Ok, so my sister is a few months behind me with doing the lap-band. i am already banded as of 11/23, she will be banded in mid january. we saw the same nutritionist and my sister had her appt with nutritionist today. They got on the subject of me and the nutritionist was taken back at the fact i am eating mushies right now. she said i need to be on liquids for 6 weeks before mushie foods. But.. my surgeon, bariatric coordinator and everyone involved in the office all has me on mushie foods right away.. what is the reason for liquids for 6 weeks?? i dont want to be doing harm.. but i am also listening to my surgeon.. so i think i'm doing the right thing. I'm just curious if there are any other bandsters out there that started mushie day 1.

ohh, and the nutritionist has no affiliation with my surgeon office.

thanks!

I am on liquids for a week then mushies for two weeks and then to regular foods.

I'm starting regular foods next Tues. I'll be 3wks post op

Ok, so my sister is a few months behind me with doing the lap-band®. i am already banded as of 11/23, she will be banded in mid january. we saw the same nutritionist and my sister had her appt with nutritionist today. They got on the subject of me and the nutritionist was taken back at the fact i am eating mushies right now. she said i need to be on liquids for 6 weeks before mushie foods. But.. my surgeon, bariatric coordinator and everyone involved in the office all has me on mushie foods right away.. what is the reason for liquids for 6 weeks?? i dont want to be doing harm.. but i am also listening to my surgeon.. so i think i'm doing the right thing. I'm just curious if there are any other bandsters out there that started mushie day 1.

ohh, and the nutritionist has no affiliation with my surgeon office.

thanks!

I never did liquids before or after surgery. Before I was on a low carb diet, and after straight on to mushies.

I honestly do not think I could have coped with the liquid stage.

It sounds like torture to me :eek::eek::thumbdown:

I was given mushies from day one after surgery in the hospital and the surgeon said it was okay. The funny thing is that when they sent me home they gave me a booklet with nutrition guidelines that said only liquids for 3/4 weeks. So

out of fear I started doing liquids only (I am one week post op). Tomorrow I am seeing the surgeon and I will ask him about this. I am bit confused. By the way when I ate mushies I felt ok.

I came home on mushies and then solids about 4 weeks later. Each practice is different.

not sure if this constitutes as mushies, but last night -- 3 days post-band -- i had pureed pea Soup for dinner. baby food consistency. dietitian said it was ok.

later, can i have SOME chunks? what exactly is MUSHIES?

I was on liquid for 5 days, soups and cottage cheese, yougurt, mashed potatos, for 3 days and now I'm on to meatloaf and beans, chicken if it's extra moist and thinks like that. I feel some what back to normal and I'm only 8 days post op.

I was banded Monday the 7th. I'm on liquids two more weeks, pureed food for two weeks, then soft foods for two weeks before normal foods.

Ok, so my sister is a few months behind me with doing the lap-band®. i am already banded as of 11/23, she will be banded in mid january. we saw the same nutritionist and my sister had her appt with nutritionist today. They got on the subject of me and the nutritionist was taken back at the fact i am eating mushies right now. she said i need to be on liquids for 6 weeks before mushie foods. But.. my surgeon, bariatric coordinator and everyone involved in the office all has me on mushie foods right away.. what is the reason for liquids for 6 weeks?? i dont want to be doing harm.. but i am also listening to my surgeon.. so i think i'm doing the right thing. I'm just curious if there are any other bandsters out there that started mushie day 1.

ohh, and the nutritionist has no affiliation with my surgeon office.

thanks!

OK. I am going to blow your minds because this blew MY mind. After all the careful research I had done, I was prepared for the long stretch of liquids, then mushies and FINALLY solids....these were my surgeon's and nut's recommendations: Day 1 and 2 liquids, Day 3 and 4 soft foods including scrambled eggs and TUNA??!!! Day 5---begin to progress to solids! Well... I am day 5 and I have actually eaten (and chewed extremely well) chicken fajitas for dinner! I was so scared, but after my first TINY, well-chewed bite with no pain or problems, I went ahead. I was able to EAT 1/4 cup, though. I am assuming I have restriction due to my stomach still being swollen b/c the surgeon did NOT inflate the band at all. BUT...MIND BOGGLING for sure...I am still extremely careful and cautious and chew my food to mush...and I don't recommend anyone trying this without your surgeon's approval. Just my experience so far.... I did come to the conclusion that they are doing this to let the patient experience what restriction feels like early on because I HAVE restriction right now. I'll lose it in a couple weeks when the swelling is completely gone, I'm sure.

I get banded next week, I just had a meeting with hospital nutritionist concerning post surgery diet. The recommendation from my practice is 1 week liquids, 1 week pureed/blended foods, 1 week soft foods, week 4 regular foods.

I get banded next week, I just had a meeting with hospital nutritionist concerning post surgery diet. The recommendation from my practice is 1 week liquids, 1 week pureed/blended foods, 1 week soft foods, week 4 regular foods.

I'm 1 and 1/2 weeks post opp and I"m eatting soft foods. Next week I can go to regular foods.