Foods you can NEVER EVER eat again

I am just less than 3 months out and I eat citrus a lot. I haven't had pasta because my surgeon and his dietician want me to wait until at least 6mths post op. I will try cake and such way down the line, right now I don't trust myself not to eat too much if I don't dump.

Edited to add: I had salad at about 5 weeks out and had no problems except the raw leafy greens gave me some SERIOUS gas!! Yow...

Hmmm, I don't buy any of that. I am 8 months out. I eat salad regularly and have since I was three months out. I eat raw broccoli with no problem. I ate a mandarin orange today after work, and I had a few bites of my daughters birthday cake on Sunday. I've eaten pasta plenty of times but it fills me up quickly and I don't care for the feeling so I usually don't eat it.

As far as "can't" there were plenty of foods the first three or four months that didn't agree with me but only a few to the extent of getting ill. You'll find your way like everyone else, and figure out what you can and can't eat, and what isn't worth eating to you.

 That's BS.  Even if you dump, you can still have a bite or two of cake (watch the icing, though!).  Lots of people eat oranges ( I happen to be one who has to peel the segments or just eat mandarin oranges because it is the membrane that upsets my system.)   Many of us routinely eat a few bites of salad or pasta or rice.  You will not want to do that until you are quite a few months down the road, though, because in the beginning you need all your pouch space for protein.

There are some foods people CHOOSE to give up permanently because they are trigger foods, and there are some foods you're pouch won't tolerate very well, but your diet should not be unusually restrictive once you are about a year out.

Lora

You are paying for a service. I would ask for another dietitian since this one is full of crap.
If that's not possible I would lay the law down to her. I would NOT allow her to be paternalistic with me. I would set some strong boundaries and give her NO room. She is here to serve you and your needs.
Deb T.

Don't get cold feet.  I am only 1 week out from my RNY and I feel great!  I originally thought about the band because the surgery scared me, but I know a lot of nurses I work with that had the band with mixed results.  I am still on the early stages of my diet, but from my experience so far, I am not hungry anyway.  I know this will probably change after the first year.  But right now, if I drive past a McD's etc, I think of a big mac and wish I could have one, but then when I actually think about putting it in my mouth and digesting, I feel sick thinking about it.  My surgeon and dietician said that some people can have trouble with "fibrous" foods; foods that are stringy.  Oranges are on my diet for later, but it is suggested that I take off the white membranes before I try to eat it.  Salad is definitely on the menu.  Like the other posts, I think dumping syndrome is something that could happen but only happens to about 35% of patients I believe.  Think of the diet no no's like the side effects of medications; they list everything so there will be no questions, but it is mostly rare.  Just make sure you are eating a healthy diet and you should be OK.  Let me know if you would like to talk; I am a newby, so kind of going through this around the same time.  Good luck!

Hi, don't be worried your not cut off. I had my surgery 2 years ago as of July 24 and have lost over 165 lbs.

i eat what ever I want and drink as much as I want, just not at the same time, of course.

i get full very fast but eat ever couple hours a day. For example I buy a sub in the morning and it lasts me all day, a few bits at a time.

i do have bad acid reflux from surgery but it's part of the dance.

I was a 46 waist and am down to 34, I look better then I did in college.I don't go to gym! Yet!

This was the most life changing experience I've ever been through  and wish I would have done it 25 years earlier.things I avoid acidly foods, spicy foods, ground beef and salads, this is because of acid reflux and digestion of beef and salad. I do drink a protein 2 times a day at 19 proteins each with helps with my protein intake needed each day

Please don't be afraid it's and easy surgery.  I would recommend The Sleeve not lap band and definitely not bypass as bypass is obsolete

good luck :)

 

 

 

 

I don't have time to read every comment so hope I'm not being redundant.   

I can eat everything I want and like.  My taste changed on some things so I don't want them, like: potato chips, french fries, cake frosting, deep fried donuts, etc.   However it also applies to things that I didn't like but do now, like: yogurt. In a few minutes I going to start working on a recipe for frozen yogurt ice cream with Splenda, and egg custard.  

Lettuce salad makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack and I have dumped on it.  When I go through a salad bar I can put together something from all the condiments but usually go for the protein first.  The thing I really dislike now is pitch-ins.  I hate all the potato salads, and goofy things that I don't know what went into them.  

From what I've heard, the lap band could be a terrible choice and money wasted.  It is good that you are thinking about the changes now.  The energy and healthy life style is worth it.