My doctor said eat what ever you can stand and don't worry about all the pureed foods and replacement meals. I have never pureed any food since surgery. I have had great success and eat whatever I want. Of course I can only eat small amounts but at least I feel full and that's the success part.

Thank you so much for this information. I've been following your story and you have had great success that I can only hope to duplicate. In looking at others stories it seems the diets stages are so varied that I don't know which way is up. I want to be an ideal patient and follow my instructions to the letter, but I honestly feel like the restrictions are stressing me. I don't really feel like I have a meter on what my new little stomach can handle.

Remember this is for the rest of your life so don't stress about it. You can eat whatever you want and I do..... just not very much. I had a cake donut today it took half a day to eat it but I sure enjoyed it. Also you can view the surgery on line to see what they do - if you listen very closely to the doctor doing the surgery you will note that what he says aobut how normal you should be when it is done. [nomedia=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYH5lWa9Rk]YouTube- Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy[/nomedia]