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Problems with chicken?

ag0177

By ag0177, in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums

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ag0177    8

ag0177
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I'm just coming up on 3 months post op and I have a really hard time eating chicken. I used to love chicken pre op but now no matter how I prepare it, it just doesn't agree with me. My stomach seems to have a hard time digesting it and I get that stuck feeling. At first I thought it was because I'm eating too fast but consistently I feel the same misery eating slow and small. Anybody else notice this pattern with chicken?

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Moogle    116

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chicken is like the only solid that I can really tolerate and enjoy. Unless it is deli meat chicken. That stuff makes me feel awful (guessing it is the extra salt/preservatives?) I'm about to hit 3 months post-op on the 9th. I just take it slow and chew very thoroughly.

I have noticed a few "quirks" when it comes to chicken and me, though. One, I have to cook fresh breasts. If they were in the freezer they come out drier and my body doesn't like it. Exception is if I put them in the crock pot. Same with the microwave. I only cook what my husband and I need every night because reheating food makes me sick. I always butterfly the skinless breasts because they cook quicker and I don't end up drying it out. I tried doing stuffed breasts in the oven with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil but it got too dry and I got sick. I always have some sort of sauce with my chicken, too. I keep bottles of salsa, chimichurri (use it sparingly), Tomato sauce.. things like that in the fridge. Helps it go down easier.

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SweetPeas    117

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Oh no, that sounds uncomfortable. I had the same issue with fish. For the first few months any type of fish would make me ill and eventually come back up. I backed off for a couple of months and now I can eat salmon with no problems. At my bariatric group several folks reported a similar issue with foods and the general consensus is to give it a break and revisit the food later. No matter what I eat going slowly and thoroughly chewing really helps.

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jessjames    234

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I have the same thing with cold meats, cold beef, cold salmon. Dry chicken too.. I've found any meat that has been slow cooked in a sauce goes down much easier! I also have found that cutting it up into tiny pieces in a small container helps (think baby food).. It tastes the same but much easier to digest! Try it =]

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James Marusek    5,244

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chicken can be hard to digest. This can be somewhat overcome by cooking it a certain way. Take a chicken breast and put it into a covered pot of Water and add a couple chicken bouillon cubes. Put the pot on low heat for several hours, until the chicken is so moist that it will come easily apart with a fork.

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Djmohr    6,965

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chicken has to be very moist. Don't overcook it and make sure there is some type of gravy or sauce. Cut it very small and chew it like crazy, as time goes by it will go easier.

It is common though for chicken and eggs to be somewhat rough those first several months to a year.

I eat chicken all the time but if it is even slightly dry I get that same stuck feeling. I prefer fish and shrimp and beef these days.

I still struggle with pork unless it is pork tenderloin or ground pork.

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effbeingfat    5

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I am having this same problem with fish. I am about 4 weeks post op. I tried tuna and Sole and both times they got stuck and I had this foamy stuff come up for about three hours, it was terrible. I can eat chicken, lamb or beef fine...

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joy cox    2

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My dietician and surgeon told me to avoid it for now. She stressed to avoid shredded chicken it can be overly dry and cause me to be sick. I ate some chicken wings about 4 weeks ago and it went down great but about ¹1 1/2 hrs later the pains and vomiting began. I'm too scared to eat it again.

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LadyDarkness415    41

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I've only been able to easily keep down sashimi. It's so soft that it stays down. I have issues with getting backed up with everything else.

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LadyDarkness415    41

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What is sashimi?

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Slices of raw fish. One lady on here said her team told her it goes down much easier and she tried it and it worked. So I tried it. And yesss. Plus I love sushi so just the raw fish is awesome for me. Not for everyone, of course.

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taysidebell    176

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Iam almost 1 year post rny and chicken is a hit or miss needs to be moist or sits uncomfortably X

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