pel923

I am at the same place as you (my sleeve was done on Nov. 7th), so I am just starting on a "regular" diet and testing the waters. I know I'm eating no more than 1/4-1/2 cup of food at a meal but I feel like I'm swallowing air and I get a huge knot in my stomach from the gas build up that, unfortunately, is NOT releasing with a burp. Water makes me feel that way, protein drinks make me feel that way, food...makes me feel that way. All of that finally culminated in so much discomfort and continual nausea from not being able to get the gas out of my little pouch that I finally called my surgeon's office today and got prescriptions for nausea and for gas relief. I feel like I'm taking small enough bites and chewing well but it still happens with any type of food or drink and it's very frustrating. Hopefully this is another phase that we just have to get through, fingers crossed!!

Well girls, I stand corrected! My sister found our little recipe book for our air fryer and you definitely can bake AND grill and it doesn't have to be just breaded air fried items. I will definitely try a chicken breast in there and see how that looks and tastes and I just learned something new! I do still stand on my opinion though that it may not be a wise investment if you just want the use of it to be to fry already breaded foods (i.e. corn dogs, french fries, chicken nuggets, breaded fish, etc). Those things DO taste fabulous but (at least for me) if I didn't already own this fryer, I would probably hold back on the purchase unless I was pretty certain that I could keep a hold of my self control.

I have a Paula Dean air fryer and had it months before my sleeve. It's wonderful and it makes everything taste wonderful and very crispy with just a very few sprays of a good olive or coconut oil. The problem is is that you are frying foods that are BREADED so that fact alone may be enough to keep you from investing in one knowing that you'd be eating breaded foods, so I wouldn't necessarily recommend this right away but maybe down the road as a treat to occasionally air fry some appetizers or corndogs or chicken nuggets etc. in the healthiest way that's possible to prepare a fried food. It's a fun toy but not a cheap toy and probably shouldn't be a priority for anybody working on losing weight . ????

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