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Check whatever materials/lists you were given, as what's permitted varies from plan to plan. You should be able to have water, protein drinks, broth, creamy soups, yogurt (such as Oikos triple zero), sugar-free popsicles . . . I'll admit that I didn't much enjoy the liquid phase or the slushy stage, but once I could eat real food again, I became much, much happier. It really isn't that long, although while you are doing it, it seems like forever. But after the first month . . . you'll have many more options. Good luck!

I too am so sorry about your sister. It breaks my heart. the friends here who are advising to only focus on protein are right. I’m not an expert. But I’m doing well, almost 5 months in. Main thing to think about besides protein is STOP ALL SUGAR, sweet drinks, bread, desserts, fake sugars. ive found that fat alone doesn’t stop my loss of fat ever. Full fat diary and meat don’t hurt me and taste fantastic. Healthy fats have a place with your protein. Don’t eat low fat anything. Eating a piece of juicy hamburger or a full fat unsweetened greek yogurt will keep you losing weight AND help you feel full and satisfied. All sweet carbs make you crave sugar and that’s is what you do not want. A week or two without sugar and you will lose the desire for it. No bread, no fruit, no sweets. 85% chocolate is ok. Potatoes and sweet potatoes even with butter are fine. I promise you, giving up all sweetness really works and after you kick the habit, it’s painless. good luck sweetie, you will lose the rest of your weight. And your sister will be proud.

Take probiotics he helps they sell the liquid form in Health food stores and activate yogurt

Sorry just saw this, I sometimes have pain where my incision is. I try so much to drink, I feel you have to wake up so flipping early just to get all my fluids in. Sometimes I manage and other days I am shy by 1 or 2 cups. I have days I am so hungry, but I get full quickly and other days I could barely look at food.I don't force myself to eat, but I make sure on those days I have my protein in drinks or plain yogurt. Pills are so hard to swallow.I put them in yogurt and it goes down easier that way. I wish you much success in your future weight loss! Sent from my Nexus 5 using BariatricPal mobile app

Hello! So I'm on day 1 of my liquid preop diet. It's been rough but I'm getting through it.. My question was for any suggestions on non sweet protein ideas. I'm not allowed to have any solids and only 1 yogurt every other day. Broths are approved and that's mainly what I've been drinking but it lacks in protein. I hate the artificial sweetner taste of protein shakes including premier. I ordered some protein soups and unflavored protein powder from bariatric pal but it won't be here for 2 days. Any suggestions or tips are welcone!!

I'm actually only supposed to have plain. I was recommended by another sleever Dannon Oikos Triple Zero. It only has 4g of sugar. I think it tastes horrible right now but I think everything sweet tastes bad right now. Even my plain greek yogurt has 6g of sugar and it was approved to eat. I used to love Chobani Simply 100 but I think they may have taken it off the market. I don't see it and isn't online either.

im finding it almost impossible to find sugar-free yogurt (i will skip the plain) . i found one brand at one store, it has 4grams of sugar, comes in a bunch of flavors, i think its called carbmaster but im confused why there isnt any other options at the many stores ive been in. Oh, and my cat being a yogurt fiend, knows im eating yogurt but after one lick, she knew this wasnt the good yogurt so she constantly comes up to sniff it and walks away in a huff. even cats dont like sugar free stuff. lol as far as going to the bathroom, i had my last meal (chicken wings) the sunday before my wed surgery. so was on only liquids for 2 days, then of course only liquid the first week after. i was scared for when i would be "ready" to go but whew luckily it came maybe the sunday after. i hope you find relief in the otc meds . ive been eating cottage cheese since nov 22. was so happy to eat something of substance. it doesnt necessarily stay down when i eat it but its better than protein shakes . try to puree chicken breast when youre able to eat soft foods. its surprisingly good. ive mixed one spoonful of the chicken with one spoonful of instant potatoes. it tastes like a normal meal.

