Nutrition Guidelines after Gastric Bypass, Gastric Band

Phase 4: Solid Food
- About 4-6 weeks after your surgery, you may begin to try solid foods, one item at a time to
test your tolerance to them.
- Do not worry if you cannot handle foods that you used to eat. Most people experience some
problems at first with food tolerances, especially with meats and breads.
- Once you are eating solid foods you can reduce the number of meals that you eat to 3 meals
per day. Be as regular as possible with meals and meal times.
- You will always need to get 60-70 grams of protein per day, and if you skip meals you will
not get in enough protein.
Food Choose Foods that may be Foods to limit/avoid
difficult to tolerate for best weight loss
Protein and Lean meats, eggs or egg Tough meat or meat Fried or breaded meat
Protein substitute and tofu; with gristle; Some products; fried eggs
Substitutes regular low fat
patients do not tolerate
casseroles or crock pot
meals
red meat.
Milk and Milk Fat-free (skim) or 1% Chocolate milk;
Chocolate milk;
Products milk; sugar free or low fat sweetened condensed sweetened condensed
yogurt (approximately 80 milk; 2% or whole milk; milk; 2% or whole milk;
calories per serving) ice cream
ice cream
Fruits Fresh, canned, frozen or Be cautious with apples, Fruits that have added
cooked fruit
grapes, or other fruits
with tough peels or
skins and dried fruits.
sugars or sauces
Vegetables Fresh, canned, frozen or Vegetables with very Fried or breaded
cooked vegetables tough skins or a lot of
seeds
vegetable products
Bread Dry, coarse, or well- Soft breads that become Sweet breads; danish;
toasted bread; crispy low gummy; breads with a doughnuts; pastries
fat crackers or baked lot of nuts and seeds or
tortillas
dried fruit
Cereals All cooked and dried Cereals containing fruits Cereal with added sugar
cereals without added or nuts
over 10-15 grams per
sugar
serving
Potatoes, Boiled, mashed or baked Potato skins; rice; Instant noodle dishes
Rice and potatoes; well cooked noodles
Pasta whole wheat pasta or
rice
Other Sugar free gelatin or Chewing gum; sweets; Fried, salty snack foods;
popsicles; sugar free fat popcorn; nuts; chili; creamed soups unless
free pudding/custard extremely spicy foods low fat versions
Please save this packet and review it for the best results after your surgery!