any one ever cheat on liquid phase?

lianna · December 28, 2005

I didnt cheat, but I only had Clear Liquids for a couple of days before I was able to move to full liuqids. I was satisfied on full liquids and didnt have any reason to cheat. I was pureeing bean and bacon Soup, cream of chicken, potato soup, etc. (all pretty thinned out) They had enough substance to fill me up and keep from going crazy until mushies were allowed.

ava · December 28, 2005

I had my surgery on 12/19 so I'm technically still on liquids. As with many here, I got sick of Clear Liquids pretty quickly and found that I could tolerate a thicker Soup so now I'm blending damn-near any soup that sounds good. Campbell's Selects are good because most of them are lower fat. The Italian Wedding Soup is, like, 1 gram of fat and tastes great blended. I'm also making my own sugar-free applesauce so I can get the consistency really smooth and vary the sweetness based on my taste. Splenda is gods gift. As for the Protein Shakes, I recommend trying Unjury powder. It comes in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and unflavored. Mixed with 1% milk, it's awesome and doesn't have that weird Protein after-taste. You can buy it online. Good luck!

guile · December 28, 2005

I am 4 weeks post op and am absolutely tired of the shakes and mushies. I've seen different docs have people start solids as early as 3 weeks.I'm ready for solids. When did ya'll start solids?

Kryssa · December 30, 2005

Dee! I'm so happy to see someone from my Dr's office on here! Congrats on your weight loss!

Toledogirl · January 4, 2006

:rambo Hi to all from toledo!!!

Getting scared for my big day reading all these posts. but not to worried. I am starting the Pre-op diet tomorrow and not looking forward to that. I'm glad I read these though. It's good to hear everyone's input.

dgoldyn · August 4, 2008

I have had the lap band put in on July 25. I am 12 days out of surgery.

I found the liquid phase very very hard as i had horrible gas pains and acidity. I had some farina (cream of wheat) Cereal and it helped so much but the doctor and the nutritionist yelled at me that farina was not liquid. ( well i thought it debatable but I'm not the doctor)

What helped with the liquid phase was eggdrop Soup and wonton Soup.< /p>

Apparently you can stretch the esopoghus where the food is held. I hope to god I havent done this. They are scaring me sillly.

But to shut my acidity up, I have had farina, matzoh balls and some chicken and mashed potatos. and yes I chewed and chewed and chewed and had no problems. And yes the portion were minute.

I am down 12 lbs.

So I hope I didn't screw anything up.