Hard to digest meat

[Soyounique 35]

Is anyone having trouble digesting meat?

Whenever I eat even a small amount of meat, fish, tuna, or eggs I feel terrible! Like I've been punched in the chest!

I can't even swallow chicken... I start feeling nauseated as soon as I taste it.

I don't have problems with ground beef if it's in chili or stew.. This really disturbs me, I love meat!! 😣

[Daenerys Targaryen 109]

Yes, for many (me included) meat will cause the most restriction. At 10 months out I can still get full on just a few bites of meat. That is a good benefit of the bypass and the reason my dietician says "protein first" when I eat a meal. I will get more restriction quicker. A rule of thumb for most is that the denser the food is, the more restriction it will cause and that is great for weight loss. So maybe eat a little less of the meat and chew really thoroughly. Hope this advice helps. [emoji4]

[James Marusek 5,244]

After surgery I found that softer foods such as chili and Soups went down much easier than harder foods such as steak and chicken. So that is what I primarily stayed with. I have included some recipes at the end of the following article. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf

If you want to eat chicken, it is best to tenderize it. For example place a chicken breast in a pot of Water. Add a couple chicken bouillon cubes to the water and slow cook it for a couple hours. The chicken should come apart with a fork.

You might use a meat tenderizer to soften steaks. That will make it more palatable.

[Soyounique 35]

Thanks! 😁

[Berry78 4,261]

Putting other ingredients in with the meat will help.

Tuna=tuna salad,

instead of a hamburger patty, make a meatball (usually has breadcrumbs, eggs, etc.. might have to switch breadcrumbs for something else if bread is a no go for you)

sauces, gravies, and the like will help.

Dark meat poultry has more fat inside the meat, so does much better than the breast.

[For someone else, these add-ins might make the meat a slider. So if you need your Protein to be restrictive, these are the solutions to avoid. ]

If these don't work, you may just have to become a vegetarian!

[Maxthecat 37]

I have trouble with a lot of meat too. I've found the Al Fresco chicken sausages without the casing go down well and some fish if I have a sauce. I've also been doing crock pot chicken with low carb BBQ Sauce so it pulls apart. The idea of most meats makes me want to gag. I'm just over a month post op.

[Julie norton 2,850]

I am years out and still find sauces, Soups , braised in liquid meats, chili etc much more palatable. Gotta work with what ya got!
I am banded and it is fussy.

[Sajijoma 1,324]

I'm over a year and a half out and there are still things I cannot tolerate some chicken and all pork. It's just something you will feel out along the way. Try something and if it doesn't work, don't fret, just wait a few months and try it again. It's taken over a year for me to be able to eat any chicken at all which for me was miserable because it's my favorite meat.

[facebro29 272]

8months out and still can't tolerate chicken unless it is shredded and in a Soup or stew.

[blondie66 271]

meat and chicken still hard to digest at 2 years post op. I prefer fish if having solid Protein as other Proteins can be so uncomfortable in stomach. I find I eat mainly vegetarian meals with protein as a side thing. I do have Protein Shakes and yogurt to keep protein levels up.

I've read that many people eat protein and veggies as meals but I find that difficult to stick to as so uncomfortable and if I eat too much of anything it can lead to vomiting.

[MCE1205 47]

I am 14 months post-op (RNY) and I've never been able to digest meat with the exception of ground beef. I love fish of any kind and I tolerate chicken. eggs no problem either but my go to Protein is yogurt. Love my yogurt.

[Soyounique 35]

Thanks everyone, I'm hoping it will get better with time... As I said...

I Love meat 😁

[Worom 5]

Just over 1 year post op here, I find ground meats to be the easiest to eat still as well, I can eat chicken and tuna if its moist but if for some reason its overly dry I will get full on it very quickly and it seems to be harder to digest.