
Fruits and vegetables with tough skins: fruit/veggies like apples and cucumbers have hard, very fibrous outer skins.I generally recommend waiting until about 5-6 weeks to try oatmeal. Oatmeal: in early stages, oatmeal can be heavy and very filling.Rice: regardless of whether the rice is white or brown all rice causes the same issues as pasta and bread.Pasta: like bread, pasta is sticky and can fill up a small pouch quickly.Bread: doughy bread like rolls and sliced sandwich bread are sticky and too heavy for the small stomach.12 Problematic Foods After Weight Loss Surgery: While most of the foods/food groups on this list may cause some of the above symptoms others are there because they affect patients progress by adding extra and unnecessary calories. What does intolerance mean? Intolerance, in general, is a physical reaction or discomfort that patients experience when they eat these foods. By problematic I generally mean intolerance. I have put together a list of 12 foods/food groups that give patients that are the most problematic.

Usually, after a year tolerance improves for many patients and their eating becomes more normal and more inclusive. The first year is really when most patients have difficulty tolerating a number of foods. In 10 years I have seen patients who could tolerate all foods quickly after their surgery and then patients who years later still had to avoid a select few foods. Here are 12 problematic foods after weight loss surgery that are common among patients.Įvery patient is different. While food choices need to improve there really isn't a whole lot of food that patients can not physically eat.

Many patients believe before weight loss surgery that they won't be able to eat many of the foods they are accustomed to.
