Help please.....

[bigsky 1]

I am in my week 5 after surgery and I am having trouble with the soft food part of my diet. I try things and no sooner I eat I am throwing up what I ate and a lot of the flem prior to any of the food I ate. I am not sure what is happening here or am I pushing the soft food part of my journey too fast? Any advise or help would be appreciated so I can start to feel better on this journey I decided to take and loose the weight with the help of this great tool I have.

[Gleasonm8602 10]

If you didn't have any issues with pureeds then it's probably just too soon for the soft foods. Everbody progresses differently. Maybe go back to pureeds for a week and then try soft foods again. There's no rush. Might be a good idea to talk with your surgeon about it as well. Good Luck!

[jasminebsn3 119]

I agree! I would go back to puréed foods for a week then try soft foods again. If that still doesn't work see your surgeon. Also how fast are you eating soft foods and are you drinking and eating together. I used to throw up after eating chicken breast for some reason, two or three bites and it would come right back up.

[Djmohr 6,965]

It could be what you are eating as well that is causing you to throw up as well as how fast you are eating it. When introducing soft foods I learned I had to try one new food at a time and go very very slow. I still have trouble with ground beef and eggs of any kind and I am 12 weeks along.

Fish and chicken works great for me. But I have to really take my time and stop as soon as I think I am getting full.

[James Marusek 5,244]

In the early stages right after surgery, the important things are meeting the Protein, Vitamin and liquid requirements of the program. In this stage your body is converting the fat cells you have stored in your body into energy. So food intake isn't really that important in this stage.

[SugarFreeMe 293]

I'm with DJMOHR, you should be trying one item as a time and I'd add that you should only have a couple tablespoons at that. You're pouch needs to figure things out and stuffing too much in isn't going to work. I'm 9 months out and still can't do ground beef or really any kind of beef. I can eat eggs alone, but if I mix anything in with them, all bets are off. It's a learning process, even this far out. You'll get there, just go slowly. Success is going to happen for you.