Just cant eat solids

[wheeling 18]

Monday marks the day that I will sleeved 8 weeks ago. I am now in solid foods but just can't do it. I struggle with solid foods that I don't look forward to eating at all. I'm down 55 pounds and feel great except of a kidney stone I'm trying to pass. Anyone else just can't eat like myself? I want the soft foods but my doc says that's the gateway to gaining the weight back. The thought of some solid food just gags me.

[ScottsGirl 106]

It sounds ike a psychlogical block, try something that you thoroughly enjoyed b4 surgery, but only one or two very small bites, completely chewed up. I really hope you're able to get past this quickly, think of your health needs

[Sleevin'It 57]

I was the same way at 1 month out. The docs finally figured out that I had more swelling than normal, which was causing me to feel full all the time (delayed emptying of food into my stomach). I started to eat small bites of things I enjoyed pre-sleeve, and found after a few weeks that my intake was increased. Good luck and keep trying!

[marfar7 1,533]

Let me get this straight. Ur dr isn't pushing u to go off liquids at 8 wks. Weird. Don't know what id do with any longer than my 4 wks I had of liquids. If I never have to look at Tomato Soup again, it'll be too soon.

[Indigo1991 1,612]

Be kinder to urself, find the solid foods u can eat and don't stress about what u can't eat at this stage. Ur tastes will change - I couldn't eat eggs 8 weeks out but am fine with them now. Try something new every couple of days and u will know within one bite if u like it and it likes u, lol.

Best advice I got was to chew, chew a bit more and when u don't think there's anything more to chew - chew again! I eat off a small plate and cut everything into small pieces before doing the chewing thing and have had few probs getting solid food in.

So relax, take a step back from telling urself what u can't do and start to find foods that u can eat. At 8 weeks I didn't have a huge menu of things to eat, but don't worry about that. Protein and Water are ur priorities, anything else is a bonus :-)

Hang in there, this too shall pass...

[wheeling 18]

Thanks for the advise. A lot of the problem foods for me now are Proteins. And that's not good since Protein is supposed to be our staple. I will keep plugging along. The thing that helps is the big weight loss.