Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

BariatricPal

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Struggling with solid protein

I am 5 1/2 weeks post sleeve and everyday it is beyond tough to get in solid protein at all. Nothing smells good, nothing tastes good, the thought of food turns my stomach aka sleeve, can't get in more than 1 1/2 ounces then feel full for hours please tell me this will pass. I am light headed and dizzy I think due to jot enough caloric intake.

  • Replies 5
  • Views 667
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Featured Replies

I can only handle tuna, but ii have injury chicken broth my stomach is sensitive so I feel your pain.

It will pass, I promise. It was months before I could tolerate solid Protein.

I did okay with it if I put it through the food processor first. Or if it was ground up like hamburger, but solid chunks of chicken, beef, and pork were really tough. I was eating primarily Cream of Mushroom Soup for about 2 months, then switched over to ground chicken/turkey mixed in with refried Beans - and that lasted till around month 8 or 9. By then, I could eat solid pieces of meat, but I was in the habit of eating a mix of refried beans and ground protein.

The really tough part for me was not being able to eat all the "healthy" vegetables and fruits. It was 6 or 8 months post-op before I could eat more than a bite or two of salad, broccoli, cauliflower, apple, grapes, pineapple... pretty much anything that had Fiber in it. :(

I am 5 1/2 weeks post sleeve and everyday it is beyond tough to get in solid protein at all. Nothing smells good, nothing tastes good, the thought of food turns my stomach aka sleeve, can't get in more than 1 1/2 ounces then feel full for hours please tell me this will pass. I am light headed and dizzy I think due to jot enough caloric intake.

Yes this will pass, take your vitamins & keep pureeing. I was nauseous for months but it turned out to be a good tool to lose the weight fast. You have probably been told at a certain point you quit losing weight, could be 6 months, 9 months, 1 year. BELIEVE THEM. At 10 months boom it was over. Fortunately I lost 120 lbs, I am trying to lose 5 lbs now & it is crazy hard.

  • Author

Sounds silly but I was worried that I was / would starve. Your responses are comforting! Thank you :)

Just go back to eating the kinds of protein you can eat. I transitioned through my food stages slower than what my "schedule" said. Just because the piece of paper said I could eat mushies at 3 weeks and solid food at 6 weeks doesn't mean my sleeve agreed to that. Take it as slow as you need to, but still shoot for all your fluids and protein in whatever form you can tolerate. It was 3-4 months before eating stopped being a chore and became enjoyable to me again.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Trending Products

PatchAid Vitamin Patches

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.