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shrimp, crawfish, and cucumbers is all that i eat. i feel like these three things are the only things i can eat and it sits well on my stomach. chicken beef and etc. doesn't sit well. I love me some seafood, but i wish i could just take a break and eat a chicken breast or something :( what are some of your go to recipes of things you can eat to try a little something different.

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Im 14 months post RNY. And I still have issues with foods like bread, rice, Pasta and chicken and steak. So I eat a lot of ground chicken and ground pork, homemade meatballs in sauces, cucumbers, tomatoes, thin sliced deli turkey with swiss cheese and a pickle spear rolled up together. I also eat Qia creamy coconut oats. Built Bars on occassion. Palmini hearts of palm. I can eat boneless/skinless chicken breast but only if I boil it and make it into buffalo chicken dip. Or I make Crack Chicken in the instant pot. Or in Soups. Or sauces. As long as its cooked extremely tender, then I can eat it. So we make a lot of chicken curry, chicken tikka masala and serve over cauliflower rice or mashed hearts of palm. I still do Protein Shakes twice a day. Ricotta bake. sugar free pudding. Oh and my new favorite indulgence are Enlightened Salted Caramel ice cream bars. I think they are gluten and dairy free. 8g Protein. 1 or 3g sugar. 90 calories. Very filling.

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I haven't had surgery yet, but I have seen elsewhere that some people can eat boneless skinless chicken thighs even if they can't do chicken breasts. Maybe try that? Also I agree with @Highly_Undermedicatedthat ground meat (you can get chicken, pork, turkey, beef, veal, etc) might be easier that a whole piece of meat, from what I have read. I have made ground turkey meatballs in a red curry sauce that were excellent, and they were pretty low in carbs (just a little corn starch as a binder). I've also made a more traditional red sauce turkey breast meatball dish; that had more carbs because it had panko binder and the Tomato sauce had carbs even though it was no sugar. I also make buffalo chicken dip a lot (I add extra chicken thighs to it). Another favorite of mine that might be good after surgery is chili, since it's got ground meat and Beans, and otherwise low carbs, and can be modified a lot. I eat it with Greek yogurt instead of sour cream and shredded cheese.

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12 hours ago, mzlove10 said:

shrimp, crawfish, and cucumbers is all that i eat. i feel like these three things are the only things i can eat and it sits well on my stomach. chicken beef and etc. doesn't sit well. I love me some seafood, but i wish i could just take a break and eat a chicken breast or something :( what are some of your go to recipes of things you can eat to try a little something different.

Have you tried the cooking the chicken breast various ways? I ask because my nutritionist said many of her bariatric patients come to her with that same complaint but when she asks them if they tried cooking if in different ways they tell her no. She then sends them home to try cooking it different ways and she claims that like 90% of them are then successful eating it. She said lots of times it just depends on how it's cooked, how dry it is because of the way it's cooked, seasonings etc. So, who knows. Haven't been there yet myself to test it out but you may want to try cooking it in other ways if you haven't already.

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i will try some of these out. i feel like eating has just become a chore nowadays. i crave lots of things sometimes but then i'm like i do not feel like puking today. that keeps me from straying too far lol

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On 5/12/2021 at 12:12 PM, SummerTimeGirl said:

Have you tried the cooking the chicken breast various ways? I ask because my nutritionist said many of her bariatric patients come to her with that same complaint but when she asks them if they tried cooking if in different ways they tell her no. She then sends them home to try cooking it different ways and she claims that like 90% of them are then successful eating it. She said lots of times it just depends on how it's cooked, how dry it is because of the way it's cooked, seasonings etc. So, who knows. Haven't been there yet myself to test it out but you may want to try cooking it in other ways if you haven't already.

I find it to be the most moist in instapot ot on grill.

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I make what I call taco salad for lunches.
1/3 cup ground chicken cooked in taco seasoning ( cook a pound and refrigerate- then measure 1/3 cup for each meal) I like it cold
1/4 cup pico de Galla (Aldi’s)
1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
2 Tbsp of Lite Catalina dressing
1/2 bag of Quest taco flavor Protein chips ( small individual bag).
I sometimes add up to 1/2 cup bagged salad but I prefer it without the salad.




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I eat Progresso Lite Soup almost every day. I only eat the chicken Pot Pie, and Meatball (I take out all the Pasta of the meatball one), then I add 1 entire small can of chickpeas (more Protein and fiber), 1/2 small can of cut green Beans, and 1/2 small can of sliced carrots. It makes the soup thicker, but also easy to digest as green beans, and carrots are the most easily digested veggies.

I make Greek style Turkey Meatballs (found the recipe online). It's just ground turkey meat (I use the white meat), with spinach, feta cheese, and a few other ingredients. I make a double recipe and freeze some. I put 6 in each container (I can only eat 2 for a meal). Sometimes I put some marina sauce on them, and other times I eat them plain.

