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Speaking of salads, what salad ingredients are the easiest to pass the "ouch pouch" test?

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I love their BBQ Protein chips and biscotti ...

Thanks! I checked out their website. I'm going to see if I can make some of that stuff at home.

I can't do chicken at all, except ground. My nut suggested chicken salad made very moist but even that didn't help for me. Maybe it will for you...

Thanks but I tried the chicken salad and I guess the pieces just aren't small enough, even after I chew them 30 times each. There's just something about chicken that doesn't work with me right now. Maybe ground chicken.

in regards to chicken what i do sometimes is cook it then put it through a food processor it shreds it so thin it never bothers me when i do that. I find for me I have to biggest issues when I have to chew the table foods and I am not paying attention to how fast or how much I chew it. So stuff I think might bother me a process it in the chopper to be safe.

Thanks! I'll have to try that too.

December buddies, I'm getting really frustrated with up chucking every other food I try. I think I'm actually getting turned off of food. That itself is AMAZING. I'm grabbing my Protein Shake and saying the hell with it!

I've concluded that I'll most likely have to keep drinking Protein Shakes for the rest of my life. I'm trying the Protein shake recipes on theworldaccordingtoeggface's blog to add variety.

Speaking of chicken, every time it causes pouch pain. I think it's because it ends up being too dry, or the meat fibers might be too long. I don't know. Any ideas on how to prepare it so it doesn't cause pain?

My NUT said to try it in Soup. The fat from an Alfredo could make you dump. I poached mine with garlic and lemon, and it was soft and yummy.

I'll have to try that. Thanks!

I just bought tuna steaks to try tonight...I honestly have never had it. I have never been a fish person. We shall see.

Toast?! You're brave LoL...I'M so afraid to try bread.< /p>

Yesterday a co-worker wanted to have lunch with me at Subway. He knew I couldn't eat like him, because of my RNY. I decided to try the oven roasted chicken sandwich. Since it's Subway's Janu-ANY promotion, I got a foot long. I had them toast the bread TWICE as long as normal. I ate two very small bites while at the restaurant. It took the rest of the day, but I finished it! It even had shredded lettuce and Tomato. That was all the veggies I wanted to experiment with. I did have pouch pain at a couple of small bites halfway into the sandwich. But mostly it was reassuring that I might be able to eat the things I liked pre-surgery. Just in TINY quantities! And with a lot of time between those tiny bites.

I enjoy flounder and I pan seat it with a little olive oil an.d just a dash of flour on both sides! I can also eat catfish but I have only eaten this out! I don't know how to blacken it! I tried the warm drink to soothe pouch and my pouch still wants to act up when I eat!

I'll have to try that. Almost any white fish was the easiest to eat pre-surgery.

It needs lube. I make a little guacamole and spread it on each bite. Or cook the chicken in the slow cooker, shred, and mix with some salsa and low fat sour cream.

"Lube"--that's funny! But isn't the avocado fat kind of defeating the benefit of the chicken breast? I like your ideas, especially the slow cooker one. I might even try one of the oven baking bags to seal in the juices.

Speaking of fish, what's the most palatable? And what's the best way to prepare it?

I've tried it plain, with plain yogurt, with alfredo sauce, and lightly breaded so far. All no good. I'm thinking it's going to be one of those foods that I'll come back to and try every so often. Just to see if if still causes the pain, or if it's palatable. It's disappointing since chicken breast is one of the best Protein sources. I still have my back up whey Protein Shakes, YUCK!

Speaking of chicken, every time it causes pouch pain. I think it's because it ends up being too dry, or the meat fibers might be too long. I don't know. Any ideas on how to prepare it so it doesn't cause pain?

Any good way to make chicken breast palatable? Every time I try it I get pouch pain.

Thanks for those! That helps!

I'm not sure if this topic has been created before, but are there any favorite recipes out there for us post-RNY folks?

I was taking psyllium husk Fiber (Metamucil) before my RNY, and I've been taking it since surgery too. Wal-Mart's Equate brand is cheaper than the Metamucil brand. I add a tablespoon of the sugar-free orange flavored Equate to my morning Protein Powder shake. BM's have definitely changed since surgery. But the psyllium husk fiber keeps me regular.

Dec 9th sleeve 2013 has anyone tried salad yet?

I haven't. I'm afraid the lettuce might get stuck no matter how much I chew it. Do people just eat salads without the leafy greens after RNY?

I'm glad to hear from all of you too. I believe we each have serious pros and cons with this RNY. It was medically necessary. But what a heaven and a hell it has been! On the pro side, we're physically healthier now than we've been in many years, maybe all our lives. On the other, what traumas we've had to endure. It's my hope that we each get to where we enjoy life, because I believe life is to be enjoyed, not endured.

I want to stay here till May! Lol

I know what you mean!

I'm a guy who before surgery could go out in snow in shorts and shirtsleeves. Now I have to have the thermostat up, an extra blanket, and even have to wear jammies to bed! I'm cooking my wife and teenage daughter out of the house! All this after surgery. What the what???

Soup is the last thing I want to eat! I would rather have my strawberry Protein Shake . I am going to have to look up some recipes to get my Protein in.

I'm sorry but those sweet flavored Protein Shakes make me gag now. It's like drinking Syrup. Sour and bitter things actually taste the best to me now. Isn't that strange? My NUT says it's our bodies trying to prevent dumping syndrome, by making sweet and fat foods taste bad.

Hopingnomeds, the Unjury chicken Soup flavored Protein is fantastic! I add half of a packet of sodium free chicken bouillon to each 8 ounces of Water and one scoop of powder. I drink it every night to help me wind down and get ready for bed.

Sounds good enough that I'll have to try it.

I am on a crystal light kick! I crave the lemonade version but it helps me get all of my Water in! I am tired of having to think of things to eat! It's not like you can eat a whole lot of anything so to me cooking is a waste!

I've been adding lemon juice to my water to be able to drink it. Water tastes different. I'll try the crystal lite lemonade. Also, I'm so tired of the flavored Protein Drinks that I looked at Unjury's chicken flavored Protein Powder. Then I thought I'd mix my chicken broth with the GNC unflavored Protein powder I have. It is easier to take that the other flavored Protein Shakes. Thank heaven I go to soft foods tomorrow!

Zip line, hiking, tennis, biking, want to learn to ski, have a small garden for favorite veggies and herbs

Yes! I'd like to start a veggie garden with one section of that square-foot gardening plan.

Can't wait to kayak!

Yes! And hiking!