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U will be fine - have a little yogurt or cottage cheese if ur starving , just not the night before surgery

I feel great and like my surgery was successful and has made my life easier. Just took my first business trip in a few months and needed to buy new, straight size suits and didn't bring a seatbelt extender because I knew I wouldn't need it. Eating on the road went fine, lots of salads and yogurt. I haven't lost any hair and am getting close to Onederland.

I eat chia seeds. I put about a tsp in my yogurt for breakfast. I've eaten them for years either in yogurt or smoothies, even before my sleeve. I'm pretty sure I re-started them within a month or so of surgery. I mix them up in the yogurt and let them sit for as long as a half hour before I consume. They're properly plump by the time I eat them. Unless you're downing dry chia seeds and allowing them to expand in your stomach, I don't see the risk. Even then, you'd have to be consuming A LOT of chia seeds to expand large enough to make a difference. Besides, they're kind of gelatinous and by the time they fully expand, wouldn't they have sort have "moved on", if you know what I mean?

Its yogurt with gluten free granola mix on top (bakery on main, kind and dark chocolate chips)

I just got some pintos and cheese from Taco Bell. It will probably take me 2-3 days to eat it. Besides that I’ve had baked potato oatmeal yogurt protein drinks and unsweetened apple sauce. Sugar free jello and popsicles if I want a snack. Thursday I get to move up to semi regular food.

It gets easier, but truthfully i am 10 weeks out and if i eat anything to dense( ie i still cannot eat chicken salad!) its like your having major chest pains. And then whoopsie, back up it comes. Stick to the purées and yogurts as long as you need, good luck!

I pretty much lived on cottage cheese and yogurt for a while. Couldn't eat more than half a scrambled egg for a while or it felt like I ate a rock once it hit my stomach! At this stage more than a couple bites of anything may be too much. Take it slow and if something doesn't sit well now, wait a few days and introduce it again later. It's boring at first but as you heal it does get better!

Agree with you @GradyCat some people may not use it for anything. I think if you already owned one of these things it's a plus. I love smoothies and make them a lot. Otherwise I'd have to spend $10-$12.00 a day on smoothies and the prices are even higher when you start to add protein to the shake. I find a lot of the smoothies places in the NYC add orange juice/apple juice for the base liquid while, I add water and plain yogurt and sometimes almond butter. The fruits are already sweet on their own.

I didn't actually use my blender to puree anything except chicken salad one time and meh- i could have lived w/out that. I just ate a lot of yogurt, cottage cheese, ricotta bake, things like that. If you are not on your puree stage a long time, I wouldn't buy anything if you don't think you will use it in the future. That being said, I have the ninja, it has a few different attachments and I use it sometimes for shakes...but not much else.

Hi everyone! Updates 🔔 Currently (today anyway) 154.6 but I have been bouncing around due to eating less fun foods for challenges and then more near my menstrual cycle. Balance is key right? My food choices remain the same. On the go I can count on very little outdoor foods so I pick the same things- yogurt, salad, halal chicken or tenders, West Indies foods (beef/chicken/vegetable patty) , etc... (Recently tried beef chili from Sonic will not again) But I try to keep it tight and justifiable aka walking meal lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I gave up protein cookies for good, hooray🎇 they were a lazy and calorie costly substitute so I realized didn't need them. I have starting experimenting with homemade protein waffles and gluten free baked goods. Amazing. I prefer the waffles, less work and almost entirely protein. So they can stay. Tea, coffee, water on repeat as usual. Intermittent Fasting continues getting even stricter this month forward... I bought my first bikini (not pictured) because Summer's coming 💎💎💎💎 Everything else is pretty much consistent, I love consistency lol. Still a very good choice. I would totally do it again. But y'all already know that 😉

Absolutely! I couldn't finish yogurt yesterday lol what a pity 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Im also super mindful not to eat over 30mins like my initial rules state because the stomach does empty and you can just keep refilling it lol then surgery is pointless if you consume excess cals The futher out the more diet manipulation/tightening I begin to employ Congrats everyone on your skinny little stomachs lol

The dressing was 1.25 cups plain whole milk Greek yogurt, two table spoons of mayo, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, a teaspoon of sugar (could probably use a sugar replacement, but I didn’t because it was so little), a teaspoon of salt, pepper, a little garlic powder, a teaspoon of rosemary, like 2 table spoons of tarragon, and a dash of tumeric. I didn’t have dill weed so I used tarragon in the dressing. Really wished I had dill weed!

I forgot to take a before, but it basically had a few pieces of that chicken and a little more cucumbers/tomatoes. But the chicken (pictured in the pan was amaaazing)! It’s food cart (halal cart) style chicken, with s White sauce (some concoction of Greek yogurt and spices) and a little Harissa over a salad.

