After your bariatric surgery you will be on a very limited diet. Your diet may only include broth, water, jello and other clear liquids for what can seem like a long time. Sometimes it can take up to two weeks before you are able to handle liquids such as shakes, or instant breakfast drinks.
This probably due to the major changes that have been made to your digestive tract. As your stomach and intestinal systems are healing from the surgery you wont be very hungry and you will even find that the things you used to like are not longer appetizing to your taste buds.
Many patients have reported that they have trouble finding a liquid that is palatable to drink. As its extremely important to make sure you have something to drink in order to prevent dehydration this can be a problem. Often you can experiment with a variety of drinks and flavorings to find something that you like or can tolerate until you are fully healed. Some find that they can only drink water thats cold or at room temperature for about two months at which point they are able to try flavored fruit drinks.
You may also find that many of the foods you once like are no longer appetizing, which...