What foods can I have and What foods should I stay away from?

When I am allowed to eat real foods again what can I have and what can I not have? Can you make a list for me so I know what foods are safe and what foods are not? Also how much Fat and sugar is considered high? Give me a list please also of the High Fat and High sugar foods so I can stay away from them?

Thank you!

I was given a list of foods to avoid for maximum weight loss. Here it is:

peanut butter

nuts

bacon

sausage

hot dogs

bratwurst

bologna in any form

salami

potted meat

spam

vienna sausage

beef jerky

breaded and fried foods

fast food

pork rinds

potato chips in any form

movie popcorn

snack crackers

pop

alcohol

starbucks

candy and desserts including sugar free

alfredo sauce

cheese sauce

gravy

A list of high fat and high sugar products? I think you need to learn how to read a nutritional label. and get advice from  your Dr.

This varies a LOT from one surgeon to another, so you need to ask YOUR surgeon for a food list.  I, for example, was able to eat chicken at only a week out when many people still had to stick to soft foods (and MOST people were still o  liquids at a week out).  very early out you need to follow YOUR surgeon's eating instructions not something you get off the Internet.

also, if you do not know what foods are high fat and high sugar, you should make an appointment with your surgeons's office or the dietician to get some additional nutritional education.   No one can give you a list of ALL the high fat, high sugar foods.

Lora

Your surgeon or dietician didn't give you a meal plan?  They didn't teach you to read food labels?  Please call their office to make an appointment to get this information and education that you need.

I had excellent pre op ed and was sent home with lots of info. I see my dietician every time l see my surgeon and am welcome to make extra appointments as needed. I got a list very similar to what was posted above. plus a diet plan with exact measurements of how much protein, veggies, etc. I should have at eat meal from just post op to a year out and beyond. Food suggestions as well as no-nos included. I took it for granted that everyone has a similar experience as mine. I would be lost without some sort of guidance. If I do  wrong is not because I don't know better. it is because I am not following the well laid out plan.

What does your surgeon's plan call for? Each surgeon is vastly different. Mine is one of the "stricter" ones I've read in the forums but we were allowed meat, cheese, and eggs for the first 3 mo. Made it pretty simple if it was a meat, cheese, or egg I could have it, if it wasn't I couldn't. I could add veggies in at 3 mo and fruit at 4 mo and other dairy at 6 mo. You need to follow your doctor's plan however.

I don't eat "fat free" anything as they typically introduce something less favorable for flavor when it's fat free whether it's additional carbs or chemicals that I don't want to add to my diet so I just eat regular cheeses etc.

You need to learn to read labels for carb and sugar counts. While most aren't advised to count carbs you want to make sure you aren't loading up on carbs. I keep my sugars under 9g personally as that is what works for me.

For some people fats bother them after surgery and they need to really restrict them, others it doesn't. I had about a two month period where I had crispy bacon with the grease soaked up by paper towels cooked in the microwave almost every day. Now I can't eat it as fats bother me a bit more.

Did your doc give you a booklet, cd, or handout about the different stages and what you can have?