Mash potatoes help - ThinnerTimes

MarkFrost · 04-05-2008, 12:27 PM

Hi all

Small question . are we able to eat real mash potatoes after having a bypass.
Like maybe very mashed up with some low fat butter or plain

Thx

Cinerbelle · 04-05-2008, 12:34 PM

Everyone's surgeon has different rules...but mine let me eat mashed potatoes 1 week after surgery.... like 2 Tbsp. worth... I don't remember about the butter part, but I probably used Butter Buds.

TX2UKLea · 04-05-2008, 02:20 PM

Yes, mashed potatoes are ok...just stay away from the butter.

Godsblessedme · 04-05-2008, 04:59 PM

i was allowed 1 week after surgery as well and used gravy yummmm but really only could eat the 1 oz they said to

Vim&Vigour · 04-05-2008, 05:03 PM

Mashed potatoes and minced chicken with lots of gravy was my first proper meal before leaving hospital, 3 days after surgery. It went down a treat!
Best wishes and enjoy!
Cheers,
Vim

Corrine · 04-05-2008, 05:22 PM

Something I was told from day one was that early out, I had to make every mouthful count.

Mashed potatoes on their own have little nutrition to offer Mark. You're getting little nourishment as it is at the moment - is there anything else with protein you could try?

Fat free refried beans - bit of marinara sauce on top - sprinkling of low fat mozzarella?

Scrambled egg?

Phoenixfire · 04-05-2008, 10:53 PM

It amazes me that patients who are so very few days or weeks out from surgery aren't "getting it" when it comes to the fact that their stomach has been torn apart and is healing like an open sore you could see.
I KNOW it's hard to not be able to eat. I've been there. Years ago when I had my WLS, the stages of food were much stricter. But they worked.
Mark, I've read your posts today and I'm scratching my head at WHY you aren't simply toughing it out and sticking with the prescribed diet? I know you lost it, but there are versions on the net. You posted you weren't feeling well. Ok, I think I have the answer: you are not following the surgeon's diet and are pushing your tummy to endure things it's not ready for.
This may sound a little harsh, but WLS is a serious wake up call. It's HARD. It's ENFORCED discipline of food intake. And it means you have to let your pouch rule your mouth.
Please be careful. It's not just about today, it's for your LONG TERM success with your pouch.

MarkFrost · 04-05-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenixfire

It amazes me that patients who are so very few days or weeks out from surgery aren't "getting it" when it comes to the fact that their stomach has been torn apart and is healing like an open sore you could see.
I KNOW it's hard to not be able to eat. I've been there. Years ago when I had my WLS, the stages of food were much stricter. But they worked.
Mark, I've read your posts today and I'm scratching my head at WHY you aren't simply toughing it out and sticking with the prescribed diet? I know you lost it, but there are versions on the net. You posted you weren't feeling well. Ok, I think I have the answer: you are not following the surgeon's diet and are pushing your tummy to endure things it's not ready for.
This may sound a little harsh, but WLS is a serious wake up call. It's HARD. It's ENFORCED discipline of food intake. And it means you have to let your pouch rule your mouth.
Please be careful. It's not just about today, it's for your LONG TERM success with your pouch.

Thx for the reply but i didnt say i was eating it . i was just asking are we able to eat it. as im making a diet sheet out for the next 3 months.
as i want to cook everthing for myself trying to keep things exciting by finding foods i can eat and then matcing it up with recipe's from the 230 cook books ive downloaded

my diet atm is milk protein drink and medicine

Debz · 04-06-2008, 05:21 PM

Mashed taters make me dump, even to this day. You won't want to include them in your diet as you progress, because they are carbs of the worst kind and can slow your weight loss. Why not just get them out of your diet now while your appetite is so tiny? If you really miss the whole potato thing, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than mashed potaoes...and they taste great.

mistymee · 04-06-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Debz

Mashed taters make me dump, even to this day. You won't want to include them in your diet as you progress, because they are carbs of the worst kind and can slow your weight loss. Why not just get them out of your diet now while your appetite is so tiny? If you really miss the whole potato thing, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than mashed potaoes...and they taste great.

I agree with you.. know what's funny, though? All my paperwork regarding the five stages of our diet have mashed potatoes as one of the few allowed starches in stage 2 (pureed stage) through stage 5 (maintenance).. odd, don't you think? I found that to be a bit of a head scratcher.

I can tolerate some mashed potatoes, but only a tablespoon or so.. certainly not worth taking the time or trouble to make it.