PaulVT

My program indicates that the final phase of the diet or phase 5 is our lifetime diet and you should be eating around 1000 calories a day. If you exercise heavily then perhaps a bit more. Remember calories = energy so if you eat less calories you will have less energy. The goal is a healthy balance. Listen to your body and be patient with it. I am at 800 calories after 2 weeks. I have had no issues. Many people take a lot longer to reach that level.

I am one week out from RNY and I am doing great. No pain in last 5 days. Tolerating all fluids well. Feel a little twinge of pain if I go above 3/4 cup. I was on full liquid pudding/soups etc.. the day after surgery before discharge. I have been on the full liquid diet for 7 days. Every hospital is different but the next step for me is soft diet in another week and then lifetime diet two weeks later. So here is the question. How fast did people advance to the soft diet (eggs, ground meats, seafood, canned fruit and veg etc...) I am thinking about starting at the 10 day mark (4 days early). As I said I am tolerating everything really well. I have lost 28lbs since pre-op diet (my pre-op diet was 1000 calorie diet of solid foods). 14 since surgery on 11/29.