slider foods....

macismom
on 1/5/09 8:11 am - Presque Isle, ME
What have you guys found to be slider foods?  Some on the main forum board have said chilli, and carb like foods.  I have noticed the obvious ones like pudding, yogurt and stuff like that, but was wondering what else?
Keela...highest 246/ surgery day 233/ current 155 goal 130  
oceanlady
on 1/5/09 8:20 am - ME
I consider slider foods to be a food that essentialy leaves my pouch about as fast as it goes in - so that would be the more liquidy, less dense soft foods.
macismom
on 1/5/09 8:28 am - Presque Isle, ME
I guess I'm looking for examples of slider foods...
Keela...highest 246/ surgery day 233/ current 155 goal 130  
DragonflyMoments
on 1/5/09 8:44 am - Lisbon, ME
slidder foods would be....anything that you eat that you are still hungery for after or soon after or that you could eat and eat and eat and still seem to not fill up on...  (for me) any kind of crackers, popcorn, chips (a no-no anyway), pretzels, liquids (although milk seems to fill me up pretty well) toast...stuff like that
tiggrpt
on 1/5/09 8:37 am - Sabattus, ME
I've always assumed stuff like cottage cheese, puddings, yogurt, mashed taters, scrambled eggs?, protein shakes....oh my, I can't think right now!  Anything soft, pretty much.
Sorry I'm not very helpful!

Ruth                  "It's never to late to LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!"

   
macismom
on 1/5/09 10:11 am - Presque Isle, ME
SO what do you guys find are "stick around for a while" foods?  I find whole grain toast with a piece of cheese sticks around for a while and I LOVE it.  My Dr. wants me to have whole grains so I find those seem to fill me up and stay a while.  I agree that soft foods are definately "sliders". 
Keela...highest 246/ surgery day 233/ current 155 goal 130  
tiggrpt
on 1/5/09 10:17 am - Sabattus, ME
I've found that protein bars "stick" around for a while as well at PB2 on a Wasa cracker (I use the high fiber Wasa crackers). 

I've found salad to be a slider food for me too.??!??!!

KathigME
on 1/5/09 10:36 am - Gorham, ME
According to Kaye Bailey from LivingafterWLS.com   this is her example of slider foods:

Slider foods slide right through the stoma into the jejunum. My first test of the slider foods was graham crackers and coffee for my after work snack. Now imagine, I could eat a stack of graham crackers and wa**** right through the pouch with the coffee and never feel any satiation. What resulted was an easily absorbed slurry that my jejunum sucked up like a sponge - it didn't have to do any work to absorb this simple carbohydrate slurry. Of course, weight gain resulted and I had to give up this little indulgence. Another popular slider food is pretzels. I speak with post-ops all the time who are addicted to pretzels - again, this is a simple carb that your jejunum is very happy to receive and convert to fat. Traditionally dieters are encouraged to eat pretzels or popcorn - fat free and fiber, right? But that doesn't work so well for us. Giving our re-routed bodies these simple carbs is dangerous because our bodies have spent years perfect the art of fat storage - slider foods are to the body a great big lottery win.

By the way, in my example I spoke of a slurry from graham crackers and coffee. Simple carbs, however, will slide right through without the added benefit of a liquid. And several others can talk about cheese nip crackers, popcorn, mashed potatoes, ice cream/yogurt etc.

Lots of times I hear, "But I don't like that uncomfortable tight feeling of solid protein in my pouch." But the very purpose of the pouch is to signal fullness, which often comes by way of slight discomfort when we are eating in compliance with our bariatric owner's manual. The slider foods will never ever signal fullness. They are dangerous and in most cases non-nutritional. When I feel that full-pouch discomfort I try to mentally psych myself up, "YEAH-BABY! The pouch is on the job!!" Silly, but whatever works.

Kathi G.  I LOVE MY RNY!!   
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