Question:
How long before I can eat a bean burrito?
I love bean burritos from Taco Bell. Does anyone have experience with them post op?Portions, Gas, Hot Sauses?? — kitten75751 (posted on January 27, 2004)
January 26, 2004
I'm 8 mos out and have been eatting this type of food for a while now. Not
specifically from Taco Bell, but my local shop rite has pre-made burritos
and wraps that are quite good. At this point I'm able to eat half of one. I
haven't used hot sauce, but I have enjoyed a spicey cocktail sauce with my
shrimp with no repercussions. Enjoy! Linda
— lorien
January 26, 2004
I don't eat the bean ones, but like the chili cheese ones. At about 3
weeks post I ate the insides of one. Tortillas have a lot of carbs and
breads are not suggested for early post ops, so I ate just the
insides...and was only able to eat about half the insides at 3 weeks.
— Christy L.
January 26, 2004
I'm at a year and typically can eat half a bean burrito. I think I started
eating them about 6 months. I use hot sauce all the time.
— susanje
January 26, 2004
taco bell has a website that lists all their foods and calories......maybe
you will change your mind about the burrito.
— franbvan
January 27, 2004
If you are somewhat early post-op (a month or two out) and you can tolerate
it, I wouldn't worry too much about the calories. We need all the calories
we can get at that point. If you're about 4 months or more out, that's
when I started worrying about calories.
BTW, the bean burrito from Taco Bell was one of my "staples" as
soon as I was able to tolerate it. I ate very little of it and ate more
bean than tortilla. I didn't use hot sauce, but that was more personal
preference than anything. Keep in mind there are bits of onion in them (if
I remember correctly). Good luck.
— Krista S
January 27, 2004
I started eating at Taco Bell quite early post op. Don't remember just when
but was probally within the first four weeks. Just be careful with the
beans. I had alot of painful gas and did'nt need beans to be
"explosive". I used alot of GasX as a new post op. Perhaps you
might want to use BeanO before you eat them... and have GasX with you
should you need it afterwards.
— Danmark
January 27, 2004
I started with the Pintos'n'cheese at Taco Bell and had them add some
onions to it. Very tasty and I could tolerate this pretty well early on.
Just be careful with Taco bell, while it's a great source of protein in
most of their items, they are high in sodium. If you're the type that
retains water, know this is a possibility.
— Cathy S.
January 28, 2004
this was the first food I ever dumped on. I ate a 1/4 of one at about 7
weeks post. It was awful! The bad thing was that I was on the interstate
and had about 50 miles to go to my destination. I had to stop at a rest
stop and try and throw up. I think it may be the fat content in the beans.
Open RYN 339/216/139
— peggyp
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