Lettuce

[AKSleever 57]

Ok I am 4 months out and have not had Lettuce/salad yet! My doctors papers say to wait till 6 months! Has anyone else tried it this early? I'm craving a salad, but I don't want to do anything that would mess up my weight loss

[danyelleb 386]

I was told to wait too. I just waited it out. U would be amazed at how fast time flies. Hang in there!

[karenb4729 309]

I was allowed regular foods at 3 months. So far I have tried small amounts of lettuce but what I usually eat is a shrimp salad with fresh spinach. I only do a small amt of the spinach in my salad, 1 mushroom, and about 2.5oz of shrimp along with Boathouse Yogurt Blue cheese dressing which is really low carb. It tastes so good and sits well in my sleeve as long as I chew the spinach really well. I love that I can get in Protein along with veggies and it satisfies that salad craving.

[jh5497 105]

I'm one month out and tried a very small bit of Olive Garden salad and chewed it very thoroughly. I was fine. I have not had any problems with any other food either. Everyone's post op instructions are different. I am supposed to introduce new foods very slowly and in small portions to make sure they are tolerated.

[geno5150 168]

I started on regular food at seven weeks out. I think I have eaten just about everything in the grocery store since then. Lettuce/veggies/fruit were fine if chewed well. The only thing I've had trouble with is pasta-esque stuff which I don't really plan on eating anyway.

[AliveAgain 283]

I used to LOVE salads prior to surgery, but now, not so much. It's funny how the minds shifts that way.

What I realized I loved what goes ONTO salads more: Tomato, avocado, boiled egg, cucumber, nuts, peppers, etc. So now I focus on having the toppings as "salads" without the lettuce. Nutritionally, it's low in value compared to other vegetables and takes up so much space in the smaller stomach. Space I'd rather give to lean Protein and nutritionally dense vegetables.

I've also found that without lettuce, I don't need to heavy dressings as much. A little homemade balsamic-vinegar with herbs, measured on the side is all I need!

[CoolBreeze 154]

I saw my doctor today and he cleared to try different foods to see how I tolerate them, so he said I could try salads if I wanted to but if it doesn't agree with me to leave it alone. So I did have about 2 forkfuls of ceasar salad and that was ok. No indigestion or anything like that. But I guess I'm like emlefe, I wanted the assessories that go with it. So I decided to go that route, just have what I would put on it instead.

Now Pasta salad is something I love but have not tried it yet. My doctor did say I could try it but I think I'll wait

[Squisha 99]

I was cleared for salad at 6 weeks, I usually make a ceaser salad and add some rotessori chicken, i can eat about 2 bites of salad and then pick out my chicken and eat it.

[AKSleever 57]

Caesar salad is what I've been craving! I can have veggies, and I do deconstructed salads ( just veggies) I love fruit salads! I don't do dressing on them to sweet! Maybe I could make a Caesar chicken and at least a healthy version to get rid of craving!

[missjenny 43]

I was cleared to have salad at three months. I was scared to try it because I heard of so many people having problems with it but I had absolutely no problems.

[Amandazee13 57]

I can have lettuce and all other crunchy veggies at 4 months

[SleeveDreamer 383]

Iceberg lettuce you will find is too chewy after your sleeve cuz you really chew it more than you ever did. it's hard for our sleeve to digest cuz of all the veins. I don't eat it at all anymore. If I have a salad with lettuce, I use romaine or spinach. However, I do not normally eat any kind of lettuce in a salad. if I go out, I get a cobb salad or ne with alot of Protein on top and once I eat that I can't even have room for the lettuce. Don't even want it anymore at all.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Not that I would recommend going against your doctors recommendations, but, I've been eating spinach, kale, arugula since week 4. I'm not really a lettuce fan, closest I get to that is a bit of spring mix.

[Ijam75 102]

I started eating salad not long after I was on regular foods. Of course, not much at any sitting due to Protein first, but I don't have any issues with it.

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[Emeroldzz 8]

I was cleared for salad today, but to cut it up in small pieces. I'm allowed to try new food as tolerated also