Thanks for posting your journey being banded. It really eases me with my upcoming surgery. Love you girl. I am so happy for you.

Great idea on the mini raviolis! I ate a chicken salad wrap tonight, minus the wrap, it was messy but the only thing that I could eat after football practice...note to self...plan ahead if you are going to be out of the house for that long!

That IS a GREAT idea about the mini raviolis. I will have to remember that when it is my time.

wow you are 6 days post op and alreayd eating?! mushies..im six days post also, but restricted to full liquids...i can do mushy food in about a week..good luck to ya

smiley8- the only reason they've got me eat small amounts of mushy is because of a pain medication that they have me on that makes me vomit on an empty stomach and they dont want me vomiting...

Tab- Your welcome, Im so happy that the insurance thing worked out, you had me scared this afternoon... WE ARE DOING THIS!!!!

The raviolis are super mushy and easy cause they come in those throw it in the micro wave cups with their own lid so you can just throw it back in the frig when your done with it and re heat later or the next day or whenever...

Here is my post op diet per my Lap Band Bariatric guide from my Doctor. I have never felt deprived and I am losing at a good rate.

Day 1 & 2= Clear liquids, broth, sf jello, sf popsicles, tea, unsweetened juices (apple), water.

Day 3 to 7 = fat free yogurt, cream of wheat/rice, protien drink, cream soup (no chunks), Low sodium V8, Milk (nonfat, 1 or 2%) tea, coffee,sf jello, crystal lite, carnation instant breakfast, water, non fat creamer 2tsp

Day 8 to 14 = Scrambled eggs, lf yogurt, sf applesauce, cream of wheat/rice, soft fish or tuna, pureed veggies, mashed potatoes, protien drinks, cottage cheese or ricotta cheese topped w/spaghetti sauce, pureed chicken, milk (nonfat 1 to 2%), unsweetened juices, sf popsicles, sf jello, sf pudding, soft cheese (baby bell), tea,coffee, water,

Day 15 to 21 = scrambled eggs, banana, tuna salad made with low fat mayonaise or olive oil mayonaise, whole wheat crackers, baked chicken, soft cheeses, mashed sweet potatoes, steamed carrots, mashed potatoes (betty crocker 80 calorie cheddar sour cream my favorite), soft fish, non fat yogurt, toasted breads with no seeds or nuts, tea, coffee, water, juices no sugar, cottage cheese/ricotta, Milk, protien drinks.

Day 22 onward = Eat three small meals a day making smart healthy food choices always eat protien first and chew 20-30 times, take multivitamin (chewable Centrum for me) and CoQ10 50mg 2x a day.

Thanks for sharing this with us all... im sure Ill use some of these ideas in the near future...

Healthy111...your diet seem awesome...armywives, I totally understand...just a lil jealoous...i want to eat some mushies too!...but too afraid to go off dr orders!

Is oatmeal and grits considered mushies?

They are, but you've got to watch your carb intake, and it really depends (in the begining) what you can actually eat once your able to eat... For me, I couldnt do Jell-o it literally hurt going down... I think that for everyone its different, its a lot of trial and error, and keep a food log so you can see what your putting in your body and make notes on what different food made you feel like....