Chicken and Stars soup does not correlate with liquid diet

Firecallie · 11-12-2005, 09:57 AM

Does it? *Grr it's only the 1st day of not eating and i'm already trying to figure out how to break the rules. How did you guys do it?

Chris S. - L.I. · 11-12-2005, 10:09 AM

What guidelines did your doc give you? I'm assuming you are pre op and if so a liquid diet is any soups.

NJChick · 11-12-2005, 10:11 AM

The chunks in it is not considered liquid, but I bet if you strain it, it would be okay. Are you on clears?

I know how frustrated you are, I was starving from day 1 after surgery. I had to do 2 weeks of clear liquids and I only made it to day 12. Then one week of thick liquids, and now today, mushies which I really started yesterday.

Firecallie · 11-12-2005, 10:13 AM

I have just decided i'm going to hit this thing running. I am going to see how much weight I can lose before surgery on Friday. Is 10 pounds realistic? If so that's my goal. Today i'm going out and buying bottles of water, and boullion cubes, and vitamins, and gatorade and jello, anything that I need to get through this liquid phase and get started on my new life I have chosen for myself. I am deciding to take charge, to make this work for me, instead of me trying to work around it. It's crazy that i'm sitting here trying to cheat already with soup...its not going to happen. Today is the first day of my WL journey and i'm going to make it a great one!

Lynn B · 11-12-2005, 11:11 AM

Hi, This is for your pre-op liquids? Make sure you keep your protien up so that your body has enough to heal after surgery. Try Isopure - clear protien drinks if you are on clear liquids or a protien suppliment if you are on full liquids. The extra protien will really help your body during and after sugery.

Good luck!

Clementine · 11-13-2005, 10:02 AM

Ha! Have to warn you about my chicken and stars experience.............

I am on post op diet, which is two weeks of liquids, including cream soups. I bought a Campbell's Soup at Hand chicken and stars this week. I heated it in the microwave then poured it in the blender and blended it really well. When I poured it out I thought, "Wow! This is frothy!" I had beat a ton of air into it. Not thinking twice, I downed about 1/2 of it. Yummmmmmmy!!!! (I'm struggling with the liquid phase and was so hungry!!) LET ME TELL YOU.........three hours of the worse gas pains I've had since surgery. It never occured to me that all that air in the soup would get trapped inside me! Ouch!

Moral of the story...........I'd strain out the little stars rather than run them through a blender!

But at that point, you may as well drink broth! LOL.

lovecats85 · 11-13-2005, 11:07 AM

and you can blend soup - maybe not chicken but I blended the cream of broccoli - yummm

JCJSTL · 11-13-2005, 01:25 PM

I am on day 2 of my preop liquid diet and was told that i cannot have the any protein or anything else than regular clear liquids. broth is about as hearty as i can get.

bandayed · 11-13-2005, 07:02 PM

I have been putting EVERYTHING in the blender -- chili, corn soup, soup with chicken etc I just add alittle water and blend it minimally (watch for the air as previously mentioned) I have had no problems, and I'm 3 weeks post op. Good luck, and it's not you, liquids is HARD AS HELL!

Firecallie · 11-13-2005, 08:25 PM

No protien...that's crazy because i was told I could have protien and I started gagging down ISOPURE...HELP is protien a yes or a no on preop.

bandayed · 11-13-2005, 09:35 PM

Different Drs say different things. I had no pre op diet except to eat liquids only the night before -- including broth which would have protein.......you should check with your Dr though............