HI javaknut, thank you for responding im almost positive that the stabbing pain i had is because of an adhesion. Right now, i dont have that pain but it has come and gone since the first time i felt it (friday night). Im told that this is common with most surgeries and if surgically removed, another one might form. great. But ya, im thinking we both should keep an eye on it . as far as reflux goes, i do sleep elevated not only because of the heartburn but i have chronic asthma. too many times if i ended up sleeping flat and i woke up with stomach acid pouring out my nose! i have tried tiny spoonfuls of jello, yogurt and broth and it just sits in my throat. but sugar free powerade goes down better and even pureed chicken stays down. if i take too big of sips or spoonfuls then forget it , it will shoot out my mouth if i talk or whatever . gross. if your pain returns, are you planning on contacting your surgeon or anyone about it? i almost called 911 fri night , but i was more embarrassed being inside a store trying to lift up my stomach just to walk an inch. i didnt want to lay down and wait for the paramedics to find me on aisle 11 LOL. i see your progress and i am impressed. you have done very well ! your surgery was only 5 days before mine. i lost 12lbs. and it has stayed at 12lbs. im thinking its my inactivity , cant be from the foods im vomiting every few minutes after eating

I was told the first week I could have anything that passed through a strainer. So I went nuts at the soup aisle and got all the lower fat soups I could find (low fat, low carb, and low sugar). I even got chili and some spicy chicken soups. I even got the spicy turkey chili at panera, and the chick-fil-a spicy chicken tortilla soup. What was better is that when I moved to mushy foods I was told that all foods were open, but the texture had to be that of applesauce or smoother. Basically anything that you can eat without having to chew. My surgeon told me, if I am having any cravings - if I am willing to throw it in a blender - go for it. I told him I have a Vitamix, so in theory, I could liquify my iPhone and eat it - he chuckled and agreed. Those same soups and more are now open to me, as well as yogurt. If they have chunks, they go in the Vitamix and all is good. I still can only handle 2-3oz at a time, but at least I have some variety. I feel your pain, but that timeline is short in the grand scheme of things. Power thru it. The more you stick to the liquids and amounts - the faster you will heal. Make sure you get those proteins and waters at the minimal amounts at least. If you slack on those, you might get stuck in liquid only diet purgatory another week!

Yes sugar free only but I agree that most sugar free tastes awful so instead of vanilla flavored yogurt, I prefer plain. I'm not taking much foods. Just limited to yogurt, cream of wheat or strained / purred soups but not chicken soup more like broth type. It's a challenge to get requirements in so I'm sticking to 2 protein shakes and yogurt at this point. I will be able to move on to soft purred foods in 3 days so that will be great (I hope!) Looking forward to cottage cheese and soft foods like fish. I think it will be a huge improvement to go down to one shake a day. I feel better today. Still have that odd feeling inside (probably gas and like things aren't quite right in there.) I'm not having pain but discomfort. Def hard to sleep past 6 hours because I'm uncomfortable in bed. Haven't gone to the bathroom yet so going to pick up milk of mag. I'm taking stool softner but burns my throat so going to pick up solace today. I have flax seed but forgot to use it. Not sure when I should start to worry but I did a 2 liquid fast so haven't gone since last Monday which was my last meal. I didn't have reflux before and fortunately don't feel it now. I'm taking prilosec to prevent it.

So, I may have spoke too soon. Last night was rough. I feel really bloated today (and had reflux all night). I assume I have a lot of gas, but can’t get anything moving. Kind of frustrating. On top of that, I have been straight clear liquids (basically just water) because days 1-4 postop were miserable. So, I was burning fat supplies (exclusively) for energy, which really contributed to the nausea I think. I feel like this also affected my sleep. Not only did I not sleep (nap) yesterday at all, but I wasn’t really tired last night either. I was up until after 3, then tossed and turned and got out of bed at 6. I ate some yogurt this morning, and that felt satisfying. I’m heading to the store to grab some different protein shakes to try (and get some more gas Ex). Really hope this gas dissipates soon.

