Salad?

[coolbreze 5]

How soon can I eat a salad? 2 months out about 55lbs lost.

[ChristineR 128]

I can eat salad again at 3 months. I'm sure others have different rules.

[clk 3,519]

Every doc is different so see if yours had guidelines. Lettuce was hard on me. In fact, I still can't really consume much iceberg or I get very sick. I think most people don't do raw veggies until four months, and I have read a number of folks complaining that they're hard to eat for even longer than that.

All you can do is try it out and see how you do. I always recommend going very slow when introducing a food known to bother people, though. I was hardly able to fit any salad in until more than a year post op. Now I eat at least one salad every day, sometimes I'll have two or three different kinds in a day. Of course, we eat salads in the Eastern European tradition - there are always four or five different ones in the house at any given time!

~Cheri

[SerendipityHappens 1,594]

I started at 6 weeks.. I found that baby spinach and spring field greens worked a lot better than romaine and iceberg lettuces. I also cut up the salad into small bits (almost the same size as tabouleh)

[Kalimomof3 613]

3-4 months out is when I could tolerate them. I tend to eat it as a snack between Protein meals or just a couple bites after my protein if I have it with a meal.I also don't usually do iceberg (due to taste and nutrients) I use more romaine and baby spinach.I use a teaspoon of ranch(I make) and add chickpeas and sunflower seeds for added protein sometimes too My salad never weighs more than 5oz.

[Michellemo 161]

I was about 6 weeks out when I ate salad

[missjenny 43]

I had my 1st salad at 3 months out. Lettuce does not agree with me. So even at over a year out i have only tried a salad a few times. Its hard for my body to digest.

[futureloser 190]

I haven't had an actual salad yet. I am 3-1/2 months post op. I have had bits of lettuce in a wrap and had no trouble. It just seems like a salad might be hard to digest.