Question about the foods you eat after surgery

I have my first doctor appt. in a couple of weeks but have a question about food intake after surgery. I've heard a few different answers. I met this doctor at the first seminar and asked about meals. He said that once I have had surgery and am healed, that I would be eating 3 meals/day with zero calorie liquids in between. I've heard others say that they eat 6-8 times per day. Do different doctors have differing opinions about when food should be consumed? I'd like to hear from different people as to how often they eat. Thanks.

Hello zzobe,

You will find each surgeon is different on what they want their patients to eat after surgery.  Go with the eating plan your surgeon/dietician lays out for you.  If you want some feedback on what other members eat, post this on your surgery type and they will be glad to give you some feed back

LapBand
Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Duodenal Switch
Biliopancreatic Diversion

Yes, different doctors have different opinions on this.

What really matters is how many calories you consume over the  whole day.  If I eat 500 calories three times a day, or if I eat 300 calories five times a day, it's all 1500 calories.  Doesn't matter how I split it up.

If I only ate three time a day, I would not be able to get enough protein or calories, because I can't eat very large amounts.  Also, if I go more than three or four hours between meals, my blood sugar drops very low.  Once it was down to 37.  Once I actually had a seizure due to low blood sugar.  If some doctor thinks it's a good idea for me to only eat three time a day and have seizures due to low blood sugar, well, he is nuts.

Yep. From all I've read, many doctors have different plans.  Mine wants me to have 6 meals a day with 80 oz of water every day.

hi there, my name is karen, i live in canada, i had gastric bypass, after surgery i had to go thru a series of stages of eating, each stage lasted about a week..my bariatric clinic gave me a book and went thru it with me of what i could and couldn't do..but basically i could only eat about 3 ounces at a time and at 1st it was only liquids, then went to purees, i took 4 weeks before could get onto solid foods.

FWIW, my doctors recommends 5 small meals a day, 600 to 800 calories, and 40 to 60 carbs during the weight loss stage.