I started to feel that way with liquids a couple days after surgery. When I moved to thick liquids that changed a bit with the protein drinks, and even more so once I got to mushy foods. I swear I can sip a whole Premiere Protein down in 15-20 mins if I wanted, but I cannot eat more than 2-3oz of yogurt or eggs, etc. Gives even more credence to not drinking 30 mins before and after food in my eyes.

Thanks for your concern. Seems like surgeon’s plans vary greatly. Mine did clear liquid day of surgery and full liqids to include shakes, yogurt and puréed soup from day 2-7. Then I do to soft foods. I’m tolerating it fine just doesn’t taste good. How are you feeling.

I hope you are doing better. I had my sleeve done on nov 15 2017, so im not that far ahead of you but concerned because many posts, publications, dr orders, and hospital orders told me only a clear liquid diet 1 week post op. definitely no protein shakes, no yogurt. I accidentally swallowed a fragment of a noodle from a soup can i was draining to try and drink the broth and i went into what seemed like shock. "dumping syndrome" is what i was told what was happening to me . pulse shot up to 200. (this was the first week) . Im dont even have enough of my own experience to preach about much of anything but I felt the need to say something. (i was allowed sugar free only protein drinks and sugar free yogurt after the 1st week) but very limited amounts. Its great to see your outlook on things now, and how youre improving wish you much success

Hi, Im a new poster, new member to this group. I have been bulimic most of my life , so throwing up takes zero effort. I had gastric sleeve surgery and a hiatal hernia repaired at the same time (11/15/2017) I am unable to eat jello, yogurt , broth, lets just say the only thing I can keep down without it sitting in my throat is sugar-free powerade drink. I had a large hiatal hernia but it was repaired , I had my follow up with my bariatric surgeon/ doctor 2 weeks post surgery and asked him if its possible that the hernia surgery was repaired too tight? He said no. He had no explanation on why I cant actually swallow these things and my reflux is worse . I guess those who develop reflux post surgery include those who already have it so its horrible. I take 40mg omeprazole as needed .... not as prescribed (1 pill a day). ALSO, to make matters worse, it seems like I developed a full body yeast infection? (except its not where they usually are thank god). I have red welts, my wounds itch beyond words, then it spread to my lower stomach , then under my breasts, now its on my neck. I suppose if it travels down below then i will be furious. Ive tried otc calamine lotion, fungal itch creams nothing is even helping with the itch. ONE LAST THING I was doing ok as far as pain but the other night after I walked into a grocery store, I almost collapsed. I had what felt like a hot knife stabbing me in the large wound above my belly button. I was kind of stuck, not being able to walk in or out just stuck. I realized the pain was more of a ripping of my insides so I struggled and tried my hardest to hold up the bottom of my stomach so it wasnt putting pressure on that wound area. I can only assume its an adhesion . Now what? anyone experience these things? My surgeon wasnt concerned about me spewing throw up from most anything i try to swallow, wasnt concerned that my whole body is a huge rash and welts that itch beyond control. I havent even had a chance to tell him about the adhesion ... fearing his "thats what you signed up for" attitude. He is a great surgeon, I have no doubt and he has the best personality dont get me wrong. But dont know what to do about all of this . thanks for any advice

I just had my first real food. I’m 20 days post op. I made a soft boiled egg. I’ve been able to drink my protein drinks and eat yogurt, popsicles, and cottage cheese with no problem. After two very small bites, I felt like I ate a dozen eggs. So strange!

My surgeons office had me on solids by week 2 and my body was sooo not ready !!!! Take it slow and don’t rush it . Start with triple zero yogurt for a couple weeks . That was my biggest mistake even though my dr said I could eat tuna and egg salad I definitely had dumping . I’m 10 months out now and down 90 pounds . Couldn’t be. Happier !!

I hate eggs now so not much input on them, but when you put some real protein down that you have chewed you should get the fullness. I can eat 4-5 oz of yogurt or cottage cheese pretty easy, but a half cup of chicken feels like i swallowed a whole turkey. Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk

Fruit and veggies are BAD next choices...too much fiber in them. It's best to follow your doctor's advice and take reintroductions very slowly. When you need to move on to the next stage, the next foods are cream of wheat or oat meal thinned with skim milk or almond milk, sugar free pudding, creamed soups with the chunks strained out, or yogurt.