I went back exactly a week later. That was fine for me Just keep Advil on you and bring pudding/yogurt with you to munch on

It can totally happen. Either you embrace it and eat what you can while making sure your nutrition is on point or keep trying new things. It nearly happened to me early on but my NUT put me on a rotation diet plan, thank the Creator. I've tried almost everything I plan to eat now but I still favor some pretty basic things * cough, yogurt * and I'm ok with that path. It works for me.

So far bafflement... still undergoing tests but nothing conclusive so far... has anyone else experienced post-op complications several years out? Surgery July 2016. Only lost 100lbs (I know, I know, "only"), but I'm still about 100lbs overweight. I'm not unhappy w/the amount lost at all and feel much better overall so I do not regret the surgery. First, not sure any or all of these symptoms are related at all but since they're all (potentially) GI-related, I can't help but think (especially now) that they are. So here goes: I can't remember exactly when the first one occurred, but it was after "healing" for sure but the first time it happened, it was definitely after surgery: a charlie-horse in my abdomen. These occur very suddenly and occur when I'm bending, reaching or twisting my abdomen--but always forward, not backward. For example, I might just tuck my belly in to look down at my feet and whammo, charlie horse. I reach forward to pick up a kitten... whammo. They can happen at any time and are excruciatingly painful and I just jerk backwards in reaction and take diaphragmatic breaths and they'll ease up. About 4 months ago, I had a sudden pain "attack" after eating a relatively fatty meal... I'm talking waves of pain in the gut so intense that I actually called 911. Since I still have my gallbladder, I assumed gallbladder problems. Pain lasted about 7 hours or so, even through narcotics given in the ambulance and at the hospital. Worst pain I've ever felt in my life. Multiple tests run... no gallstones, so they basically sent me home after the pain finally subsided with a ridiculous "gastritis" diagnosis. Sorry, was crapola. About 6 weeks after that, I started to have diarrhea... for over two weeks straight, every single day. Didn't respond to OTC anti-diarrheals. Saw walk-in doc (my doc was on vacation) who ran a bunch of tests and nothing positive except blood in the stool. Diarrhea eventually cleared. PCP ordered endoscopy and colonoscopy--both normal. About 6 weeks ago, another pain attack--but not after fatty meal... just yogurt. This time I remembered I had meds at home--took anti-spasmodics (hyoscyamine) and oxycodone... took 3x regular dose to make pain tolerable. Faded again after about 7 hours. PCP suspects gallbladder function is to blame, even though no stones, so HIDA test this Thursday. In the timeline, this pain attack was about a week after the diarrhea cleared up... about a month ago. But here's the deal: I can physically (i.e. with my hands) feel that under that trocar scar is a hardening of tissue... it makes sense that it's scar tissue of course, but I feel like it's getting bigger? (as in, over a wider area, not deeper). It's not painful when pressure is applied, just uncomfortable? I have not yet brought this part up to PCP, but she has palpated my abdomen before and didn't call out anything as unusual. So I'm at a loss as to what's going on but something definitely is. Anyone experience anything at all like this? Especially those who are years out from surgery? So confused and tired of taking tests that aren't leading anywhere... thank goodness I have excellent insurance. Michelle

So far bafflement... still undergoing tests but nothing conclusive so far... has anyone else experienced post-op complications several years out? Surgery July 2016. Only lost 100lbs (I know, I know, "only"), but I'm still about 100lbs overweight. I'm not unhappy w/the amount lost at all and feel much better overall so I do not regret the surgery. First, not sure any or all of these symptoms are related at all but since they're all (potentially) GI-related, I can't help but think (especially now) that they are. So here goes: I can't remember exactly when the first one occurred, but it was after "healing" for sure but the first time it happened, it was definitely after surgery: a charlie-horse in my abdomen. These occur very suddenly and occur when I'm bending, reaching or twisting my abdomen--but always forward, not backward. For example, I might just tuck my belly in to look down at my feet and whammo, charlie horse. I reach forward to pick up a kitten... whammo. They can happen at any time and are excruciatingly painful and I just jerk backwards in reaction and take diaphragmatic breaths and they'll ease up. About 4 months ago, I had a sudden pain "attack" after eating a relatively fatty meal... I'm talking waves of pain in the gut so intense that I actually called 911. Since I still have my gallbladder, I assumed gallbladder problems. Pain lasted about 7 hours or so, even through narcotics given in the ambulance and at the hospital. Worst pain I've ever felt in my life. Multiple tests run... no gallstones, so they basically sent me home after the pain finally subsided with a ridiculous "gastritis" diagnosis. Sorry, was crapola. About 6 weeks after that, I started to have diarrhea... for over two weeks straight, every single day. Didn't respond to OTC anti-diarrheals. Saw walk-in doc (my doc was on vacation) who ran a bunch of tests and nothing positive except blood in the stool. Diarrhea eventually cleared. PCP ordered endoscopy and colonoscopy--both normal. About 6 weeks ago, another pain attack--but not after fatty meal... just yogurt. This time I remembered I had meds at home--took anti-spasmodics (hyoscyamine) and oxycodone... took 3x regular dose to make pain tolerable. Faded again after about 7 hours. PCP suspects gallbladder function is to blame, even though no stones, so HIDA test this Thursday. In the timeline, this pain attack was about a week after the diarrhea cleared up... about a month ago. But here's the deal: I can physically (i.e. with my hands) feel that under that trocar scar is a hardening of tissue... it makes sense that it's scar tissue of course, but I feel like it's getting bigger? (as in, over a wider area, not deeper). It's not painful when pressure is applied, just uncomfortable? I have not yet brought this part up to PCP, but she has palpated my abdomen before and didn't call out anything as unusual. So I'm at a loss as to what's going on but something definitely is. Anyone experience anything at all like this? Especially those who are years out from surgery? So confused and tired of taking tests that aren't leading anywhere... thank goodness I have excellent insurance. Michelle

