The bariatric surgery diet is a food plan that is used following gastric bypass surgery. It normally lasts about 8 weeks with the first 2 weeks being the most critical. I spent almost a year preparing for this surgery and never really though a whole lot about eating after having this surgery. I guess I just thought it would be the same, but instead of eating 2 plates of food I would eat 2 bites of food.
Well I had the quantity part right, but I had the rest all wrong. Since I had a Roux-en-Y, my digestive system was surgically reconfigured, unlike the lap band, which does not involve any cutting with the exception of an incision through the band is inserted. Long story short, you cannot eat real food after this type of a surgery.
For the first 2 weeks of the gastric bypass diet you will be consuming liquids. It can be baby food, strained pureed foods and liquid protein shakes. And believe me, by the end of 2 weeks you will be tired of nothing with texture. You can reintroduce foods after 2 weeks, but use good common sense when you choose. A hamburger should not be your first meal. You will probably be full after the first bite, but you have to chew it until it is liquid.
Your stomach will be much more accepting of soft foods that are well chewed and will cause less pain. Take it easy. Save foods items that are course in nature for a month or two down the road. You will be able to find enough variety in soft foods that you will not be bored and your stomach will not be ready for some vegetables and course meets for about 8 weeks.
Do not push things. The 8 to 12 weeks that you will send recovering is a small amount of time in the grand scheme of things. It may seem like a long time, but you will eventually be able to eat almost anything again, although some people will experience problems with sugar and fat. These are food items that you should be limiting anyway.