Salad during soft period?

[slkesler 28]

I am on soft food diet and am one and shall weeks post -op. Can I eat salad?

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

No. salad definitely isn't soft. If you can't easily mash it with a fork, it's not soft.

[GoingforGoal 1,734]

Despite whether you can chomp the living Fiber out of that lettuce, salad is one of the foods bandsters sometimes cringe at. It's a very fibrous food and it's very difficult for saliva alone to break it down. As a consequence, it gets stuck frequently for some bandsters. I have zero problem w/ salads, however, because it's a 'cringeworthy' food I would definitely wait until you are acclimated to solids before attempting it.

Softs and mushies really need to be the basics like mash potato, mashed banana, watery oatmeal, super soft meats like fish that can be chewed down to mush before swallowing. Boring, yes, but safe!

[parisshel 1,892]

Oh gosh no. Just no.

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

best to stay and use the list of post op foods the dr gave you..

if its on it, then yes

if not, that answer is no

for best band results, always follow the lap band guidelines

[slkesler 28]

Thanks to all of you!!