Since I’ve had gastric bypass I hate meat, I hate the look of it the smell of it. I try to eat it for the protein because I’m not able to stomach protein shakes anyone. Has anyone else gone through this?

Vegan proteins

Aldis has a great meatless meatball. I top it with my favorite marinara sauce and a little parmesan cheese. I struggle eating meat since surgery. It is getting better at 6 months out, but it's still my least favorite thing to eat now. Good luck finding some good meatless options. You're not alone.

There are lots of alternatives to meat if you don’t like it. Look for vegetarian or vegan recipes and products.

I was a pescatarian before surgery (and after), so I can't relate to the change in taste, but below are some things I eat for protein (note, I likely eat far too much cheese). I can't have protein shakes either, but am able to get my protein with food now (EDITED because noticed you can't have shakes)

Meals

• fish/shrimp
• Eggs - mostly scrambled (I add some cheese and salsa and eat with a touch of guac) or hard boiled
• greek yogurt
• Quark (its a cheese that is yogurt consistency - but thinner than greek yogurt) I almost always have quark with frozen blueberries for Breakfast - by the time i get to work, the bb are still a little frozen, but not hard)
• cottage cheese (there is one that is higher protein called good culture)
• My favorite lunch is ricotta bake (google "Eggface ricotta bake") - I always add some sauteed spinach. I make a double batch and cook them in a mini loaf pan (makes 8 mini loaves) - freeze half of them.
• beans/lentils (although not a lot of Protein here)
• tofu - I either buy extra firm, drain it, and bake it or buy the baked tofu from places like trader joe's
• Veggie sausage (I like morninstar farms)
• egg salad (2 eggs, 1 TBL greek yog, 1 TBL may)
• Veggie burgers (look at the protein content, some are low protein/high carb)

Snacks

• almonds
• Sargento nut snack packs
• cheese (I buy the cracker cuts of various cheeses and will have about 4 pieces - a bit over an oz)
• fairlife milk
• parm chips with either hummus or guac (this can also be a meal for me)

A very typical day for me:

B: quark (or greek yog) w/frozen blueberries, latte (8 oz milk) - NOT at the same time - drink the latte at home, then eat the quark 30mn later when I get to work) (160cal/27g protein)

L: Ricotta bake (228 cal/19g protein)

S: nut snack pack (180 cal/7g protein)

S2: Decaf latte (120 cal/13g protein)

D : Options (1) fish/shrimp of some sort, (2) Tofu of some sort. (Varies - usually 150-300 cal, 8-15g protein)

Edited July 5, 20197 yr by notmyname

Some Very Very Good Options!???

Notmyname- I too am pescatarian and am concerned with the amount of dairy consumed after surgery- thus considering vegan.

Your food lists look very similar to mine however I will never purchase FairLife milk after video of horrendous treatment of calves became public last month.

I hope eveeryone on this site will consider before buying FairLife products.

6 hours ago, ConnCT said:

Your food lists look very similar to mine however I will never purchase FairLife milk after video of horrendous treatment of calves became public last month.

I hope eveeryone on this site will consider before buying FairLife products.

Trial by social media is never a good thing.

I am not even in USA so don't have a vested interest in this matter. I have watched the video and also watched the video from the CEO (or owner of the company?), from what I can gather two of the employees involved had already been terminated by the company for their treatment of animals prior to the video being made known to the public and the company. Anyone else has had their employment terminated and the company has put in place processes to ensure it doesn't happen again. It wasn't the company's actions but some employees.

Edited July 7, 20197 yr by Hop_Scotch