Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Raw Vegetables - Success!

So, one of the big myths I heard about gastric bypass surgery is that you won't be able to eat raw vegetables like salad, etc. until at least six months into surgery.  A few have said they were able to, but got really gassy.  Well, I can tell you now that's a crock of poop lol :P  The other day I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with my parents (a chicken joint I mentioned in an earlier blog).  I had raw carrot sticks with a tiny bit of blue cheese dressing and it was totally fine.  Today, while at the Olive Garden for lunch, I had about two tablespoons of salad with the Italian dressing.  I did totally fine with it :).  Next time I may just have an entire salad or something with the fat free Italian dressing :).  In any event, here is what I ate at Olive Garden today to give you an idea of where you will be around 6-7 weeks post op:

* Two bites of a breadstick
* Two tablespoons of salad
* 1/2 cup of chicken and gnocchi soup
* Two bites of a chicken florentine sandwich
* 1/4 glass of iced tea (before the meal started mostly) - very tiny sips now and then. 

I know - no fluids during the meal, etc.  I barely eat anything as it is so I am careful not to overdo it :).

Other than that - that's about what I ate.  It was really good and satisfying too.  I was comfortably full afterwards.

Tonight I am taking last night's leftover shredded chicken tacos I made (omg they were even better last night than the first time I made them lol) and going to make me and Adam a chicken quesadilla on my new Krups panini/quesadilla grill :).  Om nom nom :D

Happy eating all :D

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