Food progression post op

[bekkamyhousekey 12]

I had surgery 6 days ago & I'm wondering when you guys moved on from liquids to puréed foods. Any thoughts?

[cartmansnj 105]

I was on liquids for two weeks. I am on pure stage now and am not really digging it.

[suzee279 2]

I was on liquids for 2 weeks then moved to pureed stage. I hate the pureed thing. 2 more days and onto soft foods!!

[bekkamyhousekey 12]

Sounds like its pretty universal then... 2 weeks for liquids, one week purée, one week soft foods? I'm hating this liquid diet! I really want to try baby foods or something.

[suzee279 2]

I had 2 weeks liquid, 2 weeks puree then 2 weeks soft.

[Sarah78_RN 66]

Mine is 2 weeks of liquids mainly non caloric intake unless I'm shaky or weak. If so then I can have a Protein Shake. Then 2 weeks of soft.

[LovinMe2013 21]

My instructions were 1 week of liquids, 1 week cream Soups, 4 weeks of soft foods.

[ljmasterdebater 71]

i had 2 weeks each phase it was hard with liquids cause it gets boring. it will get much better

[bekkamyhousekey 12]

Thanks you all! The first few days I've been having canned Soups. Today I made a huge pot of Soup (broth for me, soups for my sickly household). Now that I have something I actually enjoy the taste of, I think I will be much happier. Any soup recipes I can steal?

[crossmy_h3art 17]

Hey Bekka!! You are a Caruana patient too right? Yay! I was sleeved 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I'm on here right now with food progression curiosity as well lol. I am sick of liquids and he didn't seem to follow his own stages very strictly either. In the hospital I was having issues getting Water or ice pops down so he personally brought me saltine crackers and mashed potatoes. So I think I've unofficially combined full liquids and puréed already.. Wondering if I could/should start experimenting with soft food soon.

[Ms_MiraK 0]

im on Clear Liquids for 10 days .. full liquids for 20days ...yogurt and Jello and pudding like consistency for 2weeks then any mashed food for 2weeks.

[bekkamyhousekey 12]

Stacey, I am one of his patients!! How cool! My mind is blown - I would love mashed potatoes and saltines right about now! I am torn. I'm dying to experiment with foods... But I'm paranoid that something will happen & I know that it's not worth the risk. But like I said, my mind is blown now! I think I'm going to atleast try baby food for something with more taste than chicken broth. Lol. How are you progressing physically? Any cool weightloss to report?

[crossmy_h3art 17]

Well my 10-day pre-op diet plus 2 weeks post-op loss is 24lbs already so I'm pretty pumped about that (: he was super down to earth and cool about getting me a bunch of foods to try while I was still in the hospital. What I didn't realize is we never get to see him again lol. Starting with the 1st post op appt we see the PAs. They also seem pretty lax about the food progression. I am incredibly thankful for his blessing on the mashed potatoes but I think I'm gunna try to be patient on experimenting too much more

[JackieV 246]

I thought I would have a normal progression but on my post op ( 10 days) my surgeon told me I could go to a normal diet. ( chewing well) he said since I had the sleeve vs bypass I wouldn't need to do the soft/mushy stage.

[tiffy0485 123]

I had it easy. 3 days clear liquid, then 4 days full liquids. At one week they said soft/ purée foods and 2-3 weeks I get to go back to pure Protein foods..at 8 weeks I get to introduce veggies and 6 months grains.