Lawless

Hey y'all. New to the forum and I have questions. I don't know if I should post this here, as I am pre-op, or post it elsewhere, because my questions are mostly for post-op. I was all set up last year to do the surgery, and stopped at the last minute. My primary doctor's secretary scared me, because she said all she could eat was salad, and she was a year post-op. Also, they told me I would have to 100% give up my caffeine free diet coke. 100%. So I waited for a while, and started thinking about it again, talking to a few people who'd done the surgery, read stories online, and found out that if all she could eat was salad, she had a problem and needed to speak to her doctor. So I came back, and talked to the surgeon again, because I want to do the surgery. This is my problem. I am having a hard time justifying having the surgery done, and this is the reason. My surgeon told me I'd have to give up carbs, grains and starches. Now, if I give up carbs, breads, pastas, rice, etc - what's the point in having the surgery at all? He said that I could eat small pieces of chicken breast, fish, etc, plus vegetables with no butter. If that's going to be my diet, why have the surgery at all? That would help with weight loss without the surgery. I'm just confused. Thanks in advance.

Gotcha. Thanks!

Thanks, Tray! Hey - why not broccoli? Somebody earlier said broccoli. I love broccoli.

Thanks for all the advice, everyone. The reason he said no carbs is, well, obvious. Carbs = pounds. But he said no grains or starches because he said that they stick to the inside of the smaller part of your stomach, and can get caught there and cause discomfort. I was so ready to do this. I did research, and was prepared to eat less food, but had no idea of the limitations of what I had to stop eating all together. I had a friend who had this who eats sushi all the time. He doesn't eat 6 to 8 pieces, though. He eats 2, and he's full. I have no problem with that. But my surgeon told me sushi was a no-no because of the sticky rice. The whole "you can't eat anything but Protein and veg with no butter" just really scared me. I mean, if I could eat that way, I wouldn't have a weight problem anyway.