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Hi all, I just hosted a party for my birthday last weekend and realized that I just cannot tolerate rich food anymore. I am almost 4 months post-op and haven't been eating rich food at all, and tried a couple of bites of party food (burger, mac n cheese, cake) here and there, none of which agreed with me. It felt like my esophagus was mad at me for even trying! I've been really good and keeping up my high-protein diet but figured I would make an exception for my birthday, but boy was I wrong.

Has anyone else experimented with eating "treat" food for holidays/special occasions with success? Or is this an extension of food addiction thinking that got me so overweight in the first place?

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I'm four months post-op also (on the 11th) and haven't tried cake or mac and cheese yet. I have had a McDonalds cheeseburger on bread and it went down okay. And homemade hamburgers without bread work okay. But there are still some foods that I can't eat like soft tortillas, some breads, roast beef, and such. I'm afraid to try "treat" foods because I don't want to get back on that bad track like I was pre-surgery that made me obese to begin with.

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I don’t eat too many sweets such as cake etc so I don’t know how those will affect me. But I did try bbq ribs about a month ago(I’m 4 months out) and they didn’t agree with me at all. Massive heart burn and my stomach felt like it was going to explode. I only ate 2 ribs.


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My stomach cant handle greasy food at all. I tried a cheeseburger sans bun a while back and it was bad news bears. Maybe a few French fries but other than that I stay away from fried items. I was telling my husband (as we sat in our favorite Mexican joint) that it was lucky for me that corn chips were NOT a slider food and I can only do about 7-10 chips before I have to stop. Preop I used to be able to eat chips and salsa until it would about kill me.

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Sure. And as your tool matures, you will be better able to tolerate rich, calorie dense foods (sadly). :( But in saying that, every time I disobey my pouch, I feel like crap. So nauseated I have to lay down and pray to die young. But as the months go buy, I can eat some things that I couldn't in the early days -- in small quantities. But I do prefer "clean" lower-ish fat stuff these days. Makes me feel better after eating it.

Sorry you had that experience! Happy belated birthday!!!

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