Salads

[Kimmy in MD]

I am really craving a wonderful salad. When am I able to start eating salad again? Can I start as soon as I finish the creamy soup stage or should I wait a bit because lettuce is hard to digest?

Thanks,

Kim

[mona-camille]

Once your 3 weeks are up, you can eat anything.

[MamaMichelle]

My first meal after the 3 weeks on liquids was a salad and I was fine!

Dr. Romero told me that because salads are filled with water that if you chew them as a bandster should they decrease in size a lot so it can pass through the band easily, because of this you can actually eat a lot of salad in one sitting so go easy on the dressing... and don't assume that because you can eat a lot of salad your don't have any restriction, that's what I thought and a day or two later when I tried chicken I couldn't eat much of it at all!

[jena]

And don't forget, eat your protein FIRST. If I was having a salad, I would have my protein in it, for instance grilled chicken or steak, hard boiled eggs and maybe a little cheese.