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On 12/30/2017 at 5:30 AM, FluffyChix said:

So I hear you guys say this all the time..."My body doesn't like it when I eat too much fat..."

What is "too much fat."

What doesn't your body "like?" What happens when you eat it?

Are you sitting down to a plate piled high with beef fat? What does your meal look like when you eat "too much fat."

TIA! Inquiring minds and all...I really don't want to find this out on my own. I'd rather take your word for it and not put together troublesome meals.

Im not sure there is too much fat. That is one of the most surprising things I’ve learned since keeping track of what I eat since surgery. I’m almost 6 months out. Every day apparently over 50% of my diet comes from fat. My egg each morning is cooked in grass fed butter. I use normal cuts of meat. I cook or use coconut oil or olive oil in meals. I eat my Protein Powder in full fat Greek yogurt. My tiny portion of homemade granola has whole milk on it, and has fatty seeds in it.

i lose weight steadily. Eat plenty of healthy fat. I finally believe fest doesn’t make you fat, as long as it is healthy fat. (Bad fat would be the tub down at kfc in the fryer, cheap salad oils etc)

ive never felt that sweaty dumping feeling from fat. However, I have felt really bad after eating a bit of carb like a couple bobas in Water, or even one tortilla chip. And I don’t touch sugar or sweet stuff, not even more than one bite of fruit. So I’ve learned it is not fat I need to avoid but sugar/bad carbs.

EDITING TO SAY I HAD GASTRIC SLEEVE NOT BYPASS. MAYBE THAT IS WHY I CAN EAT FAT AND NOT CARBS. SORRY!

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So I hear you guys say this all the time..."My body doesn't like it when I eat too much fat..."
What is "too much fat."
What doesn't your body "like?" What happens when you eat it?
Are you sitting down to a plate piled high with beef fat? What does your meal look like when you eat "too much fat."

TIA! Inquiring minds and all...I really don't want to find this out on my own. I'd rather take your word for it and not put together troublesome meals.

I think that depends on the person, for example my body can't stand super fatty foods anymore.

But some people follow Keto and it works wonders for them, but in order to enter ketosis your diet must be 70% fat, then Protein and very low carbs. So it depends.


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2 minutes ago, xoxococojay said:


I think that depends on the person, for example my body can't stand super fatty foods anymore.

But some people follow Keto and it works wonders for them, but in order to enter ketosis your diet must be 70% fat, then Protein and very low carbs. So it depends.

Yes, this is kinda why I asked the question. :) I'm interested in not having "fatty bm's" post surgery. But even more, I don't want to kill my gallbladder with going too exceptionally low carb AND low cal. You know? So I was trying to get a feel for what the "sweet spot" is for fat ingestion. Doesn't sound like there is a "general" rule of thumb. :(

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Fluffy Chix,i was always told greasy slimy poo was pancreatic dysfunction, you don't want another,internal organ b****y toward you. Take it easy, stay breezy, you've come this far and the blue ribbons are just ahead.Hope MrF is still cheering you on, you're my favorite barrel racer in the Bariatric Rodeo.

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I eat a pretty high fat diet but it’s (mostly) healthy fats. I do allow myself a tiny single serving of dessert from time to time. I eat a lot of coconut oil. I basically do high fat, high Protein, low carb except on days I do a heavy workout when I eat “ancient grains”, which are healthy carbs. I burn between 400-1000 calories a day working out and need those macros.

Haven’t gone anywhere near Chinese. I have a couple slices of pizza (one at a time) and burgers wrapped in lettuce.


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It would be interesting to track what amount of fat messes with me, but I haven't done that. And for me, I've always been sensitive to certain fats, it hasn't changed after surgery. I thankfully don't dump, but I get very queasy. And with coconut I get the worst gas ever, I blow up like the Michelin tire man! It sadly just has taken trial and error (and error and error) for me to figure out what works for me and what doesn't.

However, I have recently discovered I can eat pretty much anything if I take chickpea-sized bites, 60 seconds between bites for 25 minutes. That was my instruction from the surgeon at the get go, but I let it slip by when I wasn't scared of stomach rupture anymore. It really does help to do that and I stay so much more full for a longer time--without nausea or gas!

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It would be interesting to track what amount of fat messes with me, but I haven't done that. And for me, I've always been sensitive to certain fats, it hasn't changed after surgery. I thankfully don't dump, but I get very queasy. And with coconut I get the worst gas ever, I blow up like the Michelin tire man! It sadly just has taken trial and error (and error and error) for me to figure out what works for me and what doesn't.
However, I have recently discovered I can eat pretty much anything if I take chickpea-sized bites, 60 seconds between bites for 25 minutes. That was my instruction from the surgeon at the get go, but I let it slip by when I wasn't scared of stomach rupture anymore. It really does help to do that and I stay so much more full for a longer time--without nausea or gas!


You made me laugh with coconut gas. Coconut oil is actually a huge staple in my diet. I make no sugar added blackberry coconut fat bombs to increase my fat intake. I’ve never dumped, even when I have more sugar than I should. The holiday Trader Joe’s mousse presents were my weakness. My food tolerance is extremely limited because I developed delayed gastric emptying and with most foods I can only have a bite or two an hour. My meals take a very very long time to eat except my “safe foods”


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8 hours ago, KateBruin said:


You made me laugh with coconut gas. Coconut oil is actually a huge staple in my diet. I make no sugar added blackberry coconut fat bombs to increase my fat intake. I’ve never dumped, even when I have more sugar than I should. The holiday Trader Joe’s mousse presents were my weakness. My food tolerance is extremely limited because I developed delayed gastric emptying and with most foods I can only have a bite or two an hour. My meals take a very very long time to eat except my “safe foods”

@KateBruin I'm so sorry about your gastroparesis! ((hugs)) That truly sucks. Glad you've figured out some safe foods! I think maybe sleevies don't have to worry as much from dumping from fats cuz they still have the area of the intestine that can digest fats. RNYs and DSers have had that part cut out (or repositioned in the gut--can't ever remember which one of these is fact and which is fiction).

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You made me laugh with coconut gas. Coconut oil is actually a huge staple in my diet. I make no sugar added blackberry coconut fat bombs to increase my fat intake. I’ve never dumped, even when I have more sugar than I should. The holiday Trader Joe’s mousse presents were my weakness. My [mention=320014]KateBruin[/mention] I'm so sorry about your gastroparesis! ((hugs)) That truly sucks. Glad you've figured out some safe foods! I think maybe sleevies don't have to worry as much from dumping from fats cuz they still have the area of the intestine that can digest fats. RNYs and DSers have had that part cut out (or repositioned in the gut--can't ever remember which one of these is fact and which is fiction).


My friend has gastroparesis and had a subtotal gastrectomy with RNY. She dumps if she just looks at the wrong foods and actually **** her bed in her sleep. She still has a feeding tube so she thinks it was too high in lipids. Modified her feeds and hasn’t **** the bed since. Makes me extremely grateful I’m not sensitive to sugar or fat.


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