I am 7 monyhs and have been eating strawberries, melons, apples, cuties and no sugar added canned fruit since about a month post o
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I was able to eat salad and veg and fruit (small amts) at about 4-5wks out. You are right it seems post op plans differ like meatloaf recipes. You should follow your doc plan or consult on this subject with them or your nut. d

400-600 calories seems like not much....

Is this the norm y'all since I haven't gotten this far along yet? 3 weeks out for me...

In fact Dr has never said anything about calorie restrictions. .

After the initial 5 days of liquids, I've been able to eat bananas, canned fruit that has been rinsed and drained, cantaloupe/melon, mandarin oranges rinsed and drained and unsweetened applesauce. Monday is th ebeginning of my 5th week and I can add all soft fruits and the only restrictions are no fruit skins, no dried fruits, no coconut and no canned fruit in syrup. All fruit should be in maderation, so the other day when my son opened a banana, I took 2 small slices and puit them in freezer and sucked on them once they were frozen. Delicious!

Also wanted to add that it mentions in my plan that fruits with seeds like berries and stringy/membranous fruits like citrus/mangoes may be hard to digest and to try in small amounts as tolerated.

I am out 4 weeks on this coming Tuesday- my Dr. told me soft foods. Protien first. Tuna salad, chicken salad, 3/4 scrambled egg, refried beans, cottage cheese etc. I am trying to eat 1/3 cup 5 times a day, drink 60-80 protien, and 64oz water.

I am 5 weeks out. I was told yesterday to stay on soft foods. Bananas are ok and canned or frozen fruit are ok if low sugar. No fresh fruit order than the bananas unless pured. No fruit with skins or seeds.

Thank you all for responding! Our doc group has us do clear liquids for 1 week, any liquids one more week, blended for a week, and then start on soft foods but, as I said, only protein and low-carb veggies (which are supposed to be only canned right now). Yuck! Can't wait until I get to do some fresh broccoli or something, I hate canned veggies. Sounds like my docs are pretty conservative but I will try to be compliant since they have been doing this longer than I have! LOL

Hi, Ruby! I was on clear liquids for one week and then allowed eggs, cottage cheese, beans, low fat cheese, anything that walked on 2 legs (chicken, turkey, duck, etc) and anything that swam (fish, shrimp, lobster, crab, etc). Oh, I think I was allowed tofu, too didn't touch it!!)

After one month, I was allowed peanut butter (no more than twice a week) peeled, non-citrus fruits and cooked, non-fiberous ing else. veggieshowever, I was supposed to eat 3 bites of protein for every 1 bite of anything else.

I was/am supposed to eat at least 70 grams of protein a day, lots of water, and 3 meals a day with no snacking (my surgeon has changed her program since then to allow 2 100 calorie snacks).

At 4 months, I was allowed all foods as tolerated, although I was still supposed to keep white carbs to a minimum and eat 3 bites of protein for every 1 bite of anything else.

There are so many different programsJust my opinion, but I think it is important to stick to one and not cherry-pick pieces form a bunch of different programs.

There will be so much time to eat things that taste goodIt will get better!

JJ

at 6-8 weeks I was allowed no sugar added canned peaches or pears and unsweetened apple sauce. As of 12 weeks I was able to start adding some fresh fruit, But my "pouch" is picky so far out of the ones I have tried I can not tollerate banannas, honey dew melon, or blueberries I dumped from eating a red delishes apple :( it was horrible!!!! But I tollerate fresh peaches, strawberries and watermellon just fine :)