Is it ok to eat string cheese?

[christinah 14]

Also can I ever eat Pasta again? Lol

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[Icantbelieveit 955]

I have been eating cheese sticks since about 4 weeks out. Pasta you should wait 6 months out because it expands and you shoumd focus on Protein the most.

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[blizair09 3,250]

I can have string cheese beginning Week 4 post-op. My nutritionist gave me a list of items to pretty much avoid forever and Pasta was on that list. I knew that going into this. You can probably try having it several months out, but it expands, and just a little bit of it will likely make you miserable and give you little in the way of Protein or nutritional value.

[Ragdollorchid 128]

I am allowed Babyel and laughing cow in the puréed stage. My Nutritionist also said that Pasta will slow loss or lead to weight gain.

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[quirkhorse 30]

My NUT has string cheese on my sample meal plan starting tomorrow, which is 22 days out. I'll let you know how it goes. I tried the famous Shelly's Ricotta Bake last night for the first time, it was so good to finally have a bite of food that felt a little bit normal and warm and cheesy.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I wan't allowed string cheese' for about 6 weeks after surgery although I could have other cheese'. The logic seemed off (my NP didn't like the stringiness) but I went with it because it didn't kill me -- I simply bought other stick cheese' to carry for convenience.

I don't eat pasta'. It makes me vomit and it's useless carbs so there is really no point in it. Do I like it? Yup. Do I like my size 8 skinny jeans? Far more than I like Pasta, for sure.

[SalOdyssey 441]

If you're craving a Pasta there are a lot of alternatives, but generally it is a stay away from item. As for string cheese, my plan allowed it in the mushy phase if I recall correctly.

[heidikat72 935]

I was allowed string cheese as soon as I was past puree phase and on soft food phase. While Pasta isn't a complete no-no with my practice's guidelines, it is cautioned against for the reasons people have listed above - it tends to swell in your stomach making you miserable for the rest of the day, unnecessary carbs when you should focus on Protein. It was one of the first things I weaned off of during my pre-op phase - i replaced it with spaghetti squash and zoodles (zucchini noodles) then. Now that I'm post-op I don't plan to add pasta back in at any point. Once I get to the point where I have more than a tiny bite of veggie with a meal and really want something similar to pasta, i'll probably do the spaghetti squash and zoodle thing again since at least there is some nutritional value there.

[rolosmom7 740]

I was allowed string cheese as soon as I was past puree phase and on soft food phase. While Pasta isn't a complete no-no with my practice's guidelines, it is cautioned against for the reasons people have listed above - it tends to swell in your stomach making you miserable for the rest of the day, unnecessary carbs when you should focus on Protein. It was one of the first things I weaned off of during my pre-op phase - i replaced it with spaghetti squash and zoodles (zucchini noodles) then. Now that I'm post-op I don't plan to add Pasta back in at any point. Once I get to the point where I have more than a tiny bite of veggie with a meal and really want something similar to pasta, i'll probably do the spaghetti squash and zoodle thing again since at least there is some nutritional value there.

I'm in stage 3 and I eat string cheese once a day (it's usually my lunch). It's one of the things I tolerate best. But it is on my plan.

Pasta is on my plan to limit after 60 days.

[GrandmaBee55 47]

I eat string cheese. It was on my plan after 4 weeks.

I am not able to eat Pasta and my nutritionist discourages it. I bought a spiralizer and spiralized a zucchini one night and substituted this for my Pasta. I've also used broccoli stems spiralized.

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