First day of soft foods....

....and I feel like I just ate Thanksgiving dinner after eating 1/4 of a scrambled egg and a few bites off a Laughing Cow lite cheese wedge!! 

Up until this point I had second guessed the size of my stomach.  I thought to myself, yeah I'm sure you can't eat as much, but SURELY the people on this site are over exaggerating about only being able to eat a few bites/an ounce/etc! 

Also, I had to go to traffic court today for a speeding ticket I got back in Jan, and my stomach would not shut up!  It was so quiet in that courtroom and I was so embarassed! 

Hope everyone is enjoying their day!

xo-Katie

Yep. Poor tummy is still swollen. Your capacity will increase slowly. Mine leveled out about 3 months.

I am constantly admonishing my tummy to use its "indoor voice".

It's just weird.  To think about the volume of food I used to be able to eat sickens me!  I guess since I've never really succeeded at dieting (hence why I ended up having surgery), I sort of in the back of my mind didn't believe this was going to work either.  The few people I've told that I had this have asked me what it's like and I don't know how to explain it besides saying "it's weird!".   Ok, enough rambling!! 

 How long since the op. I am due to start blended stuff next week, after two weeks of only liquids.
Well done for your progress.
keep it up

Surgery day was 3/29.  Cleared for soft foods for weeks 3-7 and then regular food starting week 8!   

My first day with soft foods too!!  (surgery was 3.27)  I had tuna and it was so-o good! :)

 Today was also my first day on soft foods.  A scrambled egg never tasted so good, and I too, could not believe I could eat only 1/4-1/2.  For dinner I puréed some split pea and ham soup I made... I about died and went to heaven!  I only ate about 1/2 cup, and became overly full!  Amazing!!!!  Can't wait to experiment tomorrow!!!

 That's how I felt yesterday when I started my first day of soft foods! I ate a slice if laughing cow too and my taste buds thanked me! I don't want to see anymore broth or soup for awhile! I was on a liquid diet for two weeks before surgery and two weeks after, my surgery was on March 28. Now it's soft food for two weeks. Blessings!

I felt the same way.  Really, I was rather disappointed.  Makes me wonder how small our tummies are!  

My first food was sole.  I had 1 oz, and it was way too much!

Lasat night I had 1/4 of an egg.  It  was fine.

Think about it though, how is this food going to sustain us?  I guess we are forced to keep drinking protein drinks. 

Your post made me laugh.  I was banded on Monday 4/9/12 and was feeling good enough by Thursday to go to a movie.  Of course I had to see Hunger Games...lol...  well my stomach would not stop growling!... my friend was laughing during really quiet parts in the movie... ha ha....  

I get to start my soft foods this week     I've been thinking about mashed potatoes for days!