Applesauce, even the unsweetened tastes sweet now, sugar free puddings, many Jello flavors to choose from although my one dietician groaned h9memade cheesy potato soup, skim milk and lower fat cheese, said not happy with that. Told them okay but my pouch was, and anything that does not puke up is my friend. Also pureed down pears, did you know They are less- allergic- invoking than apples? Never did before, but you learn a lot around here. Weird things I CAN'T handle, bananas, cottage cheese and Greek Yogurt straight although in a smoothie I usually can do okay.

Sleeved 2/20. . . 11 pounds for me - not impressed considering I'm only eating the equivalent of 1 yogurt a day! : ) I guess we have to just trust the process and know that it may be a slow loss for some of us, which could be a good thing.

I hate them as well, but I have to use them in order to hit anywhere remotely close to the 90g/protein per day. I am a vegetarian though, so it's a bit more complicated for me than meat eaters (or so I'm told.) Right now I am drinking 1-2 a day still, but I want to stop drinking them asap. I could be wrong (and feel free to correct me, anybody, if so!) but I think you only really need them for the first couple weeks post-surgery, and then you can phase them out? There are other ways of getting protein as well besides shakes, like yogurts, quarks, even protein water.

Before I start I would ask that you please be kind or don't comment. I'm very emotional this last week. I had surgery 1 week ago today. I was all excited I get to go to full liquids today. I had half a YQ yogurt today and was fine. I ate baby bites. I had 1 cup mushroom soup strained. For some reason soup I can get to go down without pain and relatively quick. I'm allowed to have cream of wheat and put a tiny amount of brown sugar (I do not use ss) and fair life milk. It seems clumpy and thick but I tried to stir and rolled it around my mouth. I had to stop. I felt extremely full. Not sure if I are to fast or what, but I though I was going to die for 15 minutes. Terrible stomach cramps, which pretty much just subsided. I'm scared to death and never, ever want that to happen again. Do you know what happened? Thank you for your help!

Lots of yogurt and lactose free milk! hard boil eggs as well. premier protein bars are good too

The problem is that they don't allow you to have anything that's not liquid form right after the surgery. You're sure that you don't like any? Most of them have chocolate and vanilla as options, but the Premier Protein (which my doctor recommended) have bananas and cream and caramel also as options. I've thought a few times about putting the caramel into decaf coffee, but haven't done it yet! If not, I know that there is flavorless protein powder out there, and they do allow you to have sugar free pudding and light yogurt as long as it has no chunks in it. Maybe mixing the powder with one of those might not be bad? You'll still be sick of pudding/yogurt like me by the time it's over, but I'd say that they would do well to disguise the texture of the protein powder due to the fact that they're more dense than just pure liquid. Hope this helps!

You can totally try different Bari-life hacks like yogurt, protein water, protein pudding, protein jello, etc but the quickest way to get it all in immediately post op is liquid form. Something to consider when considering if this is the path you want to take.

I just had my sleeve done on Feb 25th. I'm 8 days out and starving as well. For my preop diet my doctor had me on a high protein low carb diet. After surgery for the first 7 days nothing but liquids. Tomorrow is my post op and I am supposed to start protein shakes on top of the liquids and supplements for 2 weeks. I'm not supposed to start soft foods until March 21st but it feels like I wont make it. I just want some unsweetened applesauce with an egg or one of my fat free yogurts. For days I felt I was the only one feeling like this and thinking maybe the sleeve didn't work. But I'm hungry. I'm going to try putting my protein powder in the broth later to see if that helps. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app