How much soup to eat?

[Piastix 1]

I start 'thick liquids' today (surgery was 1/24) and can have hot oatmeal and blended Soups. How much should I be eating? I can drink an 11oz Protein Shake in about an hour.

[Arabesque 7,426]

I was advised 1/4 - 1/3 cup from purées so that much of the oatmeal & that was all I could physically or wanted to eat. I could eat more Soups if I still kept them thin (diluted them) so like a cup but sipped over some time. I’d check with your team to see what they recommend. They may say 1/2 cup but physically you can only eat 1/3. Some teams have requirements for the period of time you can eat like no more than 20 minutes for a meal. (I wasn’t given time frames hence my long sipping just those portions.)

Of course it depends on what you can tolerate in the end. Go slowly & only eat until you have had enough (not full). It takes a good 8 weeks to be fully healed so until then your nerve endings aren’t able to send you accurate signals to advise you are full or are eating too much. It’s why portion sizes & time frames can be so helpful during this time.

[Piastix 1]

Thanks! I went ahead and reached out to the nutritionist and she told me they don't put restrictions on thick liquids. I'm keeping to a cup or less of the Soups.

[Marcia91 7]

22 hours ago, Piastix said:

I start 'thick liquids' today (surgery was 1/24) and can have hot oatmeal and blended Soups. How much should I be eating? I can drink an 11oz Protein Shake in about an hour.

Listen to your body, put the spoon down after every bite, don't wait till your stuffed to stop eating.

[BigZ 102]

At that stage 1 can of Soup was 3-4 meals. And it would take 45 min to an hour to finish 3-4 oz.