22 days since surgery. I'm craving meat but all I eat is deli turkey.

What other options do I have?

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It depends on what is allowed by your plan. When I was on soft foods, I had good luck with seafood, including grilled salmon, scallops, and those little packets of flavored tuna and salmon. Sliced deli roast beef was also good.

All that said, at 22 days out I was still on full liquids as per my plan and soft foods wasn't for several more weeks. Did your team not give you an eating plan with suggestions? If they did, take a look at it, they may have more tailored ideas than random internet strangers. Good luck!

I was allowed meat at that point as well.

You can try rotisserie chicken, the dark meat is especially soft and easy. Pulled chicken or pork. I had no issues with tougher denser proteins like grilled chicken and steak.

I was still on mushies at three weeks out but when I ventured into meats' at 6 weeks, I went for chicken salad, seafood salad', crab cakes, paper thin deli meat' rolled up with cheese and avocado (still a favorite), low fat spam (gross but true), pulled rotisserie chicken with FF gravy ... as long as it was moist and had a sauce', I could eat it. Most times.

I'm allowed soft meat. I'll try rotisserie chicken that sounds great!

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A couple TBSP. Refried beans topped with mild taco sauce satisfied my cravings. Loving seafood, we still have a lot of soft sautéed fish, such as flounder, grouper and mahi. Even three years post sleeve,I have trouble with chicken. I would rather have a lean meatball or lean ground beef patty topped with cheese.

I'm allowed soft meat. I'll try rotisserie chicken that sounds great!

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I'm not at that stage yet, but I have heard that rotisserie chicken is a good choice especially if you chew it up until the consistancy of apple sauce, then swallow.

chicken and ground beef were easier for me early on. Pork was often to dry and too dense. I'm 10 months out and still approach pork with caution. Fish...I could eat that easily at about 4 weeks and still find it the easiest Protein to consume. I particularly like sashimi which is very easy and soft! Whatever meat you try, make sure it is wet! The more moisture, the easier it is to handle. I still count chews when eating dense meat like steak or chicken breast. Small bites and lots of chews is key!

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