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On 5/22/2021 at 9:58 PM, Jaye W said:

I make what I call taco salad for lunches.
1/3 cup ground chicken cooked in taco seasoning ( cook a pound and refrigerate- then measure 1/3 cup for each meal) I like it cold
1/4 cup pico de Galla (Aldi’s)
1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
2 Tbsp of Lite Catalina dressing
1/2 bag of Quest taco flavor Protein chips ( small individual bag).
I sometimes add up to 1/2 cup bagged salad but I prefer it without the salad.



this sounds really good, and I also love taco salad

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I'll be 3 months out on the 19th of this month.

For Breakfast: I usually eat ONE egg sometimes with or without 1 piece of turkey sausage. Sometimes scrambled with some sort of cheese, or diced ham, or veggies. And sometimes I'll just do a sausage, egg and cheese on a whole wheat English Muffin but can never finish the entire thing (usually have at least 1/4 left).

For Lunch: 1/4 cup of tuna (just tuna, light mayo, salt and pepper) with 6 whole grain saltines and 6 mini cubes of cheese. Most times I cannot finish all of this either. Sometimes I'll just do a few slice of lunchmeat (98% fat free) and a few slices of cheese. Sometimes a yogurt or cottage cheese. Just depends.

For Dinner: Almost always either chicken, shrimp, some sort of fish (all cooked various ways but fried) and veggies (spinach, green Beans, mushrooms, cauliflower, etc). Which, by the time I get down my meat serving, I rarely have room for veggies but I always add them to my plate and TRY to get some in. Just recently I made up some taco meat (with ground turkey) and we made mini tacos with those 1 carb tortillas (15 calories) from Mr. Tortilla. They were awesome!!! We added a spoonful of meat, diced tomatoes, sour cream, shredded lettuce, taco sauce and taco cheese. Just a pinch of each item on each taco. I could eat two. And I was pushing it by the end of the second one. The tortillas are like 3 or 4 inches wide but so dang good! I HIGHLY recommend them! We tried their Spicy Prototype for now but also have the Multigrain and the Pico de Gallo. Can't wait to try them! Tons of things you can use them for.

I usually do not snack during the day at all. Just don't feel the need to. But after dinner I do try and get in at least two servings of a fruit (before bed) as per my dietician. So, I'll usually do an apple and a small Halo (not at the same time) or cottage cheese with a few pieces of cantaloupe tossed in, or few pieces of watermelon, cherries, etc.

So far that has been the norm and usual for me. Now I have eaten things like a slice of pizza once or twice or a few bites of a cheesesteak and a few bites of an Italian Hoagie (all were during a long weekend vacation/trip), a few fries, but that does not happen often. It is NOT typical behavior.

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I buy a tub of pulled white meat rotisserie chicken at Walmart almost every week, it lasts quite a while when it's being portioned out two ounces at a time, and you can do so much with it.

I eat a lot of spinach salads, with 2 oz of chicken, 1/4 of an ounce of walnuts or pumpkin seeds, and a handful of blueberries or other low glycemic fruit. Toss it in half a serving of Salad Dressing (I am hooked on poppyseed which is kind of sugary but I don't use that much and it's encouraging me to eat all those veggies, so I just factor it in). I literally ate one of these salads for all 3 meals the other day, which I know isn't great but it's healthy, tasty, and the numbers work out right.

I also make "pizza melts" which are a low carb tortilla with mozzarella, turkey pepperoni, and whatever "pizza topping" veggies I have on hand (olives, onions, peppers, tomatoes, etc). I heat it on my george forman grill and then dip the pieces into pizza sauce. If you use the La Banderita street tacos the whole thing ends up being about 200 calories (with 1/2 serving of mozzarella and 1/2 serving of turkey pepperoni). They're very filling.

One of my favorite dinners recently is cubed boneless/skinless chicken thighs cooked in the air fryer, which gives them a nice crust on the outside and makes it taste like takeout Chinese without the breading, and then add some sauteed broccoli and some green onion, with just enough teriyaki sauce to cover it (usually about half the amount the bottle says is a serving.). No rice, just broccoli and chicken. I usually sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

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I have two main go-to foods in this past year. First, I meal prep a tamarind based vegetable Soup. Loaded with all kinds of vegetables. Low calorie, nutritious. Then when I reheat a bowl, I will sometimes add Protein to it. Like you, it is mainly seafood but sometimes I add beef or pork. One of my favorite ways to eat fish is airfried. I will eat that on the side with my soup.

My second go to I make every week is a greek yogurt dip (high protein type) that varies with ingredients but usually with dill, parsley, cucumbers, garlic, red onions, pickle juice...etc. I eat it with air popped rice crackers.

My Snacks are almost always fresh fruit. Plums, strawberries, cherries... Etc.

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When I'm on the road, I eat the Starbucks cheese and fruit box (minus the crackers) for lunch a lot. I get a lot of chili, salads, fish, and chile rellenos.

I am on the road about 6 days a week on average. If I'm home, I cook stews with chicken thighs or meals with ground turkey.

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