StartingOver27

I don't eat cheese. I can no stand to eat a cheese stick I can eat slices or shred but sticks or blocks I can't for some reason. I've never been able to really eat cheese by itself. But I had a cheese wedge with soft strawberries and it was amazing. I had lunch meat today and it was good. I also had crab a couple of days ago and almost died. So some seafood I can't have yet and I love crab and yet no cravings for it. The drinking with meals is a slow habit to break but I am working on it. I have a small sip at the end of my meal to help with the taste and dry throat feel. Something else is I steam cauliflower and blend it into potatoes with sour cream and small bits of cheese. I know it sounds weird but I am sick of mush. Lol

For me the problem is I'm not a huge egg fan and I don't even want to think about cottage cheese. : ( but I did look at amazon as suggested and called the doctor to see what I could try out of the cook books I am looking at. He said some of the same as you suggested and also suggested yogurts. I'm not a fan of that either. But I'll give it all a shot because I went to eat a piece of kraft cheese and started gagging and heaving before I could finish chewing the first bite and I used to love that!! There are many things I "crave" but it's all in my mind. My body isn't craving it. Like we passed a pizza place and oh I wanted it. My fiancé got a slice and I was all ready for my bite and as soon as I went to put it to my mouth I felt sick. So needless to say lots of the things I crave are all in my head. I can do small gulps but not big ones and as far as the rule breaking goes I am going to try to break the habit before going around the rules. Lol. It's one of those things that I might be able to do but like the other person said I need or feel like I need something to wash it down with.

I did the same but couldn't hardly keep it down. It felt very heavy and icky. I am not being a wimp or anything but I don't like the heavy feeling. I've been able to eat pork like pork roast and fish ( catfish and tilapia and tuna) I've had the canned chicken that you use for chicken salad and that I can eat like it's going out of style.

I'm into week three post op and I am having trouble with meals. I'm not hungry but I need to eat 5 or 6 small meals. I understand that. But the bites are problems because I'm so used to rushing. I'm hating the whole no drinking during a meal. I am trying my best. I've gotten go where I don't even pour myself anything and hide my Water bottle in the back of the fridge to keep from grabbing it. But when I eat it's painful at times like I've swallowed bricks or blocks with sharp edges and I've chewed my food down to absolutely nothing. And I crave a whole bunch of things but as soon as I smell them or even look at it I am sick. So good I guess, I'm down 33 lbs and doing good all except the eating thing. What are good foods to start with other than tuna fish ( I eat that almost every day. And love it.) I want to start eating for vegetables but the ones I crave aren't going to do anything but cause pain because they are hard to digest. Any thoughts?