I drank a combo of pure protein shakes, and ate lots of Greek yogurt. I ate jello, broth , sugar free pudding, etc, i had surgery yesterday 😀

Hello again! I am almost 3 weeks out from my surgery (on 11/15). I hit my highest weight on 10/30 at 207.8 lbs and am down to 188.7, so almost 20 pounds lost in November. I was 202 before surgery, so 13.3 pounds since 11/15....not bad, but I feel like I am in a stall. I haven't felt any discomfort from the surgery at all. Nothing. Nada. The only way to tell that I have had the surgery is that I can eat much less. For two days prior to surgery and then the week following surgery, I was on only liquids. That was hard, but doable. Thanksgiving was 1 week post op and I was able to eat some butternut squash soup with a little crabcake mixed in. I also had home made cranberry sauce mixed with a little ricotta cheese. I do not believe in low fat diets at all (I follow Bulletproof and Mark Sisson of Mark's Daily Apple), so all my dairy is full fat - yogurt, milk, ricotta. Cutting out sugar is really no problem. Getting in enough protein is the biggest challenge since dense food doesn't feel good. I have diced chicken really small and mixed with broth or thinned out with yogurt or the butternut squash soup. I did eat some refried beans thinned with salsa. I am talking very small quantities - table spoons of things. Although I haven't had any pain, I am full with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of food at a sitting. This is both weird and wonderful. Since I was not all that hungry (I am assuming that is the effect of the surgery plus the ADD meds that I take) I have had a hard time getting in enough calories. I was averaging about 350 calories a day for the two weeks post surgery and then I hit a huge stall in my weightloss. In the past week, I have only lost 2 pounds. The nutritionist said I was in starvation mode, so I had to try and get in more quality calories, which I have been able to do. My sister had the same situation happen, so she just added in shakes. As I mentioned in my previous post, she had more trouble than I. She has been uncomfortable (apparently she bled more in the actual surgery and has more swelling. She and I have always healed differently, so this is just par for the course for her.) She has been able to puree some Atkins meals and is satisfied with that. She has had a much harder time wrapping her head around the smaller meals and dietary changes. I have given up sugar and carbs completely many times and can live quite happily that way, she is a carb addict and a bad dieter (her own words!) LOL. She laughed and said that she has never lasted this long on a diet. It is hard, but we are both happy with the decision. They keep saying " This is a tool for weight loss, just a tool. You still need to do the work." and I am looking at it that way. The diet still needs to change. I had to walk away from all the desserts on Thanksgiving. (Did I mention that I served an extraordinary sit-down dinner for 20 on that day? I cooked everything, including home made bread!) I was happy to be able to eat less and not be driven back to the kitchen all day long. I think that using contrave, belviq or Vyvanse is still helpful post surgery to help get the brain wrapped around all of thie

Oh my, I would love have loved a lean cuisine at the beginning. My diet consists of 3 protein shakes per day, up to 2 "snacks" (like 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt or 1/2 cup low fat cream soup, 1/2 cup no-sugar-added applesauce, or, if I'm feeling particularly famished, 4 oz pure fruit juice), and unlimited sugar-free, zero-calorie liquids (like crystal light, broth, Propel Zero, etc.). I go to clear liquids the whole day before surgery, and then on the day of surgery just water from midnight to 7am (my surgery is at 11am). So far I'm surviving. When I remember to have my 3 protein shakes per day, and space them out at regular intervals, as well as take advantage of the two snacks per day (yogurt is the most filling) my hunger is much better controlled.

That sounds perfect. And I used to do Greek yogurt or avocado instead of mayo for chicken salad

The Yogurt will fill you up less than a dense protein.

Yess because I’m hungry so much I’m scared to eat an actual meal so I just stick to the Greek yogurts And I may eat a piece of fish or chicken but that’s honestly it.