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Can't Handle Spicy Foods Anymore???

Isabella

By Isabella, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Isabella    4

Isabella
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Hey, i had the surgery done in January and before then i could enjoy extremely spicy foods... now i find that i can't handle it at all! Can anyone else relate, or is it just me? lol :sick

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ta337    0

ta337
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I'm Cajun and used to be able to eat food so spicy that other Cajuns couldn't tolerate it. Since the band, I can't tolerate it at all anymore! I was sad at first, but then came to appreciate other flavors.

I also never had heartburn a day in my life. A little word to the wise, get some generic "acid reducer." I got mine at Dollar General and now, if I wake up with heartburn, I just pop one and it's done.

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ta337    0

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I can eat food that is HOT HOT HOT!! Maybe it will come with time?

Yes, ma'am. The acid reflux thing didn't start right away for me.

Anita

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Biggest Loser    0

Biggest Loser
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I live in New Mexico and spicy is the norm here. I took it very cautious at first, only trying little bits but never had a problem. I was surprised because I had heartburn often before my band but haven't had it at all since. I am sure its different for everyone though.

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StrangeDz    1

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I live in New Mexico and spicy is the norm here. I took it very cautious at first, only trying little bits but never had a problem. I was surprised because I had heartburn often before my band but haven't had it at all since. I am sure its different for everyone though.

I, too, live in New Mexico and havent had a hard time with spicy food or chile. Thank goodness!! I was worried I would! Cant live without my chile! :huh2:

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Jachut    487

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Its fickle but at times I have discomfort with spicy foods - they just give me heartburn. Wine burns too, I need to line my stomach with something to eat before I have a glass of wine.

it must be the increased contact with the upper part of your stomach and esophagus (as the food sits there for a while) that is the cause.

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Cali Sal    0

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Oh man I would die, I was even putting Tapatio in my broth 2 days after surgery, haha.

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zandile100    0

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Totally the opposite for me, I have started enjoying spicier foods more after surgery! I think it is because my bites are so small that there is not much flavor in each bite so I like foods with more potent flavor. Before surgery I would take like 1/4cup bites and now I take pencil eraser size bites.

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Mandyrae    0

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Totally the opposite for me, I have started enjoying spicier foods more after surgery! I think it is because my bites are so small that there is not much flavor in each bite so I like foods with more potent flavor. Before surgery I would take like 1/4cup bites and now I take pencil eraser size bites.

I am with you, before I would just tolerate spicy and now I crave it.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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