8 days post op and eating some solids BUT chewing well
shortshortssoon
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So I stuck to to the post op diet to a tea until last night and this morning, I have eating a few crackers and cheese, they went down fine, I chewed really well. I am aupposed to be on just pureed foods right now but feel I can eat some stuff by just chewing well. Has anyone else done this? I oviously do not want any complications or anything.
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Your body is still healing. There's a reason for the post op diet and the need for the liquids and soft foods. Don't push it or you WILL have complications.0
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Your body is still healing. There's a reason for the post op diet and the need for the liquids and soft foods. Don't push it or you WILL have complications.
So much this. Your surgeon and his team are the only people who are qualified to decide what is best for you, especially this early on. Making changes to the plan on your own will lead to complications and it's also a slippery slope right back into your old habits. If you want to be successful, do what you are instructed to do, not what you feel you want to do. If doing what we wanted to do worked, this group and this surgery wouldn't even exist. PLEASE understand that you HAVE to make changes and you HAVE to stick to the plan.0 -
You have a band wrapped and stitched around your stomach. You need to let it heal and the formation of scar tissue to hold the band in place is essential. By eating solids you risk moving the band.
Stick to the prescribed diet. Just like Garber said. Doing whatever 'we' wanted to do is what got us here in the first place.0 -
FOLLOW YOUR DOCTOR'S ORDERS!!!! Also, crackers and grains weren't allowed until the 6 month mark when I had my RNY. This is self sabotaging, for your own good...stop.0
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I'm sure you've heard of a lot of people that lost the weight and then gained it back. If you don't follow dr orders for the first year religously, you probably won't make it either. Not to be mean or anything, but you have to learn the new habits. It's your choice, starting a life of new habits and suceeding or go back to the old habits and end up right back to the same place you were before surgery.0
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I had RNY and wasn't allowed to try any crackers until the 6 months mark. I can easily eat them, but I am so sorry I even re-introduced them! Right now, you are healing and probably physically can't overeat them, but believe me - at 6-9 months out, I could eat an entire sleeve of them with very little discomfort! It is very easy to overeat snack food like crackers. When your appetite returns at 6-9 months, so will your old cravings. You can probably get away with just the cheese as long as it's soft and in small quantities.0
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I am on the pureed portion of the diet plan and it states I should be able to eat almost anything as long as it is pureed. My though it I puree my food by chewing.... Just so everyone knows I have stopped eating crackers.0
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Clever! I wish that was what the MD means by "pureed", but it is not!!
I was told that pureed is just about the consistency of greek yogurt. Even refried beans are too thick to be considered acceptable unless they are thinned out with some liquid.0 -
It's interesting how all diets are so different. For example, saltine crackers ARE on my pureed list. So are refried beans.
Cheese is definitely not allowed though
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I definitely fudge my pureed phase a bit. I mashed a veggie sausage patty and couldn't get 2 spoons down (well chewed as you did). I don't mean this to encourage your behaviour or embrace it, but your medical team's guidance is the best advice. 8 days out you're still very swollen and I'd personally use this time as an opportunity to retrain your brain when it comes to craving and learning about foods. As you heal, you will be able to eat more and deviate from a nutritionist recommended diet, so try your best not to make it as habit repeated to often. Best wishes during your recovery.0
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Was sleeved on February 25, 2013. Like all the first few weeks were a monster. I unlike a lot of people didn't have so much pain but just gas pain. Walking was my friend for sure. My doctor had me on semi soft food in 5 days. He told me to CHEW you don't need chopped food or baby food you have the best chopper in the world, your teeth!!!
SO I managed through and dropped almost 200 lbs by November of last year and have been maintaining at 220. It has been a very rewarding experience and I can say I am not going back to where I was.
I maintain on about 1200 -1800 calories a day striving for 100-120 grams of protein a day. Going to the gym three days a week now since last September and doing great with it. Having more energy than I ever did.
Down from a size 54 waist to a 36~~~~@!!!!!!
Feel free to ask me anything. If I can help or assist in any way just ask!!!0 -
Brave doing crackers and cheese on the mushy phase, especially right at the beginning of it! You should count yourself lucky that nothing happened to you! Eating solids early can tear holes in your new pouch due to staple lines still healing! That's why they tell you to do liquids first!
I had 2 weeks of liquids only, then went to mushies for 4 weeks. However, toward the end of the third week of mushies I had my doctor's approval to start eating stuff that wasn't exactly mushy. Stuff like eggs and cheese.
Regardless, I'm 21 months post RNY, and can eat anything I want. I have pushed the limit a few times, and paid for it. I suggest sticking to your diet for at least 6 months. No processed carbs for 6 months. The more processed carbs (flour based foods) you eat, the harder it will be for you to kick the habit and get off them permanently, or even be able to eat them moderately. The more processed carbs you eat, the less you'll lose or at least, the harder it will make it to lose the weight. For the majority of us, the processed carbs is what got us here in the first place.0 -
As noted above, the diets sometimes vary by doctor, BUT they all have important reasons why they formulated them the way they did, so you should consult with your doctor before deviating from the diet he gave you. Best wishes for your long term success!0
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I have suffered from horrid nausea since my surgery - my doctor told me saltine crackers were fine (or soy chips)0
