This weight loss journey has taught me a lot about myself. One of them being that my vice is savory, carb-y, oily snacks. We've got a pretty good Little India neighborhood over here and authentic Indian street snacks are aplenty. Top three things on my list I want to eat as soon as I could: onion pakora, potato & peas samosa, and bhelpuri. I've been dying for these even if just a small amount.

My question is, based on your experience, when were you able to stomach foods with texture similar to things I mentioned above i.e. fried, carb-y, not to mention spicy? Also, how uncomfortable is it to eat something dry? I read in another thread that eating cereal could be uncomfortable. Bhelpuri is practically dry cereal topped with spicy sauce.

Edited August 20, 20187 yr by Littel_Urchin

On 8/22/2018 at 9:57 AM, Khloe617 said:

Girl your miserable. Who are you to say if her intentions were a bite or 100 got damn onion rings. Worry about your own progress. If she wanted to be lectured she could of asked her doctor. She came to a forum with real people asking for their own personal experiences. Not negative ass opinions.

its you're.....not your.

1 hour ago, Sleevedincali said:

its you're.....not your.

Congratulations YOU’RE late and I don’t care ????‍♀️

Late to this party, but WTH ... OP is probably not cleared for solids yet, most likely, so should be relevant

My sleeve handles everything, no joke, spicy, fried, whatever I throw at it, no issues

I LOVE ethnic foods, so I get missing them and craving them. Sometimes I have exactly what I am craving. But I usually try to get the flavor while still making better choices. Like getting an Indian curry, but just eating the meat out of it and having no rice.

But it depends if you have a slippery slope problem. Does making poor choices lead to you making more and more of them?

I'm fortunate, I am able to consistently reign myself in. I can eat poorly for one meal, or one day, or while on vacation, but then be able to get back on plan, and start losing again.

Who knows if I will be able to do so once I'm in maintenance. I may lose a lot of my current restriction and have to be stricter about what I eat. My hunger might return more than it currently has. If that happens I'll have to re-evaluate and adjust.

My point is, you can still enjoy some of your favorite foods, on occasion, and in moderation. But you will have to monitor if you can do so and still lose.

I'm 6 months out and can eat every dry, dense protein on the face of the planet without issue. LOL. But dammit Janet! Rocky. Ughhhh! Let me have 4 little chips with some queso and I'm ready to hurl my toes up!

It's pretty much a YMMV. My cravings have pretty much changed for the most part. But if I eat something/anything too carby, I end up not feeling so well and anything deep fried makes me wish I could die.

About 4-5 weeks most can/will start experimenting whether they "should" or not. LOL.

4 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I'm 6 months out and can eat every dry, dense Protein on the face of the planet without issue. LOL. But dammit Janet! Rocky. Ughhhh! Let me have 4 little chips with some queso and I'm ready to hurl my toes up!

But if I eat something/anything too carby, I end up not feeling so well and anything deep fried makes me wish I could die.

I wonder if that is a sleeve vs. bypass thing?

51 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

I wonder if that is a sleeve vs. bypass thing?

I think so. She said I would have issues with sweets and fats. I'm too skeered to try to have something on with sweets, cuz the fat stuff sucks so bad!

or depending on how you look at it. LOL.

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

I think so. She said I would have issues with sweets and fats. I'm too skeered to try to have something on with sweets, cuz the fat stuff sucks so bad!

or depending on how you look at it. LOL.

I think for most people, it's a good thing.

I think i had a different job I may have considered RNY, but I just really can't deal with potentially dumping while on the job.

I can totally understand that one! That would be a deal-breaker! I didn't choose RNY on the basis of it causing dumping. I actually almost didn't choose it cuz of that--I am terrible at hurling. It is just a bad situation for me. But I feared GERD and having to do it all over again worse than the dumping.

Edited September 4, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

Yeah- idk. I think it depends. I’ve stolen a fry here or there from my husband, but haven’t like.. had a meals worth of crap foods. Thankfully- many just seem unappealing at the moment, because in my mind they’re going to make me sick. Will they? Probably not.

In my head, I feel like super doughy stuff like bread, pasta, pizza dough would gunk up together in my pouch and get stuck. So, I haven’t had any of these things.

I did have the tiniest bite of cake and instantly knew my body was not going to handle it well, so I didn’t have any more.

I think it varies from person to person as to what foods they can and cannot tolerate afterwards. But I tell ya, nothing will kill a craving for something like vomiting from it a few times.

French fries, tator tots, any potatoes really.... they just make me so full after one or two so I steer clear. Pizza I will eat very sparingly, maybe a couple bites once or twice a month bc it’s easy for the family to just have a quick easy mess free meal. Fried foods I stay away from as they aren’t fulfilling and I like to fuel my body, not drag it. So no potatoes for me, def no fried foods. I stick to grilled chicken, lean beef, cooked veggies, fruit galore, water water water, and frozen yogurt as dessert sometimes!

About 3 weeks post op I was eating small amounts of anything I wanted. It was trial and error as to which foods were disagreeable. I would try it and knew right away if it wasn't going to work out. Carbs, crunchy, and spicy never bothered me.

I had surgery in Mexico. I came back 1 day post op with no diet plan, no nutritionist, no nothing. It was trial and error. My eating habits changed because I could no longer eat much food, not because of a restrictive eating regimen.

It worked out fine.

I’m only about 10 days out myself and dreaming of foods I can’t have. Some of them are things I rarely ate! As intense as these feelings are right now I’m assuming they will diminish some over time and be replaced by a feeling of accomplishment as we watch the scale go down and our health improves! My last Dr. visit before surgery there were some food magazines in the exam room, one featuring a beautiful dessert. When the Dr. came in I held up the mag, looked at him and said: Seriously???? He laughed and said “ Look. Your life is not over after surgery. You will be able to enjoy some of the things you Love now in moderation. “. We’re so new to this right now all we know is restriction. I’ve heard that your taste will sometimes change after surgery so once you try the foods you’re craving once again you might not even like them as much. For now focus on this wonderful opportunity we’ve been given and what we can do, not what we can’t have. I bet there’s some savory bites of a samosa in your future after which you will drink your water and hit the treadmill !!!Hang in there!!! I know it will get easier!