What Can I Eat After Gastric Bypass?
After the gastric bypass procedure you will be on a liquid diet for at least three weeks (maybe more). Once you begin to transition from the liquid to food you will need to start out with softer foods like soup, etc… until you begin to get used to real food again. After you’ve been on the softer foods for awhile you can gradually transition to real food again.
The key is to remember that your stomach just underwent a major change and is going to be extremely sensitive due to the shock it’s under. It will take you about 3 months to get back to a normal diet but even then it will be ‘different’ than what you were probably eating before the gastric bypass because you will need ensure that you don’t undo the weight that the procedure took off.
When you first begin your liquid diet at home you’ll need to drink fluid every hour in the very beginning to avoid dehydration and ensure that you’re getting enough protein since you aren’t going to be eating any real food.
In addition to this liquid diet you will need to take multivitamin supplement everyday and you will need to maintain this for the rest of your life after the gastric bypass due to the fact that you’ll be eating less food (less room in your stomach), eating different food (change of diet), and your body’s absorption rate will have decreased due the gastric bypass procedure. This makes it especially important to get all the vitamins and minerals through supplements so your body functions normally.
