. I'd think all kinds of Soup would be fair game, as long as you avoided chunks of meat. Go check out the soup aisle in your supermarket! I loved seafood bisques and just about everything else during this time.